OnTimeStats

Historical on-time performance

Buffalo to Orlando

1,011 miData through May 2026Source: US DOT · BTS

Flights on BUF–MCO arrive on time 75% of the time over the last 12 months.

On-time rate75%arrived within 15 min
p90 delay40 min1 in 10 flights is worse (tail risk)
Cancelled1.2%of scheduled flights

based on 1,547 flights over the last 12 months. On-time means arriving within 15 minutes (BTS standard).

By airline

How each carrier compares

Too close to call — no single carrier is clearly more on-time here.

  • Southwest Airlines
    On-time76%
    Medianon time
    p9035 min
    Cancel0.6%
    Flights952
  • Frontier Airlines
    On-time76%
    Medianon time
    p9075 min
    Cancel3.2%
    Flights62
  • JetBlue Airways
    On-time74%
    Medianon time
    p9050 min
    Cancel1.9%
    Flights533

Why flights run late

Delay causes

  • Airline24%
  • Weather1%
  • Air traffic (NAS)27%
  • Late aircraft48%
  • Security0%

Most delay minutes here are attributed to Late aircraft.

When flights don't go

Why flights were cancelled

  • Airline6%
  • Weather89%
  • Air traffic (NAS)6%
  • Security0%

Most cancellations here are attributed to Weather. Shares are among 18 cancellations with a reported cause (BTS reports causes from June 2003).

Over time

On-time trend

By season

On-time rate by month

When to fly

Best time to fly BUF → MCO

All airlines · rolling 36 months (2023-06 .. 2026-05).

Best time of day

Mornings are the most reliable time of day to fly this route — 87% on time.

  • Mornings87% on time · p90 15 min · 2,134 flights
  • Middays77% on time · p90 40 min · 1,283 flights
  • Evenings66% on time · p90 70 min · 986 flights
  • Afternoons66% on time · p90 75 min · 539 flights
  • Overnights65% on time · p90 100 min · 328 flights

Best day of week

On-time rates are fairly even by day on this route — ranging from 71% to 82% on time.

  • Tuesdays82% on time · p90 30 min · 606 flights
  • Wednesdays80% on time · p90 30 min · 596 flights
  • Mondays79% on time · p90 40 min · 768 flights
  • Thursdays79% on time · p90 35 min · 728 flights
  • Fridays78% on time · p90 45 min · 773 flights
  • Saturdays75% on time · p90 50 min · 1,004 flights
  • Sundays71% on time · p90 70 min · 795 flights

Keep exploring

Related pages

Methodology

A flight is on time when it arrives within 15 minutes of schedule — the US DOT / BTS standard. Median and p90(the “1-in-10 bad day”) are read from the full arrival-delay distribution, never averaged across periods.

Figures cover a carrier’s own BTS-coded flights. Cells below ~200 flights are flagged as limited data. All numbers are pre-computed from public BTS On-Time Performance data.