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 80-minute layover misses 3% of the time at 9 am and 1 time in 3 at 8 pm.

Best connections, one ticket

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


United Details →	MCO 08:00 → DEN 10:02UA 1714	3h 23m Denver	DEN 13:25 → SNA 14:56UA 1707	9h 56m	100%	86%
Alaska Details →	MCO 07:00 → SEA 10:09AS 395	3h 40m Seattle	SEA 13:49 → SNA 16:41AS 773	12h 41m	100%	86%
United Details →	MCO 07:00 → IAH 08:35UA 468	3h 55m Houston	IAH 12:30 → SNA 14:03UA 2780	10h 03m	100%	86%
Southwest Details →	MCO 07:15 → PHX 08:45WN 2680	1h 10m Phoenix	PHX 09:55 → SNA 11:15WN 3001	7h 00m	100%	85%
United Details →	MCO 10:22 → EWR 13:05UA 2120	3h 55m Newark	EWR 17:00 → SNA 20:06UA 1690	12h 44m	100%	81%
Southwest Details →	MCO 06:45 → LAS 08:25WN 2365	2h 07m Las Vegas	LAS 10:32 → SNA 11:42WN 2092	7h 57m	100%	81%
Delta Details →	MCO 10:45 → SLC 13:25DL 2031	4h 00m Salt Lake City	SLC 17:25 → SNA 18:30DL 3856 · flown by SkyWest	10h 45m	99%	80%
American Details →	MCO 05:30 → DFW 07:26AA 2677	59m Dallas-Fort Worth	DFW 08:25 → SNA 09:33AA 2680	7h 03m	92%	80%
Tight connection: often missed
Delta Details →	MCO 17:45 → ATL 19:40DL 1150	1h 11m Atlanta	ATL 20:51 → SNA 22:28DL 826	7h 43m	65%	51%
Delta Details →	MCO 15:00 → MSP 17:38DL 1208	50m Minneapolis	MSP 18:28 → SNA 20:24DL 2107	8h 24m	64%	43%
American Details →	MCO 15:45 → DFW 17:47AA 2143	1h 28m Dallas-Fort Worth	DFW 19:15 → SNA 20:22AA 806	7h 37m	63%	40%

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

PHX · 1h 10m · leaves 07:15 0%

DEN · 1h 18m · leaves 08:00 3%

SFO · 1h 07m · leaves 08:09 3%

Afternoon and evening

MSP · 50m · leaves 15:00 36%

DEN · 47m · leaves 17:17 42%

DFW · 46m · leaves 18:26 82%

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 2628 MCO 06:25 → DEN United UA 1320 DEN 11:20 → SNA Connection details →	3h 05m	9h 26m	100%	88%
Southwest WN 2365 MCO 06:45 → LAS Frontier F9 1699 LAS 11:17 → SNA Connection details →	2h 52m	8h 49m	100%	87%
Southwest WN 2629 MCO 08:10 → DEN United UA 1707 DEN 13:25 → SNA Connection details →	3h 25m	9h 46m	100%	86%

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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