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 7 am and 2 times in 5 at 7 pm.

Nonstops


Frontier	MCO	DFW	3h 04m	79%	1.5%	777	Flying now
Southwest	MCO	DAL	2h 55m	74%	1.6%	2,633	Flying now
American	MCO	DFW	3h 06m	74%	2.9%	3,674	Flying now
Spirit	MCO	DFW	3h 05m	70%	3.5%	452	Not flying now

Best connections, one ticket

Most reliable Quickest (80%+ on time)

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


Delta Details →	MCO 06:15 → ATL 07:52DL 1494	2h 23m Atlanta	ATL 10:15 → DAL 11:24DL 1115	6h 09m	99%	89%
Southwest Details →	MCO 06:55 → HOU 08:25WN 2636	1h 05m Houston	HOU 09:30 → DAL 10:35WN 14	4h 40m	100%	85%
Southwest Details →	MCO 09:35 → BNA 10:35WN 2604	1h 45m Nashville	BNA 12:20 → DAL 14:15WN 5046	5h 40m	100%	85%
Southwest Details →	MCO 07:20 → MKE 09:10WN 4459	55m Milwaukee	MKE 10:05 → DAL 12:25WN 2939	6h 05m	95%	83%
Delta Details →	MCO 09:05 → ATL 10:40DL 1505	3h 19m Atlanta	ATL 13:59 → DAL 15:03DL 512	7h 07m	99%	83%
American Details →	MCO 07:34 → MIA 08:46AA 1733	3h 29m Miami	MIA 12:15 → DFW 14:34AA 3290	8h 00m	99%	83%
Delta Details →	MCO 05:30 → ATL 07:02DL 1548	1h 10m Atlanta	ATL 08:12 → DAL 09:24DL 441	4h 56m	96%	83%
Southwest Details →	MCO 08:05 → HOU 09:35WN 2637	1h 55m Houston	HOU 11:30 → DAL 12:40WN 22	5h 35m	100%	82%
Tight connection: often missed
JetBlue Details →	MCO 18:24 → FLL 19:36B6 1947	1h 23m Fort Lauderdale	FLL 20:59 → DFW 23:16B6 2279	5h 53m	72%	49%
American Details →	MCO 16:41 → ORD 18:59AA 2089	2h 00m Chicago	ORD 20:59 → DFW 23:32AA 2600	7h 51m	70%	31%
American Details →	MCO 15:05 → ORD 17:20AA 2066	1h 00m Chicago	ORD 18:20 → DFW 21:01AA 1559	6h 52m	51%	19%

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

ATL · 1h 10m · leaves 05:30 4%

ORD · 1h 17m · leaves 09:40 4%

IAH · 1h 20m · leaves 09:10 5%

Afternoon and evening

CLT · 55m · leaves 19:34 51%

DEN · 55m · leaves 15:50 57%

HOU · 1h 00m · leaves 19:35 65%

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 1956 MCO 07:10 → BWI American AA 2747 BWI 12:00 → DFW Connection details →	2h 30m	8h 17m	100%	92%
Southwest WN 4139 MCO 07:05 → MCI American AA 3661 MCI 12:16 → DFW Connection details →	3h 16m	8h 01m	98%	90%
Southwest WN 2680 MCO 07:15 → PHX American AA 3284 PHX 10:31 → DFW Connection details →	1h 46m	8h 55m	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