MCO to PBI flight delays
Orlando, FL (MCO) West Palm Beach/Palm Beach, FL (PBI) · 141 miles
576 flights · January 2025 – August 2026 · US Bureau of Transportation Statistics
70.16%
Arrived on time
Within 15 minutes of schedule
0.52%
Cancelled
Share of scheduled flights
54 min
When late, late by
Average across delayed arrivals
17 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 52.3 points more punctual than in March — 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 18.6 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.
The two directions do not behave alike. PBI to MCO arrives on time 14.8 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.
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.
Which airline should you fly on this route?
Over January 2025 – August 2026, Southwest Airlines arrived on time most often on MCO to PBI. Flights ran closest to schedule in November and worst in March.
Every airline on MCO to PBI
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 | 576 | 70.16% | 0.52% | 54 min | D |
Month by month
Share of flights that arrived within 15 minutes of schedule, by month flown.
Other routes from Orlando
Common questions
Are flights from Orlando to West Palm Beach/Palm Beach usually delayed?
70.16% of flights on the MCO to PBI 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 airlines fly from Orlando to West Palm Beach/Palm Beach?
Only Southwest Airlines appears in the published record on this route, with 576 flights and 70.16% arriving on time.
How often are MCO to PBI flights cancelled?
0.52% of scheduled flights did not operate — about 5 in every thousand. That is in the normal range.
What is the best month to fly Orlando to West Palm Beach/Palm Beach?
November, when 88.7% of flights arrived on time. The worst was March at 36.4%.
When MCO to PBI flights are late, how late are they?
About 54 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 PBI 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 →