Historical on-time performance
Orlando to Dallas-Fort Worth
984 miData through May 2026Source: US DOT · BTS
Flights on MCO–DFW arrive on time 72% of the time over the last 12 months.
On-time rate72%arrived within 15 min
p90 delay65 min1 in 10 flights is worse (tail risk)
Cancelled2.8%of scheduled flights
based on 4,899 flights over the last 12 months. On-time means arriving within 15 minutes (BTS standard).
By airline
How each carrier compares
- Envoy AirOn-time81%Medianon timep9015 minCancel0.0%Flights31
- Frontier AirlinesbestOn-time79%Medianon timep9035 minCancel1.6%Flights695
- American AirlinesOn-time71%Medianon timep9070 minCancel3.1%Flights3,608
- Spirit AirlinesOn-time67%Medianon timep9080 minCancel3.0%Flights565
Why flights run late
Delay causes
- Airline24%
- Weather11%
- Air traffic (NAS)22%
- Late aircraft44%
- Security0%
Most delay minutes here are attributed to Late aircraft.
When flights don't go
Why flights were cancelled
- Airline11%
- Weather85%
- Air traffic (NAS)4%
- Security0%
Most cancellations here are attributed to Weather. Shares are among 139 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 → DFW
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 — 84% on time.
- Mornings84% on time · p90 20 min · 5,563 flights
- Middays71% on time · p90 60 min · 3,267 flights
- Afternoons58% on time · p90 100 min · 2,533 flights
- Overnights54% on time · p90 115 min · 689 flights
- Evenings53% on time · p90 120 min · 2,814 flights
Best day of week
On-time rates are fairly even by day on this route — ranging from 66% to 73% on time.
- Tuesdays73% on time · p90 60 min · 1,965 flights
- Wednesdays72% on time · p90 65 min · 1,966 flights
- Thursdays70% on time · p90 70 min · 2,202 flights
- Fridays69% on time · p90 65 min · 2,210 flights
- Mondays68% on time · p90 80 min · 2,201 flights
- Saturdays68% on time · p90 75 min · 2,109 flights
- Sundays66% on time · p90 85 min · 2,213 flights
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