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Southwest Airlines MCO to DCA on-time performance

Southwest Airlines nonstop flights from Orlando to Washington · Aug 2025 – Jul 2026

On-time arrivals
68%
arrived < 15 min late
Cancelled
1.6%
17 flights
Avg arrival delay
19 min
54 min when late
Rank on route
#4 of 5
route average 70% on time

Key facts

  • Southwest Airlines flights on MCO to DCA arrived on time 68% of the time in Aug 2025 – Jul 2026.
  • 1.6% were cancelled, and 10% arrived an hour or more late.
  • That ranks #4 of 5 airlines on this route, which averaged 70% on time overall.
  • The largest source of delay minutes was late-arriving aircraft (40%).

On-time trend by month

40%70%100%July 2025: 56.7% on time, 0.0% cancelledJul ’25August 2025: 62.4% on time, 1.1% cancelledAug ’25September 2025: 75.3% on time, 1.1% cancelledSep ’25October 2025: 73.9% on time, 1.1% cancelledOct ’25November 2025: 75.6% on time, 2.3% cancelledNov ’25December 2025: 68.8% on time, 0.0% cancelledDec ’25January 2026: 81.1% on time, 3.2% cancelledJan ’26February 2026: 59.0% on time, 1.2% cancelledFeb ’26March 2026: 58.6% on time, 2.2% cancelledMar ’26April 2026: 70.8% on time, 0.0% cancelledApr ’26May 2026: 66.3% on time, 1.1% cancelledMay ’26June 2026: 64.5% on time, 1.1% cancelledJun ’26July 2026: 54.0% on time, 4.3% cancelledJul ’26
On-time arrival rate by month. Hover a bar for exact figures.

Why this airline's flights were late

  • Late-arriving aircraft40%
  • Air traffic control & airport congestion31%
  • Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning, fueling)22%
  • Extreme weather6%
  • Security0%

Other airlines on MCO to DCA

Full MCO to DCA comparison →
Southwest Airlines on-time record across all routes →

1,093 Southwest Airlines flights tracked on this route; 17 cancelled, 2 diverted.

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.