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Route Reliability

Orlando → New York

MCO–JFK · 944 miles · Orlando International Airport to John F. Kennedy International Airport

67
Usually Fine
WanderNerd Reliability Score
74%
Arrive within 15 minutes
14 min
Average arrival delay
2.9%
Cancelled
4,943
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

Who flies it best

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

  1. 1.Frontier Airlines87%324 flights
  2. 2.Delta Air Lines78%1,980 flights
  3. 3.JetBlue Airways69%2,639 flights

What the data says

Morning-you made the right choice.

MCO–JFK flights departing between 6–9 AM arrived on time 92% of the time, versus 43% between 9 PM–12 AM.

Sunday scaries are real for this one.

MCO–JFK flights arrived on time 79% of the time on Tuesdays. On Sundays: 66%.

Frontier Airlines has a clear lead on this route.

Frontier Airlines arrived on time 87% of the time on this route; JetBlue Airways managed 69%.

Trending in the right direction.

MCO–JFK flights arrived on time 80% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 71% 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
  • Mon69%(674 flights)
  • Tue79%(671 flights)
  • Wed77%(677 flights)
  • Thu76%(701 flights)
  • Fri76%(694 flights)
  • Sat74%(684 flights)
  • Sun66%(686 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 3–6 AM—(2 flights)
  • 6–9 AM92%(1452 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM80%(938 flights)
  • 12–3 PM67%(596 flights)
  • 3–6 PM72%(679 flights)
  • 6–9 PM52%(999 flights)
  • 9 PM–12 AM43%(121 flights)
On-time trend by month
85%
May

Jun 65% → May 85% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202565%409
July 202557%402
August 202567%428
September 202588%343
October 202578%368
November 202583%406
December 202567%432
January 202674%352
February 202672%346
March 202675%423
April 202678%482
May 202685%396

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Based on 4,943 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.