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 7 am and barely half the time at 9 pm.

Nonstops (seasonal or thin)


Frontier	MCO	PNS	1h 33m	74%	1.9%	54	Flying now
Spirit	MCO	PNS	1h 33m	64%	3.5%	227	Not flying now

Best connections, one ticket

Most reliable Quickest (80%+ on time)

Ranked by chance you reach Pensacola on time. Total trip = scheduled departure to arrival, layover included (Pensacola 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	3h 18m Charlotte	CLT 11:22 → PNS 12:17AA 5349 · flown by PSA	7h 03m	100%	92%
Delta Details →	MCO 06:15 → ATL 07:52DL 1494	2h 47m Atlanta	ATL 10:39 → PNS 10:51DL 3198	5h 37m	99%	86%
Delta Details →	MCO 08:05 → ATL 09:44DL 1463	3h 06m Atlanta	ATL 12:50 → PNS 13:00DL 1640	5h 58m	98%	85%
Delta Details →	MCO 05:30 → ATL 07:02DL 1548	1h 03m Atlanta	ATL 08:05 → PNS 08:18DL 3103	3h 48m	95%	84%
American Details →	MCO 05:00 → CLT 06:45AA 1896	2h 35m Charlotte	CLT 09:20 → PNS 10:08AA 2316	6h 08m	99%	81%
Delta Details →	MCO 10:05 → ATL 11:41DL 2204	3h 30m Atlanta	ATL 15:11 → PNS 15:26DL 1013	6h 21m	98%	80%
American Details →	MCO 11:02 → MIA 12:14AA 1712	3h 17m Miami	MIA 15:31 → PNS 16:34AA 3749 · flown by Envoy	6h 26m	97%	78%
Delta Details →	MCO 12:05 → ATL 13:48DL 1658	3h 02m Atlanta	ATL 16:50 → PNS 17:06DL 2211	6h 01m	98%	78%
Tight connection: often missed
American Details →	MCO 15:39 → MIA 16:50AA 2092	1h 05m Miami	MIA 17:55 → PNS 18:52AA 3743 · flown by Envoy	4h 13m	59%	46%
Delta Details →	MCO 16:45 → ATL 18:41DL 1642	1h 10m Atlanta	ATL 19:51 → PNS 20:05DL 3021	4h 20m	53%	40%
American Details →	MCO 15:32 → CLT 17:30AA 2098	46m Charlotte	CLT 18:16 → PNS 19:10AA 5429 · flown by PSA	4h 38m	36%	24%

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 16m · leaves 06:15 4%

ATL · 1h 03m · leaves 05:30 5%

DFW · 1h 01m · leaves 06:30 12%

Afternoon and evening

MIA · 1h 05m · leaves 15:39 41%

ATL · 51m · leaves 18:48 52%

CLT · 46m · leaves 15:32 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 2591 MCO 08:00 → ATL Delta DL 1640 ATL 12:50 → PNS Connection details →	3h 15m	6h 03m	98%	84%
Frontier F9 1241 MCO 09:51 → ATL Delta DL 1013 ATL 15:11 → PNS Connection details →	3h 32m	6h 35m	95%	78%
American AA 938 MCO 06:30 → ORD United UA 2672 ORD 10:38 → PNS Connection details →	2h 02m	7h 37m	93%	74%

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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