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Route Reliability

Orlando → Fort Lauderdale

MCO–FLL · 177 miles · Orlando International Airport to Fort Lauderdale–Hollywood International Airport

75
Usually Fine
WanderNerd Reliability Score
72%
Arrive within 15 minutes
11 min
Average arrival delay
1.2%
Cancelled
1,443
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

Who flies it best

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

  1. 1.Spirit Airlines73%798 flights
  2. 2.Southwest Airlines70%623 flights

Not enough history to rank: JetBlue Airways (22 flights). We rank airlines only after 100 flights on the route.

What the data says

Morning flights do better here.

MCO–FLL flights departing between 6–9 AM arrived on time 93% of the time, versus 53% between 9 PM–12 AM.

Sunday scaries are real for this one.

MCO–FLL flights arrived on time 81% of the time on Wednesdays and just 60% on Sundays. That gap is worth planning around.

Not much between Spirit Airlines and Southwest Airlines.

On this route they all land within 70% to 73% on time. Pick on schedule and price.

Slipping a little lately.

MCO–FLL flights arrived on time 65% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 68% in the three months before that.

Flights on this route

The breakdown

On-time by weekday
  • Mon69%(202 flights)
  • Tue81%(207 flights)
  • Wed81%(209 flights)
  • Thu72%(207 flights)
  • Fri70%(204 flights)
  • Sat70%(200 flights)
  • Sun60%(197 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 3–6 AM—(1 flights)
  • 6–9 AM93%(312 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM78%(301 flights)
  • 12–3 PM65%(43 flights)
  • 3–6 PM73%(37 flights)
  • 6–9 PM62%(608 flights)
  • 9 PM–12 AM53%(124 flights)
On-time trend by month
74%
May

Jun 68% → May 74% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202568%90
July 202570%93
August 202574%119
September 202591%122
October 202578%118
November 202585%116
December 202563%145
January 202671%156
February 202672%141
March 202652%126
April 202668%120
May 202674%80

Same trip, other airports

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Based on 1,443 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.