OnTimeStats

Historical on-time performance

Orlando to Cleveland

895 miData through Dec 2025Source: US DOT · BTS

Flights on MCO–CLE arrive on time 79% of the time over the last 12 months.

On-time rate79%arrived within 15 min
p90 delay45 min1 in 10 flights is worse (tail risk)
Cancelled1.1%of scheduled flights

based on 1,707 flights over the last 12 months. On-time means arriving within 15 minutes (BTS standard).

By airline

How each carrier compares

  • United Airlinesbest
    On-time85%
    Medianon time
    p9030 min
    Cancel0.6%
    Flights477
  • Southwest Airlines
    On-time71%
    Medianon time
    p9045 min
    Cancel0.7%
    Flights135
  • Frontier Airlines
    On-time77%
    Medianon time
    p9055 min
    Cancel1.3%
    Flights1,095

Why flights run late

Delay causes

  • Airline23%
  • Weather6%
  • Air traffic (NAS)15%
  • Late aircraft55%
  • Security0%

Most delay minutes here are attributed to Late aircraft.

Over time

On-time trend

By season

On-time rate by month

When to fly

Best time to fly MCO → CLE

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 — 87% on time.

  • Mornings87% on time · p90 20 min · 1,481 flights
  • Middays79% on time · p90 40 min · 1,978 flights
  • Evenings71% on time · p90 70 min · 1,004 flights
  • Afternoons68% on time · p90 65 min · 952 flights
  • Overnights50% on time · p90 120 min · 810 flights

Best day of week

Wednesdays are the most reliable day to fly this route — 80% on time.

  • Wednesdays80% on time · p90 45 min · 756 flights
  • Mondays75% on time · p90 55 min · 885 flights
  • Tuesdays75% on time · p90 55 min · 727 flights
  • Thursdays75% on time · p90 50 min · 889 flights
  • Fridays73% on time · p90 60 min · 895 flights
  • Sundays72% on time · p90 65 min · 1,008 flights
  • Saturdays70% on time · p90 60 min · 1,065 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.