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Route Reliability

Chicago → Orlando

ORD–MCO · 1,005 miles · Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Orlando International Airport

72
Usually Fine
WanderNerd Reliability Score
73%
Arrive within 15 minutes
13 min
Average arrival delay
1.5%
Cancelled
6,419
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

Who flies it best

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

  1. 1.United Airlines80%2,426 flights
  2. 2.Southwest Airlines75%856 flights
  3. 3.Spirit Airlines74%638 flights
  4. 4.Frontier Airlines71%359 flights
  5. 5.American Airlines66%2,140 flights

What the data says

Morning-you made the right choice.

ORD–MCO flights departing between 3–6 AM arrived on time 88% of the time, versus 58% between 6–9 PM.

Sunday scaries are real for this one.

ORD–MCO flights arrived on time 80% of the time on Tuesdays. On Sundays: 68%.

United Airlines runs this route best.

United Airlines arrived on time 80% of the time on this route; American Airlines managed 66%.

Slipping a little lately.

ORD–MCO flights arrived on time 70% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 73% 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

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The breakdown

On-time by weekday
  • Mon71%(908 flights)
  • Tue80%(839 flights)
  • Wed77%(817 flights)
  • Thu78%(911 flights)
  • Fri71%(937 flights)
  • Sat70%(932 flights)
  • Sun68%(951 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 12–3 AM—(3 flights)
  • 3–6 AM88%(49 flights)
  • 6–9 AM87%(1555 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM73%(1482 flights)
  • 12–3 PM70%(1307 flights)
  • 3–6 PM68%(1136 flights)
  • 6–9 PM58%(760 flights)
  • 9 PM–12 AM—(3 flights)
On-time trend by month
74%
May

Jun 73% → May 74% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202573%497
July 202565%506
August 202570%479
September 202587%453
October 202581%528
November 202579%488
December 202569%548
January 202670%527
February 202680%547
March 202668%651
April 202669%572
May 202674%499

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Based on 6,419 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.