OnTimeStats

Historical on-time performance

Orlando to Charlotte

468 miData through May 2026Source: US DOT · BTS

Flights on MCO–CLT arrive on time 76% of the time over the last 12 months.

On-time rate76%arrived within 15 min
p90 delay55 min1 in 10 flights is worse (tail risk)
Cancelled1.9%of scheduled flights

based on 4,731 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.

  • Frontier Airlines
    On-time79%
    Medianon time
    p9045 min
    Cancel1.2%
    Flights566
  • American Airlines
    On-time77%
    Medianon time
    p9055 min
    Cancel1.8%
    Flights3,686
  • Spirit Airlines
    On-time68%
    Medianon time
    p9070 min
    Cancel4.0%
    Flights479

Why flights run late

Delay causes

  • Airline26%
  • Weather12%
  • Air traffic (NAS)17%
  • Late aircraft46%
  • Security0%

Most delay minutes here are attributed to Late aircraft.

When flights don't go

Why flights were cancelled

  • Airline12%
  • Weather78%
  • Air traffic (NAS)10%
  • Security0%

Most cancellations here are attributed to Weather. Shares are among 92 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 MCO → CLT

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 · 5,570 flights
  • Middays77% on time · p90 45 min · 3,986 flights
  • Afternoons69% on time · p90 65 min · 2,624 flights
  • Overnights62% on time · p90 85 min · 686 flights
  • Evenings60% on time · p90 100 min · 2,737 flights

Best day of week

Tuesdays are the most reliable day to fly this route — 82% on time.

  • Tuesdays82% on time · p90 40 min · 1,999 flights
  • Wednesdays78% on time · p90 40 min · 2,041 flights
  • Thursdays76% on time · p90 50 min · 2,332 flights
  • Fridays75% on time · p90 55 min · 2,357 flights
  • Mondays74% on time · p90 55 min · 2,347 flights
  • Saturdays74% on time · p90 55 min · 2,148 flights
  • Sundays70% on time · p90 75 min · 2,379 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.