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Route Reliability

Orlando → Richmond

MCORIC · 667 miles · Orlando International Airport to Richmond International Airport

65
Usually Fine
WanderNerd Reliability Score
70%
Arrive within 15 minutes
17 min
Average arrival delay
2.0%
Cancelled
1,227
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

Who flies it best

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

  1. 1.JetBlue Airways76%668 flights
  2. 2.Spirit Airlines62%228 flights
  3. 3.Southwest Airlines61%327 flights

Not enough history to rank: Frontier Airlines (4 flights). We rank airlines only after 100 flights on the route.

What the data says

Morning flights do better here.

MCO–RIC flights departing between 6–9 AM arrived on time 95% of the time, versus 57% between 3–6 PM.

Sunday scaries are real for this one.

MCO–RIC flights arrived on time 83% of the time on Tuesdays and just 62% on Sundays. That gap is worth planning around.

JetBlue Airways runs this route best.

JetBlue Airways arrived on time 76% of the time on this route; Southwest Airlines managed 61%.

Trending in the right direction.

MCO–RIC flights arrived on time 72% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 64% 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
  • Mon65%(194 flights)
  • Tue83%(123 flights)
  • Wed81%(126 flights)
  • Thu65%(191 flights)
  • Fri69%(195 flights)
  • Sat70%(178 flights)
  • Sun62%(193 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 6–9 AM95%(134 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM83%(214 flights)
  • 12–3 PM71%(292 flights)
  • 3–6 PM57%(306 flights)
  • 6–9 PM59%(254 flights)
On-time trend by month
78%
May

Jun 68% → May 78% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202568%106
July 202567%107
August 202561%94
September 202583%82
October 202578%91
November 202575%122
December 202565%126
January 202667%97
February 202659%93
March 202666%110
April 202672%94
May 202678%78

Based on 1,227 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.