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 80-minute layover misses 3% of the time at 9 am and 36% of the time at 9 pm.

Nonstops


Frontier	MCO	CMH	2h 31m	77%	1.6%	257	Flying now
Southwest	MCO	CMH	2h 20m	75%	1.2%	1,512	Flying now
Spirit	MCO	CMH	2h 20m	63%	2.8%	353	Not flying now
Delta	MCO	CMH	2h 21m	54%few flights	0.0%	28	Not flying now

Best connections, one ticket

Most reliable Quickest (80%+ on time)

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


Southwest Details →	MCO 06:50 → STL 08:20WN 2570	1h 45m St Louis	STL 10:05 → CMH 12:28WN 3902	5h 35m	100%	92%
Delta Details →	MCO 06:00 → DTW 08:38DL 1201	1h 37m Detroit	DTW 10:15 → CMH 11:27DL 5810 · flown by Republic	5h 27m	96%	90%
Southwest Details →	MCO 07:10 → BWI 09:30WN 1956	1h 15m Baltimore	BWI 10:45 → CMH 12:10WN 4524	5h 00m	98%	89%
Delta Details →	MCO 06:15 → ATL 07:52DL 1494	2h 18m Atlanta	ATL 10:10 → CMH 11:48DL 1522	5h 33m	99%	86%
Southwest Details →	MCO 07:35 → BNA 08:35WN 550	1h 30m Nashville	BNA 10:05 → CMH 12:25WN 4427	4h 50m	100%	86%
Delta Details →	MCO 09:05 → ATL 10:40DL 1505	3h 45m Atlanta	ATL 14:25 → CMH 15:59DL 2200	6h 55m	99%	86%
American Details →	MCO 07:34 → MIA 08:46AA 1733	1h 46m Miami	MIA 10:32 → CMH 13:25AA 4163 · flown by Envoy	5h 51m	95%	85%
United Details →	MCO 09:10 → IAH 10:45UA 2611	1h 30m Houston	IAH 12:15 → CMH 16:05UA 4072 · flown by Mesa	6h 55m	95%	84%
Tight connection: often missed
American Details →	MCO 17:37 → PHL 20:22AA 2109	1h 28m Philadelphia	PHL 21:50 → CMH 23:41AA 4361 · flown by Republic	6h 04m	61%	47%
American Details →	MCO 16:41 → ORD 18:59AA 2089	1h 55m Chicago	ORD 20:54 → CMH 23:32AA 4445 · flown by Republic	6h 51m	70%	47%
American Details →	MCO 19:40 → MIA 20:57AA 2147	48m Miami	MIA 21:45 → CMH 00:37 +1AA 3550 · flown by Envoy	4h 57m	32%	25%

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

BWI · 1h 15m · leaves 07:10 2%

JFK · 1h 15m · leaves 06:00 6%

ORD · 1h 00m · leaves 09:40 6%

Afternoon and evening

CLT · 50m · leaves 19:34 56%

ORD · 46m · leaves 15:05 65%

MIA · 48m · leaves 19:40 68%

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 3274 MCO 06:40 → BWI Southwest WN 4524 BWI 10:45 → CMH Connection details →	1h 44m	5h 30m	88%	81%
Southwest WN 2591 MCO 08:00 → ATL Delta DL 1750 ATL 12:05 → CMH Connection details →	2h 30m	5h 40m	98%	78%
Frontier F9 1241 MCO 09:51 → ATL Delta DL 2200 ATL 14:25 → CMH Connection details →	2h 46m	6h 09m	91%	78%

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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