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Route Reliability

Orlando → Dallas–Fort Worth

MCO–DFW · 985 miles · Orlando International Airport to Dallas Fort Worth International Airport

68
Usually Fine
WanderNerd Reliability Score
75%
Arrive within 15 minutes
13 min
Average arrival delay
2.8%
Cancelled
4,932
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

Who flies it best

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

  1. 1.Frontier Airlines81%695 flights
  2. 2.American Airlines74%3,670 flights
  3. 3.Spirit Airlines71%567 flights

What the data says

Morning-you made the right choice.

MCO–DFW flights departing between 3–6 AM arrived on time 94% of the time, versus 51% between 6–9 PM.

Sunday scaries are real for this one.

MCO–DFW flights arrived on time 81% of the time on Tuesdays. On Sundays: 69%.

Frontier Airlines runs this route best.

Frontier Airlines arrived on time 81% of the time on this route; Spirit Airlines managed 71%.

Slipping a little lately.

MCO–DFW flights arrived on time 75% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 79% 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

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The breakdown

On-time by weekday
  • Mon72%(699 flights)
  • Tue81%(616 flights)
  • Wed78%(632 flights)
  • Thu77%(712 flights)
  • Fri76%(716 flights)
  • Sat72%(676 flights)
  • Sun69%(719 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 3–6 AM94%(311 flights)
  • 6–9 AM89%(1280 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM82%(1008 flights)
  • 12–3 PM70%(590 flights)
  • 3–6 PM59%(978 flights)
  • 6–9 PM51%(510 flights)
  • 9 PM–12 AM63%(93 flights)
On-time trend by month
75%
May

Jun 73% → May 75% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202573%419
July 202567%433
August 202559%356
September 202582%369
October 202578%378
November 202575%362
December 202578%408
January 202677%395
February 202680%382
March 202674%431
April 202677%425
May 202675%412

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Based on 4,932 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.