OnTimeStats

Historical on-time performance

Orlando to Los Angeles

2,217 miData through Dec 2025Source: US DOT · BTS

Flights on MCO–LAX arrive on time 78% of the time over the last 12 months.

On-time rate78%arrived within 15 min
p90 delay40 min1 in 10 flights is worse (tail risk)
Cancelled0.2%of scheduled flights

based on 3,012 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-time81%
    Medianon time
    p9035 min
    Cancel0.4%
    Flights1,338
  • United Airlines
    On-time83%
    Medianon time
    p9030 min
    Cancel0.0%
    Flights744
  • American Airlines
    On-time70%
    Medianon time
    p9080 min
    Cancel0.0%
    Flights685
  • Frontier Airlines
    On-time79%
    Medianon time
    p9035 min
    Cancel0.0%
    Flights123
  • Southwest Airlines
    On-time62%
    Median5 min
    p9035 min
    Cancel0.0%
    Flights122

Why flights run late

Delay causes

  • Airline41%
  • Weather14%
  • Air traffic (NAS)14%
  • Late aircraft31%
  • Security0%

Most delay minutes here are attributed to Airline.

Over time

On-time trend

By season

On-time rate by month

When to fly

Best time to fly MCO → LAX

All airlines · rolling 36 months (2023-01 .. 2025-12).

Best time of day

On-time rates are fairly even by time of day on this route — ranging from 59% to 87% on time.

  • Mornings87% on time · p90 15 min · 3,931 flights
  • Middays85% on time · p90 20 min · 916 flights
  • Afternoons75% on time · p90 50 min · 1,312 flights
  • Evenings64% on time · p90 80 min · 2,815 flights
  • Overnights59% on time · p90 120 min · 325 flights

Best day of week

On-time rates are fairly even by day on this route — ranging from 74% to 82% on time.

  • Tuesdays82% on time · p90 30 min · 1,212 flights
  • Wednesdays80% on time · p90 40 min · 1,266 flights
  • Thursdays77% on time · p90 50 min · 1,377 flights
  • Saturdays76% on time · p90 45 min · 1,280 flights
  • Fridays76% on time · p90 45 min · 1,388 flights
  • Mondays76% on time · p90 50 min · 1,397 flights
  • Sundays74% on time · p90 65 min · 1,379 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.