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Route Reliability

Orlando → Birmingham

MCO–BHM · 479 miles · Orlando International Airport to Birmingham–Shuttlesworth International Airport

72
Usually Fine
WanderNerd Reliability Score
70%
Arrive within 15 minutes
15 min
Average arrival delay
0.5%
Cancelled
848
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

Southwest Airlines is the only airline in this data on this route, arriving on time 70% of the time across 848 flights. No comparison to make.

What the data says

Morning-you made the right choice.

MCO–BHM flights departing between 6–9 AM arrived on time 91% of the time, versus 42% between 9 PM–12 AM.

Sunday scaries are real for this one.

MCO–BHM flights arrived on time 81% of the time on Wednesdays and just 65% on Sundays. That gap is worth planning around.

Ticking up lately.

MCO–BHM flights arrived on time 75% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 69% in the three months before that.

Flights on this route

The breakdown

On-time by weekday
  • Mon67%(117 flights)
  • Tue76%(106 flights)
  • Wed81%(104 flights)
  • Thu69%(116 flights)
  • Fri73%(122 flights)
  • Sat66%(132 flights)
  • Sun65%(144 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 6–9 AM91%(215 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM84%(103 flights)
  • 12–3 PM80%(69 flights)
  • 3–6 PM60%(123 flights)
  • 6–9 PM59%(243 flights)
  • 9 PM–12 AM42%(88 flights)
On-time trend by month
76%
May

Jun 68% → May 76% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202568%68
July 202557%69
August 202552%44
September 202595%38
October 202568%81
November 202570%79
December 202569%80
January 202675%67
February 202665%57
March 202666%77
April 202683%88
May 202676%93

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Based on 848 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.