Route profile
AUS→MCO
Flight reliability, delays and best times to fly from Austin to Orlando, 994 miles.
Right now
Aviation weather is not currently a factor.
Aviation weather is not currently a factor.
Route reliability
July 2023 – July 2026
Better than 34% of comparable major US routes (4,598 compared)
Calculated from 8,568 flights. How this is calculated · What counts as on time
AUS → MCO arrives on time 75.2% of the time; the return trip, MCO → AUS, arrives on time 74.4% of the time.
AUS → MCO spends 24.1 minutes on the ground on a 994-mile trip: 14.0 minutes from pushback to wheels-up at AUS and 10.2 minutes from touchdown to gate at MCO.
Source: US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics · Data covering July 2023 – July 2026
What stands out
On-time performance swings unusually widely by time of day here, wider than 93% of 4,023 comparable routes.
89.8% on time for 5–9 AM departures, against 57.5% for 3–6 PM.
Source: FlyerIntel analysis of US DOT BTS data · July 2023 – July 2026 · Ranked against every other route with the same kind of figure and at least 4,023 in the comparison.
What sets this route apart
Where AUS to MCO differs most from similar routes by hour, weekday, month and airline, July 2023 – July 2026.
AUS to MCO struggles most at 1 PM: 61.2% of its flights scheduled then arrive on time, 14.6 points behind the 75.8% on routes of similar length at the same hour. Against all other routes the gap is 15.9 points.
AUS to MCO is at its best against routes of similar length for flights scheduled at 11 AM: 89.2% arrive on time, 8.9 points ahead of the 80.3% those routes manage at that hour. Against all other routes the gap is 8.2 points.
In May, AUS to MCO runs 6.1 points below routes of similar length, 68.2% on time to 74.3%. Against all other routes the gap is 7.1 points.
American Airlines does better on AUS to MCO than on its routes of similar length: 80.2% on time here, 73.9% there, 6.3 points apart. Against all other routes the gap is 5.1 points.
Spirit Airlines’ flights on AUS to MCO arrive on time 68.7% of the time, 5.3 points below the 74.0% it manages on its routes of similar length. Against all other routes the gap is 6.6 points.
AUS to MCO against comparable routes
July 2023 – July 2026| Measure | This route | Compared with | Them | Gap | Flights behind it |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hour: 1 PM departures | 61.2% | routes of similar length | 75.8% | −14.6 pts | 340 here, 176,905 there |
| Hour: 11 AM departures | 89.2% | routes of similar length | 80.3% | +8.9 pts | 315 here, 203,288 there |
| Month: May | 68.2% | routes of similar length | 74.3% | −6.1 pts | 727 here, 253,730 there |
| Airline: American Airlines | 80.2% | routes of similar length | 73.9% | +6.3 pts | 653 here, 574,679 there |
| Airline: Spirit Airlines | 68.7% | routes of similar length | 74.0% | −5.3 pts | 712 here, 176,006 there |
Each comparison pools the flights of other routes, with this route’s own left out. Similar length means within 15% of this route’s 994 miles, with at least 5 such routes. A bucket is set against the most comparable group that has enough flights: similar length, then the same origin (at least 3 routes), then all other routes. Hours, weekdays and months appear only where both sides have 120 completed flights, and airlines where both have 600. The gap must be at least 2 points and 2 standard errors, and only the largest gap each way is kept per measure. These are differences in the flights counted, not causes.
Why AUS → MCO flights are cancelled
July 2023 – July 2026
AUS → MCO cancelled 105 of 8,568 scheduled flights — about 1 in every 82. The reason filed most often was extreme weather, 57.1% of the cancellations coded on this route — about 1 in every 143 scheduled flights.
Share of cancellations
Of 105 cancelled departures carrying a reason code.
What each reason means
Conditions the carrier judged severe enough to stop the flight: a blizzard, a hurricane, a line of thunderstorms.
60 cancellations, 57.1% of the total.
Crew, maintenance, aircraft cleaning, baggage or fueling: what BTS counts as within the carrier’s own control.
27 cancellations, 25.7% of the total.
Airport capacity, air traffic control flow programs, heavy traffic and ordinary bad weather. A system decision, not the airline’s.
18 cancellations, 17.1% of the total.
A terminal evacuation, a security breach, screening equipment failure, or screening queues over 29 minutes.
0 cancellations, 0.0% of the total.
Reason codes are the operating airline’s own filing with US DOT, not an independent finding of fault. Ordinary bad weather is filed under air traffic, so weather’s full share is larger than its bar.
105 coded cancellations were recorded on AUS → MCO; the section appears from 50.
When it goes wrong
July 2023 – July 2026
51 min late
against a median of 3 min early
Percentiles over 8,568 operations; cancelled and diverted flights are counted separately.
Will your connection be tight enough?
Layovers at MCO after arriving from AUS.
| Connection time | Chance of missing | Reads as |
|---|---|---|
| 30 min | 43% | Likely to miss |
| 45 min | 24% | High risk |
| 60 min | 16% | High risk |
| 90 min | 8.4% | Some risk |
| 120 min | 5.0% | Low risk |
This is one leg of a connection. Gate changes and the next flight's own schedule matter too. And a connection can fail before delay is even the question — this route cancels 1.23% of the time and diverts 0.28% of the time, which a late arrival never shows up in.
Chance of missing is the share of 8,439 arrivals on this route that landed later than the connection time less 30 minutes to reach the next gate.
The worst tenth of arrivals on this route land at least 51 minutes late (90th-percentile gate arrival delay), over 8,568 operations.
Any other layover length: connection checker.
Best time to fly
AUS → MCO flights departing 5–9 AM arrived on time 89.8% of the time, against 57.5% for 3–6 PM departures, a gap of 32.3 percentage points.
By departure window
By departure hour
- 12 AM to 4 AM: too few flights to score
- 5 AM: 93.3% on time from 522 flights
- 6 AM: 92.3% on time from 592 flights
- 7 AM: 90.7% on time from 446 flights
- 8 AM: 87.2% on time from 1,478 flights
- 9 AM: 84.7% on time from 363 flights
- 10 AM: 80.8% on time from 441 flights
- 11 AM: 89.2% on time from 321 flights
- 12 PM: 78.5% on time from 395 flights
- 1 PM: 61.2% on time from 347 flights
- 2 PM: 62.9% on time from 388 flights
- 3 PM: 61.4% on time from 512 flights
- 4 PM: 55.8% on time from 602 flights
- 5 PM: 56.2% on time from 702 flights
- 6 PM: 61.5% on time from 408 flights
- 7 PM: 68.3% on time from 450 flights
- 8 PM: 64.2% on time from 462 flights
- 9 PM: 68.0% on time from 130 flights
- 10 PM to 11 PM: too few flights to score
Why AUS → MCO runs late
July 2023 – July 2026
the inbound aircraft was late, so this flight started late
crew, maintenance, boarding and fueling, all within the carrier’s control
airspace and airport capacity, including weather-driven flow control
weather severe enough to stop this flight specifically
screening or terminal security incidents
Share of the delay minutes US DOT attributed to each cause for AUS → MCO. Only delays of 15 minutes or more are attributed. What the five causes mean
Late-arriving aircraft is the largest cause on AUS → MCO, at 43.6%: flights here mostly leave late because the plane came in late, and the day shows it: 5–9 AM departures arrived on time 89.8% of the time and 3–6 PM departures 57.5%.
Airlines on this route
Carriers with at least 200 flights, by the airline that operated each one.
| Carrier | Flights | On time | Cancelled | Median delay | Severe |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Southwest Airlines | 5,693 | 73.6% | 1.00% | -1 min | 8.3% |
| Delta Air Lines | 1,238 | 83.8% | 1.05% | -6 min | 5.7% |
| Spirit Airlines | 737 | 68.7% | 3.26% | -2 min | 13.9% |
| American Airlines | 660 | 80.2% | 0.91% | -8 min | 8.9% |
| Frontier Airlines | 240 | 73.6% | 2.08% | -6 min | 13.2% |
Southwest Airlines flew 66.4% of the 8,568 flights listed. Spirit Airlines cancelled 3.26% of its flights here against 0.91% for American Airlines.
Delta Air Lines arrived on time 15.1 percentage points more often than Spirit Airlines on this route.
Flights on this route
Flight numbers with at least 600 operations here and still on the schedule.
| Flight | Scheduled | Operations | On time |
|---|---|---|---|
| DL2259 Delta Air Lines | 8:00 AM | 613 | 86.8% |
Weekly and seasonal patterns
By day of week
Tuesday is historically the most reliable day and Sunday the least, a gap of 11.0 percentage points.
By month
- Jan: 80.7%
- Feb: 77.3%
- Mar: 72.9%
- Apr: 80.2%
- May: 68.2%
- Jun: 70.6%
- Jul: 65.4%
- Aug: 78.2%
- Sep: 84.0%
- Oct: 77.1%
- Nov: 79.5%
- Dec: 77.7%
July is historically the weakest month and September the strongest, a spread of 18.6 percentage points.
Reliability over time
July 2023 – July 2026
- July 2023: 63.9% from 246 flights
- August 2023: 76.8% from 222 flights
- September 2023: 77.5% from 170 flights
- October 2023: 78.9% from 252 flights
- November 2023: 80.4% from 256 flights
- December 2023: 80.8% from 268 flights
- January 2024: 73.4% from 248 flights
- February 2024: 85.2% from 216 flights
- March 2024: 72.0% from 269 flights
- April 2024: 82.2% from 262 flights
- May 2024: 64.9% from 276 flights
- June 2024: 76.7% from 263 flights
- July 2024: 69.9% from 273 flights
- August 2024: 83.9% from 200 flights
- September 2024: 86.6% from 188 flights
- October 2024: 82.3% from 189 flights
- November 2024: 84.0% from 187 flights
- December 2024: 78.5% from 200 flights
- January 2025: 88.8% from 180 flights
- February 2025: 76.0% from 175 flights
- March 2025: 85.4% from 244 flights
- April 2025: 81.1% from 222 flights
- May 2025: 67.9% from 229 flights
- June 2025: 65.7% from 247 flights
- July 2025: 67.3% from 254 flights
- August 2025: 73.5% from 173 flights
- September 2025: 87.9% from 157 flights
- October 2025: 70.6% from 213 flights
- November 2025: 74.8% from 229 flights
- December 2025: 73.5% from 239 flights
- January 2026: 82.2% from 243 flights
- February 2026: 70.7% from 229 flights
- March 2026: 62.8% from 288 flights
- April 2026: 77.2% from 239 flights
- May 2026: 72.4% from 237 flights
- June 2026: 69.2% from 291 flights
- July 2026: 60.9% from 294 flights
Over the most recent 12 months (2025-08 to 2026-07), on-time arrivals averaged 72.1% against 78.3% in the 12 months before — declining by 6.2 percentage points.
Data and methodology
Calculated by FlyerIntel from 8,568 AUS → MCO flight records from the US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics, covering July 2023 – July 2026. Late means 15 or more minutes past scheduled arrival; cancelled and diverted flights are left out of on-time rates.
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Related research: How Long a Layover Needs to Be · Two Airlines on One Route · Best Time of Day to Fly From Major US Airports
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