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Route Reliability

Philadelphia → Orlando

PHL–MCO · 862 miles · Philadelphia International Airport to Orlando International Airport

66
Usually Fine
WanderNerd Reliability Score
72%
Arrive within 15 minutes
15 min
Average arrival delay
2.5%
Cancelled
5,347
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

Who flies it best

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

  1. 1.Southwest Airlines74%642 flights
  2. 2.American Airlines73%2,566 flights
  3. 3.Spirit Airlines73%645 flights
  4. 4.Frontier Airlines70%1,494 flights

What the data says

Morning flights do better here.

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

Sunday scaries are real for this one.

PHL–MCO flights arrived on time 82% of the time on Tuesdays and just 64% on Sundays. That gap is worth planning around.

Southwest Airlines has a slight edge here.

Southwest Airlines arrived on time 74% of the time on this route; Frontier Airlines managed 70%.

Ticking up lately.

PHL–MCO flights arrived on time 77% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 72% 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
  • Mon72%(750 flights)
  • Tue82%(672 flights)
  • Wed81%(666 flights)
  • Thu70%(754 flights)
  • Fri68%(784 flights)
  • Sat70%(792 flights)
  • Sun64%(776 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 3–6 AM88%(348 flights)
  • 6–9 AM85%(1298 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM79%(686 flights)
  • 12–3 PM73%(805 flights)
  • 3–6 PM58%(1074 flights)
  • 6–9 PM59%(754 flights)
  • 9 PM–12 AM64%(229 flights)
On-time trend by month
80%
May

Jun 62% → May 80% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202562%404
July 202561%408
August 202564%448
September 202581%402
October 202577%453
November 202572%398
December 202564%441
January 202674%420
February 202677%410
March 202674%467
April 202679%499
May 202680%444

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Based on 5,347 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.