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Route Reliability

Orlando → Sacramento

MCO–SMF · 2,408 miles · Orlando International Airport to Sacramento International Airport

80
Pretty Reliable
WanderNerd Reliability Score
74%
Arrive within 15 minutes
9 min
Average arrival delay
0.6%
Cancelled
320
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

Southwest Airlines is the only airline in this data on this route, arriving on time 74% of the time across 320 flights. No comparison to make.

What the data says

Morning flights do better here.

MCO–SMF flights departing between 6–9 AM arrived on time 96% of the time, versus 65% between 6–9 PM.

Saturdays have been rough.

MCO–SMF flights arrived on time 82% of the time on Thursdays and just 61% on Saturdays. That gap is worth planning around.

Trending in the right direction.

MCO–SMF flights arrived on time 89% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 63% in the three months before that.

Flights on this route

The breakdown

On-time by weekday
  • Mon77%(44 flights)
  • Tue71%(42 flights)
  • Wed76%(42 flights)
  • Thu82%(44 flights)
  • Fri77%(44 flights)
  • Sat61%(51 flights)
  • Sun77%(51 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 6–9 AM96%(45 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM79%(66 flights)
  • 12–3 PM71%(88 flights)
  • 3–6 PM67%(99 flights)
  • 6–9 PM65%(20 flights)
On-time trend by month
93%
May

Jun 74% → May 93% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202574%27
July 202565%31
August 202575%12
October 202563%30
November 202577%30
December 202555%31
January 202668%31
February 202668%28
March 202683%30
April 202690%30
May 202693%30

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Based on 320 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.