Orlando International Airport (MCO) delays & on-time performance
Orlando, Florida · 91 nonstop destinations · 11 airlines · Aug 2025 – Jul 2026
No FAA-reported ground stops or delays at MCO right now. Individual flights can still be delayed by the airline; check with your airline for your flight.
On-time arrivals
74%
arrived < 15 min late
Cancelled
1.7%
2,732 flights
Avg arrival delay
19 min
71 min when late
Departed on time
74%
avg taxi-out 20 min
Figures cover 160,601 departures from MCO; on-time is measured at arrival. Arrivals into MCO were on time 75% of the time.
Key facts
- Flights departing Orlando International Airport (MCO) arrived on time 74% of the time in Aug 2025 – Jul 2026, worse than the 78% national average.
- 1.7% were cancelled, and 10% arrived an hour or more late.
- United Airlines was the most punctual airline here (81% on time); Spirit Airlines was the least (69%).
- Departures scheduled around 6am did best (93% on time); around 9pm did worst (57%).
- The largest source of delay minutes was late-arriving aircraft (42%).
Most delayed routes from MCO
Lowest on-time arrival rates among regularly flown routes.
- RSW · Fort Myers61%608 flts
- BUF · Buffalo67%1,790 flts
- RIC · Richmond68%1,187 flts
- LGA · New York68%5,216 flts
- ROC · Rochester68%503 flts
- DCA · Washington70%4,579 flts
- HPN · White Plains70%1,185 flts
- ACY · Atlantic City70%520 flts
- ALB · Albany70%1,042 flts
- PBI · West Palm Beach/Palm Beach70%607 flts
Most reliable routes from MCO
Highest on-time arrival rates among regularly flown routes.
- ORH · Worcester91%362 flts
- PSE · Ponce83%617 flts
- IAH · Houston83%3,627 flts
- SLC · Salt Lake City82%1,506 flts
- IAD · Washington82%2,178 flts
- LAX · Los Angeles81%3,556 flts
- GRR · Grand Rapids80%396 flts
- LAS · Las Vegas80%1,927 flts
- DEN · Denver80%4,539 flts
- SYR · Syracuse79%701 flts
Best airline at MCO
Departures from this airport, ranked by on-time arrival.
| Airline | On time | Cancelled | Avg delay | Routes | Flights |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| United Airlines | 81% | 1.1% | 16 min | 8 | 15,073 |
| Delta Air Lines | 78% | 1.9% | 19 min | 14 | 21,501 |
| Frontier Airlines | 77% | 1.6% | 19 min | 55 | 18,399 |
| Alaska Airlines | 76% | 0.7% | 15 min | 4 | 2,430 |
| Republic Airways | 76% | 0.4% | 15 min | 11 | 497 |
| American Airlines | 74% | 1.9% | 24 min | 10 | 19,605 |
| Southwest Airlines | 73% | 1.0% | 17 min | 62 | 50,933 |
| JetBlue | 71% | 2.4% | 23 min | 22 | 18,752 |
| Spirit Airlines | 69% | 3.8% | 22 min | 39 | 13,007 |
| Allegiant Air | 67% | 1.8% | 31 min | 4 | 399 |
| Envoy Air | 40% | 0.0% | 34 min | 1 | 5 |
Best time to fly out of MCO
On-time arrival rate by scheduled departure hour (local time).
- 5am92%2,389 flts
- 6am93%10,987 flts
- 7am91%12,518 flts
- 8am88%10,652 flts
- 9am85%11,792 flts
- 10am83%9,971 flts
- 11am79%9,877 flts
- 12pm75%8,057 flts
- 1pm74%7,413 flts
- 2pm72%8,646 flts
- 3pm67%9,775 flts
- 4pm64%8,929 flts
- 5pm63%10,343 flts
- 6pm62%9,073 flts
- 7pm61%12,668 flts
- 8pm60%9,629 flts
- 9pm57%5,000 flts
- 10pm59%2,107 flts
Monthly trend
Why departures were late
- Late-arriving aircraft42%
- Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning, fueling)28%
- Air traffic control & airport congestion23%
- Extreme weather6%
- Security0%
Data: U.S. DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Aug 2025 – Jul 2026 (12 months). Latest month published by BTS: July 2026. How we calculate this.