MEM to MCO flight delays
Memphis, TN (MEM) Orlando, FL (MCO) · 684 miles
770 flights · January 2025 – August 2026 · US Bureau of Transportation Statistics
77.91%
Arrived on time
Within 15 minutes of schedule
2.73%
Cancelled
Share of scheduled flights
64 min
When late, late by
Average across delayed arrivals
15 min
Delay per flight
Averaged over every flight flown
What the record says about this route
The season swings this route hard. In February it ran 27.6 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.
Cancellation, not delay, is the risk worth pricing here: 2.73% of scheduled flights never operated. A late flight still gets you there. A cancelled one leaves you rebooking, and on a route with few daily departures that can mean losing a day.
The two directions do not behave alike. MCO to MEM arrives on time 5.7 points less 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.
The 2 airlines here are separated by under 1 point — close enough to call a tie. Choose on price and departure time.
Which airline should you fly on this route?
Over January 2025 – August 2026, Spirit Airlines arrived on time most often on MEM to MCO. Southwest Airlines was late most often. Flights ran closest to schedule in February and worst in June.
Every airline on MEM to MCO
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 | 444 | 77.78% | 2.25% | 56 min | C |
| Spirit Airlines | 326 | 78.1% | 3.37% | 75 min | D |
Month by month
Share of flights that arrived within 15 minutes of schedule, by month flown.
The return leg
MCO to MEM Orlando back to Memphis 72.17% on time DOther routes from Memphis
Common questions
Are flights from Memphis to Orlando usually delayed?
77.91% of flights on the MEM to MCO 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 airline is most on time from Memphis to Orlando?
Spirit Airlines, at 78.1% on time across 326 flights. The least punctual on the route was Southwest Airlines at 77.78%.
How often are MEM to MCO flights cancelled?
2.73% of scheduled flights did not operate — about 27 in every thousand. That is high enough that cancellation, not delay, is the risk worth planning around.
What is the best month to fly Memphis to Orlando?
February, when 91.5% of flights arrived on time. The worst was June at 63.9%.
When MEM to MCO flights are late, how late are they?
About 64 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 MEM to MCO 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 →