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 1 time in 4 at 5 pm.

Nonstops (seasonal or thin)


Frontier	PNS	MCO	1h 39m	67%	1.9%	54	Flying now
Spirit	PNS	MCO	1h 31m	82%	4.8%	228	Not flying now

Best connections, any airlines

Most reliable Quickest (80%+ on time)

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


Southwest + Frontiertwo ticketsDetails →	PNS 07:50 → BNA 09:20WN 3391	1h 52m Nashville	BNA 11:12 → MCO 14:25F9 1286	5h 35m	97%	88%
American Details →	PNS 05:22 → CLT 08:18AA 5548 · flown by PSA	1h 51m Charlotte	CLT 10:09 → MCO 11:57AA 2074	5h 35m	97%	84%
Delta Details →	PNS 06:00 → ATL 08:15DL 3019	2h 10m Atlanta	ATL 10:25 → MCO 12:00DL 664	5h 00m	96%	78%
United Details →	PNS 09:00 → IAH 10:46UA 6287 · flown by Mesa	1h 39m Houston	IAH 12:25 → MCO 16:04UA 2662	6h 04m	91%	78%
Delta Details →	PNS 07:00 → ATL 09:17DL 3129	2h 08m Atlanta	ATL 11:25 → MCO 13:00DL 1030	5h 00m	97%	76%
American + Frontiertwo ticketsDetails →	PNS 07:10 → CLT 09:59AA 2103	2h 25m Charlotte	CLT 12:24 → MCO 14:18F9 1445	6h 08m	92%	76%
Delta + Frontiertwo ticketsDetails →	PNS 08:00 → ATL 10:16DL 3067	2h 18m Atlanta	ATL 12:34 → MCO 14:15F9 4556	5h 15m	95%	74%
American Details →	PNS 06:00 → DCA 09:29AA 5424 · flown by PSA	1h 56m Washington	DCA 11:25 → MCO 13:51AA 2062	6h 51m	90%	74%
Tight connection: often missed
United Details →	PNS 14:09 → ORD 16:52UA 2005	1h 04m Chicago	ORD 17:56 → MCO 21:55UA 1382	6h 46m	74%	47%
American Details →	PNS 17:04 → MIA 19:52AA 3749 · flown by Envoy	58m Miami	MIA 20:50 → MCO 22:08AA 1700	4h 04m	68%	38%
American Details →	PNS 13:55 → DFW 16:04AA 5353 · flown by PSA	1h 14m Dallas-Fort Worth	DFW 17:18 → MCO 21:10AA 2974	6h 15m	59%	26%

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 06:00 5%

BNA · 55m · leaves 07:50 7%

IAH · 48m · leaves 07:00 15%

Afternoon and evening

ORD · 1h 04m · leaves 14:09 26%

MIA · 58m · leaves 17:04 32%

DFW · 1h 14m · leaves 13:55 41%

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.

The table above includes two-ticket connections (marked “two tickets”), held to the 90-minute minimum. One ticket only →

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