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 4% of the time at 9 am and 2 times in 5 at 9 pm.

Nonstops


Frontier	MCO	DTW	2h 50m	80%	0.9%	460	Flying now
Delta	MCO	DTW	2h 46m	76%	1.0%	2,192	Flying now
Spirit	MCO	DTW	2h 46m	69%	2.0%	866	Not flying now
Southwest	MCO	DTW	2h 45m	55%	0.8%	120	Not flying now

Best connections, one ticket

Most reliable Quickest (80%+ on time)

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


American Details →	MCO 11:02 → MIA 12:14AA 1712	2h 50m Miami	MIA 15:04 → DTW 18:27AA 3358 · flown by Envoy	7h 25m	97%	89%
United Details →	MCO 07:00 → IAH 08:35UA 468	1h 10m Houston	IAH 09:45 → DTW 13:42UA 4064 · flown by Mesa	6h 42m	96%	86%
Delta Details →	MCO 08:43 → RDU 10:29DL 1337	2h 31m Raleigh/Durham	RDU 13:00 → DTW 14:58DL 2265	6h 15m	97%	84%
Delta Details →	MCO 06:15 → ATL 07:52DL 1494	3h 08m Atlanta	ATL 11:00 → DTW 12:55DL 1240	6h 41m	99%	83%
Delta Details →	MCO 05:30 → ATL 07:02DL 1548	2h 16m Atlanta	ATL 09:18 → DTW 11:10DL 1298	5h 42m	98%	83%
Delta Details →	MCO 09:05 → ATL 10:40DL 1505	3h 07m Atlanta	ATL 13:47 → DTW 15:43DL 1031	6h 37m	99%	82%
American Details →	MCO 06:15 → CLT 08:04AA 461	3h 11m Charlotte	CLT 11:15 → DTW 13:01AA 1781	6h 46m	100%	80%
United Details →	MCO 09:10 → EWR 11:53UA 1227	2h 14m Newark	EWR 14:07 → DTW 16:07UA 3437 · flown by Republic	6h 57m	98%	79%
Tight connection: often missed
United Details →	MCO 14:25 → ORD 16:43UA 2481	1h 02m Chicago	ORD 17:45 → DTW 20:22UA 5232 · flown by SkyWest	5h 57m	73%	39%
American Details →	MCO 15:45 → DFW 17:47AA 2143	1h 00m Dallas-Fort Worth	DFW 18:47 → DTW 22:36AA 3108	6h 51m	46%	23%
American Details →	MCO 15:05 → ORD 17:20AA 2066	47m Chicago	ORD 18:07 → DTW 20:42AA 3500 · flown by Envoy	5h 37m	37%	20%

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 10m · leaves 07:00 4%

ATL · 1h 13m · leaves 05:30 4%

IAD · 1h 00m · leaves 09:37 7%

Afternoon and evening

DFW · 1h 05m · leaves 16:48 57%

ORD · 47m · leaves 15:05 63%

MIA · 55m · leaves 18:34 71%

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 4655 MCO 09:50 → IND Delta DL 5846 IND 16:00 → DTW Connection details →	3h 48m	7h 30m	100%	92%
Southwest WN 2616 MCO 06:10 → CMH Delta DL 5810 CMH 12:08 → DTW Connection details →	3h 48m	7h 09m	100%	91%
Southwest WN 2570 MCO 06:50 → STL Delta DL 2868 STL 10:20 → DTW Connection details →	2h 00m	6h 05m	100%	91%

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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