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Route Reliability

Orlando → New York

MCOLGA · 950 miles · Orlando International Airport to LaGuardia Airport

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A Little Dicey
WanderNerd Reliability Score
69%
Arrive within 15 minutes
18 min
Average arrival delay
3.8%
Cancelled
5,302
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

Who flies it best

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

  1. 1.Delta Air Lines75%2,175 flights
  2. 2.Frontier Airlines71%251 flights
  3. 3.JetBlue Airways66%1,206 flights
  4. 4.Spirit Airlines62%755 flights
  5. 5.American Airlines61%915 flights

What the data says

Morning flights do better here.

MCO–LGA flights departing between 6–9 AM arrived on time 89% of the time, versus 51% between 6–9 PM.

Sunday scaries are real for this one.

MCO–LGA flights arrived on time 76% of the time on Wednesdays and just 58% on Sundays. That gap is worth planning around.

Delta Air Lines runs this route best.

Delta Air Lines arrived on time 75% of the time on this route; American Airlines managed 61%.

Keep a backup plan handy.

This route was cancelled 3.8% of the time. Typical for U.S. flights is around 1–2%.

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
  • Mon66%(721 flights)
  • Tue71%(716 flights)
  • Wed76%(742 flights)
  • Thu68%(722 flights)
  • Fri72%(755 flights)
  • Sat71%(712 flights)
  • Sun58%(705 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 12–3 AM(1 flights)
  • 6–9 AM89%(1046 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM76%(842 flights)
  • 12–3 PM64%(1234 flights)
  • 3–6 PM64%(961 flights)
  • 6–9 PM51%(989 flights)
On-time trend by month
76%
May

Jun 66% → May 76% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202566%377
July 202561%369
August 202569%423
September 202586%391
October 202570%417
November 202566%437
December 202563%437
January 202674%482
February 202669%434
March 202659%473
April 202670%470
May 202676%363

Based on 5,302 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.