OnTimeStats

Historical on-time performance

San Francisco to Orlando

2,446 miData through May 2026Source: US DOT · BTS

Flights on SFO–MCO arrive on time 85% of the time over the last 12 months.

On-time rate85%arrived within 15 min
p90 delay20 min1 in 10 flights is worse (tail risk)
Cancelled0.4%of scheduled flights

based on 1,402 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.

  • United Airlines
    On-time86%
    Medianon time
    p9020 min
    Cancel0.3%
    Flights1,041
  • Alaska Airlines
    On-time85%
    Medianon time
    p9025 min
    Cancel0.3%
    Flights330
  • Frontier Airlines
    On-time48%
    Median10 min
    p9065 min
    Cancel6.5%
    Flights31

Why flights run late

Delay causes

  • Airline36%
  • Weather0%
  • Air traffic (NAS)21%
  • Late aircraft43%
  • Security0%

Most delay minutes here are attributed to Late aircraft.

When flights don't go

Why flights were cancelled

  • Airline67%
  • Weather33%
  • Air traffic (NAS)0%
  • Security0%

Most cancellations here are attributed to Airline. Shares are among 6 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 SFO → 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 — 86% on time.

  • Mornings86% on time · p90 20 min · 2,000 flights
  • Overnights79% on time · p90 35 min · 1,444 flights
  • Middays75% on time · p90 40 min · 488 flights

Best day of week

On-time rates are fairly even by day on this route — ranging from 79% to 83% on time.

  • Tuesdays83% on time · p90 30 min · 529 flights
  • Fridays83% on time · p90 30 min · 600 flights
  • Wednesdays83% on time · p90 25 min · 569 flights
  • Thursdays82% on time · p90 25 min · 588 flights
  • Mondays79% on time · p90 35 min · 579 flights
  • Saturdays79% on time · p90 40 min · 591 flights
  • Sundays79% on time · p90 35 min · 593 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.