Itineraries flown on 20+ days in the Jun 6 – Jul 31, 2026 schedule · each leg’s record Aug 2025 – Jul 2026

Connect in the morning. The same one-hour layover misses 7% of the time at 9 am and almost half the time at 9 pm.

Nonstops (seasonal or thin)


Southwest	MCO	BHM	1h 40m	71%	0.6%	849	Flying now

Best connections, one ticket

Most reliable Quickest (80%+ on time)

Ranked by chance you reach Birmingham on time. Total trip = scheduled departure to arrival, layover included (Birmingham is 1 h behind Orlando). Layovers up to 4 hours. Pick a connection for the details.


Delta Details →	MCO 06:15 → ATL 07:52DL 1494	3h 23m Atlanta	ATL 11:15 → BHM 11:11DL 1017	5h 56m	99%	88%
Delta Details →	MCO 05:30 → ATL 07:02DL 1548	1h 23m Atlanta	ATL 08:25 → BHM 08:21DL 3100	3h 51m	96%	86%
Delta Details →	MCO 08:05 → ATL 09:44DL 1463	3h 46m Atlanta	ATL 13:30 → BHM 13:24DL 3012	6h 19m	99%	86%
American Details →	MCO 06:15 → CLT 08:04AA 461	3h 26m Charlotte	CLT 11:30 → BHM 12:09AA 4932 · flown by SkyWest	6h 54m	100%	86%
United Details →	MCO 11:57 → IAH 13:29UA 1493	56m Houston	IAH 14:25 → BHM 16:20UA 6120 · flown by Mesa	5h 23m	93%	84%
American Details →	MCO 05:30 → DFW 07:26AA 2677	2h 24m Dallas-Fort Worth	DFW 09:50 → BHM 11:46AA 3469 · flown by Envoy	7h 16m	97%	82%
Southwest Details →	MCO 06:15 → DAL 07:50WN 7	2h 00m Dallas	DAL 09:50 → BHM 11:30WN 1271	6h 15m	100%	81%
Delta Details →	MCO 07:00 → ATL 08:41DL 2080	1h 09m Atlanta	ATL 09:50 → BHM 09:46DL 3164	3h 47m	93%	80%
Tight connection: often missed
American Details →	MCO 19:40 → MIA 20:57AA 2147	1h 59m Miami	MIA 22:56 → BHM 23:59AA 3427 · flown by Envoy	5h 19m	75%	64%
American Details →	MCO 17:37 → PHL 20:22AA 2109	1h 43m Philadelphia	PHL 22:05 → BHM 23:40AA 5402 · flown by PSA	7h 03m	64%	44%
Delta Details →	MCO 16:45 → ATL 18:41DL 1642	1h 19m Atlanta	ATL 20:00 → BHM 19:58DL 3202	4h 13m	60%	43%

Same layover, different day-part

How often the first flight arrives too late to connect (45 min minimum), for one-ticket layovers of 45–80 minutes.

Morning

ATL · 1h 09m · leaves 07:00 7%

DFW · 1h 19m · leaves 09:30 9%

Afternoon and evening

ATL · 56m · leaves 18:48 49%

DFW · 1h 20m · leaves 16:48 51%

CLT · 49m · leaves 19:34 57%

Delays build through the day, so an afternoon first leg eats the layover. A short connection is fine early in the morning and a gamble later on.

Mixing airlines

One ticketMiss it and the airline rebooks you; bags go through. 45 min is enough.

Separate ticketsMiss it and you buy a new ticket. Re-check bags, clear security again: we require 90 min.


Frontier F9 1563 MCO 07:45 → ATL Delta DL 3012 ATL 13:30 → BHM Connection details →	3h 49m	6h 39m	100%	86%
Frontier F9 4017 MCO 05:40 → DFW American AA 3469 DFW 09:50 → BHM Connection details →	2h 11m	7h 06m	94%	81%
Southwest WN 2591 MCO 08:00 → ATL Delta DL 1017 ATL 11:15 → BHM Connection details →	1h 40m	4h 11m	83%	74%

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Regional partners count as the airline that sells them: SkyWest flying Delta Connection is one Delta ticket.

How these are worked out. Makes the connection: share of the last year’s flights where the first flight arrived with at least 45 minutes to spare (90 on separate tickets). Arrives on time: first flight not cancelled × connection made × second flight not cancelled and arriving within 15 minutes. Not yet counted: the second flight also leaving late (which helps), gate-to-gate distance at the hub, and rebooking after a missed connection.

About this data: US DOT on-time records, Aug 2025 – Jul 2026, all US airlines; regional flights count under the airline that sells them. Schedules (which flights and connections exist, and their times) are as of Jun 6 – Jul 31, 2026; seasonal flights outside that window aren’t ranked. Rebuilt monthly. JSON