Skip to content
WanderNerd
Check a flight

Route Reliability

Orlando → Houston

MCO–HOU · 849 miles · Orlando International Airport to William P. Hobby Airport

82
Pretty Reliable
WanderNerd Reliability Score
78%
Arrive within 15 minutes
5 min
Average arrival delay
0.9%
Cancelled
2,020
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

Southwest Airlines is the only airline in this data on this route, arriving on time 78% of the time across 2,020 flights. No comparison to make.

What the data says

Morning flights do better here.

MCO–HOU flights departing between 6–9 AM arrived on time 95% of the time, versus 62% between 6–9 PM.

Saturday is the weak spot.

MCO–HOU flights arrived on time 85% of the time on Wednesdays. On Saturdays: 73%.

Flights on this route

The breakdown

On-time by weekday
  • Mon78%(300 flights)
  • Tue79%(271 flights)
  • Wed85%(265 flights)
  • Thu78%(295 flights)
  • Fri80%(298 flights)
  • Sat73%(266 flights)
  • Sun75%(304 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 6–9 AM95%(559 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM84%(250 flights)
  • 12–3 PM80%(287 flights)
  • 3–6 PM72%(290 flights)
  • 6–9 PM62%(419 flights)
  • 9 PM–12 AM64%(194 flights)
On-time trend by month
77%
May

Jun 72% → May 77% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202572%168
July 202572%181
August 202572%144
September 202588%138
October 202577%175
November 202580%179
December 202582%191
January 202683%143
February 202679%135
March 202678%181
April 202681%182
May 202677%182

Same trip, other airports

Keep nerding

Based on 2,020 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.