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 6% of the time at 8 am and 2 times in 5 at 5 pm.

Nonstops


Delta	RDU	MCO	1h 52m	81%	2.1%	1,119	Flying now
Southwest	RDU	MCO	1h 50m	80%	1.4%	843	Flying now
Frontier	RDU	MCO	1h 58m	72%	1.6%	742	Flying now

Best connections, one ticket

Most reliable Quickest (80%+ on time)

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


American Details →	RDU 06:41 → CLT 07:49AA 2420	2h 20m Charlotte	CLT 10:09 → MCO 11:57AA 2074	5h 16m	100%	90%
Southwest Details →	RDU 06:38 → BNA 07:08WN 3418	2h 07m Nashville	BNA 09:15 → MCO 12:10WN 4712	5h 32m	98%	86%
United Details →	RDU 06:00 → IAD 07:11UA 1789	1h 34m Dulles	IAD 08:45 → MCO 11:08UA 379	5h 08m	98%	84%
American Details →	RDU 06:00 → DCA 07:14AA 2985	1h 46m Washington	DCA 09:00 → MCO 11:28AA 2104	5h 28m	97%	84%
American Details →	RDU 05:01 → MIA 07:12AA 1088	1h 54m Miami	MIA 09:06 → MCO 10:22AA 1712	5h 21m	97%	83%
Southwest Details →	RDU 06:25 → STL 07:30WN 3435	2h 25m St Louis	STL 09:55 → MCO 13:15WN 3947	6h 50m	98%	82%
American Details →	RDU 05:01 → CLT 06:00AA 1903	1h 28m Charlotte	CLT 07:28 → MCO 09:13AA 2084	4h 12m	97%	82%
Southwest Details →	RDU 06:10 → BWI 07:15WN 3422	2h 15m Baltimore	BWI 09:30 → MCO 11:50WN 3658	5h 40m	100%	82%
Tight connection: often missed
American Details →	RDU 20:08 → CLT 21:24AA 2394	1h 05m Charlotte	CLT 22:29 → MCO 00:17 +1AA 1879	4h 09m	56%	34%
American Details →	RDU 16:15 → CLT 17:34AA 2402	1h 31m Charlotte	CLT 19:05 → MCO 21:00AA 1783	4h 45m	74%	34%
American Details →	RDU 15:57 → ORD 17:41AA 4563 · flown by Republic	1h 04m Chicago	ORD 18:45 → MCO 22:40AA 3176	6h 43m	65%	32%

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

IAH · 1h 09m · leaves 06:30 6%

PHL · 1h 16m · leaves 08:01 7%

ORD · 1h 19m · leaves 10:00 9%

Afternoon and evening

CLT · 1h 05m · leaves 20:08 44%

LGA · 1h 03m · leaves 17:05 56%

MIA · 49m · leaves 19:46 64%

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.


Delta DL 5114 RDU 08:05 → BNA Frontier F9 1286 BNA 11:12 → MCO Connection details →	2h 21m	6h 20m	91%	81%
Delta DL 5120 RDU 07:05 → EWR United UA 2396 EWR 11:10 → MCO Connection details →	2h 11m	6h 58m	94%	78%
American AA 2362 RDU 08:54 → CLT Frontier F9 1445 CLT 12:24 → MCO Connection details →	2h 05m	5h 24m	94%	78%

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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