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Southwest Airlines RDU to MCO on-time performance

Southwest Airlines nonstop flights from Raleigh/Durham to Orlando · Aug 2025 – Jul 2026

On-time arrivals
79%
arrived < 15 min late
Cancelled
1.4%
12 flights
Avg arrival delay
15 min
62 min when late
Rank on route
#3 of 4
route average 78% on time

Key facts

  • Southwest Airlines flights on RDU to MCO arrived on time 79% of the time in Aug 2025 – Jul 2026.
  • 1.4% were cancelled, and 7% arrived an hour or more late.
  • That ranks #3 of 4 airlines on this route, which averaged 78% on time overall.
  • The largest source of delay minutes was late-arriving aircraft (46%).

On-time trend by month

50%75%100%July 2025: 70.3% on time, 1.5% cancelledJul ’25August 2025: 78.2% on time, 1.8% cancelledAug ’25September 2025: 90.9% on time, 0.0% cancelledSep ’25October 2025: 81.5% on time, 0.0% cancelledOct ’25November 2025: 77.6% on time, 0.0% cancelledNov ’25December 2025: 78.7% on time, 0.0% cancelledDec ’25January 2026: 84.8% on time, 10.8% cancelledJan ’26February 2026: 81.1% on time, 1.3% cancelledFeb ’26March 2026: 74.4% on time, 2.3% cancelledMar ’26April 2026: 79.2% on time, 0.0% cancelledApr ’26May 2026: 67.6% on time, 0.0% cancelledMay ’26June 2026: 76.6% on time, 0.0% cancelledJun ’26July 2026: 78.1% 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

  • Late-arriving aircraft46%
  • Air traffic control & airport congestion28%
  • Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning, fueling)24%
  • Security1%
  • Extreme weather1%

Other airlines on RDU to MCO

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

843 Southwest Airlines flights tracked on this route; 12 cancelled, 1 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.