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 almost half the time at 7 pm.

Nonstops


Delta	MCO	DCA	2h 13m	76%	3.6%	729	Flying now
American	MCO	DCA	2h 15m	72%	2.3%	1,815	Flying now
Southwest	MCO	DCA	2h 15m	69%	1.6%	1,093	Flying now
JetBlue	MCO	DCA	2h 16m	65%	1.9%	942	Flying now

Best connections, one ticket

Most reliable Quickest (80%+ on time)

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


American Details →	MCO 08:35 → MIA 09:49AA 2593	2h 10m Miami	MIA 11:59 → DCA 14:44AA 1606	6h 09m	100%	85%
American Details →	MCO 05:00 → CLT 06:45AA 1896	1h 15m Charlotte	CLT 08:00 → DCA 09:29AA 1977	4h 33m	95%	84%
United Details →	MCO 07:00 → IAH 08:35UA 468	1h 12m Houston	IAH 09:47 → DCA 13:57UA 2670	6h 57m	96%	84%
Delta Details →	MCO 06:00 → DTW 08:38DL 1201	1h 27m Detroit	DTW 10:05 → DCA 11:34DL 2476	5h 34m	96%	81%
Delta Details →	MCO 06:15 → ATL 07:52DL 1494	3h 08m Atlanta	ATL 11:00 → DCA 12:42DL 737	6h 27m	99%	78%
American Details →	MCO 06:00 → MIA 07:12AA 2894	2h 46m Miami	MIA 09:58 → DCA 12:37AA 2915	6h 36m	98%	78%
JetBlue Details →	MCO 06:00 → BOS 09:04B6 352	1h 16m Boston	BOS 10:20 → DCA 12:01B6 1055	6h 00m	93%	77%
American Details →	MCO 06:15 → CLT 08:04AA 461	3h 10m Charlotte	CLT 11:14 → DCA 12:59AA 5527 · flown by PSA	6h 43m	100%	77%
Tight connection: often missed
American Details →	MCO 15:45 → DFW 17:47AA 2143	1h 06m Dallas-Fort Worth	DFW 18:53 → DCA 22:59AA 2752	7h 15m	52%	31%
United Details →	MCO 16:04 → EWR 18:57UA 2629	1h 23m Newark	EWR 20:20 → DCA 21:53UA 4457 · flown by GoJet	5h 49m	72%	28%
American Details →	MCO 15:32 → CLT 17:30AA 2098	52m Charlotte	CLT 18:22 → DCA 20:00AA 2386	4h 28m	44%	23%

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

IAH · 1h 12m · leaves 07:00 4%

CLT · 1h 17m · leaves 06:15 4%

ATL · 1h 10m · leaves 08:00 5%

Afternoon and evening

MCI · 1h 00m · leaves 15:35 48%

DFW · 1h 10m · leaves 16:48 54%

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 1978 MCO 06:00 → BOS American AA 4349 BOS 11:52 → DCA Connection details →	2h 43m	7h 44m	100%	83%
Frontier F9 4017 MCO 05:40 → DFW American AA 1624 DFW 09:56 → DCA Connection details →	2h 17m	8h 18m	95%	75%
Delta DL 1548 MCO 05:30 → ATL American AA 5050 ATL 08:58 → DCA Connection details →	1h 56m	5h 30m	96%	75%

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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