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

Nonstops


American	MCO	PHL	2h 34m	76%	2.2%	2,601	Flying now
Frontier	MCO	PHL	2h 39m	71%	2.2%	1,571	Flying now
Southwest	MCO	PHL	2h 30m	68%	0.8%	642	Flying now
Spirit	MCO	PHL	2h 31m	65%	5.4%	516	Not flying now

Best connections, one ticket

Most reliable Quickest (80%+ on time)

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


Southwest Details →	MCO 06:50 → STL 08:20WN 2570	1h 40m St Louis	STL 10:00 → PHL 13:10WN 3222	6h 20m	100%	88%
United Details →	MCO 08:55 → IAD 11:14UA 276	1h 41m Dulles	IAD 12:55 → PHL 14:10UA 3541 · flown by Republic	5h 15m	99%	86%
Delta Details →	MCO 06:15 → ATL 07:52DL 1494	3h 29m Atlanta	ATL 11:21 → PHL 13:24DL 2279	7h 11m	99%	83%
American Details →	MCO 06:00 → MIA 07:12AA 2894	1h 48m Miami	MIA 09:00 → PHL 11:55AA 551	5h 55m	97%	83%
Delta Details →	MCO 07:00 → MSP 09:30DL 1250	1h 39m Minneapolis	MSP 11:09 → PHL 14:43DL 2679	7h 42m	97%	83%
Delta Details →	MCO 06:00 → DTW 08:38DL 1201	1h 32m Detroit	DTW 10:10 → PHL 11:46DL 2331	5h 49m	96%	82%
American Details →	MCO 05:00 → CLT 06:45AA 1896	1h 10m Charlotte	CLT 07:55 → PHL 09:41AA 3046	4h 41m	95%	82%
Delta Details →	MCO 05:30 → ATL 07:02DL 1548	1h 53m Atlanta	ATL 08:55 → PHL 10:57DL 2270	5h 31m	98%	81%
Tight connection: often missed
American Details →	MCO 15:05 → ORD 17:20AA 2066	1h 28m Chicago	ORD 18:48 → PHL 21:59AA 2443	7h 01m	69%	37%
American Details →	MCO 19:40 → MIA 20:57AA 2147	1h 07m Miami	MIA 22:04 → PHL 00:55 +1AA 2188	5h 15m	49%	36%
American Details →	MCO 15:45 → DFW 17:47AA 2143	48m Dallas-Fort Worth	DFW 18:35 → PHL 22:57AA 3242	7h 12m	32%	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

CLT · 1h 07m · leaves 08:00 4%

ATL · 1h 03m · leaves 06:15 5%

DFW · 1h 14m · leaves 05:30 6%

Afternoon and evening

DEN · 55m · leaves 15:50 57%

BNA · 1h 05m · leaves 19:00 59%

DFW · 48m · leaves 15:45 68%

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.


Delta DL 2080 MCO 07:00 → ATL American AA 4338 ATL 12:25 → PHL Connection details →	3h 44m	7h 36m	99%	92%
Southwest WN 2570 MCO 06:50 → STL American AA 2720 STL 11:16 → PHL Connection details →	2h 56m	7h 45m	100%	90%
Frontier F9 1915 MCO 05:20 → CLE American AA 5847 CLE 10:52 → PHL Connection details →	2h 56m	7h 08m	98%	87%

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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