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Route Reliability

Orlando → Norfolk

MCO–ORF · 655 miles · Orlando International Airport to Norfolk International Airport

71
Usually Fine
WanderNerd Reliability Score
74%
Arrive within 15 minutes
10 min
Average arrival delay
2.8%
Cancelled
815
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

Who flies it best

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

  1. 1.Frontier Airlines84%163 flights
  2. 2.Southwest Airlines78%382 flights
  3. 3.Spirit Airlines63%270 flights

What the data says

Morning-you made the right choice.

MCO–ORF flights departing between 6–9 AM arrived on time 89% of the time, versus 53% between 6–9 PM.

Skip Monday if you can.

MCO–ORF flights arrived on time 82% of the time on Wednesdays. On Mondays: 69%.

Frontier Airlines has a clear lead on this route.

Frontier Airlines arrived on time 84% of the time on this route; Spirit Airlines managed 63%.

Recent months have been rougher.

MCO–ORF flights arrived on time 63% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 74% in the three months before that.

Flights on this route

The breakdown

On-time by weekday
  • Mon69%(106 flights)
  • Tue81%(80 flights)
  • Wed82%(85 flights)
  • Thu80%(143 flights)
  • Fri71%(110 flights)
  • Sat70%(122 flights)
  • Sun71%(146 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 3–6 AM—(9 flights)
  • 6–9 AM89%(117 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM85%(194 flights)
  • 12–3 PM79%(187 flights)
  • 3–6 PM69%(84 flights)
  • 6–9 PM53%(201 flights)
On-time trend by month
65%
May

Jun 84% → May 65% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202584%69
July 202569%71
August 202569%73
September 202597%62
October 202585%58
November 202581%68
December 202575%65
January 202668%63
February 202677%62
March 202651%71
April 202675%79
May 202665%51

Same trip, other airports

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Based on 815 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.