Historical on-time performance
Phoenix to Orlando
1,848 miData through Dec 2025Source: US DOT · BTS
Flights on PHX–MCO arrive on time 79% of the time over the last 12 months.
On-time rate79%arrived within 15 min
p90 delay30 min1 in 10 flights is worse (tail risk)
Cancelled0.4%of scheduled flights
based on 1,655 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 AirlinesOn-time79%Medianon timep9030 minCancel0.3%Flights777
- Southwest AirlinesOn-time80%Medianon timep9025 minCancel0.5%Flights785
- Frontier AirlinesOn-time68%Medianon timep9035 minCancel1.1%Flights93
Why flights run late
Delay causes
- Airline41%
- Weather0%
- Air traffic (NAS)20%
- Late aircraft40%
- Security0%
Most delay minutes here are attributed to Airline.
Over time
On-time trend
By season
On-time rate by month
When to fly
Best time to fly PHX → MCO
All airlines · rolling 36 months (2023-01 .. 2025-12).
Best time of day
On-time rates are fairly even by time of day on this route — ranging from 69% to 81% on time.
- Mornings81% on time · p90 25 min · 1,557 flights
- Overnights79% on time · p90 35 min · 1,477 flights
- Early mornings73% on time · p90 40 min · 135 flights · limited
- Middays71% on time · p90 45 min · 443 flights
- Afternoons70% on time · p90 50 min · 1,239 flights
- Evenings69% on time · p90 60 min · 316 flights
Best day of week
On-time rates are fairly even by day on this route — ranging from 72% to 79% on time.
- Mondays79% on time · p90 40 min · 726 flights
- Tuesdays77% on time · p90 40 min · 681 flights
- Fridays77% on time · p90 35 min · 725 flights
- Wednesdays77% on time · p90 45 min · 681 flights
- Saturdays75% on time · p90 35 min · 844 flights
- Sundays74% on time · p90 45 min · 780 flights
- Thursdays72% on time · p90 40 min · 730 flights
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