OnTimeStats

Historical on-time performance

Fort Lauderdale to Orlando

178 miData through Dec 2025Source: US DOT · BTS

Flights on FLL–MCO arrive on time 84% of the time over the last 12 months.

On-time rate84%arrived within 15 min
p90 delay30 min1 in 10 flights is worse (tail risk)
Cancelled0.6%of scheduled flights

based on 1,231 flights over the last 12 months. On-time means arriving within 15 minutes (BTS standard).

By airline

How each carrier compares

  • Southwest Airlinesbest
    On-time87%
    Medianon time
    p9020 min
    Cancel1.5%
    Flights478
  • Spirit Airlines
    On-time82%
    Medianon time
    p9035 min
    Cancel0.0%
    Flights753

Why flights run late

Delay causes

  • Airline31%
  • Weather3%
  • Air traffic (NAS)42%
  • Late aircraft23%
  • Security0%

Most delay minutes here are attributed to Air traffic (NAS).

Over time

On-time trend

By season

On-time rate by month

When to fly

Best time to fly FLL → MCO

All airlines · rolling 36 months (2023-01 .. 2025-12).

Best time of day

Mornings are the most reliable time of day to fly this route — 90% on time.

  • Mornings90% on time · p90 10 min · 1,788 flights
  • Middays79% on time · p90 45 min · 155 flights · limited
  • Overnights55% on time · p90 105 min · 923 flights
  • Afternoons55% on time · p90 110 min · 177 flights · limited
  • Evenings55% on time · p90 85 min · 911 flights

Best day of week

On-time rates are fairly even by day on this route — ranging from 67% to 75% on time.

  • Tuesdays75% on time · p90 55 min · 579 flights
  • Fridays74% on time · p90 50 min · 568 flights
  • Thursdays74% on time · p90 60 min · 566 flights
  • Wednesdays74% on time · p90 70 min · 621 flights
  • Mondays71% on time · p90 65 min · 575 flights
  • Saturdays68% on time · p90 75 min · 518 flights
  • Sundays67% on time · p90 70 min · 527 flights
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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.