Carrier performance at one airport
B6→MCO
JetBlue Airways at Orlando International
- Departures
- 18,641
- Period
- July 2025 to June 2026
- Routes
- 21
- Rank here
- #8 of 10
JetBlue Airways at Orlando sits in the middle of the pack with a C. About seven flights in ten arrive on time by the DOT's definition, 6 points worse than the national rate of 77.6%. The late ones land a little over an hour behind schedule. That rests on 18,641 flights, of which United Airlines flew 15,061 at 81.1% on time.
Measured against the airport rather than the country, JetBlue Airways runs 3 points behind the 74.3% weighted average across all carriers at MCO. That is the comparison worth making: every operator here works the same runways, the same airspace and the same weather.
Key figures
On time
71.6%
18,199 completed departures
Avg delay
76 min
Across delayed flights only
Cancelled
2.04%
At MCO, this carrier only
Rank here
#8
Of 10 carriers clearing the floor at MCO
These figures cover 19,000 flights between July 2025 and June 2026. Beyond the headline rate, 12.1% of arrivals land a full hour or more behind schedule. That is the number that wrecks a connection, and it is not visible in an on-time percentage alone.
Against the competition
Every carrier at MCO, ranked
The choice of carrier is not cosmetic here. United Airlines arrives on time 81.1% of the time; Allegiant Air manages 65.0%. Sample sizes sit next to every figure, because a two-point gap across 395 flights means less than a ten-point one.
| Airline | Flights | On time | Avg delay | Cancelled | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| United Airlines | 15,061 | 81.1% | 88 min | 0.98% | B+ |
| Delta Air Lines | 21,416 | 78.0% | 83 min | 1.85% | B |
| Frontier Airlines | 17,732 | 77.0% | 76 min | 1.47% | B |
| Alaska Airlines | 2,462 | 75.9% | 60 min | 0.73% | B+ |
| Republic Airways | 590 | 75.3% | 64 min | 0.34% | B+ |
| American Airlines | 19,496 | 73.3% | 89 min | 2.02% | C |
| Southwest Airlines | 50,575 | 72.6% | 56 min | 1.06% | C |
| JetBlue Airways (this page) | 18,641 | 71.6% | 76 min | 2.04% | C |
| Spirit Airlines | 14,640 | 69.4% | 68 min | 3.55% | C− |
| Allegiant Air | 395 | 65.0% | 89 min | 1.52% | C |
Spirit Airlines cancels 3.5% of what it schedules here, the highest in the table. A cancelled flight never appears in an on-time rate, so read that column alongside the punctuality one rather than after it.
Route by route
Where JetBlue Airways flies from MCO
JetBlue Airways operates 21 routes out of MCO with enough volume to report. Route records inside one carrier at one airport still spread widely, because a short shuttle and a transcontinental have very different exposure to a late inbound.
| Route | Flights | On time | Avg delay | Cancelled | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MCO to JFK · New York | 2,625 | 69.7% | 83 min | 3.09% | C− |
| MCO to BOS · Boston | 2,495 | 67.3% | 78 min | 3.13% | C− |
| MCO to SJU · San Juan | 2,134 | 76.4% | 70 min | 0.98% | B+ |
| MCO to EWR · Newark | 1,395 | 64.7% | 93 min | 3.66% | D− |
| MCO to LGA · New York | 1,205 | 64.4% | 78 min | 2.57% | D |
| MCO to HPN · White Plains | 1,187 | 69.4% | 67 min | 1.60% | C |
| MCO to BDL · Hartford | 1,011 | 73.6% | 74 min | 1.98% | C |
| MCO to DCA · Washington | 942 | 64.5% | 71 min | 1.38% | D |
| MCO to PVD · Providence | 702 | 70.1% | 68 min | 1.71% | C |
| MCO to RIC · Richmond | 676 | 74.7% | 69 min | 1.78% | C |
| MCO to SYR · Syracuse | 621 | 81.5% | 60 min | 0.64% | B+ |
| MCO to BQN · Aguadilla | 564 | 70.1% | 72 min | 1.42% | C |
| MCO to BUF · Buffalo | 533 | 67.2% | 70 min | 1.50% | C |
| MCO to ALB · Albany | 423 | 70.6% | 67 min | 1.18% | C |
| MCO to LAS · Las Vegas | 408 | 89.2% | 64 min | 0.00% | A+ |
| MCO to PSE · Ponce | 379 | 78.1% | 72 min | 0.79% | B+ |
| MCO to ISP · Islip | 374 | 88.3% | 55 min | 1.34% | A |
| MCO to MHT · Manchester | 366 | 77.8% | 64 min | 1.37% | B |
| MCO to PWM · Portlandthin sample | 85 | 72.6% | 100 min | 1.18% | C |
| MCO to FLL · Fort Lauderdalethin sample | 84 | 81.9% | 55 min | 0.00% | B+ |
| MCO to ROC · Rochesterthin sample | 70 | 72.5% | 52 min | 0.00% | C+ |
Departure window
Best time of day for this operation
Departure time matters more here than the choice of carrier. The gap between the best and worst window is 35 points, against 16 points between the best and worst carrier. Each bar is the on-time rate for flights scheduled inside that window.
- 5am–8am2,715 flights92.5%
- 8am–11am3,336 flights84.7%
- 11am–2pm3,965 flights69.2%
- 2pm–5pm3,031 flights64.8%
- 5pm–8pm3,554 flights57.9%
- 8pm–5am2,040 flights60.4%
Scale runs 50% to 100%. Rows with fewer than 30 flights show a dash.
The 5pm–8pm window is where this operation falls apart: 57.9% on time, against 92.5% for the 5am–8am slot. By evening the aircraft flying these rotations have absorbed a full day of small delays and there is no slack left to recover in. The 11am–2pm window is the busiest, with 3,965 flights scheduled in it.
Across the year
Seasonal pattern
July is the worst month at 63.4% on time, 22 points below May, the best at 85.0%. Summer afternoon convection and peak-season schedules land on the same weeks every year, so this is a pattern you can book around rather than a run of bad luck. December was the busiest month here, with 1,727 flights.
Delay causes
What holds this operation up
- 41%Late-arriving aircraft
- 30%National Airspace System
- 24%Carrier
- 4%Extreme weather
- 0%Security
41% of delay minutes trace back to a late-arriving aircraft, meaning the plane was already behind before it got here. That is a cascade, and cascades start small and grow through the day. Across 390,000 reported delay minutes here, that single category outweighs weather by 9 to one. It is the strongest argument for booking the first departure of the morning, when the aircraft has been sitting at the gate overnight with nothing to inherit. The split is drawn from 390,299 reported delay minutes.
Cancellations sit at 2.04% against a national 1.81%, which is ordinary. Diversions add another 0.33%.
For anyone connecting, the number to weigh is not the on-time rate but the tail behind it. 12.1% of arrivals land a full hour or more behind schedule, against 8.1% nationally. A 45-minute layover does not survive that, and no amount of walking quickly changes it. Ninety minutes is the honest minimum here, and two hours if the onward flight is on a separate ticket.
18,641 flights sit behind these numbers, which is a large enough sample that the headline rate is not moving on noise. Where a sub-group falls below 30 flights the site shows a dash instead of a percentage.
Put together: the calendar is the biggest lever here, not the carrier or the hour. May runs 85.0% on time and July 63.4%, a swing of 22 points. If the dates move at all, move them out of July before you think about anything else. 18,199 completed flights over 12 months sit behind that.
Common questions
JetBlue Airways at MCO
How often is JetBlue Airways at MCO delayed?
Roughly one flight in four arrive at least 15 minutes late, which is the Department of Transportation's definition of a delayed arrival. That works out to 28.4% of the 18,641 flights in this analysis, against 22.4% nationally. Delayed flights are late by a little over an hour on average.
Which airline is most reliable on JetBlue Airways at MCO?
United Airlines leads at 81.1% on time across 15,061 flights. Allegiant Air is at the other end on 65.0%, a gap of 16 points. Sample size matters as much as the percentage: a rate built from a few hundred flights moves around far more than one built from ten thousand.
What time of day has the fewest delays on JetBlue Airways at MCO?
The 5am–8am departure window is the strongest at 92.5% on time. The 5pm–8pm window is the weakest at 57.9%, 35 points behind. Later departures inherit delays from earlier flights the same aircraft has already flown, which is why the curve slopes the way it does.
How bad are July delays on JetBlue Airways at MCO?
July is the weakest month at 63.4% on time, compared with 85.0% in May. Across the year that is 22 points between the best and worst months. Moving flexible dates out of that month is one of the few things that reliably helps.
Related
Where to go next
- JetBlue Airways network-wide record
- Orlando International (MCO) all carriers
- MCO to JFK route record69.7%
- MCO to BOS route record67.3%
- MCO to SJU route record76.4%
- MCO to EWR route record64.7%
- Why the first flight of the morning is statistically safest
- The best time of day to fly, according to 7.04 million flight records
Source: US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics, on-time performance data, July 2025 to June 2026. Updated monthly. How this data is collected.