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 8 am and 44% of the time at 9 pm.

Nonstops (seasonal or thin)


Southwest	MCO	MEM	2h 15m	72%	2.0%	443	Flying now
Frontier	MCO	MEM	2h 10m	50%few flights	0.0%	12	Flying now
Spirit	MCO	MEM	2h 15m	75%	2.8%	283	Not flying now

Best connections, one ticket

Most reliable Quickest (80%+ on time)

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


United Details →	MCO 08:00 → DEN 10:02UA 1714	1h 03m Denver	DEN 11:05 → MEM 14:26UA 1112	7h 26m	96%	88%
Southwest Details →	MCO 06:55 → HOU 08:25WN 2636	1h 23m Houston	HOU 09:48 → MEM 11:20WN 4013	5h 25m	100%	88%
American Details →	MCO 05:00 → CLT 06:45AA 1896	2h 25m Charlotte	CLT 09:10 → MEM 10:00AA 2110	6h 00m	99%	87%
United Details →	MCO 07:00 → IAH 08:35UA 468	3h 20m Houston	IAH 11:55 → MEM 13:41UA 5758 · flown by SkyWest	7h 41m	100%	85%
Delta Details →	MCO 07:00 → ATL 08:41DL 2080	3h 34m Atlanta	ATL 12:15 → MEM 12:35DL 2778	6h 35m	99%	85%
Delta Details →	MCO 05:30 → ATL 07:02DL 1548	2h 08m Atlanta	ATL 09:10 → MEM 09:27DL 2071	5h 00m	98%	85%
Delta Details →	MCO 06:15 → ATL 07:52DL 1494	2h 18m Atlanta	ATL 10:10 → MEM 10:37DL 2937	5h 22m	99%	84%
American Details →	MCO 07:30 → DFW 09:29AA 599	3h 08m Dallas-Fort Worth	DFW 12:37 → MEM 14:16AA 3676 · flown by Envoy	7h 46m	100%	82%
Tight connection: often missed
Delta Details →	MCO 16:45 → ATL 18:41DL 1642	1h 29m Atlanta	ATL 20:10 → MEM 20:36DL 2001	4h 51m	62%	45%
American Details →	MCO 19:40 → MIA 20:57AA 2147	1h 31m Miami	MIA 22:28 → MEM 23:58AA 1551	5h 15m	65%	37%
American Details →	MCO 18:26 → DFW 20:30AA 2385	2h 00m Dallas-Fort Worth	DFW 22:30 → MEM 18:30 +1AA 1646	6h 37m	70%	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 18m · leaves 06:15 3%

DEN · 1h 03m · leaves 08:00 4%

CLT · 1h 06m · leaves 06:15 6%

Afternoon and evening

DFW · 59m · leaves 19:33 40%

ATL · 1h 01m · leaves 18:48 44%

DEN · 1h 00m · leaves 15:50 45%

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 2591 MCO 08:00 → ATL Delta DL 2778 ATL 12:15 → MEM Connection details →	2h 40m	5h 35m	98%	85%
Frontier F9 1417 MCO 07:00 → IAH United UA 5758 IAH 11:55 → MEM Connection details →	3h 08m	7h 41m	97%	83%
Frontier F9 1563 MCO 07:45 → ATL Delta DL 1681 ATL 13:36 → MEM Connection details →	3h 55m	7h 12m	100%	80%

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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