MCO to PSE flight delays
Orlando, FL (MCO) Ponce, PR (PSE) · 1,178 miles
612 flights · January 2025 – August 2026 · US Bureau of Transportation Statistics
83.36%
Arrived on time
Within 15 minutes of schedule
0.65%
Cancelled
Share of scheduled flights
68 min
When late, late by
Average across delayed arrivals
12 min
Delay per flight
Averaged over every flight flown
What the record says about this route
Which airline you fly changes the odds here. Frontier Airlines arrived on time 13.7 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.
The season swings this route hard. In August it ran 35.5 points more punctual than in February — 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 two directions do not behave alike. PSE to MCO arrives on time 6.7 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 route does better than its own airport. Departures from MCO overall run 9.5 points less punctual than this particular one — so whatever congestion MCO has, this route is largely escaping it.
Which airline should you fly on this route?
Over January 2025 – August 2026, Frontier Airlines arrived on time most often on MCO to PSE. JetBlue Airways was late most often. Flights ran closest to schedule in August and worst in February.
Every airline on MCO to PSE
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| JetBlue Airways | 379 | 78.13% | 0.79% | 72 min | C |
| Frontier Airlines | 233 | 91.81% | 0.43% | 53 min | A |
Month by month
Share of flights that arrived within 15 minutes of schedule, by month flown.
The return leg
PSE to MCO Ponce back to Orlando 90.07% on time AOther routes from Orlando
Common questions
Are flights from Orlando to Ponce usually delayed?
83.36% of flights on the MCO to PSE route arrived within 15 minutes of schedule, so roughly 2 in every ten arrived late. That is better than the average route in this record.
Which airline is most on time from Orlando to Ponce?
Frontier Airlines, at 91.81% on time across 233 flights. The least punctual on the route was JetBlue Airways at 78.13%.
How often are MCO to PSE flights cancelled?
0.65% of scheduled flights did not operate — about 7 in every thousand. That is in the normal range.
What is the best month to fly Orlando to Ponce?
August, when 98% of flights arrived on time. The worst was February at 62.5%.
When MCO to PSE flights are late, how late are they?
About 68 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 PSE 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 →