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 4% of the time at 10 am and almost half the time at 10 pm.

Nonstops


Frontier	MCO	BOS	3h 10m	90%	0.0%	140	Flying now
Delta	MCO	BOS	3h 04m	77%	2.1%	1,257	Flying now
JetBlue	MCO	BOS	3h 05m	68%	3.5%	2,520	Flying now
American	MCO	BOS	3h 01m	68%	3.6%	248	Flying now
Spirit	MCO	BOS	3h 01m	72%	3.9%	457	Not flying now
Southwest	MCO	BOS	–	100%few flights	0.0%	3	Not flying now

Best connections, one ticket

Most reliable Quickest (80%+ on time)

Ranked by chance you reach Boston on time. Total trip = scheduled departure to arrival, layover included. Layovers up to 4 hours. Pick a connection for the details.


American Details →	MCO 05:00 → CLT 06:45AA 1896	2h 10m Charlotte	CLT 08:55 → BOS 11:08AA 1533	6h 08m	98%	93%
American Details →	MCO 06:15 → CLT 08:04AA 461	3h 14m Charlotte	CLT 11:18 → BOS 13:33AA 1611	7h 18m	100%	89%
Delta Details →	MCO 05:30 → ATL 07:02DL 1548	1h 33m Atlanta	ATL 08:35 → BOS 11:14DL 2432	5h 44m	97%	87%
Delta Details →	MCO 06:15 → ATL 07:52DL 1494	2h 08m Atlanta	ATL 10:00 → BOS 12:44DL 855	6h 29m	98%	84%
Southwest Details →	MCO 06:50 → STL 08:20WN 2570	1h 45m St Louis	STL 10:05 → BOS 13:40WN 3891	6h 50m	100%	82%
Delta Details →	MCO 07:00 → ATL 08:41DL 2080	2h 29m Atlanta	ATL 11:10 → BOS 13:47DL 862	6h 47m	98%	81%
United Details →	MCO 06:30 → EWR 09:15UA 1105	2h 44m Newark	EWR 11:59 → BOS 13:16UA 1669	6h 46m	100%	81%
United Details →	MCO 08:55 → IAD 11:14UA 276	1h 41m Dulles	IAD 12:55 → BOS 14:40UA 1392	5h 45m	99%	80%
Tight connection: often missed
JetBlue Details →	MCO 18:24 → FLL 19:36B6 1947	1h 23m Fort Lauderdale	FLL 20:59 → BOS 00:42 +1B6 470	5h 55m	72%	44%
American Details →	MCO 15:39 → MIA 16:50AA 2092	1h 30m Miami	MIA 18:20 → BOS 21:45AA 1074	6h 06m	70%	42%
American Details →	MCO 19:40 → MIA 20:57AA 2147	48m Miami	MIA 21:45 → BOS 00:59 +1AA 1054	5h 19m	32%	18%

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

BWI · 1h 10m · leaves 07:10 4%

LGA · 1h 14m · leaves 07:05 4%

ATL · 1h 19m · leaves 07:00 5%

Afternoon and evening

DTW · 51m · leaves 14:18 47%

CLT · 47m · leaves 19:34 60%

MIA · 48m · leaves 19:40 68%

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 2616 MCO 06:10 → CMH American AA 4399 CMH 11:00 → BOS Connection details →	2h 40m	6h 55m	100%	89%
Southwest WN 2642 MCO 06:50 → IND Delta DL 5628 IND 11:05 → BOS Connection details →	1h 55m	6h 42m	98%	89%
American AA 1896 MCO 05:00 → CLT Delta DL 5626 CLT 09:40 → BOS Connection details →	2h 55m	7h 08m	98%	84%

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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