Historical on-time performance
Orlando to Raleigh-durham
534 miData through Dec 2025Source: US DOT · BTS
Flights on MCO–RDU arrive on time 76% of the time over the last 12 months.
On-time rate76%arrived within 15 min
p90 delay60 min1 in 10 flights is worse (tail risk)
Cancelled0.9%of scheduled flights
based on 2,562 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 AirlinesOn-time75%Medianon timep9060 minCancel0.4%Flights783
- Delta Air LinesOn-time77%Medianon timep9060 minCancel1.6%Flights921
- Republic AirwaysOn-time79%Medianon timep9045 minCancel0.0%Flights214
- Frontier AirlinesOn-time76%Medianon timep9055 minCancel0.9%Flights644
Why flights run late
Delay causes
- Airline30%
- Weather7%
- Air traffic (NAS)14%
- Late aircraft49%
- 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 → RDU
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 — 88% on time.
- Mornings88% on time · p90 15 min · 2,647 flights
- Middays77% on time · p90 45 min · 1,200 flights
- Afternoons71% on time · p90 80 min · 1,880 flights
- Overnights59% on time · p90 90 min · 1,522 flights
- Evenings59% on time · p90 100 min · 904 flights
Best day of week
On-time rates are fairly even by day on this route — ranging from 70% to 80% on time.
- Wednesdays80% on time · p90 45 min · 1,000 flights
- Tuesdays80% on time · p90 40 min · 1,009 flights
- Thursdays75% on time · p90 60 min · 1,209 flights
- Fridays73% on time · p90 65 min · 1,208 flights
- Saturdays72% on time · p90 70 min · 1,211 flights
- Sundays70% on time · p90 75 min · 1,301 flights
- Mondays70% on time · p90 70 min · 1,216 flights
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