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Route Reliability

Columbus → Orlando

CMHMCO · 802 miles · John Glenn Columbus International Airport to Orlando International Airport

80
Pretty Reliable
WanderNerd Reliability Score
79%
Arrive within 15 minutes
9 min
Average arrival delay
1.6%
Cancelled
2,221
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

Who flies it best

Ranked by on-time arrivals. Historical results, not predictions.

  1. 1.Southwest Airlines81%1,535 flights
  2. 2.Frontier Airlines74%217 flights
  3. 3.Spirit Airlines73%441 flights

Not enough history to rank: Delta Air Lines (28 flights). We rank airlines only after 100 flights on the route.

What the data says

Morning flights do better here.

CMH–MCO flights departing between 3–6 AM arrived on time 93% of the time, versus 66% between 6–9 PM.

Sunday scaries are real for this one.

CMH–MCO flights arrived on time 84% of the time on Wednesdays. On Sundays: 74%.

Southwest Airlines runs this route best.

Southwest Airlines arrived on time 81% of the time on this route; Spirit Airlines managed 73%.

Flights on this route

The breakdown

On-time by weekday
  • Mon75%(311 flights)
  • Tue84%(260 flights)
  • Wed84%(259 flights)
  • Thu79%(324 flights)
  • Fri78%(327 flights)
  • Sat80%(370 flights)
  • Sun74%(330 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 3–6 AM93%(238 flights)
  • 6–9 AM89%(401 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM87%(362 flights)
  • 12–3 PM76%(301 flights)
  • 3–6 PM68%(395 flights)
  • 6–9 PM66%(390 flights)
  • 9 PM–12 AM70%(94 flights)
On-time trend by month
82%
May

Jun 76% → May 82% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202576%187
July 202573%175
August 202578%156
September 202587%168
October 202582%201
November 202585%184
December 202573%193
January 202680%176
February 202683%183
March 202672%226
April 202680%185
May 202682%147

Based on 2,221 historical flights, because apparently we checked. Historical flight data: U.S. Bureau of Transportation Statistics, June 2025 – May 2026. Data through May 2026. How we calculate this.