Connect in the morning. The same 50-minute layover misses 7% of the time at 8 am and almost half the time at 5 pm.
Nonstops
Nonstop details →| Frontier | EWR | MCO | 3h 01m | 81% | 1.3% | 155 | Flying now |
| United | EWR | MCO | 2h 56m | 80% | 2.1% | 4,016 | Flying now |
| Delta | JFK | MCO | 3h 01m | 78% | 3.0% | 1,980 | Flying now |
| JetBlue | EWR | MCO | 2h 50m | 75% | 3.7% | 1,364 | Flying now |
| Delta | LGA | MCO | 3h 00m | 74% | 4.4% | 2,166 | Flying now |
| JetBlue | JFK | MCO | 3h 00m | 72% | 3.7% | 2,601 | Flying now |
| American | LGA | MCO | 3h 01m | 69% | 2.7% | 902 | Flying now |
| JetBlue | LGA | MCO | 2h 54m | 67% | 4.0% | 1,206 | Flying now |
| Frontier | LGA | MCO | 3h 03m | 59% | 6.4% | 313 | Flying now |
| Spirit | LGA | MCO | 2h 59m | 77% | 5.2% | 629 | Not flying now |
| Frontier | JFK | MCO | 3h 04m | 75% | 1.5% | 263 | Not flying now |
| Spirit | EWR | MCO | 2h 54m | 72% | 5.9% | 998 | Not flying now |
Best connections, one ticket
Ranked by chance you reach Orlando on time. Total trip = scheduled departure to arrival, layover included. Layovers up to 4 hours. Pick a connection for the details.
| AmericanDetails → | EWR 05:00 → CLT 06:57AA 1113 | 3h 12m Charlotte | CLT 10:09 → MCO 11:57AA 2074 | 6h 57m | 98% | 89% |
| UnitedDetails → | EWR 08:30 → CLE 10:08UA 1833 | 2h 08m Cleveland | CLE 12:16 → MCO 14:43UA 1488 | 6h 13m | 99% | 86% |
| AmericanDetails → | LGA 07:43 → DCA 09:13AA 4491 · flown by Republic | 2h 12m Washington | DCA 11:25 → MCO 13:51AA 2062 | 6h 08m | 100% | 85% |
| UnitedDetails → | EWR 07:05 → IAH 09:50UA 2438 | 2h 35m Houston | IAH 12:25 → MCO 16:04UA 2662 | 8h 59m | 99% | 85% |
| AmericanDetails → | LGA 06:00 → BOS 07:20AA 4377 · flown by Republic | 1h 40m Boston | BOS 09:00 → MCO 12:16AA 2735 | 6h 16m | 98% | 85% |
| UnitedDetails → | EWR 06:00 → IAD 07:22UA 1366 | 1h 23m Dulles | IAD 08:45 → MCO 11:08UA 379 | 5h 08m | 98% | 84% |
| SouthwestDetails → | LGA 06:30 → MCI 08:30WN 576 | 3h 15m Kansas City | MCI 11:45 → MCO 15:35WN 3238 | 9h 05m | 98% | 83% |
| AmericanDetails → | LGA 06:15 → DCA 07:44AA 4612 · flown by Republic | 1h 16m Washington | DCA 09:00 → MCO 11:28AA 2104 | 5h 13m | 95% | 82% |
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| AmericanDetails → | JFK 14:42 → DFW 17:44AA 1953 | 46m Dallas-Fort Worth | DFW 18:30 → MCO 22:20AA 2186 | 7h 35m | 55% | 24% |
| AmericanDetails → | LGA 18:24 → MIA 21:48AA 716 | 1h 01m Miami | MIA 22:49 → MCO 23:59AA 1813 | 5h 35m | 49% | 23% |
| AmericanDetails → | EWR 14:20 → ORD 16:15AA 2250 | 57m Chicago | ORD 17:12 → MCO 21:05AA 486 | 6h 45m | 55% | 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.
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
| United UA 1428 EWR 06:52 → BNA Frontier F9 1286 BNA 11:12 → MCO Connection details → |
2h 56m | 7h 33m | 97% | 87% |
| American AA 4377 LGA 06:00 → BOS Frontier F9 1977 BOS 10:04 → MCO Connection details → |
2h 44m | 7h 40m | 98% | 85% |
| American AA 4387 LGA 07:44 → CLE United UA 1488 CLE 12:16 → MCO Connection details → |
2h 43m | 6h 59m | 96% | 84% |
Rank all connections, any airlines →
Regional partners count as the airline that sells them: SkyWest flying Delta Connection is one Delta ticket.
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