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 8% of the time at 8 am and 2 times in 5 at 9 pm.

Nonstops


Delta	MCO	RDU	1h 50m	80%	2.1%	1,119	Flying now
Frontier	MCO	RDU	1h 55m	79%	1.1%	742	Flying now
Southwest	MCO	RDU	1h 45m	73%	1.8%	843	Flying now

Best connections, one ticket

Most reliable Quickest (80%+ on time)

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


Delta Details →	MCO 06:15 → ATL 07:52DL 1494	3h 22m Atlanta	ATL 11:14 → RDU 12:44DL 1488	6h 29m	99%	89%
Southwest Details →	MCO 06:50 → STL 08:20WN 2570	1h 35m St Louis	STL 09:55 → RDU 12:45WN 297	5h 55m	100%	88%
Delta Details →	MCO 05:30 → ATL 07:02DL 1548	1h 41m Atlanta	ATL 08:43 → RDU 10:10DL 1699	4h 40m	97%	88%
American Details →	MCO 06:15 → CLT 08:04AA 461	3h 00m Charlotte	CLT 11:04 → RDU 12:02AA 2363	5h 47m	100%	87%
Southwest Details →	MCO 07:10 → BWI 09:30WN 1956	2h 05m Baltimore	BWI 11:35 → RDU 12:45WN 4442	5h 35m	100%	86%
Delta Details →	MCO 08:05 → ATL 09:44DL 1463	3h 18m Atlanta	ATL 13:02 → RDU 14:29DL 2026	6h 24m	98%	86%
Delta Details →	MCO 06:00 → DTW 08:38DL 1201	1h 37m Detroit	DTW 10:15 → RDU 11:57DL 2164	6h 00m	96%	84%
American Details →	MCO 06:57 → DCA 09:20AA 2745	2h 04m Washington	DCA 11:24 → RDU 12:44AA 4700 · flown by Republic	5h 47m	97%	83%
Tight connection: often missed
Delta Details →	MCO 17:50 → DTW 20:45DL 337	55m Detroit	DTW 21:40 → RDU 23:28DL 2839	5h 38m	60%	45%
American Details →	MCO 11:40 → CLT 13:31AA 2073	55m Charlotte	CLT 14:26 → RDU 15:25AA 2402	3h 45m	67%	41%
American Details →	MCO 19:40 → MIA 20:57AA 2147	50m Miami	MIA 21:47 → RDU 23:59AA 1286	4h 19m	33%	21%

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

AUS · 1h 00m · leaves 06:40 2%

CLT · 1h 11m · leaves 08:00 3%

IAH · 1h 18m · leaves 09:10 6%

Afternoon and evening

IAD · 55m · leaves 19:05 36%

DTW · 55m · leaves 17:50 40%

MIA · 59m · leaves 18:34 71%

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 2764 MCO 08:10 → BNA American AA 4639 BNA 12:00 → RDU Connection details →	2h 50m	6h 33m	100%	88%
Southwest WN 2591 MCO 08:00 → ATL Delta DL 2026 ATL 13:02 → RDU Connection details →	3h 27m	6h 29m	98%	85%
Frontier F9 3274 MCO 06:40 → BWI Southwest WN 4442 BWI 11:35 → RDU Connection details →	2h 34m	6h 05m	97%	85%

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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