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Route Reliability

Denver → Orlando

DENMCO · 1,547 miles · Denver International Airport to Orlando International Airport

81
Pretty Reliable
WanderNerd Reliability Score
77%
Arrive within 15 minutes
7 min
Average arrival delay
0.7%
Cancelled
4,582
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

Who flies it best

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

  1. 1.United Airlines83%1,780 flights
  2. 2.Frontier Airlines75%815 flights
  3. 3.Southwest Airlines74%1,987 flights

What the data says

Morning-you made the right choice.

DEN–MCO flights departing between 3–6 AM arrived on time 92% of the time, versus 64% between 6–9 PM.

Wednesday has been the better bet.

A small edge: 80% on time on Wednesdays against 74% on Fridays.

United Airlines runs this route best.

United Airlines arrived on time 83% of the time on this route; Southwest Airlines managed 74%.

Slipping a little lately.

DEN–MCO flights arrived on time 79% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 82% 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

More flights on this route

The breakdown

On-time by weekday
  • Mon79%(673 flights)
  • Tue77%(594 flights)
  • Wed80%(582 flights)
  • Thu78%(663 flights)
  • Fri74%(692 flights)
  • Sat77%(654 flights)
  • Sun79%(675 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 12–3 AM70%(162 flights)
  • 3–6 AM92%(247 flights)
  • 6–9 AM88%(868 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM79%(893 flights)
  • 12–3 PM70%(757 flights)
  • 3–6 PM65%(698 flights)
  • 6–9 PM64%(330 flights)
  • 9 PM–12 AM88%(578 flights)
On-time trend by month
80%
May

Jun 64% → May 80% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202564%414
July 202567%432
August 202570%351
September 202583%318
October 202581%366
November 202588%345
December 202578%400
January 202684%390
February 202685%374
March 202674%453
April 202682%342
May 202680%348

Based on 4,582 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.