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 75-minute layover misses 4% of the time at 7 am and 35% of the time at 8 pm.

Nonstops


Frontier	MCO	SAT	2h 54m	80%	0.0%	104	Flying now
Southwest	MCO	SAT	3h 00m	76%	0.3%	758	Flying now
Spirit	MCO	SAT	3h 03m	76%	6.7%	224	Not flying now

Best connections, one ticket

Most reliable Quickest (80%+ on time)

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


United Details →	MCO 07:40 → EWR 10:25UA 577	1h 55m Newark	EWR 12:20 → SAT 15:21UA 515	8h 41m	100%	87%
United Details →	MCO 10:00 → DEN 12:00UA 1022	1h 44m Denver	DEN 13:44 → SAT 16:55UA 1022	7h 55m	97%	85%
United Details →	MCO 07:00 → IAH 08:35UA 468	1h 04m Houston	IAH 09:39 → SAT 10:46UA 6201 · flown by Mesa	4h 46m	95%	84%
Delta Details →	MCO 05:30 → ATL 07:02DL 1548	1h 20m Atlanta	ATL 08:22 → SAT 09:52DL 1676	5h 22m	96%	83%
Delta Details →	MCO 07:00 → ATL 08:41DL 2080	3h 34m Atlanta	ATL 12:15 → SAT 13:38DL 1408	7h 41m	99%	82%
United Details →	MCO 11:57 → IAH 13:29UA 1493	3h 06m Houston	IAH 16:35 → SAT 17:44UA 5379 · flown by SkyWest	6h 47m	99%	82%
Southwest Details →	MCO 06:25 → DEN 08:15WN 2628	1h 05m Denver	DEN 09:20 → SAT 12:25WN 3149	7h 00m	100%	81%
American Details →	MCO 11:02 → MIA 12:14AA 1712	3h 21m Miami	MIA 15:35 → SAT 17:45AA 4069 · flown by Envoy	7h 43m	97%	81%
Tight connection: often missed
American Details →	MCO 16:41 → ORD 18:59AA 2089	2h 09m Chicago	ORD 21:08 → SAT 23:59AA 431	8h 18m	71%	31%
Southwest Details →	MCO 15:50 → DEN 18:10WN 2632	1h 40m Denver	DEN 19:50 → SAT 23:08WN 2073	8h 20m	74%	24%
American Details →	MCO 19:40 → MIA 20:57AA 2147	55m Miami	MIA 21:52 → SAT 23:59AA 1468	5h 19m	35%	23%

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 05m · leaves 06:25 0%

DAL · 1h 20m · leaves 09:25 2%

ATL · 1h 20m · leaves 05:30 4%

Afternoon and evening

BWI · 58m · leaves 17:18 47%

DFW · 1h 05m · leaves 16:48 57%

MIA · 55m · leaves 19:40 65%

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 2630 MCO 09:45 → DEN United UA 1022 DEN 13:44 → SAT Connection details →	2h 09m	8h 10m	96%	86%
Southwest WN 2591 MCO 08:00 → ATL Delta DL 1408 ATL 12:15 → SAT Connection details →	2h 40m	6h 41m	98%	82%
Frontier F9 2512 MCO 07:40 → EWR United UA 515 EWR 12:20 → SAT Connection details →	1h 49m	8h 41m	92%	80%

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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