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 5% of the time at 10 am and 44% of the time at 8 pm.

Nonstops


United	MCO	IAH	2h 39m	85%	0.6%	2,463	Flying now
Frontier	MCO	IAH	2h 53m	82%	0.4%	559	Flying now
Southwest	MCO	HOU	2h 40m	77%	0.9%	2,041	Flying now
Spirit	MCO	IAH	2h 45m	77%	2.8%	605	Not flying now

Best connections, one ticket

Most reliable Quickest (80%+ on time)

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


Southwest Details →	MCO 06:25 → MSY 07:05WN 2667	2h 05m New Orleans	MSY 09:10 → HOU 10:25WN 934	5h 00m	100%	88%
United Details →	MCO 07:40 → EWR 10:25UA 577	2h 11m Newark	EWR 12:36 → IAH 15:34UA 2204	8h 54m	100%	87%
American Details →	MCO 05:00 → CLT 06:45AA 1896	57m Charlotte	CLT 07:42 → IAH 09:25AA 1930	5h 25m	94%	85%
Southwest Details →	MCO 07:05 → MCI 09:00WN 4139	2h 55m Kansas City	MCI 11:55 → HOU 14:05WN 2555	8h 00m	100%	84%
Delta Details →	MCO 07:00 → ATL 08:41DL 2080	3h 49m Atlanta	ATL 12:30 → IAH 13:38DL 1572	7h 38m	99%	84%
United Details →	MCO 11:35 → CLE 14:06UA 486	1h 05m Cleveland	CLE 15:11 → IAH 17:25UA 1545	6h 50m	93%	84%
United Details →	MCO 08:55 → IAD 11:14UA 276	1h 36m Dulles	IAD 12:50 → IAH 15:11UA 1535	7h 16m	99%	83%
Delta Details →	MCO 06:15 → ATL 07:52DL 1494	3h 13m Atlanta	ATL 11:05 → HOU 12:11DL 1195	6h 57m	99%	83%
Tight connection: often missed
Delta Details →	MCO 17:45 → ATL 19:40DL 1150	55m Atlanta	ATL 20:35 → HOU 21:43DL 2051	4h 58m	56%	40%
American Details →	MCO 16:41 → ORD 18:59AA 2089	2h 08m Chicago	ORD 21:07 → IAH 23:51AA 3144	8h 10m	71%	34%
American Details →	MCO 15:45 → DFW 17:47AA 2143	49m Dallas-Fort Worth	DFW 18:36 → IAH 19:54AA 1392	5h 09m	33%	16%

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 18m · leaves 05:30 4%

LGA · 1h 09m · leaves 07:05 5%

CLT · 57m · leaves 05:00 6%

Afternoon and evening

EWR · 48m · leaves 16:04 46%

DFW · 47m · leaves 15:45 69%

MDW · 50m · leaves 18:55 69%

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 4309 MCO 07:30 → PIT United UA 1964 PIT 13:05 → IAH Connection details →	3h 15m	8h 38m	100%	100%
Southwest WN 4310 MCO 07:20 → SAT United UA 6278 SAT 11:43 → IAH Connection details →	2h 38m	6h 35m	100%	90%
American AA 461 MCO 06:15 → CLT United UA 6236 CLT 11:48 → IAH Connection details →	3h 44m	8h 19m	100%	90%

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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