ATL to MCO flight delays
Atlanta, GA (ATL) Orlando, FL (MCO) · 404 miles
666 flights · March 2025 – August 2026 · US Bureau of Transportation Statistics
73.28%
Arrived on time
Within 15 minutes of schedule
1.35%
Cancelled
Share of scheduled flights
103 min
When late, late by
Average across delayed arrivals
29 min
Delay per flight
Averaged over every flight flown
What the record says about this route
Which airline you fly changes the odds here. Delta Air Lines arrived on time 10.8 points more often than Frontier Airlines over the same period on the same route — same airports, same weather, same air traffic control. A gap that survives all of that is about how the two airlines are run.
Flights from Atlanta to Orlando run late more often than the average route, though not severely.
Which airline should you fly on this route?
Over March 2025 – August 2026, Delta Air Lines arrived on time most often on ATL to MCO. Frontier Airlines was late most often.
Every airline on ATL to MCO
Ranked by how many flights each one operated. A carrier with fewer than 100 flights in the period is listed but not graded.
| Airline | Flights | On time | Cancelled | Avg delay | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Delta Air Lines | 463 | 75.38% | 1.3% | 90 min | C |
| Frontier Airlines | 113 | 64.55% | 2.65% | 152 min | D |
| Southwest Airlines | 90 | 73.33% | 0% | 87 min | — |
The return leg
MCO to ATL Orlando back to Atlanta 76.34% on time COther routes from Atlanta
Common questions
Are flights from Atlanta to Orlando usually delayed?
73.28% of flights on the ATL to MCO route arrived within 15 minutes of schedule, so roughly 3 in every ten arrived late. That is worse than the average route in this record.
Which airline is most on time from Atlanta to Orlando?
Delta Air Lines, at 75.38% on time across 463 flights. The least punctual on the route was Frontier Airlines at 64.55%.
How often are ATL to MCO flights cancelled?
1.35% of scheduled flights did not operate — about 14 in every thousand. That is in the normal range.
When ATL to MCO flights are late, how late are they?
About 103 minutes on average across the flights that arrived more than 15 minutes behind schedule.
What these figures do and do not tell you
Everything on this page is counted from the flights that actually operated on ATL to MCO during March 2025 – August 2026, as reported by the airlines to the US Bureau of Transportation Statistics. "On time" is the federal definition: arriving at the gate within 15 minutes of the scheduled time.
A route's record is a description of the past, not a forecast. Weather, air traffic control and the aircraft's earlier flights that day drive most delays, and none of them are predictable from a historical rate. What the record does tell you is whether this route runs late more often than others, and which carrier on it has the better history — which is the part you can actually act on when you book.
Cancellations are counted separately from delays because they are a different problem for a traveller: a late flight still gets you there. How the grade is calculated →