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Route Reliability

Orlando → Washington

MCODCA · 759 miles · Orlando International Airport to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport

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A Little Dicey
WanderNerd Reliability Score
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. 1.Delta Air Lines74%727 flights
  2. 2.American Airlines69%1,818 flights
  3. 3.Southwest Airlines68%1,097 flights
  4. 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

On-time by weekday
  • Mon65%(639 flights)
  • Tue77%(637 flights)
  • Wed73%(630 flights)
  • Thu69%(644 flights)
  • Fri63%(654 flights)
  • Sat70%(626 flights)
  • Sun61%(644 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 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)
On-time trend by month
79%
May

Jun 58% → May 79% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202558%374
July 202555%375
August 202561%381
September 202577%358
October 202575%396
November 202571%358
December 202569%408
January 202671%352
February 202660%338
March 202666%362
April 202677%382
May 202679%390

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.