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Route Reliability

Orlando → Columbus

MCOCMH · 802 miles · Orlando International Airport to John Glenn Columbus International Airport

73
Usually Fine
WanderNerd Reliability Score
73%
Arrive within 15 minutes
11 min
Average arrival delay
1.6%
Cancelled
2,224
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

Who flies it best

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

  1. 1.Frontier Airlines83%217 flights
  2. 2.Southwest Airlines74%1,538 flights
  3. 3.Spirit Airlines63%441 flights

Not enough history to rank: Delta Air Lines (28 flights). We rank airlines only after 100 flights on the route.

What the data says

Morning flights do better here.

MCO–CMH flights departing between 6–9 AM arrived on time 93% of the time, versus 48% between 9 PM–12 AM.

Sunday scaries are real for this one.

MCO–CMH flights arrived on time 81% of the time on Wednesdays and just 66% on Sundays. That gap is worth planning around.

Frontier Airlines has a clear lead on this route.

Frontier Airlines arrived on time 83% of the time on this route; Spirit Airlines managed 63%.

Flights on this route

The breakdown

On-time by weekday
  • Mon69%(312 flights)
  • Tue81%(261 flights)
  • Wed81%(262 flights)
  • Thu71%(326 flights)
  • Fri71%(324 flights)
  • Sat72%(365 flights)
  • Sun66%(337 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 3–6 AM(1 flights)
  • 6–9 AM93%(353 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM79%(500 flights)
  • 12–3 PM79%(248 flights)
  • 3–6 PM67%(495 flights)
  • 6–9 PM63%(373 flights)
  • 9 PM–12 AM48%(217 flights)
On-time trend by month
78%
May

Jun 72% → May 78% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202572%189
July 202565%179
August 202568%157
September 202578%168
October 202572%203
November 202583%180
December 202572%193
January 202674%175
February 202672%180
March 202666%229
April 202672%184
May 202678%150

Based on 2,224 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.