OnTimeStats

Historical on-time performance

Orlando to Norfolk

655 miData through May 2026Source: US DOT · BTS

Flights on MCO–ORF arrive on time 74% of the time over the last 12 months.

On-time rate74%arrived within 15 min
p90 delay40 min1 in 10 flights is worse (tail risk)
Cancelled1.0%of scheduled flights

based on 385 flights over the last 12 months. On-time means arriving within 15 minutes (BTS standard).

By airline

How each carrier compares

Not enough comparable data to name a most-on-time carrier — low-data carriers aren't ranked.

  • Southwest Airlines
    On-time76%
    Medianon time
    p9030 min
    Cancel1.1%
    Flights354
  • Spirit Airlines
    On-time48%
    Median15 min
    p9075 min
    Cancel0.0%
    Flights31

Why flights run late

Delay causes

  • Airline33%
  • Weather5%
  • Air traffic (NAS)21%
  • Late aircraft39%
  • Security1%

Most delay minutes here are attributed to Late aircraft.

When flights don't go

Why flights were cancelled

  • Airline25%
  • Weather25%
  • Air traffic (NAS)50%
  • Security0%

Most cancellations here are attributed to Air traffic (NAS). Shares are among 4 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 → ORF

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 — 86% on time.

  • Mornings86% on time · p90 20 min · 1,025 flights
  • Middays80% on time · p90 30 min · 610 flights
  • Afternoons74% on time · p90 45 min · 358 flights
  • Overnights61% on time · p90 55 min · 119 flights · limited
  • Evenings56% on time · p90 75 min · 294 flights

Best day of week

On-time rates are fairly even by day on this route — ranging from 73% to 83% on time.

  • Wednesdays83% on time · p90 30 min · 259 flights
  • Tuesdays83% on time · p90 25 min · 276 flights
  • Thursdays82% on time · p90 30 min · 384 flights
  • Mondays77% on time · p90 40 min · 325 flights
  • Fridays75% on time · p90 40 min · 329 flights
  • Sundays75% on time · p90 45 min · 405 flights
  • Saturdays73% on time · p90 50 min · 428 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.