MCO to OMA flight delays
Orlando, FL (MCO) Omaha, NE (OMA) · 1,211 miles
388 flights · January 2025 – August 2026 · US Bureau of Transportation Statistics
75.65%
Arrived on time
Within 15 minutes of schedule
1.55%
Cancelled
Share of scheduled flights
50 min
When late, late by
Average across delayed arrivals
14 min
Delay per flight
Averaged over every flight flown
What the record says about this route
The season swings this route hard. In November it ran 32.4 points more punctual than in June — a difference bigger than the one between the best and worst airlines on most routes. If the date is flexible, it is worth more than the carrier.
The route has been getting worse. The later months run 12.6 points less punctual than the earlier ones. A drift of that size is rarely weather; it is more often an airline adding frequencies faster than the airports can absorb them.
Only Southwest 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 — 388 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 January 2025 – August 2026, Southwest Airlines arrived on time most often on MCO to OMA. Flights ran closest to schedule in September and worst in June.
Every airline on MCO to OMA
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Southwest Airlines | 359 | 74.65% | 1.11% | 50 min | C |
| Frontier Airlines | 29 | 88.89% | 6.9% | 47 min | — |
Month by month
Share of flights that arrived within 15 minutes of schedule, by month flown.
The return leg
OMA to MCO Omaha back to Orlando 79.95% on time COther routes from Orlando
Common questions
Are flights from Orlando to Omaha usually delayed?
75.65% of flights on the MCO to OMA 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 Orlando to Omaha?
Only Southwest Airlines appears in the published record on this route, with 359 flights and 74.65% arriving on time.
How often are MCO to OMA flights cancelled?
1.55% of scheduled flights did not operate — about 16 in every thousand. That is in the normal range.
What is the best month to fly Orlando to Omaha?
November, when 85.3% of flights arrived on time. The worst was June at 52.9%.
When MCO to OMA flights are late, how late are they?
About 50 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 OMA during January 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 →