CLE to MCO flight delays
Cleveland, OH (CLE) Orlando, FL (MCO) · 895 miles
208 flights · March 2025 – August 2026 · US Bureau of Transportation Statistics
79.41%
Arrived on time
Within 15 minutes of schedule
0%
Cancelled
Share of scheduled flights
139 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
The shape of the lateness matters here. Flights on this route are not late often, but when they are late they are late by about 139 minutes — long enough to lose a connection or an evening. The on-time percentage looks reassuring and understates the consequence of being on the wrong flight.
Only Frontier Airlines flies this route in the published record, so there is no choice to weigh — the route's figures and the airline's are the same figures.
This is a thin route — 208 flights across the whole period. On a route this infrequent a cancellation is far more costly than the rate suggests, because the next departure may not be the same day.
The Cleveland to Orlando route sits close to the middle of the record — neither notably punctual nor notably late.
Which airline should you fly on this route?
Over March 2025 – August 2026, Frontier Airlines arrived on time most often on CLE to MCO.
Every airline on CLE 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frontier Airlines | 120 | 73.95% | 0% | 160 min | C |
| United Airlines | 54 | 96.23% | 0% | 81 min | — |
| Southwest Airlines | 34 | 71.88% | 0% | 79 min | — |
The return leg
MCO to CLE Orlando back to Cleveland 79.02% on time COther routes from Cleveland
Common questions
Are flights from Cleveland to Orlando usually delayed?
79.41% of flights on the CLE to MCO route arrived within 15 minutes of schedule, so roughly 2 in every ten arrived late. That is about the same as the average route in this record.
Which airlines fly from Cleveland to Orlando?
Only Frontier Airlines appears in the published record on this route, with 120 flights and 73.95% arriving on time.
How often are CLE to MCO flights cancelled?
0% of scheduled flights did not operate — about 1 in every thousand. That is in the normal range.
When CLE to MCO flights are late, how late are they?
About 139 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 CLE 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 →