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Route Reliability

Dallas → Orlando

DAL–MCO · 973 miles · Dallas Love Field to Orlando International Airport

71
Usually Fine
WanderNerd Reliability Score
72%
Arrive within 15 minutes
13 min
Average arrival delay
1.4%
Cancelled
2,650
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

Southwest Airlines is the only airline in this data on this route, arriving on time 72% of the time across 2,650 flights. No comparison to make.

What the data says

Morning-you made the right choice.

DAL–MCO flights departing between 6–9 AM arrived on time 89% of the time, versus 49% between 9 PM–12 AM.

Skip Thursday if you can.

DAL–MCO flights arrived on time 81% of the time on Tuesdays. On Thursdays: 67%.

Recent months have been rougher.

DAL–MCO flights arrived on time 67% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 77% in the three months before that.

Flights on this route

The breakdown

On-time by weekday
  • Mon73%(377 flights)
  • Tue81%(367 flights)
  • Wed76%(367 flights)
  • Thu67%(380 flights)
  • Fri68%(377 flights)
  • Sat69%(360 flights)
  • Sun70%(372 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 6–9 AM89%(740 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM80%(450 flights)
  • 12–3 PM67%(373 flights)
  • 3–6 PM59%(601 flights)
  • 6–9 PM58%(393 flights)
  • 9 PM–12 AM49%(43 flights)
On-time trend by month
66%
May

Jun 67% → May 66% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202567%242
July 202563%247
August 202566%167
September 202586%154
October 202576%224
November 202577%217
December 202578%233
January 202679%214
February 202675%207
March 202662%235
April 202675%228
May 202666%232

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Based on 2,650 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.