OnTimeStats

Historical on-time performance

Orlando to Phoenix

1,848 miData through Dec 2025Source: US DOT · BTS

Flights on MCO–PHX arrive on time 77% of the time over the last 12 months.

On-time rate77%arrived within 15 min
p90 delay45 min1 in 10 flights is worse (tail risk)
Cancelled0.2%of scheduled flights

based on 1,669 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.

  • American Airlines
    On-time76%
    Medianon time
    p9060 min
    Cancel0.3%
    Flights783
  • Southwest Airlines
    On-time77%
    Medianon time
    p9035 min
    Cancel0.1%
    Flights795
  • Frontier Airlines
    On-time78%
    Medianon time
    p9035 min
    Cancel1.1%
    Flights91

Why flights run late

Delay causes

  • Airline32%
  • Weather11%
  • Air traffic (NAS)17%
  • Late aircraft40%
  • 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 → PHX

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 — 84% on time.

  • Mornings84% on time · p90 20 min · 1,951 flights
  • Middays80% on time · p90 35 min · 793 flights
  • Afternoons64% on time · p90 60 min · 427 flights
  • Evenings62% on time · p90 95 min · 1,544 flights
  • Overnights57% on time · p90 105 min · 457 flights

Best day of week

Tuesdays are the most reliable day to fly this route — 78% on time.

  • Tuesdays78% on time · p90 35 min · 670 flights
  • Mondays74% on time · p90 50 min · 736 flights
  • Fridays73% on time · p90 50 min · 734 flights
  • Wednesdays73% on time · p90 45 min · 682 flights
  • Thursdays73% on time · p90 45 min · 734 flights
  • Saturdays71% on time · p90 55 min · 818 flights
  • Sundays68% on time · p90 80 min · 798 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.