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 3% of the time at 9 am and 31% of the time at 8 pm.

Nonstops (seasonal or thin)


Southwest	MCO	SMF	6h 00m	74%	0.6%	323	Flying now

Best connections, one ticket

Most reliable Quickest (80%+ on time)

Ranked by chance you reach Sacramento on time. Total trip = scheduled departure to arrival, layover included (Sacramento is 3 h behind Orlando). Layovers up to 4 hours. Pick a connection for the details.


United Details →	MCO 07:00 → IAH 08:35UA 468	1h 25m Houston	IAH 10:00 → SMF 12:07UA 2773	8h 07m	97%	91%
Southwest Details →	MCO 06:45 → LAS 08:25WN 2365	1h 10m Las Vegas	LAS 09:35 → SMF 11:10WN 1122	7h 25m	97%	89%
Delta Details →	MCO 06:21 → LAX 08:35DL 484	3h 30m Los Angeles	LAX 12:05 → SMF 13:32DL 3812 · flown by SkyWest	10h 12m	100%	89%
Delta Details →	MCO 09:05 → SEA 12:15DL 347	2h 30m Seattle	SEA 14:45 → SMF 16:47DL 4153 · flown by SkyWest	10h 42m	99%	87%
Southwest Details →	MCO 09:20 → LAX 11:25WN 4495	2h 35m Los Angeles	LAX 14:00 → SMF 15:25WN 2008	9h 05m	100%	85%
Delta Details →	MCO 07:06 → SLC 09:52DL 2025	1h 43m Salt Lake City	SLC 11:35 → SMF 12:16DL 1423	8h 15m	99%	84%
Delta Details →	MCO 07:00 → MSP 09:30DL 1250	53m Minneapolis	MSP 10:23 → SMF 12:11DL 1701	8h 11m	90%	84%
United Details →	MCO 08:00 → DEN 10:02UA 1714	3h 33m Denver	DEN 13:35 → SMF 15:10UA 662	10h 10m	100%	83%
Tight connection: often missed
United Details →	MCO 14:37 → EWR 17:30UA 1643	49m Newark	EWR 18:19 → SMF 21:48UA 2624	10h 11m	64%	44%
Southwest Details →	MCO 18:55 → MDW 20:50WN 2660	1h 00m Chicago	MDW 21:50 → SMF 00:20 +1WN 4121	8h 20m	38%	15%
Southwest Details →	MCO 15:50 → DEN 18:10WN 2632	1h 15m Denver	DEN 19:25 → SMF 20:55WN 136	8h 05m	66%	6%

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

SAN · 1h 20m · leaves 07:10 0%

DFW · 1h 04m · leaves 05:30 7%

MDW · 1h 05m · leaves 07:25 10%

Afternoon and evening

DFW · 59m · leaves 19:33 40%

CLT · 1h 01m · leaves 15:32 46%

MDW · 1h 00m · leaves 18:55 62%

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.


American AA 1748 MCO 10:34 → LAX United UA 5858 LAX 16:30 → SMF Connection details →	3h 43m	10h 32m	99%	91%
United UA 2113 MCO 07:00 → LAX Delta DL 3812 LAX 12:05 → SMF Connection details →	2h 48m	9h 33m	99%	89%
Delta DL 484 MCO 06:21 → LAX Southwest WN 265 LAX 12:15 → SMF Connection details →	3h 40m	10h 14m	100%	88%

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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