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Route Reliability

Phoenix → Orlando

PHXMCO · 1,849 miles · Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport to Orlando International Airport

78
Usually Fine
WanderNerd Reliability Score
76%
Arrive within 15 minutes
9 min
Average arrival delay
0.7%
Cancelled
1,836
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

Who flies it best

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

  1. 1.Southwest Airlines78%857 flights
  2. 2.American Airlines76%792 flights
  3. 3.Frontier Airlines73%187 flights

What the data says

Morning flights do better here.

PHX–MCO flights departing between 3–6 AM arrived on time 94% of the time, versus 55% between 12–3 PM.

Thursday is the weak spot.

PHX–MCO flights arrived on time 81% of the time on Mondays. On Thursdays: 71%.

Southwest Airlines has a slight edge here.

Southwest Airlines arrived on time 78% of the time on this route; Frontier Airlines managed 73%.

Recent months have been rougher.

PHX–MCO flights arrived on time 70% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 79% 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

More flights on this route

The breakdown

On-time by weekday
  • Mon81%(266 flights)
  • Tue77%(228 flights)
  • Wed78%(233 flights)
  • Thu71%(270 flights)
  • Fri79%(266 flights)
  • Sat77%(261 flights)
  • Sun73%(286 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 12–3 AM72%(72 flights)
  • 3–6 AM94%(18 flights)
  • 6–9 AM79%(378 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM77%(285 flights)
  • 12–3 PM55%(127 flights)
  • 3–6 PM67%(288 flights)
  • 9 PM–12 AM83%(642 flights)
On-time trend by month
70%
May

Jun 80% → May 70% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202580%140
July 202574%142
August 202577%106
September 202590%90
October 202581%145
November 202579%169
December 202579%184
January 202681%156
February 202677%166
March 202657%188
April 202682%169
May 202670%155

Based on 1,836 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.