OnTimeStats

Historical on-time performance

Philadelphia to Orlando

861 miData through May 2026Source: US DOT · BTS

Flights on PHL–MCO arrive on time 69% of the time over the last 12 months.

On-time rate69%arrived within 15 min
p90 delay70 min1 in 10 flights is worse (tail risk)
Cancelled2.5%of scheduled flights

based on 5,345 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-time72%
    Medianon time
    p9050 min
    Cancel0.9%
    Flights642
  • American Airlines
    On-time70%
    Medianon time
    p9070 min
    Cancel2.3%
    Flights2,566
  • Spirit Airlines
    On-time68%
    Medianon time
    p9065 min
    Cancel5.4%
    Flights643
  • Frontier Airlines
    On-time67%
    Medianon time
    p9090 min
    Cancel2.3%
    Flights1,494

Why flights run late

Delay causes

  • Airline25%
  • Weather5%
  • 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

  • Airline18%
  • Weather73%
  • Air traffic (NAS)9%
  • Security0%

Most cancellations here are attributed to Weather. Shares are among 133 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 PHL → MCO

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 — 82% on time.

  • Mornings82% on time · p90 30 min · 5,612 flights
  • Middays74% on time · p90 65 min · 3,615 flights
  • Afternoons65% on time · p90 90 min · 3,254 flights
  • Overnights64% on time · p90 95 min · 1,614 flights
  • Evenings55% on time · p90 105 min · 3,029 flights

Best day of week

On-time rates are fairly even by day on this route — ranging from 66% to 78% on time.

  • Tuesdays78% on time · p90 45 min · 2,210 flights
  • Wednesdays76% on time · p90 55 min · 2,212 flights
  • Saturdays70% on time · p90 75 min · 2,607 flights
  • Thursdays69% on time · p90 70 min · 2,481 flights
  • Mondays69% on time · p90 85 min · 2,516 flights
  • Fridays68% on time · p90 75 min · 2,544 flights
  • Sundays66% on time · p90 85 min · 2,554 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.