Route profile
MCO→DTW
Flight reliability, delays and best times to fly from Orlando to Detroit. · 957 miles
Right now
Current conditions at both ends of this route.
Aviation weather is not currently a factor. FAA operational data — ground stops, ground delay programs and closures — is not currently available to FlyerIntel.
Aviation weather is not currently a factor. FAA operational data — ground stops, ground delay programs and closures — is not currently available to FlyerIntel.
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 25% of comparable major US routes (4,577 compared)
Calculated from 11,534 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.
MCO → DTW flights departing 5–9 AM arrived on time 90.7% of the time, against 60.6% for 6–9 PM departures — a gap of 30.0 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.
Airlines on this route
Performance by the carrier that actually operated the flight.
| Carrier | Flights | On time | Cancelled | Median delay | Severe |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Delta Air Lines | 6,237 | 74.8% | 0.90% | -2 min | 10.2% |
| Spirit Airlines | 3,694 | 73.3% | 1.25% | -3 min | 10.2% |
| Frontier Airlines | 1,350 | 80.5% | 1.70% | -10 min | 7.1% |
| Southwest Airlines | 253 | 59.0% | 1.19% | 10 min | 10.8% |
Frontier Airlines arrived on time 21.5 percentage points more often than Southwest 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| DL2845 Delta Air Lines | 8:15 AM | 750 | 90.2% |
| DL1201 Delta Air Lines | 6:00 AM | 692 | 92.4% |
| DL1747 Delta Air Lines | 2:20 PM | 561 | 70.6% |
| F93363 Frontier Airlines | 6:00 AM | 512 | 86.9% |
| F92529 Frontier Airlines | 6:20 AM | 483 | 80.2% |
| DL1455 Delta Air Lines | 12:25 PM | 467 | 74.0% |
| DL2298 Delta Air Lines | 7:50 PM | 371 | 55.9% |
| DL337 Delta Air Lines | 5:51 PM | 331 | 58.5% |
| DL2742 Delta Air Lines | 5:59 PM | 318 | 63.2% |
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 12.3 percentage points.
By month
July is historically the weakest month and September the strongest, a spread of 18.0 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 73.3% against 77.6% in the 12 months before — declining by 4.4 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 11,534 MCO → DTW 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.