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Route Reliability

Norfolk → Orlando

ORF–MCO · 655 miles · Norfolk International Airport to Orlando International Airport

74
Usually Fine
WanderNerd Reliability Score
77%
Arrive within 15 minutes
9 min
Average arrival delay
2.5%
Cancelled
815
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

Who flies it best

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

  1. 1.Spirit Airlines79%270 flights
  2. 2.Southwest Airlines76%382 flights
  3. 3.Frontier Airlines75%163 flights

What the data says

Morning-you made the right choice.

ORF–MCO flights departing between 3–6 AM arrived on time 97% of the time, versus 68% between 6–9 PM.

Sunday scaries are real for this one.

ORF–MCO flights arrived on time 90% of the time on Wednesdays and just 70% on Sundays. That gap is worth planning around.

Spirit Airlines has a slight edge here.

Spirit Airlines arrived on time 79% of the time on this route; Frontier Airlines managed 75%.

Trending in the right direction.

ORF–MCO flights arrived on time 84% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 75% in the three months before that.

Flights on this route

The breakdown

On-time by weekday
  • Mon76%(112 flights)
  • Tue85%(78 flights)
  • Wed90%(76 flights)
  • Thu78%(140 flights)
  • Fri77%(111 flights)
  • Sat72%(127 flights)
  • Sun70%(149 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 3–6 AM97%(34 flights)
  • 6–9 AM87%(151 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM83%(63 flights)
  • 12–3 PM74%(160 flights)
  • 3–6 PM70%(261 flights)
  • 6–9 PM68%(81 flights)
  • 9 PM–12 AM79%(43 flights)
On-time trend by month
87%
May

Jun 68% → May 87% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202568%69
July 202569%71
August 202564%72
September 202589%62
October 202583%57
November 202575%68
December 202568%65
January 202681%64
February 202675%63
March 202682%71
April 202685%79
May 202687%52

Same trip, other airports

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Based on 815 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.