Route Reliability
Orlando → Detroit
MCO–DTW · 957 miles · Orlando International Airport to Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport
- 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.Frontier Airlines83%418 flights
- 2.Delta Air Lines75%2,177 flights
- 3.Spirit Airlines71%1,036 flights
- 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
- Mon68%(539 flights)
- Tue79%(473 flights)
- Wed82%(476 flights)
- Thu77%(534 flights)
- Fri72%(542 flights)
- Sat74%(582 flights)
- Sun66%(572 flights)
- 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)
Jun 74% → May 82% on time
| Month | On-time percentage | Flights |
|---|---|---|
| June 2025 | 74% | 300 |
| July 2025 | 72% | 303 |
| August 2025 | 77% | 288 |
| September 2025 | 88% | 248 |
| October 2025 | 77% | 320 |
| November 2025 | 82% | 290 |
| December 2025 | 59% | 338 |
| January 2026 | 70% | 328 |
| February 2026 | 73% | 349 |
| March 2026 | 64% | 392 |
| April 2026 | 77% | 339 |
| May 2026 | 82% | 223 |
Keep nerding
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.