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 13% of the time at 8 am and 1 time in 4 at 6 pm.

Nonstops


Southwest	SAN	MCO	4h 50m	78%	0.6%	465	Flying now
Alaska	SAN	MCO	5h 12m	77%	0.6%	628	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 (Orlando is 3 h ahead of San Diego). Layovers up to 4 hours. Pick a connection for the details.


Southwest Details →	SAN 19:55 → HOU 01:55WN 4675	3h 05m Houston	HOU 05:00 → MCO 08:25 +1WN 4483	9h 30m	96%	93%
United Details →	SAN 22:25 → ORD 04:36UA 1457	1h 24m Chicago	ORD 06:00 → MCO 09:40 +1UA 284	8h 15m	97%	91%
American Details →	SAN 22:45 → ORD 05:11AA 1543	1h 48m Chicago	ORD 06:59 → MCO 10:47 +1AA 2067	9h 02m	97%	91%
Southwest Details →	SAN 20:25 → SAT 01:12WN 3530	3h 48m San Antonio	SAT 05:00 → MCO 08:45 +1WN 4608	9h 20m	95%	90%
American Details →	SAN 22:28 → CLT 06:15AA 2468	3h 54m Charlotte	CLT 10:09 → MCO 11:57 +1AA 2074	10h 29m	99%	89%
United Details →	SAN 06:20 → LAX 07:21UA 1006	3h 03m Los Angeles	LAX 10:24 → MCO 18:30UA 1621	9h 10m	99%	88%
United Details →	SAN 21:59 → IAD 05:59UA 2129	2h 46m Dulles	IAD 08:45 → MCO 11:08 +1UA 379	10h 09m	98%	86%
Delta Details →	SAN 22:15 → DTW 05:43DL 764	1h 17m Detroit	DTW 07:00 → MCO 09:39 +1DL 2555	8h 24m	96%	85%
Tight connection: often missed
Delta Details →	SAN 10:43 → ATL 18:12DL 725	48m Atlanta	ATL 19:00 → MCO 20:35DL 2881	6h 52m	74%	46%
American Details →	SAN 12:20 → DFW 17:40AA 1467	50m Dallas-Fort Worth	DFW 18:30 → MCO 22:20AA 2186	6h 57m	72%	32%
American Details →	SAN 11:07 → DFW 16:28AA 2476	50m Dallas-Fort Worth	DFW 17:18 → MCO 21:10AA 2974	7h 03m	63%	31%

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

AUS · 1h 15m · leaves 06:30 2%

CLT · 1h 13m · leaves 22:28 3%

DTW · 1h 17m · leaves 22:15 4%

Afternoon and evening

DFW · 50m · leaves 11:07 37%

PHX · 1h 07m · leaves 19:15 41%

DEN · 1h 00m · leaves 19:35 58%

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.


United UA 1457 SAN 22:25 → ORD American AA 2067 ORD 06:59 → MCO Connection details →	2h 23m	9h 22m	98%	92%
Alaska AS 255 SAN 20:52 → BOS American AA 2735 BOS 09:00 → MCO Connection details →	3h 20m	12h 24m	99%	88%
Delta DL 3743 SAN 06:15 → LAX United UA 1621 LAX 10:24 → MCO Connection details →	2h 50m	9h 15m	99%	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