PHL to MCO flight delays
Philadelphia, PA (PHL) Orlando, FL (MCO) · 862 miles
406 flights · March 2025 – August 2026 · US Bureau of Transportation Statistics
73.87%
Arrived on time
Within 15 minutes of schedule
0.99%
Cancelled
Share of scheduled flights
97 min
When late, late by
Average across delayed arrivals
26 min
Delay per flight
Averaged over every flight flown
What the record says about this route
Which airline you fly changes the odds here. American Airlines arrived on time 6.2 points more often than Frontier Airlines 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.
This is a thin route — 406 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.
Flights from Philadelphia to Orlando run late more often than the average route, though not severely.
Which airline should you fly on this route?
Over March 2025 – August 2026, American Airlines arrived on time most often on PHL to MCO. Frontier Airlines was late most often.
Every airline on PHL 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| American Airlines | 227 | 76.89% | 0.44% | 111 min | C |
| Frontier Airlines | 136 | 70.68% | 2.21% | 96 min | D |
| Southwest Airlines | 43 | 67.5% | 0% | 48 min | — |
The return leg
MCO to PHL Orlando back to Philadelphia 71.29% on time DOther routes from Philadelphia
Common questions
Are flights from Philadelphia to Orlando usually delayed?
73.87% of flights on the PHL to MCO 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 airline is most on time from Philadelphia to Orlando?
American Airlines, at 76.89% on time across 227 flights. The least punctual on the route was Frontier Airlines at 70.68%.
How often are PHL to MCO flights cancelled?
0.99% of scheduled flights did not operate — about 10 in every thousand. That is in the normal range.
When PHL to MCO flights are late, how late are they?
About 97 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 PHL to MCO 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 →