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 90-minute layover misses 3% of the time at 9 am and 37% of the time at 7 pm.

Nonstops


JetBlue	MCO	FLL	1h 11m	72%	0.7%	150	Flying now
Southwest	MCO	FLL	1h 10m	71%	1.0%	626	Flying now
Spirit	MCO	FLL	1h 12m	72%	1.8%	676	Not flying now

Best connections, one ticket

Most reliable Quickest (80%+ on time)

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


United Details →	MCO 11:57 → IAH 13:29UA 1493	3h 06m Houston	IAH 16:35 → FLL 20:22UA 277	8h 25m	99%	83%
American Details →	MCO 06:15 → CLT 08:04AA 461	2h 56m Charlotte	CLT 11:00 → FLL 13:03AA 1877	6h 47m	100%	82%
Delta Details →	MCO 05:30 → ATL 07:02DL 1548	1h 03m Atlanta	ATL 08:05 → FLL 10:00DL 1094	4h 30m	95%	80%
United Details →	MCO 06:30 → EWR 09:15UA 1105	2h 22m Newark	EWR 11:37 → FLL 14:42UA 677	8h 12m	100%	80%
Delta Details →	MCO 06:15 → ATL 07:52DL 1494	1h 13m Atlanta	ATL 09:05 → FLL 11:03DL 1271	4h 47m	97%	79%
Southwest Details →	MCO 06:50 → STL 08:20WN 2570	1h 55m St Louis	STL 10:15 → FLL 14:00WN 4938	7h 10m	100%	79%
American Details →	MCO 08:00 → CLT 09:53AA 1525	3h 25m Charlotte	CLT 13:18 → FLL 15:20AA 1875	7h 20m	100%	79%
Southwest Details →	MCO 06:55 → HOU 08:25WN 2636	1h 45m Houston	HOU 10:10 → FLL 13:40WN 4355	6h 45m	100%	79%
Tight connection: often missed
JetBlue Details →	MCO 12:15 → LGA 14:59B6 698	56m New York	LGA 15:55 → FLL 19:05B6 471	6h 53m	68%	39%
American Details →	MCO 17:35 → CLT 19:34AA 2082	1h 12m Charlotte	CLT 20:46 → FLL 22:47AA 321	5h 11m	56%	37%
American Details →	MCO 15:45 → DFW 17:47AA 2143	1h 08m Dallas-Fort Worth	DFW 18:55 → FLL 22:52AA 2946	7h 07m	53%	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

ATL · 1h 13m · leaves 06:15 3%

LGA · 1h 15m · leaves 07:05 4%

CLT · 1h 07m · leaves 08:00 4%

Afternoon and evening

ATL · 1h 17m · leaves 16:45 42%

CLT · 1h 12m · leaves 17:35 44%

DFW · 1h 18m · leaves 16:48 52%

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 1915 MCO 05:20 → CLE United UA 2724 CLE 11:00 → FLL Connection details →	3h 04m	8h 25m	99%	88%
Frontier F9 1954 MCO 23:17 → BQN JetBlue B6 2472 BQN 05:01 → FLL Connection details →	2h 53m	8h 16m	95%	77%
Southwest WN 684 MCO 08:20 → RDU Delta DL 1038 RDU 11:58 → FLL Connection details →	1h 53m	5h 44m	95%	76%

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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