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Route Reliability

Orlando → Charlotte

MCOCLT · 468 miles · Orlando International Airport to Charlotte Douglas International Airport

78
Usually Fine
WanderNerd Reliability Score
79%
Arrive within 15 minutes
10 min
Average arrival delay
2.0%
Cancelled
4,760
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%566 flights
  2. 2.American Airlines79%3,686 flights
  3. 3.Spirit Airlines71%508 flights

What the data says

Morning-you made the right choice.

MCO–CLT flights departing between 3–6 AM arrived on time 94% of the time, versus 50% between 9 PM–12 AM.

Sunday scaries are real for this one.

MCO–CLT flights arrived on time 85% of the time on Wednesdays and just 70% 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; Spirit Airlines managed 71%.

Ticking up lately.

MCO–CLT flights arrived on time 83% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 76% 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
  • Mon76%(704 flights)
  • Tue85%(583 flights)
  • Wed85%(588 flights)
  • Thu79%(714 flights)
  • Fri80%(704 flights)
  • Sat77%(638 flights)
  • Sun70%(729 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 3–6 AM94%(264 flights)
  • 6–9 AM91%(1180 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM83%(821 flights)
  • 12–3 PM79%(895 flights)
  • 3–6 PM66%(928 flights)
  • 6–9 PM60%(562 flights)
  • 9 PM–12 AM50%(10 flights)
On-time trend by month
83%
May

Jun 73% → May 83% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202573%389
July 202572%394
August 202569%395
September 202588%336
October 202583%388
November 202580%370
December 202576%386
January 202676%374
February 202677%362
March 202682%405
April 202684%466
May 202683%395

Based on 4,760 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.