OnTimeStats

Historical on-time performance

Louisville to Orlando

718 miData through May 2026Source: US DOT · BTS

Flights on SDF–MCO arrive on time 79% of the time over the last 12 months.

On-time rate79%arrived within 15 min
p90 delay35 min1 in 10 flights is worse (tail risk)
Cancelled1.8%of scheduled flights

based on 720 flights over the last 12 months. On-time means arriving within 15 minutes (BTS standard).

By airline

How each carrier compares

  • Southwest Airlines
    On-time79%
    Medianon time
    p9035 min
    Cancel1.8%
    Flights720

Why flights run late

Delay causes

  • Airline28%
  • Weather1%
  • Air traffic (NAS)23%
  • Late aircraft48%
  • Security0%

Most delay minutes here are attributed to Late aircraft.

When flights don't go

Why flights were cancelled

  • Airline23%
  • Weather31%
  • Air traffic (NAS)46%
  • Security0%

Most cancellations here are attributed to Air traffic (NAS). Shares are among 13 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 SDF → MCO

All airlines · rolling 36 months (2023-06 .. 2026-05).

Best time of day

On-time rates are fairly even by time of day on this route — ranging from 68% to 83% on time.

  • Mornings83% on time · p90 30 min · 1,378 flights
  • Middays82% on time · p90 30 min · 396 flights
  • Afternoons71% on time · p90 60 min · 195 flights · limited
  • Evenings68% on time · p90 60 min · 743 flights

Best day of week

On-time rates are fairly even by day on this route — ranging from 70% to 82% on time.

  • Tuesdays82% on time · p90 30 min · 346 flights
  • Fridays80% on time · p90 35 min · 394 flights
  • Wednesdays80% on time · p90 40 min · 347 flights
  • Mondays78% on time · p90 40 min · 389 flights
  • Thursdays78% on time · p90 35 min · 392 flights
  • Saturdays74% on time · p90 55 min · 488 flights
  • Sundays70% on time · p90 55 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.