MCO to RDU flight delays
Orlando, FL (MCO) Raleigh/Durham, NC (RDU) · 534 miles
220 flights · March 2025 – August 2026 · US Bureau of Transportation Statistics
80.37%
Arrived on time
Within 15 minutes of schedule
0.45%
Cancelled
Share of scheduled flights
79 min
When late, late by
Average across delayed arrivals
16 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 79 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.
This route does better than its own airport. Departures from MCO overall run 9.2 points less punctual than this particular one — so whatever congestion MCO has, this route is largely escaping it.
This is a thin route — 220 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 Orlando to Raleigh/Durham route sits close to the middle of the record — neither notably punctual nor notably late.
Every airline on MCO to RDU
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 | 90 | 83.15% | 1.11% | 67 min | — |
| Frontier Airlines | 66 | 81.82% | 0% | 93 min | — |
| Southwest Airlines | 64 | 75% | 0% | 80 min | — |
The return leg
RDU to MCO Raleigh/Durham back to Orlando 76.71% on time COther routes from Orlando
Common questions
Are flights from Orlando to Raleigh/Durham usually delayed?
80.37% of flights on the MCO to RDU 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.
How often are MCO to RDU flights cancelled?
0.45% of scheduled flights did not operate — about 5 in every thousand. That is in the normal range.
When MCO to RDU flights are late, how late are they?
About 79 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 RDU 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 →