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 13% of the time at 10 am and 1 time in 3 at 10 pm.

Nonstops


Southwest	MCO	MCI	3h 05m	73%	1.0%	1,284	Flying now
Spirit	MCO	MCI	3h 04m	71%	4.5%	246	Not flying now
Delta	MCO	MCI	3h 09m	83%few flights	0.0%	29	Not flying now

Best connections, one ticket

Most reliable Quickest (80%+ on time)

Ranked by chance you reach Kansas City on time. Total trip = scheduled departure to arrival, layover included (Kansas City is 1 h behind Orlando). Layovers up to 4 hours. Pick a connection for the details.


Southwest Details →	MCO 06:25 → DEN 08:15WN 2628	1h 45m Denver	DEN 10:00 → MCI 12:45WN 3114	7h 20m	100%	98%
American Details →	MCO 11:02 → MIA 12:14AA 1712	2h 34m Miami	MIA 14:48 → MCI 17:23AA 3939 · flown by Envoy	7h 21m	97%	89%
Southwest Details →	MCO 08:10 → DEN 10:00WN 2629	2h 30m Denver	DEN 12:30 → MCI 15:05WN 351	7h 55m	100%	88%
Delta Details →	MCO 08:05 → ATL 09:44DL 1463	3h 40m Atlanta	ATL 13:24 → MCI 14:32DL 1443	7h 27m	99%	87%
Delta Details →	MCO 05:30 → ATL 07:02DL 1548	1h 18m Atlanta	ATL 08:20 → MCI 09:31DL 2471	5h 01m	96%	86%
Delta Details →	MCO 06:15 → ATL 07:52DL 1494	2h 13m Atlanta	ATL 10:05 → MCI 11:16DL 2908	6h 01m	99%	86%
American Details →	MCO 06:30 → DFW 08:29AA 2975	1h 31m Dallas-Fort Worth	DFW 10:00 → MCI 11:44AA 3661 · flown by Envoy	6h 14m	95%	85%
United Details →	MCO 10:00 → DEN 12:00UA 1022	1h 40m Denver	DEN 13:40 → MCI 16:22UA 586	7h 22m	97%	83%
Tight connection: often missed
United Details →	MCO 17:17 → DEN 19:45UA 1770	55m Denver	DEN 20:40 → MCI 23:25UA 1596	7h 08m	67%	44%
Delta Details →	MCO 16:45 → ATL 18:41DL 1642	54m Atlanta	ATL 19:35 → MCI 20:46DL 1130	5h 01m	46%	35%
Southwest Details →	MCO 18:40 → STL 20:20WN 3236	1h 25m St Louis	STL 21:45 → MCI 22:50WN 2453	5h 10m	58%	35%

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 20m · leaves 08:00 2%

IAH · 1h 20m · leaves 09:10 5%

IAD · 1h 00m · leaves 09:37 7%

Afternoon and evening

BWI · 1h 00m · leaves 20:45 45%

ATL · 54m · leaves 16:45 54%

MDW · 55m · leaves 18:55 64%

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 2628 MCO 06:25 → DEN Frontier F9 4828 DEN 10:16 → MCI Connection details →	2h 01m	7h 35m	100%	90%
Frontier F9 1563 MCO 07:45 → ATL Delta DL 1443 ATL 13:24 → MCI Connection details →	3h 43m	7h 47m	100%	86%
Frontier F9 1733 MCO 06:00 → DEN Southwest WN 3114 DEN 10:00 → MCI Connection details →	1h 40m	7h 45m	87%	85%

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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