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Route Reliability

Orlando → Newark

MCO–EWR · 937 miles · Orlando International Airport to Newark Liberty International Airport

66
Usually Fine
WanderNerd Reliability Score
74%
Arrive within 15 minutes
17 min
Average arrival delay
2.9%
Cancelled
6,653
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

Who flies it best

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

  1. 1.United Airlines78%3,979 flights
  2. 2.Spirit Airlines69%1,182 flights
  3. 3.JetBlue Airways65%1,397 flights

Not enough history to rank: Frontier Airlines (95 flights). We rank airlines only after 100 flights on the route.

What the data says

Morning flights do better here.

MCO–EWR flights departing between 3–6 AM arrived on time 97% of the time, versus 59% between 9 PM–12 AM.

Sunday scaries are real for this one.

MCO–EWR flights arrived on time 80% of the time on Wednesdays. On Sundays: 66%.

United Airlines runs this route best.

United Airlines arrived on time 78% of the time on this route; JetBlue Airways managed 65%.

Ticking up lately.

MCO–EWR flights arrived on time 81% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 75% 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
  • Mon73%(926 flights)
  • Tue79%(901 flights)
  • Wed80%(912 flights)
  • Thu76%(939 flights)
  • Fri75%(956 flights)
  • Sat69%(892 flights)
  • Sun66%(908 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 3–6 AM97%(35 flights)
  • 6–9 AM88%(1264 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM84%(1606 flights)
  • 12–3 PM71%(1345 flights)
  • 3–6 PM60%(1083 flights)
  • 6–9 PM61%(968 flights)
  • 9 PM–12 AM59%(133 flights)
On-time trend by month
87%
May

Jun 72% → May 87% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202572%432
July 202560%454
August 202563%506
September 202584%491
October 202570%537
November 202570%567
December 202572%591
January 202679%573
February 202674%511
March 202671%636
April 202685%653
May 202687%483

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Based on 6,653 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.