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Southwest Airlines MCO to LAX on-time performance

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

On-time arrivals
65%
arrived < 15 min late
Cancelled
0.3%
1 flights
Avg arrival delay
19 min
49 min when late
Rank on route
#5 of 5
route average 81% on time

Key facts

  • Southwest Airlines flights on MCO to LAX arrived on time 65% of the time in Aug 2025 – Jul 2026.
  • 0.3% were cancelled, and 7% arrived an hour or more late.
  • That ranks #5 of 5 airlines on this route, which averaged 81% on time overall.
  • The largest source of delay minutes was airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning, fueling) (39%).

On-time trend by month

20%60%100%August 2025: 48.1% on time, 0.0% cancelledAug ’25September 2025: 53.3% on time, 0.0% cancelledSep ’25October 2025: 38.7% on time, 0.0% cancelledOct ’25November 2025: 73.3% on time, 0.0% cancelledNov ’25December 2025: 83.9% on time, 0.0% cancelledDec ’25January 2026: 80.6% on time, 0.0% cancelledJan ’26February 2026: 60.7% on time, 0.0% cancelledFeb ’26March 2026: 63.3% on time, 3.2% cancelledMar ’26April 2026: 63.3% on time, 0.0% cancelledApr ’26May 2026: 77.4% on time, 0.0% cancelledMay ’26June 2026: 60.0% on time, 0.0% cancelledJun ’26July 2026: 77.4% on time, 0.0% cancelledJul ’26
On-time arrival rate by month. Hover a bar for exact figures.

Why this airline's flights were late

  • Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning, fueling)39%
  • Late-arriving aircraft32%
  • Air traffic control & airport congestion16%
  • Extreme weather11%
  • Security1%

Other airlines on MCO to LAX

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

361 Southwest Airlines flights tracked on this route; 1 cancelled, 0 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.