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Route Reliability

Orlando → Hartford

MCO–BDL · 1,050 miles · Orlando International Airport to Bradley International Airport

71
Usually Fine
WanderNerd Reliability Score
73%
Arrive within 15 minutes
14 min
Average arrival delay
1.9%
Cancelled
1,896
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

Who flies it best

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

  1. 1.Southwest Airlines74%652 flights
  2. 2.JetBlue Airways74%1,008 flights
  3. 3.Frontier Airlines69%227 flights

Not enough history to rank: Spirit Airlines (9 flights). We rank airlines only after 100 flights on the route.

What the data says

Morning flights do better here.

MCO–BDL flights departing between 6–9 AM arrived on time 90% of the time, versus 44% between 9 PM–12 AM.

Sunday scaries are real for this one.

MCO–BDL flights arrived on time 81% of the time on Wednesdays. On Sundays: 68%.

Southwest Airlines has a slight edge here.

Southwest Airlines arrived on time 74% of the time on this route; Frontier Airlines managed 69%.

Ticking up lately.

MCO–BDL flights arrived on time 74% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 70% 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
  • Mon69%(261 flights)
  • Tue77%(218 flights)
  • Wed81%(215 flights)
  • Thu77%(261 flights)
  • Fri72%(277 flights)
  • Sat72%(339 flights)
  • Sun68%(284 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 3–6 AM—(1 flights)
  • 6–9 AM90%(358 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM80%(483 flights)
  • 12–3 PM73%(259 flights)
  • 3–6 PM64%(239 flights)
  • 6–9 PM62%(460 flights)
  • 9 PM–12 AM44%(55 flights)
On-time trend by month
86%
May

Jun 77% → May 86% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202577%141
July 202561%141
August 202575%167
September 202592%88
October 202574%129
November 202578%176
December 202570%172
January 202676%151
February 202664%177
March 202669%169
April 202669%203
May 202686%141

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Based on 1,896 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.