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 70-minute layover misses 5% of the time at 8 am and 17% of the time at 8 pm.

Nonstops (seasonal or thin)


Southwest	SDF	MCO	2h 05m	81%	1.7%	727	Flying now
Spirit	SDF	MCO	2h 14m	90%	4.0%	101	Not flying now
Delta	SDF	MCO	2h 18m	75%few flights	0.0%	28	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. Layovers up to 4 hours. Pick a connection for the details.


Southwest + Frontiertwo ticketsDetails →	SDF 07:25 → BNA 07:15WN 3604	3h 57m Nashville	BNA 11:12 → MCO 14:25F9 1286	7h 00m	100%	89%
American Details →	SDF 05:04 → CLT 06:41AA 5255 · flown by PSA	3h 28m Charlotte	CLT 10:09 → MCO 11:57AA 2074	6h 53m	96%	86%
American Details →	SDF 06:00 → DCA 07:50AA 4549 · flown by Republic	3h 35m Washington	DCA 11:25 → MCO 13:51AA 2062	7h 51m	99%	84%
Delta Details →	SDF 06:00 → ATL 07:25DL 2407	3h 00m Atlanta	ATL 10:25 → MCO 12:00DL 664	6h 00m	99%	82%
United Details →	SDF 06:15 → IAH 07:42UA 6266 · flown by Mesa	1h 48m Houston	IAH 09:30 → MCO 13:00UA 2310	6h 45m	96%	82%
United Details →	SDF 06:30 → EWR 08:38UA 3594 · flown by Republic	2h 32m Newark	EWR 11:10 → MCO 14:03UA 2396	7h 33m	99%	81%
United Details →	SDF 06:00 → IAD 07:35UA 3438 · flown by Republic	1h 10m Dulles	IAD 08:45 → MCO 11:08UA 379	5h 08m	93%	81%
American Details →	SDF 07:37 → PHL 09:38AA 4750 · flown by Republic	1h 12m Philadelphia	PHL 10:50 → MCO 13:30AA 2328	5h 53m	95%	80%
Tight connection: often missed
Delta Details →	SDF 14:19 → DTW 15:46DL 5160 · flown by Endeavor	1h 02m Detroit	DTW 16:48 → MCO 19:48DL 1133	5h 29m	72%	44%
American Details →	SDF 18:02 → DFW 19:28AA 4152 · flown by Envoy	1h 07m Dallas-Fort Worth	DFW 20:35 → MCO 00:21 +1AA 1336	6h 19m	72%	35%
American Details →	SDF 14:18 → DCA 15:59AA 4753 · flown by Republic	1h 01m Washington	DCA 17:00 → MCO 19:40AA 2139	5h 13m	61%	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

ORD · 1h 16m · leaves 07:15 5%

PHL · 1h 12m · leaves 07:37 5%

DTW · 1h 19m · leaves 07:50 6%

Afternoon and evening

DFW · 1h 07m · leaves 18:02 28%

DTW · 1h 02m · leaves 14:19 28%

DCA · 1h 01m · leaves 14:18 39%

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