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Orlando International in June 2026

Departures
12,541
Month
June 2026
National, same month
74.3%
Carriers
8
CGRADE

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

MCO in June sits in the middle of the pack with a C. Close to three flights in four arrive on time by the DOT's definition, about a point worse than the national rate of 74.3%. The late ones land a little over an hour behind schedule. That rests on 12,541 flights, of which Delta Air Lines flew 1,724 at 81.0% on time.

Delta Air Lines is the most reliable of the six carriers covered here at 81.0% on time across 1,724 flights.

Key figures

On time

73.3%

Arrivals under 15 minutes late, of 12,366 completed departures

Avg delay

77 min

Across delayed arrivals only, not all flights

Cancelled

1.00%

Nationally in June: 1.65%

Whole year

74.3%

MCO across all twelve months

These figures cover 12,541 departures from Orlando International in June 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

June next to MCO's other months

Against MCO's own year, June ran about a point worse than the twelve-month rate of 74.3%, which makes it number seven of twelve months, best first.

MCO month by month
MonthFlightsOn timeAvg delayCancelledGrade
July 202513,57967.0%84 min1.81%C
August 202512,74667.5%81 min0.79%C+
September 202511,25684.6%60 min0.22%B+
October 202513,24575.6%70 min0.55%B+
November 202513,20679.1%76 min1.92%B
December 202514,28771.7%69 min1.36%C
January 202613,78675.4%66 min3.87%B−
February 202613,33972.9%66 min2.61%C
March 202615,49770.5%73 min3.96%C−
April 202614,60477.6%60 min0.39%B+
May 202612,95878.5%64 min0.70%B+
June 2026 (this page)12,54173.3%77 min1.00%C

Departure window

The best time of day to leave MCO in June

Departure time matters more here than the choice of carrier. The gap between the best and worst window is 37 points, against 13 points between the best and worst carrier. Each bar is the on-time rate for flights scheduled inside that window.

  • 5am–8am2,144 flights92.2%
  • 8am–11am2,480 flights87.0%
  • 11am–2pm1,827 flights80.0%
  • 2pm–5pm2,176 flights63.2%
  • 5pm–8pm2,179 flights55.4%
  • 8pm–5am1,735 flights57.8%

Scale runs 45% to 100%. Rows with fewer than 30 flights show a dash.

The 5pm–8pm window is where this operation falls apart: 55.4% on time, against 92.2% 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 2,480 flights scheduled in it.

Across the week, Thursday is the strongest day at 76.5% on time and Sunday the weakest at 67.9%. 9 points is a smaller lever than departure hour, but it is free.

On-time rate by day of the week75.8Mon74.8Tue76.4Wed76.5Thu72.7Fri68.5Sat67.9Sun
Monday: 75.8 percent on time. Tuesday: 74.8 percent on time. Wednesday: 76.4 percent on time. Thursday: 76.5 percent on time. Friday: 72.7 percent on time. Saturday: 68.5 percent on time. Sunday: 67.9 percent on time

Carrier by carrier

Which airlines ran best at MCO in June

The choice of carrier is not cosmetic here. Delta Air Lines arrives on time 81.0% of the time; Southwest Airlines manages 68.0%. Sample sizes sit next to every figure, because a two-point gap across 4,435 flights means less than a ten-point one.

Carriers at MCO in June 2026
AirlineFlightsOn timeAvg delayCancelledGrade
Southwest Airlines4,43568.0%63 min1.01%C
Delta Air Lines1,72481.0%87 min1.28%B
Frontier Airlines1,68374.9%80 min1.01%C
American Airlines1,66872.5%103 min1.08%C
JetBlue Airways1,64974.5%85 min1.15%C
United Airlines1,16179.0%83 min0.26%B+
Alaska Airlinesthin sample18076.7%62 min0.00%B+
Allegiant Airthin sample4169.2%88 min4.88%C−

The spread between Delta and Southwest is 13 points, wide enough that it should decide the booking. On a hundred trips that is 13 more arrivals inside the on-time window.

Route by route

Busiest routes out of MCO in June

Routes from MCO in June 2026
RouteFlightsOn timeAvg delayCancelledGrade
MCO to ATL · Atlanta66576.3%85 min1.35%B
MCO to SJU · San Juan60475.8%61 min0.83%B+
MCO to ORD · Chicago43075.8%99 min1.63%B
MCO to DEN · Denver42373.9%57 min0.47%C+
MCO to EWR · Newark41576.2%113 min1.20%B
MCO to DFW · Dallas-Fort Worth41065.7%102 min2.68%C
MCO to PHL · Philadelphia40871.3%116 min0.74%C+
MCO to DCA · Washington38773.3%79 min2.07%C
MCO to CLT · Charlotte37878.5%98 min0.53%B+
MCO to JFK · New York37375.5%96 min1.07%B
MCO to BWI · Baltimorethin sample35470.5%76 min1.13%C
MCO to LGA · New Yorkthin sample34565.2%88 min2.32%C
MCO to LAX · Los Angelesthin sample29679.5%71 min0.68%B+
MCO to AUS · Austinthin sample29174.6%57 min1.03%C
MCO to BOS · Bostonthin sample28874.2%91 min1.04%C
MCO to BNA · Nashvillethin sample28664.8%58 min0.70%D+
MCO to MIA · Miamithin sample26468.7%80 min0.76%C+
MCO to IAH · Houstonthin sample25774.1%93 min0.00%C+
MCO to MDW · Chicagothin sample23463.8%70 min2.99%D
MCO to DAL · Dallasthin sample23260.7%59 min1.29%D
MCO to RDU · Raleighthin sample22080.4%79 min0.45%B+
MCO to DTW · Detroitthin sample21282.5%72 min0.00%B+
MCO to CLE · Clevelandthin sample20879.0%85 min0.96%B+
MCO to STL · St. Louisthin sample20472.9%72 min0.00%C+
MCO to PIT · Pittsburghthin sample19574.2%71 min0.00%C+

Delay causes

What held MCO up in June

One category carries most of the weight here. Late-arriving aircraft accounts for 46% of the 255,000 delay minutes carriers reported, and the remaining four split what is left. The split is by minutes rather than by flights, so a few very long delays count for as much as many short ones.

  • Late-arriving aircraft
    46%
  • Carrier
    22%
  • National Airspace System
    20%
  • Extreme weather
    11%
  • Security
    0%

Extreme weather accounts for 11% of delay minutes, well above the single-digit share typical across the system. Weather delays are lumpy: they arrive as whole bad days rather than as a steady drag, so the comparison with the other months below is the more useful view of the risk. The national share is 7%, so this operation carries roughly 1.7 times the usual weather exposure. The split is drawn from 254,590 reported delay minutes.

Cancellations sit at 1.00% against a national 1.65%, which is ordinary. Diversions add another 0.39%.

For anyone connecting, the number to weigh is not the on-time rate but the tail behind it. 10.9% of arrivals land a full hour or more behind schedule, against 9.7% 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.

What to do with this

Flying from MCO in June

For a June trip through MCO: expect 73.3% on time and 1.00% cancelled, going by June 2026. The 5am–8am window was the strongest part of the day.

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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.