OnTimeStats

Historical on-time performance

Orlando to Washington

759 miData through Dec 2025Source: US DOT · BTS

Flights on MCO–DCA arrive on time 66% of the time over the last 12 months.

On-time rate66%arrived within 15 min
p90 delay80 min1 in 10 flights is worse (tail risk)
Cancelled1.8%of scheduled flights

based on 4,620 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-time64%
    Medianon time
    p90100 min
    Cancel2.7%
    Flights699
  • American Airlines
    On-time67%
    Medianon time
    p9085 min
    Cancel2.2%
    Flights1,837
  • Southwest Airlines
    On-time66%
    Medianon time
    p9070 min
    Cancel0.9%
    Flights1,097
  • JetBlue Airways
    On-time64%
    Medianon time
    p9090 min
    Cancel1.2%
    Flights987

Why flights run late

Delay causes

  • Airline21%
  • Weather7%
  • Air traffic (NAS)28%
  • Late aircraft43%
  • 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 → DCA

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 15 min · 3,113 flights
  • Middays76% on time · p90 45 min · 3,783 flights
  • Afternoons64% on time · p90 95 min · 3,204 flights
  • Evenings63% on time · p90 90 min · 2,782 flights
  • Overnights60% on time · p90 95 min · 1,177 flights

Best day of week

On-time rates are fairly even by day on this route — ranging from 68% to 77% on time.

  • Tuesdays77% on time · p90 50 min · 1,949 flights
  • Saturdays75% on time · p90 55 min · 2,059 flights
  • Wednesdays74% on time · p90 55 min · 1,946 flights
  • Thursdays70% on time · p90 75 min · 1,991 flights
  • Mondays70% on time · p90 65 min · 2,026 flights
  • Sundays69% on time · p90 85 min · 2,082 flights
  • Fridays68% on time · p90 75 min · 2,006 flights
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Related pages

Delay predictorfor this route→MCO airportOrlando→DCA airportWashington→US Airways on this routecarrier detail→US Airwaysairline profile→

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.