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Route Reliability

Detroit → Orlando

DTWMCO · 957 miles · Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport to Orlando International Airport

77
Usually Fine
WanderNerd Reliability Score
76%
Arrive within 15 minutes
11 min
Average arrival delay
1.0%
Cancelled
3,771
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

Who flies it best

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

  1. 1.Spirit Airlines79%1,042 flights
  2. 2.Frontier Airlines77%417 flights
  3. 3.Delta Air Lines74%2,177 flights
  4. 4.Southwest Airlines72%135 flights

What the data says

Morning-you made the right choice.

DTW–MCO flights departing between 3–6 AM arrived on time 93% of the time, versus 60% between 9 PM–12 AM.

Sunday scaries are real for this one.

DTW–MCO flights arrived on time 81% of the time on Tuesdays. On Sundays: 69%.

Spirit Airlines runs this route best.

Spirit Airlines arrived on time 79% of the time on this route; Southwest Airlines managed 72%.

Trending in the right direction.

DTW–MCO flights arrived on time 78% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 69% 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
  • Mon77%(542 flights)
  • Tue81%(473 flights)
  • Wed78%(477 flights)
  • Thu79%(535 flights)
  • Fri72%(544 flights)
  • Sat74%(578 flights)
  • Sun69%(568 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 3–6 AM93%(178 flights)
  • 6–9 AM86%(953 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM78%(589 flights)
  • 12–3 PM75%(803 flights)
  • 3–6 PM60%(537 flights)
  • 6–9 PM67%(568 flights)
  • 9 PM–12 AM60%(89 flights)
On-time trend by month
80%
May

Jun 71% → May 80% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202571%299
July 202572%300
August 202577%282
September 202587%250
October 202585%319
November 202577%292
December 202565%339
January 202662%327
February 202682%350
March 202671%396
April 202683%340
May 202680%223

Based on 3,771 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.