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 6% of the time at 12 pm and 42% of the time at 10 pm.

Nonstops


Frontier	MCO	CLT	1h 55m	80%	0.9%	634	Flying now
American	MCO	CLT	1h 51m	80%	1.5%	3,678	Flying now
Spirit	MCO	CLT	1h 52m	73%	4.7%	427	Not flying now

Best connections, one ticket

Most reliable Quickest (80%+ on time)

Ranked by chance you reach Charlotte on time. Total trip = scheduled departure to arrival, layover included. Layovers up to 4 hours. Pick a connection for the details.


American Details →	MCO 06:00 → MIA 07:12AA 2894	1h 28m Miami	MIA 08:40 → CLT 10:54AA 3044	4h 54m	95%	92%
Southwest Details →	MCO 07:35 → BNA 08:35WN 550	1h 35m Nashville	BNA 10:10 → CLT 12:35WN 477	5h 00m	100%	88%
Delta Details →	MCO 06:15 → ATL 07:52DL 1494	2h 18m Atlanta	ATL 10:10 → CLT 11:26DL 3190	5h 13m	99%	84%
Delta Details →	MCO 09:00 → DTW 11:33DL 2845	2h 32m Detroit	DTW 14:05 → CLT 15:58DL 1429	6h 58m	99%	83%
American Details →	MCO 08:33 → ORD 10:38AA 465	2h 39m Chicago	ORD 13:17 → CLT 16:29AA 3280	7h 56m	99%	83%
Delta Details →	MCO 07:00 → ATL 08:41DL 2080	3h 39m Atlanta	ATL 12:20 → CLT 13:35DL 2157	6h 35m	99%	82%
Delta Details →	MCO 06:00 → DTW 08:38DL 1201	1h 59m Detroit	DTW 10:37 → CLT 12:26DL 2684	6h 26m	97%	79%
United Details →	MCO 09:10 → IAH 10:45UA 2611	1h 25m Houston	IAH 12:10 → CLT 16:02UA 6197 · flown by Mesa	6h 52m	95%	79%
Tight connection: often missed
American Details →	MCO 16:41 → ORD 18:59AA 2089	1h 55m Chicago	ORD 20:54 → CLT 23:59AA 2976	7h 18m	70%	40%
American Details →	MCO 19:40 → MIA 20:57AA 2147	1h 28m Miami	MIA 22:25 → CLT 00:35 +1AA 1212	4h 55m	63%	36%
Frontier Details →	MCO 13:10 → LGA 16:01F9 2432	55m New York	LGA 16:56 → CLT 19:13F9 3133	6h 03m	64%	36%

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

DFW · 1h 08m · leaves 05:30 6%

EWR · 1h 07m · leaves 09:10 6%

MSP · 1h 00m · leaves 07:00 7%

Afternoon and evening

IAD · 54m · leaves 19:05 37%

ATL · 53m · leaves 19:55 42%

DFW · 1h 07m · leaves 15:45 48%

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.


Southwest WN 160 MCO 22:55 → BWI American AA 1708 BWI 05:02 → CLT Connection details →	3h 47m	7h 31m	100%	93%
Southwest WN 2642 MCO 06:50 → IND American AA 1944 IND 11:30 → CLT Connection details →	2h 20m	6h 25m	100%	92%
Southwest WN 2616 MCO 06:10 → CMH American AA 2395 CMH 11:10 → CLT Connection details →	2h 50m	6h 32m	100%	88%

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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