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 8 am and almost half the time at 7 pm.

Nonstops


United	MCO	IAD	2h 12m	83%	0.9%	1,888	Flying now
Frontier	MCO	IAD	2h 18m	81%	2.4%	290	Flying now
Southwest	MCO	BWI	2h 15m	78%	1.8%	3,587	Flying now
Delta	MCO	DCA	2h 13m	76%	3.6%	729	Flying now
Frontier	MCO	BWI	2h 25m	76%	2.7%	594	Flying now
American	MCO	DCA	2h 15m	72%	2.3%	1,815	Flying now
Southwest	MCO	DCA	2h 15m	69%	1.6%	1,093	Flying now
JetBlue	MCO	DCA	2h 16m	65%	1.9%	942	Flying now
Spirit	MCO	BWI	2h 19m	69%	3.5%	514	Not flying now

Best connections, one ticket

Most reliable Quickest (80%+ on time)

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


Southwest Details →	MCO 06:10 → CMH 08:20WN 2616	1h 40m Columbus	CMH 10:00 → BWI 11:20WN 1177	5h 10m	100%	96%
Southwest Details →	MCO 07:00 → PVD 09:50WN 4545	3h 12m Providence	PVD 13:02 → BWI 14:28WN 1094	7h 27m	100%	94%
Southwest Details →	MCO 06:50 → IND 09:10WN 2642	1h 05m Indianapolis	IND 10:15 → BWI 11:55WN 313	5h 05m	96%	93%
Southwest Details →	MCO 08:20 → RDU 10:05WN 684	1h 13m Raleigh/Durham	RDU 11:18 → BWI 12:28WN 1059	4h 08m	97%	89%
Delta Details →	MCO 06:15 → ATL 07:52DL 1494	3h 18m Atlanta	ATL 11:10 → BWI 13:03DL 2711	6h 48m	99%	86%
Southwest Details →	MCO 07:05 → MCI 09:00WN 4139	1h 00m Kansas City	MCI 10:00 → BWI 13:25WN 1037	6h 20m	93%	86%
American Details →	MCO 08:35 → MIA 09:49AA 2593	2h 10m Miami	MIA 11:59 → DCA 14:44AA 1606	6h 09m	100%	85%
Southwest Details →	MCO 07:05 → ALB 09:50WN 4863	3h 10m Albany	ALB 13:00 → BWI 14:20WN 4863	7h 15m	98%	85%
Tight connection: often missed
Delta Details →	MCO 17:50 → DTW 20:45DL 337	53m Detroit	DTW 21:38 → IAD 23:14DL 3988 · flown by SkyWest	5h 24m	58%	38%
American Details →	MCO 15:32 → CLT 17:30AA 2098	52m Charlotte	CLT 18:22 → DCA 20:00AA 2386	4h 28m	44%	23%
American Details →	MCO 15:45 → DFW 17:47AA 2143	57m Dallas-Fort Worth	DFW 18:44 → IAD 22:46AA 1132	7h 07m	43%	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

CLT · 1h 12m · leaves 08:00 3%

RDU · 1h 13m · leaves 08:20 3%

IND · 1h 05m · leaves 06:50 4%

Afternoon and evening

CLT · 49m · leaves 19:34 57%

ATL · 49m · leaves 16:45 59%

DFW · 47m · leaves 16:48 66%

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 268 MCO 08:10 → AUS United UA 2344 AUS 12:00 → IAD Connection details →	2h 10m	8h 09m	100%	89%
Frontier F9 1915 MCO 05:20 → CLE Southwest WN 937 CLE 10:50 → BWI Connection details →	2h 54m	6h 50m	98%	88%
Delta DL 2436 MCO 07:00 → BOS Southwest WN 733 BOS 13:20 → BWI Connection details →	3h 13m	8h 00m	98%	88%

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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