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Route Reliability

Orlando → Buffalo

MCO–BUF · 1,011 miles · Orlando International Airport to Buffalo Niagara International Airport

70
Usually Fine
WanderNerd Reliability Score
70%
Arrive within 15 minutes
14 min
Average arrival delay
1.2%
Cancelled
1,768
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

Who flies it best

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

  1. 1.Frontier Airlines80%284 flights
  2. 2.JetBlue Airways69%531 flights
  3. 3.Southwest Airlines68%953 flights

What the data says

Morning-you made the right choice.

MCO–BUF flights departing between 3–6 AM arrived on time 100% of the time, versus 53% between 9 PM–12 AM.

Sunday scaries are real for this one.

MCO–BUF flights arrived on time 83% of the time on Tuesdays and just 59% on Sundays. That gap is worth planning around.

Frontier Airlines runs this route best.

Frontier Airlines arrived on time 80% of the time on this route; Southwest Airlines managed 68%.

Best historical flights

Ranked by on-time arrivals, minimum 100 flights. Past performance, not a promise.

Top flights by on-time rate

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The breakdown

On-time by weekday
  • Mon71%(254 flights)
  • Tue83%(195 flights)
  • Wed79%(197 flights)
  • Thu66%(243 flights)
  • Fri67%(263 flights)
  • Sat70%(326 flights)
  • Sun59%(263 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 3–6 AM100%(26 flights)
  • 6–9 AM90%(308 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM75%(318 flights)
  • 12–3 PM68%(246 flights)
  • 3–6 PM68%(361 flights)
  • 6–9 PM55%(423 flights)
  • 9 PM–12 AM53%(59 flights)
On-time trend by month
71%
May

Jun 81% → May 71% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202581%113
July 202576%116
August 202570%151
September 202582%118
October 202568%134
November 202576%157
December 202564%167
January 202670%141
February 202663%150
March 202662%175
April 202666%169
May 202671%150

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Based on 1,768 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.