Route Reliability
Orlando → Washington
MCO–DCA · 759 miles · Orlando International Airport to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport
- 68%
- Arrive within 15 minutes
- 20 min
- Average arrival delay
- 2.0%
- Cancelled
- 4,585
- Flights in the data
Data through May 2026.
Who flies it best
Ranked by on-time arrivals. Historical results, not predictions.
- 1.Delta Air Lines74%727 flights
- 2.American Airlines69%1,818 flights
- 3.Southwest Airlines68%1,097 flights
- 4.JetBlue Airways64%943 flights
What the data says
Morning flights do better here.
MCO–DCA flights departing between 6–9 AM arrived on time 90% of the time, versus 53% between 3–6 PM.
Sunday scaries are real for this one.
MCO–DCA flights arrived on time 77% of the time on Tuesdays and just 61% on Sundays. That gap is worth planning around.
Delta Air Lines runs this route best.
Delta Air Lines arrived on time 74% of the time on this route; JetBlue Airways managed 64%.
Ticking up lately.
MCO–DCA flights arrived on time 74% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 67% 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
- Mon65%(639 flights)
- Tue77%(637 flights)
- Wed73%(630 flights)
- Thu69%(644 flights)
- Fri63%(654 flights)
- Sat70%(626 flights)
- Sun61%(644 flights)
- 6–9 AM90%(705 flights)
- 9 AM–12 PM82%(1018 flights)
- 12–3 PM61%(948 flights)
- 3–6 PM53%(532 flights)
- 6–9 PM55%(987 flights)
- 9 PM–12 AM61%(284 flights)
Jun 58% → May 79% on time
| Month | On-time percentage | Flights |
|---|---|---|
| June 2025 | 58% | 374 |
| July 2025 | 55% | 375 |
| August 2025 | 61% | 381 |
| September 2025 | 77% | 358 |
| October 2025 | 75% | 396 |
| November 2025 | 71% | 358 |
| December 2025 | 69% | 408 |
| January 2026 | 71% | 352 |
| February 2026 | 60% | 338 |
| March 2026 | 66% | 362 |
| April 2026 | 77% | 382 |
| May 2026 | 79% | 390 |
Same trip, other airports
Keep nerding
Based on 4,585 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.