Route Reliability
Detroit → Orlando
DTW–MCO · 957 miles · Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport to Orlando International Airport
- 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.Spirit Airlines79%1,042 flights
- 2.Frontier Airlines77%417 flights
- 3.Delta Air Lines74%2,177 flights
- 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
- Mon77%(542 flights)
- Tue81%(473 flights)
- Wed78%(477 flights)
- Thu79%(535 flights)
- Fri72%(544 flights)
- Sat74%(578 flights)
- Sun69%(568 flights)
- 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)
Jun 71% → May 80% on time
| Month | On-time percentage | Flights |
|---|---|---|
| June 2025 | 71% | 299 |
| July 2025 | 72% | 300 |
| August 2025 | 77% | 282 |
| September 2025 | 87% | 250 |
| October 2025 | 85% | 319 |
| November 2025 | 77% | 292 |
| December 2025 | 65% | 339 |
| January 2026 | 62% | 327 |
| February 2026 | 82% | 350 |
| March 2026 | 71% | 396 |
| April 2026 | 83% | 340 |
| May 2026 | 80% | 223 |
Keep nerding
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.