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 6% of the time at 10 am and almost half the time at 5 pm.

Nonstops


Delta	MSP	MCO	3h 14m	76%	1.3%	1,867	Flying now
Frontier	MSP	MCO	3h 23m	77%	5.4%	56	Not flying now
Southwest	MSP	MCO	–	61%few flights	0.0%	18	Not flying now

Best connections, one ticket

Most reliable Quickest (80%+ on time)

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


United Details →	MSP 05:45 → DEN 06:53UA 2041	1h 17m Denver	DEN 08:10 → MCO 13:57UA 2292	7h 12m	98%	87%
Southwest Details →	MSP 05:50 → DEN 06:55WN 1525	3h 05m Denver	DEN 10:00 → MCO 15:55WN 1339	9h 05m	100%	85%
United Details →	MSP 12:05 → IAH 15:00UA 1795	2h 09m Houston	IAH 17:09 → MCO 20:48UA 1571	7h 43m	100%	81%
United Details →	MSP 06:00 → ORD 07:44UA 307	1h 28m Chicago	ORD 09:12 → MCO 13:13UA 1643	6h 13m	97%	81%
Delta Details →	MSP 05:20 → ATL 08:48DL 1062	1h 37m Atlanta	ATL 10:25 → MCO 12:00DL 664	5h 40m	97%	81%
United Details →	MSP 07:35 → IAH 10:30UA 2460	1h 55m Houston	IAH 12:25 → MCO 16:04UA 2662	7h 29m	96%	79%
Delta Details →	MSP 08:10 → SLC 10:04DL 2628	1h 19m Salt Lake City	SLC 11:23 → MCO 18:01DL 2024	8h 51m	97%	78%
American Details →	MSP 06:19 → CLT 10:00AA 894	1h 13m Charlotte	CLT 11:13 → MCO 13:01AA 2127	5h 42m	94%	78%
Tight connection: often missed
Delta Details →	MSP 15:15 → BOS 19:11DL 2591	1h 04m Boston	BOS 20:15 → MCO 23:30DL 1513	7h 16m	70%	47%
American Details →	MSP 17:47 → CLT 21:29AA 2151	1h 00m Charlotte	CLT 22:29 → MCO 00:17 +1AA 1879	5h 30m	62%	38%
United Details →	MSP 15:16 → ORD 16:58UA 1531	58m Chicago	ORD 17:56 → MCO 21:55UA 1382	5h 39m	52%	33%

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 17m · leaves 05:45 2%

SLC · 1h 19m · leaves 08:10 3%

BNA · 1h 05m · leaves 07:05 4%

Afternoon and evening

CLT · 1h 00m · leaves 17:47 38%

ORD · 58m · leaves 15:16 48%

MDW · 50m · leaves 16:15 72%

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 1528 MSP 07:05 → BNA Frontier F9 1286 BNA 11:12 → MCO Connection details →	2h 02m	6h 20m	98%	89%
Delta DL 2847 MSP 07:05 → CLE United UA 1488 CLE 12:16 → MCO Connection details →	2h 18m	6h 38m	98%	86%
Southwest WN 1525 MSP 05:50 → DEN United UA 2354 DEN 10:10 → MCO Connection details →	3h 15m	9h 14m	100%	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