Route profile
CLT→MCO
Flight reliability, delays and best times to fly from Charlotte to Orlando. · 468 miles
Right now
Current conditions at both ends of this route.
Aviation weather is not currently a factor.
Aviation weather is not currently a factor.
Airport conditions describe the airfield, not any individual flight. An airport operating normally is not a guarantee that a specific flight will depart on time.
Route reliability
July 2023 – June 2026
Better than 10% of comparable major US routes (4,577 compared)
Calculated from 15,556 flights. How this is calculated
Source: US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics · Data covering July 2023 – June 2026
Best time to fly
On-time arrival rate by scheduled local departure time.
CLT → MCO flights departing 5–9 AM arrived on time 87.8% of the time, against 60.6% for 6–9 PM departures — a gap of 27.2 percentage points.
By departure window
By departure hour
Source: FlyerIntel analysis of US DOT BTS data · July 2023 – June 2026 · Buckets with fewer than 120 flights are not scored.
Why CLT → MCO runs late
Where US DOT attributed the delay minutes on this route.
the inbound aircraft was late, so this flight started late
crew, maintenance, boarding, fuelling — 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 CLT → MCO. A single late flight can carry more than one cause, and only delays of fifteen minutes or more are attributed at all.
A route inherits the problems of both ends and of the aircraft flying it. A large share attributed to late-arriving aircraft usually means the departure sits late in a busy rotation rather than that anything about this city pair is difficult, which is why the same route often performs very differently at different times of day.
Airlines on this route
Performance by the carrier that actually operated the flight.
| Carrier | Flights | On time | Cancelled | Median delay | Severe |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| American Airlines | 11,854 | 72.2% | 1.53% | -2 min | 10.9% |
| Spirit Airlines | 1,889 | 69.0% | 2.28% | -2 min | 13.5% |
| Frontier Airlines | 1,813 | 69.3% | 2.59% | -3 min | 13.3% |
American Airlines arrived on time 3.2 percentage points more often than Spirit Airlines on this route.
Source: FlyerIntel analysis of US DOT BTS data · July 2023 – June 2026 · Carriers with fewer than 200 flights on this route are not listed.
Individual flights on this route
The same route is not equally reliable at every hour. These are the flight numbers with enough operating history to judge separately.
| Flight | Scheduled | Operations | On time |
|---|---|---|---|
| AA1879 American Airlines | 8:15 PM | 1,028 | 62.5% |
| AA1682 American Airlines | 5:00 PM | 689 | 58.5% |
| AA2127 American Airlines | 11:20 AM | 568 | 85.0% |
| F91555 Frontier Airlines | 5:45 AM | 563 | 70.5% |
| AA612 American Airlines | 6:00 PM | 528 | 64.3% |
| AA2092 American Airlines | 10:20 PM | 435 | 57.1% |
| F91759 Frontier Airlines | 8:08 AM | 344 | 77.7% |
| AA2058 American Airlines | 9:15 AM | 316 | 81.8% |
| F91445 Frontier Airlines | 7:03 PM | 314 | 68.0% |
| AA3200 American Airlines | 8:15 PM | 274 | 53.7% |
Source: FlyerIntel analysis of US DOT BTS data · July 2023 – June 2026 · Flight numbers with fewer than 270 operations on this route, or no longer scheduled, are not listed.
Weekly and seasonal patterns
By day of week
Wednesday is historically the most reliable day and Sunday the least, a gap of 13.0 percentage points.
By month
July is historically the weakest month and November the strongest, a spread of 32.2 percentage points.
Historical trend
On-time arrival rate by month.
Over the most recent 12 months (2025-07 to 2026-06), on-time arrivals averaged 70.6% against 74.2% in the 12 months before — declining by 3.6 percentage points.
Source: FlyerIntel analysis of US DOT BTS data · July 2023 – June 2026
Data and methodology
All figures on this page are calculated by FlyerIntel from 15,556 CLT → MCO flight records published by the US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics, covering July 2023 – June 2026. A flight is counted as delayed when it arrives 15 or more minutes after its scheduled arrival time, following BTS methodology. Cancelled and diverted flights have no arrival time and are excluded from on-time rates rather than counted as late.
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