Airport month record
MCOFEB
Orlando International in February 2026
- Departures
- 13,339
- Month
- February 2026
- National, same month
- 80.2%
- Carriers
- 10
Historical statistics for February 2026, not live status or a forecast for this year’s February. For today’s conditions at MCO, see live FAA status.
MCO in February sits in the middle of the pack with a C. About seven flights in ten arrive on time by the DOT's definition, 7 points worse than the national rate of 80.2%. The late ones land about an hour behind schedule. That rests on 13,339 flights, of which United Airlines flew 1,282 at 83.4% on time.
United Airlines is the most reliable of the seven carriers covered here at 83.4% on time across 1,282 flights.
Key figures
On time
72.9%
Arrivals under 15 minutes late, of 12,971 completed departures
Avg delay
66 min
Across delayed arrivals only, not all flights
Cancelled
2.61%
Nationally in February: 2.25%
Whole year
74.3%
MCO across all twelve months
These figures cover 13,339 departures from Orlando International in February 2026. On time means an arrival less than 15 minutes after the scheduled gate time, the DOT's threshold, and the national comparison uses every US departure in the same month rather than the whole year.
Against the year
February next to MCO's other months
Against MCO's own year, February ran about a point worse than the twelve-month rate of 74.3%, which makes it number eight of twelve months, best first. Cancellations are where February stands out: 2.61% of scheduled departures were called off, 1.6 times the airport's rate across the year. Either side of it, January ran 75.4% on time and March 70.5%, so this month sits in line with its neighbours.
| Month | Flights | On time | Avg delay | Cancelled | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2025 | 13,579 | 67.0% | 84 min | 1.81% | C |
| August 2025 | 12,746 | 67.5% | 81 min | 0.79% | C+ |
| September 2025 | 11,256 | 84.6% | 60 min | 0.22% | B+ |
| October 2025 | 13,245 | 75.6% | 70 min | 0.55% | B+ |
| November 2025 | 13,206 | 79.1% | 76 min | 1.92% | B |
| December 2025 | 14,287 | 71.7% | 69 min | 1.36% | C |
| January 2026 | 13,786 | 75.4% | 66 min | 3.87% | B− |
| February 2026 (this page) | 13,339 | 72.9% | 66 min | 2.61% | C |
| March 2026 | 15,497 | 70.5% | 73 min | 3.96% | C− |
| April 2026 | 14,604 | 77.6% | 60 min | 0.39% | B+ |
| May 2026 | 12,958 | 78.5% | 64 min | 0.70% | B+ |
| June 2026 | 12,541 | 73.3% | 77 min | 1.00% | C |
Departure window
The best time of day to leave MCO in February
Departure time matters more here than the choice of carrier. The gap between the best and worst window is 36 points, against 17 points between the best and worst carrier. Each bar is the on-time rate for flights scheduled inside that window.
- 5am–8am1,901 flights91.9%
- 8am–11am2,681 flights79.9%
- 11am–2pm2,119 flights73.6%
- 2pm–5pm2,437 flights69.4%
- 5pm–8pm2,509 flights65.1%
- 8pm–5am1,692 flights56.0%
Scale runs 50% to 95%. Rows with fewer than 30 flights show a dash.
The 8pm–5am window is where this operation falls apart: 56.0% on time, against 91.9% 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 8am–11am window is the busiest, with 2,681 flights scheduled in it.
Across the week, Wednesday is the strongest day at 82.6% on time and Sunday the weakest at 59.7%. 23 points is a smaller lever than departure hour, but it is free.
Carrier by carrier
Which airlines ran best at MCO in February
The choice of carrier is not cosmetic here. United Airlines arrives on time 83.4% of the time; Spirit Airlines manages 66.1%. Sample sizes sit next to every figure, because a two-point gap across 1,464 flights means less than a ten-point one.
| Airline | Flights | On time | Avg delay | Cancelled | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Southwest Airlines | 4,088 | 69.3% | 51 min | 1.05% | C |
| Delta Air Lines | 1,737 | 74.2% | 81 min | 2.19% | C |
| American Airlines | 1,583 | 74.9% | 86 min | 1.71% | C |
| Frontier Airlines | 1,483 | 79.8% | 67 min | 1.35% | B |
| Spirit Airlines | 1,464 | 66.1% | 64 min | 7.86% | C− |
| JetBlue Airways | 1,425 | 67.1% | 71 min | 5.68% | C− |
| United Airlines | 1,282 | 83.4% | 70 min | 1.72% | B |
| Alaska Airlinesthin sample | 213 | 88.2% | 64 min | 0.94% | A+ |
| Allegiant Airthin sample | 32 | 75.0% | 117 min | 0.00% | B+ |
| Republic Airwaysthin sample | 32 | 78.1% | 50 min | 0.00% | B+ |
Spirit Airlines cancels 7.9% 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
Busiest routes out of MCO in February
| Route | Flights | On time | Avg delay | Cancelled | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MCO to ATL · Atlanta | 661 | 74.8% | 71 min | 0.45% | C+ |
| MCO to EWR · Newark | 562 | 73.4% | 66 min | 8.90% | C− |
| MCO to ORD · Chicago | 553 | 70.7% | 54 min | 0.54% | C+ |
| MCO to LGA · New York | 468 | 68.4% | 65 min | 7.05% | C− |
| MCO to BOS · Boston | 447 | 67.6% | 78 min | 8.72% | C− |
| MCO to PHL · Philadelphia | 435 | 71.0% | 82 min | 5.75% | C− |
| MCO to SJU · San Juan | 429 | 71.7% | 61 min | 1.17% | C |
| MCO to BWI · Baltimore | 399 | 72.6% | 55 min | 3.51% | C− |
| MCO to DFW · Dallas-Fort Worth | 385 | 79.6% | 78 min | 0.78% | B+ |
| MCO to JFK · New York | 375 | 72.0% | 94 min | 7.73% | C− |
| MCO to DEN · Denver | 374 | 77.2% | 75 min | 0.00% | B+ |
| MCO to CLT · Charlotte | 371 | 77.3% | 75 min | 2.16% | B |
| MCO to DTW · Detroitthin sample | 353 | 71.6% | 63 min | 1.13% | C |
| MCO to DCA · Washingtonthin sample | 343 | 58.9% | 64 min | 1.46% | D |
| MCO to IAH · Houstonthin sample | 318 | 86.7% | 78 min | 0.63% | A+ |
| MCO to MIA · Miamithin sample | 299 | 73.2% | 64 min | 0.33% | C+ |
| MCO to BNA · Nashvillethin sample | 292 | 73.8% | 46 min | 3.42% | C− |
| MCO to LAX · Los Angelesthin sample | 269 | 82.5% | 87 min | 0.00% | B+ |
| MCO to RDU · Raleighthin sample | 232 | 71.6% | 86 min | 0.00% | C+ |
| MCO to AUS · Austinthin sample | 229 | 78.9% | 77 min | 0.87% | B+ |
| MCO to MSY · New Orleansthin sample | 212 | 78.5% | 71 min | 1.42% | B |
| MCO to DAL · Dallasthin sample | 209 | 76.1% | 53 min | 1.91% | B |
| MCO to IND · Indianapolisthin sample | 208 | 71.4% | 50 min | 0.96% | C+ |
| MCO to MDW · Chicagothin sample | 204 | 66.7% | 62 min | 0.00% | C+ |
| MCO to STL · St. Louisthin sample | 196 | 80.4% | 70 min | 0.51% | B+ |
Delay causes
What held MCO up in February
Carriers report a reason for every delay minute they cause, in five DOT categories. The split below is by minutes, not by number of flights, so a handful of very long weather delays weighs as much as many short ones. It covers 230,000 reported delay minutes.
- 40%Late-arriving aircraft
- 36%Carrier
- 22%National Airspace System
- 3%Extreme weather
- 0%Security
40% 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 230,000 reported delay minutes here, that single category outweighs weather by 15 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 230,343 reported delay minutes.
Cancellations run at 2.61%, against 2.25% nationally. That is about one flight in 40 cancelled outright. A cancelled flight is invisible in every on-time figure on this page, so the punctuality numbers above describe only the flights that actually operated.
8.6% of arrivals land an hour or more late, close to the national 6.5%. That is the figure that decides a connection, and it says a 60 to 75 minute layover is reasonable here while anything under 45 minutes is a bet. Most delays on this route last about an hour, which a normal layover absorbs.
What to do with this
Flying from MCO in February
For a February trip through MCO: expect 72.9% on time and 2.61% cancelled, going by February 2026. The 5am–8am window was the strongest part of the day.
Related
Where to go next
- Orlando International (MCO), the whole year
- MCO in July67.0%
- MCO in August67.5%
- MCO in September84.6%
- MCO in October75.6%
- MCO in November79.1%
- MCO in December71.7%
- MCO in January75.4%
- MCO in March70.5%
- MCO in April77.6%
- MCO in May78.5%
- MCO in June73.3%
Source: US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics, on-time performance data, July 2025 to June 2026. Last updated 15 September 2026; recomputed monthly. How this data is collected.