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Route Reliability

Washington → Orlando

DCA–MCO · 759 miles · Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to Orlando International Airport

71
Usually Fine
WanderNerd Reliability Score
75%
Arrive within 15 minutes
15 min
Average arrival delay
2.1%
Cancelled
4,586
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

Who flies it best

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

  1. 1.Delta Air Lines78%727 flights
  2. 2.American Airlines76%1,818 flights
  3. 3.Southwest Airlines75%1,097 flights
  4. 4.JetBlue Airways72%944 flights

What the data says

Morning flights do better here.

DCA–MCO flights departing between 6–9 AM arrived on time 86% of the time, versus 57% between 6–9 PM.

Sunday scaries are real for this one.

DCA–MCO flights arrived on time 81% of the time on Tuesdays. On Sundays: 67%.

Delta Air Lines has a slight edge here.

Delta Air Lines arrived on time 78% of the time on this route; JetBlue Airways managed 72%.

Trending in the right direction.

DCA–MCO flights arrived on time 81% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 72% in the three months before that.

Best historical flights

Ranked by on-time arrivals, minimum 100 flights. Past performance, not a promise.

Top flights by on-time rate

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The breakdown

On-time by weekday
  • Mon78%(632 flights)
  • Tue81%(630 flights)
  • Wed79%(629 flights)
  • Thu71%(648 flights)
  • Fri73%(653 flights)
  • Sat78%(635 flights)
  • Sun67%(645 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 6–9 AM86%(1606 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM79%(897 flights)
  • 12–3 PM73%(776 flights)
  • 3–6 PM61%(647 flights)
  • 6–9 PM57%(546 flights)
On-time trend by month
82%
May

Jun 71% → May 82% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202571%378
July 202568%374
August 202569%375
September 202579%357
October 202581%398
November 202576%358
December 202568%409
January 202675%349
February 202672%339
March 202678%360
April 202684%383
May 202682%392

Same trip, other airports

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Based on 4,586 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.