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Route Reliability

Orlando → San Antonio

MCO–SAT · 1,041 miles · Orlando International Airport to San Antonio International Airport

77
Usually Fine
WanderNerd Reliability Score
76%
Arrive within 15 minutes
7 min
Average arrival delay
1.6%
Cancelled
1,142
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

Who flies it best

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

  1. 1.Spirit Airlines77%278 flights
  2. 2.Southwest Airlines75%765 flights

Not enough history to rank: Frontier Airlines (99 flights). We rank airlines only after 100 flights on the route.

What the data says

Morning flights do better here.

MCO–SAT flights departing between 6–9 AM arrived on time 95% of the time, versus 61% between 6–9 PM.

Tuesday comes out ahead.

A small edge: 80% on time on Tuesdays against 74% on Saturdays.

Not much between Spirit Airlines and Southwest Airlines.

On this route they all land within 75% to 77% on time. Pick on schedule and price.

Ticking up lately.

MCO–SAT flights arrived on time 79% 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
  • Mon75%(184 flights)
  • Tue80%(133 flights)
  • Wed80%(127 flights)
  • Thu75%(165 flights)
  • Fri77%(179 flights)
  • Sat74%(163 flights)
  • Sun75%(171 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 3–6 AM—(2 flights)
  • 6–9 AM95%(273 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM85%(222 flights)
  • 12–3 PM70%(86 flights)
  • 3–6 PM69%(191 flights)
  • 6–9 PM61%(236 flights)
  • 9 PM–12 AM62%(112 flights)
On-time trend by month
79%
May

Jun 77% → May 79% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202577%118
July 202570%129
August 202575%81
September 202588%67
October 202568%84
November 202580%104
December 202576%111
January 202672%81
February 202675%83
March 202680%113
April 202680%89
May 202679%62

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Based on 1,142 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.