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 2 times in 5 at 9 pm.

Nonstops (seasonal or thin)


Frontier	MCO	ORF	2h 10m	78%	2.0%	204	Flying now
Southwest	MCO	ORF	1h 55m	74%	1.6%	381	Flying now
Spirit	MCO	ORF	2h 00m	61%	7.4%	216	Not flying now

Best connections, one ticket

Most reliable Quickest (80%+ on time)

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


Southwest Details →	MCO 07:10 → BWI 09:30WN 1956	1h 10m Baltimore	BWI 10:40 → ORF 11:40WN 1070	4h 30m	96%	87%
United Details →	MCO 09:37 → IAD 11:55UA 1893	1h 10m Dulles	IAD 13:05 → ORF 14:17UA 6313 · flown by Mesa	4h 40m	95%	86%
Delta Details →	MCO 06:15 → ATL 07:52DL 1494	1h 54m Atlanta	ATL 09:46 → ORF 11:28DL 2755	5h 13m	98%	85%
American Details →	MCO 06:15 → CLT 08:04AA 461	3h 16m Charlotte	CLT 11:20 → ORF 12:34AA 2254	6h 19m	100%	83%
Delta Details →	MCO 07:00 → ATL 08:41DL 2080	2h 29m Atlanta	ATL 11:10 → ORF 12:47DL 2925	5h 52m	98%	80%
Delta Details →	MCO 06:00 → JFK 08:38DL 2702	1h 12m New York	JFK 09:50 → ORF 11:27DL 5370 · flown by Endeavor	5h 27m	94%	78%
American Details →	MCO 05:00 → CLT 06:45AA 1896	2h 20m Charlotte	CLT 09:05 → ORF 10:35AA 5326 · flown by PSA	5h 35m	99%	77%
Southwest Details →	MCO 09:15 → BWI 11:30WN 2612	2h 35m Baltimore	BWI 14:05 → ORF 15:05WN 1037	5h 50m	100%	77%
Tight connection: often missed
United Details →	MCO 19:05 → IAD 21:30UA 1997	1h 05m Dulles	IAD 22:35 → ORF 23:44UA 2677	4h 39m	70%	52%
Delta Details →	MCO 17:50 → DTW 20:45DL 337	55m Detroit	DTW 21:40 → ORF 23:29DL 412	5h 39m	60%	38%
American Details →	MCO 17:35 → CLT 19:34AA 2082	50m Charlotte	CLT 20:24 → ORF 21:45AA 5622 · flown by PSA	4h 10m	39%	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

BWI · 1h 10m · leaves 07:10 4%

IAD · 1h 10m · leaves 09:37 5%

JFK · 1h 12m · leaves 06:00 6%

Afternoon and evening

DTW · 55m · leaves 17:50 40%

ATL · 1h 18m · leaves 16:45 41%

CLT · 50m · leaves 17:35 61%

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 3274 MCO 06:40 → BWI Southwest WN 1070 BWI 10:40 → ORF Connection details →	1h 39m	5h 00m	85%	77%
Delta DL 1548 MCO 05:30 → ATL Frontier F9 3072 ATL 09:29 → ORF Connection details →	2h 27m	5h 46m	97%	74%
Southwest WN 2591 MCO 08:00 → ATL Delta DL 2925 ATL 11:10 → ORF Connection details →	1h 35m	4h 52m	80%	67%

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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