Airport month record

MCOJUL

Orlando International in July 2026

Departures: 13,136
Month: July 2026
National, same month: 71.7%
Carriers: 8

Historical statistics for July 2026, not live status or a forecast for this year’s July. For today’s conditions at MCO, see live FAA status.

MCO in July sits in the middle of the pack with a C. About seven flights in ten arrive on time by the DOT's definition, 4 points worse than the national rate of 71.7%. The late ones land an hour and a half behind schedule. That rests on 13,136 flights, of which United Airlines flew 1,180 at 75.2% on time.

United Airlines is the most reliable of the six carriers covered here at 75.2% on time across 1,180 flights.

On time

68.2%

Arrivals under 15 minutes late, of 12,748 completed departures

Avg delay

83 min

Across delayed arrivals only, not all flights

Cancelled

2.41%

Nationally in July: 2.62%

Whole year

74.6%

MCO across all twelve months

These figures cover 13,136 departures from Orlando International in July 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

July next to MCO's other months

Against MCO's own year, July ran 6 points worse than the twelve-month rate of 74.6%, which makes it the worst of the twelve months in the data. Either side of it, June ran 73.3% on time and August 68.3%, so a trip moved by a few weeks would have landed in a better stretch.

MCO month by month
Month	Flights	On time	Avg delay	Cancelled	Grade
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	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
July 2026 (this page)	13,136	68.2%	83 min	2.41%	C
August 2026	12,085	68.3%	86 min	2.16%	C

Departure window

The best time of day to leave MCO in July

Departure time matters more here than the choice of carrier. The gap between the best and worst window is 41 points, against 13 points between the best and worst carrier.

5am–8am2,314 flights89.2%
8am–11am2,617 flights85.2%
11am–2pm1,844 flights73.9%
2pm–5pm2,386 flights55.0%
5pm–8pm2,199 flights48.6%
8pm–5am1,776 flights51.1%

Scale runs 40% to 95%.

The 5pm–8pm window is where this operation falls apart: 48.6% on time, against 89.2% 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 2,617 flights scheduled in it.

Across the week, Wednesday is the strongest day at 77.8% on time and Monday the weakest at 55.7%, a spread of 22 points.

Carrier by carrier

Which airlines ran best at MCO in July

The choice of carrier is not cosmetic here. United Airlines arrives on time 75.2% of the time; JetBlue Airways manages 62.1%. Sample sizes sit next to every figure, because a two-point gap across 1,715 flights means less than a ten-point one.

Carriers at MCO in July 2026
Airline	Flights	On time	Avg delay	Cancelled	Grade
Southwest Airlines	4,492	68.6%	63 min	0.73%	C+
Frontier Airlines	1,977	67.6%	86 min	2.53%	C
Delta Air Lines	1,825	68.2%	96 min	2.41%	C
American Airlines	1,724	68.5%	109 min	2.15%	C
JetBlue Airways	1,715	62.1%	92 min	6.94%	D−
United Airlines	1,180	75.2%	86 min	2.54%	B
Alaska Airlinesthin sample	184	72.8%	53 min	1.63%	C
Allegiant Airthin sample	39	68.4%	88 min	2.56%	C

JetBlue Airways cancels 6.9% 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 July

Routes from MCO in July 2026
Route	Flights	On time	Avg delay	Cancelled	Grade
MCO to ATL · Atlanta	693	62.9%	97 min	2.16%	D
MCO to SJU · San Juan	645	70.6%	66 min	2.02%	C
MCO to DFW · Dallas-Fort Worth	439	69.1%	91 min	0.91%	C+
MCO to ORD · Chicago	438	69.6%	92 min	1.83%	C
MCO to PHL · Philadelphia	426	57.7%	124 min	4.93%	D−
MCO to CLT · Charlotte	403	71.9%	94 min	1.24%	C
MCO to DEN · Denver	398	81.0%	89 min	0.75%	B+
MCO to BWI · Baltimore	398	66.4%	75 min	5.03%	C−
MCO to JFK · New York	390	61.6%	105 min	11.03%	D−
MCO to DCA · Washington	387	62.7%	90 min	5.94%	D−
MCO to EWR · Newark	385	66.0%	101 min	8.05%	C−
MCO to LGA · New Yorkthin sample	358	55.8%	107 min	8.94%	D−
MCO to BOS · Bostonthin sample	355	67.5%	104 min	5.92%	C−
MCO to LAX · Los Angelesthin sample	339	76.0%	66 min	0.59%	B+
MCO to BNA · Nashvillethin sample	315	63.5%	57 min	0.32%	D+
MCO to AUS · Austinthin sample	294	71.0%	65 min	1.02%	C
MCO to MIA · Miamithin sample	270	73.1%	124 min	0.74%	C+
MCO to DTW · Detroitthin sample	268	69.7%	87 min	1.12%	C
MCO to IAH · Houstonthin sample	263	72.9%	82 min	0.38%	C+
MCO to MDW · Chicagothin sample	241	68.2%	68 min	1.24%	C
MCO to DAL · Dallasthin sample	239	73.9%	60 min	0.00%	C+
MCO to STL · St. Louisthin sample	221	66.8%	64 min	0.45%	C+
MCO to RDU · Raleighthin sample	218	66.8%	92 min	1.83%	C
MCO to MSY · New Orleansthin sample	215	70.8%	66 min	0.93%	C+
MCO to IND · Indianapolisthin sample	211	72.9%	77 min	0.00%	C+

Delay causes

What held MCO up in July

Late-arriving aircraft accounts for 47% of the 335,000 delay minutes carriers reported here, and the remaining four split what is left.

Late-arriving aircraft
47%
Carrier
23%
National Airspace System
23%
Extreme weather
7%
Security
0%

47% of delay minutes trace back to a late-arriving aircraft, meaning the plane was already behind before it got here. Across 335,000 reported delay minutes here, that single category outweighs weather by 6 to one. The split is drawn from 334,925 reported delay minutes.

Cancellations sit at 2.41% against a national 2.62%, which is ordinary. Diversions add another 0.54%.

14.5% of arrivals land a full hour or more behind schedule, against 11.3% nationally. Ninety minutes is the honest minimum for a connection here, and two hours if the onward flight is on a separate ticket.

What to do with this

Flying from MCO in July

For a July trip through MCO: plan on this being one of the airport's harder months. The 5am–8am departures held up best at 89.2% on time, and with 14.5% of arrivals an hour or more late, a connection here deserves more slack than the same trip in September would.

Orlando International (MCO), the whole year
MCO in September84.6%
MCO in October75.6%
MCO in November79.1%
MCO in December71.7%
MCO in January75.4%
MCO in February72.9%
MCO in March70.5%
MCO in April77.6%
MCO in May78.5%
MCO in June73.3%
MCO in August68.3%

Source: US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics, on-time performance data, September 2025 to August 2026. Last updated 22 October 2026; recomputed monthly. How this data is collected.

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