OnTimeStats

Historical on-time performance

New York to Orlando

944 miData through May 2026Source: US DOT · BTS

Flights on JFK–MCO arrive on time 70% of the time over the last 12 months.

On-time rate70%arrived within 15 min
p90 delay65 min1 in 10 flights is worse (tail risk)
Cancelled3.0%of scheduled flights

based on 4,884 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.

  • Delta Air Lines
    On-time74%
    Medianon time
    p9045 min
    Cancel3.1%
    Flights1,979
  • Frontier Airlines
    On-time70%
    Medianon time
    p9060 min
    Cancel1.1%
    Flights276
  • JetBlue Airways
    On-time67%
    Medianon time
    p9075 min
    Cancel3.1%
    Flights2,629

Why flights run late

Delay causes

  • Airline33%
  • Weather3%
  • Air traffic (NAS)29%
  • Late aircraft35%
  • Security0%

Most delay minutes here are attributed to Late aircraft.

When flights don't go

Why flights were cancelled

  • Airline20%
  • Weather52%
  • Air traffic (NAS)28%
  • Security0%

Most cancellations here are attributed to Weather. Shares are among 145 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 JFK → 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 — 80% on time.

  • Mornings80% on time · p90 35 min · 4,760 flights
  • Middays75% on time · p90 45 min · 3,348 flights
  • Afternoons63% on time · p90 95 min · 2,656 flights
  • Evenings59% on time · p90 105 min · 2,585 flights
  • Overnights56% on time · p90 95 min · 1,148 flights

Best day of week

On-time rates are fairly even by day on this route — ranging from 63% to 76% on time.

  • Tuesdays76% on time · p90 50 min · 2,004 flights
  • Wednesdays75% on time · p90 50 min · 2,016 flights
  • Thursdays72% on time · p90 65 min · 2,087 flights
  • Fridays70% on time · p90 75 min · 2,097 flights
  • Saturdays68% on time · p90 80 min · 2,057 flights
  • Mondays66% on time · p90 75 min · 2,109 flights
  • Sundays63% on time · p90 90 min · 2,127 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.