Southwest Airlines MCO to ORD on-time performance
Southwest Airlines nonstop flights from Orlando to Chicago · Aug 2025 – Jul 2026
On-time arrivals
67%
arrived < 15 min late
Cancelled
1.5%
11 flights
Avg arrival delay
21 min
60 min when late
Rank on route
#4 of 5
route average 71% on time
Key facts
- Southwest Airlines flights on MCO to ORD arrived on time 67% of the time in Aug 2025 – Jul 2026.
- 1.5% were cancelled, and 10% arrived an hour or more late.
- That ranks #4 of 5 airlines on this route, which averaged 71% on time overall.
- The largest source of delay minutes was late-arriving aircraft (35%).
On-time trend by month
Why this airline's flights were late
- Late-arriving aircraft35%
- Air traffic control & airport congestion33%
- Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning, fueling)28%
- Extreme weather3%
- Security1%
Other airlines on MCO to ORD
- United Airlines76% on time · 21 min avg delay
- American Airlines70% on time · 26 min avg delay
- Spirit Airlines59% on time · 30 min avg delay
- Frontier Airlines70% on time · 30 min avg delay
Full MCO to ORD comparison →
Southwest Airlines on-time record across all routes →
734 Southwest Airlines flights tracked on this route; 11 cancelled, 4 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.