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Route Reliability

Orlando → San Francisco

MCOSFO · 2,446 miles · Orlando International Airport to San Francisco International Airport

83
Pretty Reliable
WanderNerd Reliability Score
78%
Arrive within 15 minutes
5 min
Average arrival delay
0.6%
Cancelled
1,488
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

Who flies it best

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

  1. 1.United Airlines82%1,043 flights
  2. 2.Alaska Airlines67%370 flights

Not enough history to rank: Frontier Airlines (75 flights). We rank airlines only after 100 flights on the route.

What the data says

The 6–9 AM departure wins.

MCO–SFO flights departing between 6–9 AM arrived on time 91% of the time, versus 52% between 9 AM–12 PM.

Sunday scaries are real for this one.

MCO–SFO flights arrived on time 83% of the time on Wednesdays. On Sundays: 72%.

United Airlines runs this route best.

United Airlines arrived on time 82% of the time on this route; Alaska Airlines managed 67%.

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
  • Mon76%(215 flights)
  • Tue83%(196 flights)
  • Wed83%(204 flights)
  • Thu77%(214 flights)
  • Fri75%(216 flights)
  • Sat81%(215 flights)
  • Sun72%(218 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 6–9 AM91%(645 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM52%(31 flights)
  • 12–3 PM58%(19 flights)
  • 3–6 PM76%(86 flights)
  • 6–9 PM68%(697 flights)
On-time trend by month
72%
May

Jun 66% → May 72% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202566%116
July 202567%121
August 202566%110
September 202583%94
October 202578%101
November 202586%129
December 202579%149
January 202679%135
February 202684%124
March 202688%145
April 202682%137
May 202672%117

Based on 1,488 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.