Route Reliability
Richmond → Orlando
RIC–MCO · 667 miles · Richmond International Airport to Orlando International Airport
- 73%
- Arrive within 15 minutes
- 17 min
- Average arrival delay
- 2.0%
- Cancelled
- 1,228
- Flights in the data
Data through May 2026.
Who flies it best
Ranked by on-time arrivals. Historical results, not predictions.
- 1.Southwest Airlines77%327 flights
- 2.JetBlue Airways75%669 flights
- 3.Spirit Airlines58%228 flights
Not enough history to rank: Frontier Airlines (4 flights). We rank airlines only after 100 flights on the route.
What the data says
Morning flights do better here.
RIC–MCO flights departing between 6–9 AM arrived on time 92% of the time, versus 53% between 3–6 PM.
Sunday scaries are real for this one.
RIC–MCO flights arrived on time 87% of the time on Wednesdays and just 62% on Sundays. That gap is worth planning around.
Southwest Airlines has a clear lead on this route.
Southwest Airlines arrived on time 77% of the time on this route; Spirit Airlines managed 58%.
Trending in the right direction.
RIC–MCO flights arrived on time 79% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 67% 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
- Mon68%(191 flights)
- Tue82%(124 flights)
- Wed87%(126 flights)
- Thu76%(188 flights)
- Fri74%(198 flights)
- Sat68%(180 flights)
- Sun62%(191 flights)
- 3–6 AM—(5 flights)
- 6–9 AM92%(244 flights)
- 9 AM–12 PM86%(215 flights)
- 12–3 PM73%(242 flights)
- 3–6 PM53%(234 flights)
- 6–9 PM58%(231 flights)
- 9 PM–12 AM78%(27 flights)
Jun 66% → May 84% on time
| Month | On-time percentage | Flights |
|---|---|---|
| June 2025 | 66% | 106 |
| July 2025 | 63% | 108 |
| August 2025 | 60% | 93 |
| September 2025 | 89% | 80 |
| October 2025 | 81% | 93 |
| November 2025 | 80% | 120 |
| December 2025 | 67% | 127 |
| January 2026 | 72% | 98 |
| February 2026 | 62% | 92 |
| March 2026 | 72% | 110 |
| April 2026 | 82% | 94 |
| May 2026 | 84% | 77 |
Same trip, other airports
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Based on 1,228 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.