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Route Reliability

Orlando → Detroit

MCODTW · 957 miles · Orlando International Airport to Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport

75
Usually Fine
WanderNerd Reliability Score
74%
Arrive within 15 minutes
13 min
Average arrival delay
1.2%
Cancelled
3,767
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%418 flights
  2. 2.Delta Air Lines75%2,177 flights
  3. 3.Spirit Airlines71%1,036 flights
  4. 4.Southwest Airlines58%136 flights

What the data says

Morning-you made the right choice.

MCO–DTW flights departing between 6–9 AM arrived on time 91% of the time, versus 56% between 9 PM–12 AM.

Sunday scaries are real for this one.

MCO–DTW flights arrived on time 82% 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; Southwest Airlines managed 58%.

Ticking up lately.

MCO–DTW 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
  • Mon68%(539 flights)
  • Tue79%(473 flights)
  • Wed82%(476 flights)
  • Thu77%(534 flights)
  • Fri72%(542 flights)
  • Sat74%(582 flights)
  • Sun66%(572 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 3–6 AM85%(20 flights)
  • 6–9 AM91%(1090 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM84%(426 flights)
  • 12–3 PM72%(875 flights)
  • 3–6 PM57%(586 flights)
  • 6–9 PM57%(678 flights)
  • 9 PM–12 AM56%(43 flights)
On-time trend by month
82%
May

Jun 74% → May 82% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202574%300
July 202572%303
August 202577%288
September 202588%248
October 202577%320
November 202582%290
December 202559%338
January 202670%328
February 202673%349
March 202664%392
April 202677%339
May 202682%223

Based on 3,767 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.