MCO to LGA flight delays
Orlando, FL (MCO) New York, NY (LGA) · 950 miles
345 flights · March 2025 – August 2026 · US Bureau of Transportation Statistics
65.17%
Arrived on time
Within 15 minutes of schedule
2.32%
Cancelled
Share of scheduled flights
88 min
When late, late by
Average across delayed arrivals
32 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 31.2 points more often than JetBlue Airways 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.
This is a late route. Flights from Orlando to New York miss their scheduled arrival often enough that a tight connection at the far end is a connection at risk.
The two directions do not behave alike. LGA to MCO arrives on time 5.4 points more often than the outbound. Delay accumulates through the flying day, so whichever direction is scheduled later tends to carry the worse record — which is an argument for booking the morning departure if the choice exists.
This is a thin route — 345 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.
Which airline should you fly on this route?
Over March 2025 – August 2026, Delta Air Lines arrived on time most often on MCO to LGA. JetBlue Airways was late most often.
Every airline on MCO to LGA
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 | 145 | 80.28% | 2.07% | 92 min | C |
| JetBlue Airways | 112 | 49.06% | 4.46% | 75 min | F |
| American Airlines | 58 | 54.55% | 0% | 123 min | — |
| Frontier Airlines | 30 | 70% | 0% | 63 min | — |
The return leg
LGA to MCO New York back to Orlando 70.55% on time DOther routes from Orlando
Common questions
Are flights from Orlando to New York usually delayed?
65.17% of flights on the MCO to LGA 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 Orlando to New York?
Delta Air Lines, at 80.28% on time across 145 flights. The least punctual on the route was JetBlue Airways at 49.06%.
How often are MCO to LGA flights cancelled?
2.32% of scheduled flights did not operate — about 23 in every thousand. That is in the normal range.
When MCO to LGA flights are late, how late are they?
About 88 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 MCO to LGA 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 →