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 45% of the time at 9 pm.

Nonstops


United	MCO	LAX	5h 39m	89%	0.1%	835	Flying now
Delta	MCO	LAX	5h 31m	85%	1.2%	1,388	Flying now
Frontier	MCO	LAX	5h 27m	80%	1.0%	206	Flying now
American	MCO	LAX	5h 14m	75%	0.3%	766	Flying now
Southwest	MCO	LAX	5h 35m	66%	0.3%	361	Flying now
Southwest	MCO	LGB	–	0%few flights	0.0%	1	Not flying now

Best connections, one ticket

Most reliable Quickest (80%+ on time)

Ranked by chance you reach Los Angeles area on time. Total trip = scheduled departure to arrival, layover included (Los Angeles is 3 h behind Orlando). Layovers up to 4 hours. Pick a connection for the details.


Southwest Details →	MCO 07:15 → PHX 08:45WN 2680	1h 05m Phoenix	PHX 09:50 → BUR 11:15WN 4549	7h 00m	100%	95%
Southwest Details →	MCO 06:45 → LAS 08:25WN 2365	3h 10m Las Vegas	LAS 11:35 → LGB 12:45WN 2260	9h 00m	100%	94%
Delta Details →	MCO 06:15 → ATL 07:52DL 1494	3h 38m Atlanta	ATL 11:30 → LAX 13:05DL 326	9h 53m	99%	91%
Southwest Details →	MCO 06:25 → DEN 08:15WN 2628	1h 20m Denver	DEN 09:35 → LAX 11:05WN 1569	7h 40m	100%	91%
United Details →	MCO 08:00 → DEN 10:02UA 1714	3h 24m Denver	DEN 13:26 → LAX 14:57UA 774	9h 57m	100%	91%
United Details →	MCO 11:35 → CLE 14:06UA 486	1h 36m Cleveland	CLE 15:42 → LAX 17:38UA 679	9h 03m	98%	89%
American Details →	MCO 06:15 → CLT 08:04AA 461	3h 52m Charlotte	CLT 11:56 → LAX 13:55AA 1213	10h 40m	100%	89%
Delta Details →	MCO 10:45 → SLC 13:25DL 2031	1h 40m Salt Lake City	SLC 15:05 → LGB 16:10DL 3793 · flown by SkyWest	8h 25m	96%	89%
Tight connection: often missed
American Details →	MCO 17:37 → PHL 20:22AA 2109	1h 43m Philadelphia	PHL 22:05 → LAX 00:50 +1AA 738	10h 13m	64%	38%
American Details →	MCO 16:41 → ORD 18:59AA 2089	1h 50m Chicago	ORD 20:49 → LAX 23:13AA 613	9h 32m	69%	32%
American Details →	MCO 15:45 → DFW 17:47AA 2143	1h 03m Dallas-Fort Worth	DFW 18:50 → ONT 19:59AA 2236	7h 14m	49%	29%

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 20m · leaves 06:25 0%

PHX · 1h 10m · leaves 07:15 0%

IAD · 1h 15m · leaves 09:37 3%

Afternoon and evening

HOU · 55m · leaves 16:40 53%

STL · 1h 00m · leaves 18:40 54%

DFW · 46m · leaves 18:26 82%

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 2365 MCO 06:45 → LAS United UA 203 LAS 10:45 → LAX Connection details →	2h 20m	8h 20m	100%	94%
Delta DL 2031 MCO 10:45 → SLC United UA 5456 SLC 16:42 → LAX Connection details →	3h 17m	10h 08m	97%	93%
Southwest WN 2629 MCO 08:10 → DEN United UA 774 DEN 13:26 → LAX Connection details →	3h 26m	9h 47m	100%	91%

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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