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 5% of the time at 9 am and 45% of the time at 5 pm.

Nonstops


United	MCO	ORD	3h 09m	76%	0.8%	2,496	Flying now
American	MCO	ORD	3h 09m	71%	2.3%	2,146	Flying now
Frontier	MCO	ORD	3h 15m	70%	2.7%	377	Flying now
Southwest	MCO	ORD	3h 05m	69%	1.5%	734	Not flying now
Spirit	MCO	ORD	3h 07m	60%	4.6%	523	Not flying now

Best connections, one ticket

Most reliable Quickest (80%+ on time)

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


American Details →	MCO 06:15 → CLT 08:04AA 461	2h 57m Charlotte	CLT 11:01 → ORD 12:19AA 2908	7h 04m	100%	89%
Delta Details →	MCO 06:00 → DTW 08:38DL 1201	1h 37m Detroit	DTW 10:15 → ORD 10:50DL 3673 · flown by SkyWest	5h 50m	96%	86%
American Details →	MCO 06:00 → MIA 07:12AA 2894	1h 16m Miami	MIA 08:28 → ORD 10:59AA 1431	5h 59m	93%	82%
United Details →	MCO 07:00 → IAH 08:35UA 468	1h 00m Houston	IAH 09:35 → ORD 12:29UA 2124	6h 29m	95%	80%
American Details →	MCO 05:00 → CLT 06:45AA 1896	1h 01m Charlotte	CLT 07:46 → ORD 09:02AA 2843	5h 02m	94%	80%
United Details →	MCO 08:55 → IAD 11:14UA 276	2h 01m Dulles	IAD 13:15 → ORD 14:29UA 2331	6h 34m	99%	80%
United Details →	MCO 08:00 → DEN 10:02UA 1714	1h 13m Denver	DEN 11:15 → ORD 14:55UA 2865	7h 55m	97%	79%
United Details →	MCO 11:35 → CLE 14:06UA 486	2h 09m Cleveland	CLE 16:15 → ORD 17:00UA 3575 · flown by Republic	6h 25m	98%	79%
Tight connection: often missed
American Details →	MCO 17:37 → PHL 20:22AA 2109	1h 10m Philadelphia	PHL 21:32 → ORD 23:30AA 3042	6h 53m	51%	27%
American Details →	MCO 19:40 → MIA 20:57AA 2147	53m Miami	MIA 21:50 → ORD 00:26 +1AA 2323	5h 46m	34%	21%
American Details →	MCO 15:45 → DFW 17:47AA 2143	51m Dallas-Fort Worth	DFW 18:38 → ORD 21:22AA 1424	6h 37m	36%	14%

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

DEN · 1h 13m · leaves 08:00 3%

IAD · 1h 20m · leaves 09:37 3%

EWR · 1h 09m · leaves 06:30 3%

Afternoon and evening

CLT · 53m · leaves 17:35 58%

DFW · 51m · leaves 15:45 64%

MIA · 1h 04m · leaves 18:34 69%

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 2616 MCO 06:10 → CMH American AA 4953 CMH 10:22 → ORD Connection details →	2h 02m	5h 51m	100%	90%
Frontier F9 1978 MCO 06:00 → BOS American AA 1610 BOS 12:01 → ORD Connection details →	2h 52m	9h 02m	100%	90%
Delta DL 1201 MCO 06:00 → DTW American AA 4103 DTW 10:33 → ORD Connection details →	1h 55m	6h 08m	95%	89%

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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