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 9 am and 44% of the time at 10 pm.

Nonstops


United	SFO	MCO	5h 23m	88%	0.2%	1,080	Flying now
Alaska	SFO	MCO	5h 34m	84%	0.6%	309	Not flying now
Frontier	SFO	MCO	5h 31m	59%few flights	5.6%	18	Not 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 Francisco). Layovers up to 4 hours. Pick a connection for the details.


United Details →	SFO 19:45 → LAX 21:29UA 298	1h 35m Los Angeles	LAX 23:04 → MCO 07:03 +1UA 1730	8h 18m	100%	90%
United Details →	SFO 06:00 → LAX 07:39UA 2127	2h 45m Los Angeles	LAX 10:24 → MCO 18:30UA 1621	9h 30m	99%	88%
American Details →	SFO 22:05 → CLT 06:11AA 2514	3h 58m Charlotte	CLT 10:09 → MCO 11:57 +1AA 2074	10h 52m	99%	88%
United Details →	SFO 21:30 → IAD 05:53UA 357	2h 52m Dulles	IAD 08:45 → MCO 11:08 +1UA 379	10h 38m	100%	88%
Alaska Details →	SFO 15:50 → SEA 18:00AS 1340	3h 33m Seattle	SEA 21:33 → MCO 06:16 +1AS 394	11h 26m	100%	86%
United Details →	SFO 00:50 → ORD 07:16UA 1850	1h 56m Chicago	ORD 09:12 → MCO 13:13UA 1643	9h 23m	100%	85%
United Details →	SFO 00:45 → IAH 06:34UA 604	2h 56m Houston	IAH 09:30 → MCO 13:00UA 2310	9h 15m	99%	84%
United Details →	SFO 05:00 → DEN 08:35UA 1479	1h 35m Denver	DEN 10:10 → MCO 16:04UA 2354	8h 04m	99%	84%
Tight connection: often missed
United Details →	SFO 00:45 → IAH 06:34UA 604	46m Houston	IAH 07:20 → MCO 10:51UA 2245	7h 06m	63%	59%
American Details →	SFO 18:55 → PHX 21:00AA 2544	51m Phoenix	PHX 21:51 → MCO 05:00 +1AA 563	7h 05m	51%	37%
American Details →	SFO 11:24 → DFW 17:14AA 1849	1h 16m Dallas-Fort Worth	DFW 18:30 → MCO 22:20AA 2186	7h 53m	63%	28%

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

DEN · 1h 20m · leaves 05:10 4%

MSP · 1h 10m · leaves 06:00 4%

SLC · 53m · leaves 05:50 5%

Afternoon and evening

LAX · 47m · leaves 20:03 44%

PHX · 51m · leaves 18:55 49%

DEN · 57m · leaves 19:20 56%

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 2117 SFO 21:17 → PIT Southwest WN 4726 PIT 08:55 → MCO Connection details →	3h 36m	10h 56m	100%	94%
Southwest WN 2222 SFO 06:05 → LAX United UA 1621 LAX 10:24 → MCO Connection details →	2h 49m	9h 25m	100%	89%
United UA 1815 SFO 23:59 → BNA Southwest WN 4712 BNA 09:15 → MCO Connection details →	2h 38m	9h 11m	99%	89%

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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