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 90-minute layover misses 2% of the time at 9 am and 30% of the time at 9 pm.

Nonstops


Delta	MCO	SLC	5h 00m	83%	0.6%	1,415	Flying now
Frontier	MCO	SLC	5h 03m	90%	0.0%	42	Not flying now
Spirit	MCO	SLC	4h 52m	85%few flights	0.0%	34	Not flying now
Southwest	MCO	SLC	–	53%few flights	0.0%	15	Not flying now

Best connections, one ticket

Most reliable Quickest (80%+ on time)

Ranked by chance you reach Salt Lake City on time. Total trip = scheduled departure to arrival, layover included (Salt Lake City is 2 h behind Orlando). Layovers up to 4 hours. Pick a connection for the details.


Delta Details →	MCO 06:21 → LAX 08:35DL 484	3h 06m Los Angeles	LAX 11:41 → SLC 14:30DL 1194	10h 13m	100%	89%
Delta Details →	MCO 06:15 → ATL 07:52DL 1494	2h 13m Atlanta	ATL 10:05 → SLC 12:10DL 387	7h 55m	99%	89%
United Details →	MCO 07:00 → LAX 09:17UA 2113	3h 38m Los Angeles	LAX 12:55 → SLC 15:48UA 5371 · flown by SkyWest	10h 48m	100%	89%
Delta Details →	MCO 07:00 → MSP 09:30DL 1250	2h 59m Minneapolis	MSP 12:29 → SLC 14:22DL 2651	9h 22m	99%	89%
Delta Details →	MCO 06:00 → DTW 08:38DL 1201	3h 47m Detroit	DTW 12:25 → SLC 14:19DL 935	10h 19m	99%	86%
Delta Details →	MCO 07:00 → ATL 08:41DL 2080	3h 13m Atlanta	ATL 11:54 → SLC 13:50DL 663	8h 50m	99%	85%
United Details →	MCO 08:00 → DEN 10:02UA 1714	3h 38m Denver	DEN 13:40 → SLC 15:13UA 1840	9h 13m	100%	84%
Delta Details →	MCO 09:05 → ATL 10:40DL 1505	3h 15m Atlanta	ATL 13:55 → SLC 15:51DL 423	8h 48m	99%	83%
Tight connection: often missed
American Details →	MCO 17:20 → PHX 18:55AA 2105	1h 25m Phoenix	PHX 20:20 → SLC 23:03AA 4921 · flown by SkyWest	7h 43m	71%	52%
American Details →	MCO 15:32 → CLT 17:30AA 2098	1h 14m Charlotte	CLT 18:44 → SLC 21:16AA 2611	7h 40m	63%	42%
American Details →	MCO 15:45 → DFW 17:47AA 2143	1h 01m Dallas-Fort Worth	DFW 18:48 → SLC 20:34AA 558	6h 49m	47%	22%

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%

LAX · 1h 20m · leaves 06:21 2%

IAH · 1h 10m · leaves 07:00 4%

Afternoon and evening

MDW · 1h 15m · leaves 18:55 45%

DFW · 1h 01m · leaves 15:45 53%

MIA · 52m · leaves 18:34 73%

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 2668 MCO 09:35 → MSY Delta DL 736 MSY 13:30 → SLC Connection details →	3h 05m	8h 33m	100%	92%
United UA 2113 MCO 07:00 → LAX Delta DL 1194 LAX 11:41 → SLC Connection details →	2h 24m	9h 34m	99%	89%
Southwest WN 2604 MCO 09:35 → BNA Delta DL 1593 BNA 14:01 → SLC Connection details →	3h 26m	9h 02m	100%	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