OnTimeStats

Historical on-time performance

Orlando to Memphis

684 miData through May 2026Source: US DOT · BTS

Flights on MCO–MEM arrive on time 71% of the time over the last 12 months.

On-time rate71%arrived within 15 min
p90 delay55 min1 in 10 flights is worse (tail risk)
Cancelled2.0%of scheduled flights

based on 654 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.

  • Southwest Airlines
    On-time71%
    Medianon time
    p9060 min
    Cancel2.0%
    Flights399
  • Spirit Airlines
    On-time71%
    Medianon time
    p9055 min
    Cancel2.0%
    Flights255

Why flights run late

Delay causes

  • Airline28%
  • Weather2%
  • Air traffic (NAS)25%
  • Late aircraft45%
  • Security0%

Most delay minutes here are attributed to Late aircraft.

When flights don't go

Why flights were cancelled

  • Airline15%
  • Weather62%
  • Air traffic (NAS)23%
  • Security0%

Most cancellations here are attributed to Weather. Shares are among 13 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 → MEM

All airlines · rolling 36 months (2023-06 .. 2026-05).

Best time of day

On-time rates are fairly even by time of day on this route — ranging from 56% to 82% on time.

  • Mornings82% on time · p90 25 min · 367 flights
  • Middays81% on time · p90 30 min · 313 flights
  • Evenings73% on time · p90 70 min · 451 flights
  • Afternoons72% on time · p90 70 min · 692 flights
  • Overnights56% on time · p90 90 min · 590 flights

Best day of week

On-time rates are fairly even by day on this route — ranging from 68% to 78% on time.

  • Tuesdays78% on time · p90 55 min · 268 flights
  • Wednesdays72% on time · p90 55 min · 280 flights
  • Mondays72% on time · p90 75 min · 332 flights
  • Sundays70% on time · p90 85 min · 409 flights
  • Saturdays70% on time · p90 60 min · 456 flights
  • Fridays70% on time · p90 60 min · 333 flights
  • Thursdays68% on time · p90 65 min · 335 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.