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 4% of the time at 6 am and barely half the time at 7 pm.

Nonstops


United	IAD	MCO	2h 28m	83%	0.8%	1,888	Flying now
Delta	DCA	MCO	2h 29m	78%	3.6%	728	Flying now
American	DCA	MCO	2h 33m	78%	2.4%	1,814	Flying now
Southwest	BWI	MCO	2h 30m	78%	1.9%	3,575	Flying now
Southwest	DCA	MCO	2h 30m	74%	1.8%	1,093	Flying now
Frontier	BWI	MCO	2h 30m	72%	3.4%	592	Flying now
Frontier	IAD	MCO	2h 32m	72%	2.4%	289	Flying now
JetBlue	DCA	MCO	2h 21m	71%	2.5%	944	Flying now
Spirit	BWI	MCO	2h 26m	71%	3.1%	515	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. Layovers up to 4 hours. Pick a connection for the details.


United Details →	IAD 08:20 → CLE 09:41UA 1926	2h 35m Cleveland	CLE 12:16 → MCO 14:43UA 1488	6h 23m	100%	90%
American Details →	BWI 05:02 → CLT 06:26AA 1708	3h 43m Charlotte	CLT 10:09 → MCO 11:57AA 2074	6h 55m	99%	89%
Southwest Details →	DCA 06:10 → BNA 07:00WN 1425	2h 15m Nashville	BNA 09:15 → MCO 12:10WN 4712	6h 00m	98%	86%
United Details →	IAD 06:30 → IAH 08:39UA 1935	51m Houston	IAH 09:30 → MCO 13:00UA 2310	6h 30m	100%	86%
United Details →	BWI 06:15 → ORD 07:30UA 709	1h 42m Chicago	ORD 09:12 → MCO 13:13UA 1643	6h 58m	100%	85%
Southwest Details →	BWI 08:15 → MCI 09:58WN 4215	1h 47m Kansas City	MCI 11:45 → MCO 15:35WN 3238	7h 20m	100%	84%
United Details →	IAD 06:33 → EWR 07:52UA 2147	3h 18m Newark	EWR 11:10 → MCO 14:03UA 2396	7h 30m	100%	83%
United Details →	DCA 08:20 → IAH 10:41UA 697	1h 44m Houston	IAH 12:25 → MCO 16:04UA 2662	7h 44m	97%	82%
Tight connection: often missed
Delta Details →	IAD 15:02 → ATL 16:54DL 2135	1h 06m Atlanta	ATL 18:00 → MCO 19:45DL 2035	4h 43m	74%	42%
American Details →	BWI 18:39 → MIA 21:25AA 1619	1h 24m Miami	MIA 22:49 → MCO 23:59AA 1813	5h 20m	73%	35%
Delta Details →	IAD 12:29 → JFK 13:58DL 5835 · flown by Republic	1h 02m New York	JFK 15:00 → MCO 18:14DL 1685	5h 45m	45%	30%

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 17m · leaves 06:00 3%

CLT · 1h 02m · leaves 05:02 4%

DTW · 1h 05m · leaves 06:08 4%

Afternoon and evening

MIA · 49m · leaves 19:10 57%

AUS · 50m · leaves 13:50 63%

DAL · 1h 00m · leaves 17:20 73%

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.


Southwest WN 874 BWI 06:25 → BNA Frontier F9 1286 BNA 11:12 → MCO Connection details →	3h 52m	8h 00m	100%	91%
Southwest WN 883 BWI 06:38 → BOS Frontier F9 1977 BOS 10:04 → MCO Connection details →	1h 56m	7h 02m	96%	86%
Southwest WN 4689 BWI 06:20 → ATL Delta DL 664 ATL 10:25 → MCO Connection details →	2h 10m	5h 40m	100%	84%

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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