Transatlantic route · frequency, carriers and airport records
DUB→MCO
Dublin to Orlando
- Flights
- 552 both ways
- Carriers
- 1
- Distance
- 4,065 mi
- Period
- July 2025 to June 2026
No public record scores Dublin to Orlando International flight by flight. The US Department of Transportation's on-time database covers domestic flights only, and in Europe only the United Kingdom publishes punctuality by route, so what follows is built from the three measurements that do exist. The DOT's international report counts 552 flights between the two airports in the twelve months to June 2026, about five departures a week in each direction, flown by Aer Lingus. EUROCONTROL's year-to-date figure has 75.7% of all departures from Dublin leaving within 15 minutes of schedule and 73.7% of arrivals landing within 15 minutes. At the other end, 74.6% of MCO's domestic departures arrived on time in the DOT data, which says something about how the airport itself runs, not about this route.
On EUROCONTROL's year-to-date arrival punctuality, Dublin ranks 34th of the 41 European airports on this site with service to the United States. Bilbao leads that table at 84.3% and Manchester closes it at 65.7%. A long-haul departure inherits the airport's morning: an aircraft that arrived late from its previous sector, or a departure queue built up by weather, delays the transatlantic wave with everything else.
Key figures
Flights
552
Both directions, July 2025 to June 2026 (DOT)
Carriers
1
Aer Lingus
DUB departures on time
75.7%
All destinations, year to date (EUROCONTROL)
MCO domestic on time
74.6%
US DOT, last twelve months of domestic departures
Without a route-level record, the useful question is what the two airports do to a schedule. EUROCONTROL attributes 0.3 minutes of air traffic flow management delay per arriving flight to Dublin so far this year; that is delay imposed by the network to hold traffic on the ground elsewhere, not the airline's own. In the DOT data, a delayed domestic departure from MCO ran a little over an hour late on average over the last twelve months, and 1.81% of its scheduled flights were cancelled.
Carrier by carrier
Who flies DUB to MCO
Aer Lingus is the only carrier the DOT report shows on DUB to MCO, with 552 flights and an average of 261 passengers aboard each. A single-carrier route gives a delayed passenger no same-day alternative on the same ticket, which is worth knowing before booking a tight onward connection.
| Airline | Flights | Share | Per month | Passengers / flight |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aer Lingus | 552 | 100% | 46 | 261 |
DOT international report, July 2025 to June 2026; flights in both directions together. No delay figures exist for this pair in any public source.
Across the year
How often DUB to MCO flies through the year
The DOT's international report puts 62 flights on the pair in May 2026, the busiest month of the window, and 32 in February 2026, the thinnest. A summer-to-winter swing of that size means the winter schedule is a different operation: fewer frequencies, so a cancellation leaves a longer wait for the next seat.
Flights per month, both directions
- July 202552
- August 202553
- September 202542
- October 202550
- November 202542
- December 202536
- January 202636
- February 202632
- March 202638
- April 202649
- May 202662
- June 202660
The DOT's international report counts flights in both directions together: 552 between DUB and MCO from July 2025 to June 2026, about five departures a week in each direction, carrying 143,988 passengers. That makes it the 11th busiest of 23 US routes from Dublin and the 5th busiest of 11 European routes into MCO.
The departure airport
How Dublin is running
EUROCONTROL's figures for Dublin as a whole, every airline and every destination: 75.7% of departures and 73.7% of arrivals within 15 minutes of schedule from 1 January to 21 October 2026, with 97.5% of scheduled flights operated. The last seven days ran at 77.0% for departures, about a point better than the year so far. Air traffic flow management delay attributed to the airport averaged 0.3 minutes per arriving flight this year, 0.0 over the last week.
| Window | Departures on time | Arrivals on time | Schedules operated | ATFM delay / arrival |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yesterday (21 October 2026) | 80.9% | 80.7% | 96.5% | 0.0 min |
| Last 7 days | 77.0% | 76.4% | 97.8% | 0.0 min |
| Year to date | 75.7% | 73.7% | 97.5% | 0.3 min |
The arrival airport
Landing at Orlando International
Orlando International is scored on this site from the DOT's domestic data: 74.6% of its 159,940 domestic departures arrived on time over the last twelve months, with delayed flights running a little over an hour late, and 1.81% were cancelled. Those are domestic flights, not this route, but an arriving transatlantic flight shares the same runways, the same weather and the same ground delay programmes, so a bad day at MCO reaches a flight from DUB just as surely. The airport's own page has the hour-by-hour and month-by-month detail, and its live FAA status appears above when the FAA has something to say.
Domestic on time
74.6%
Arrivals under 15 minutes late (DOT)
Avg delay
72 min
Delayed domestic flights only
Cancelled
1.81%
Domestic departures
159,940
Last twelve months
Orlando International (MCO) delay statistics, hour by hour and month by month
Your rights
EC 261/2004 on DUB to MCO
Every flight that departs Dublin falls under Regulation (EC) 261/2004, whichever airline flies it and wherever it lands. If it arrives at Orlando International three hours or more late, or is cancelled with under 14 days' notice, and the cause was within the airline's control, each passenger is owed €600 (€300 if the airline got you there under four hours late), on top of rebooking and care. Weather, air traffic control restrictions and strikes outside the airline are the usual exemptions. The return flight from MCO is covered only when the carrier is EU based. The sector is about 4,065 miles, 6,541 km, which puts it in the top distance band.
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What to do with this
Booking DUB to MCO
There is no grade to give DUB to MCO without a route record, and this site does not invent one. What the three sources support: about five departures a week in each direction, a single carrier, a departure airport that gets 76% of its departures away on time and an arrival airport that runs 75% on time domestically. Leave two hours for any onward connection at MCO; immigration comes before the connecting flight.
Common questions
DUB to MCO questions
How often are DUB to MCO flights delayed?
No public dataset records delays for this route flight by flight: the US on-time database is domestic only and only the UK publishes route-level punctuality in Europe. The nearest measurements are the departure airport's EUROCONTROL punctuality (75.7% of departures within 15 minutes this year) and MCO's domestic record in the DOT data (74.6% on time).
Which airlines fly DUB to MCO?
Aer Lingus. Aer Lingus accounted for 100% of the 552 flights the DOT counted on the pair.
Can I claim compensation for a delayed DUB to MCO flight?
Yes, if the flight arrived three hours or more late or was cancelled at short notice for a reason within the airline's control: departures from Dublin are covered by EC 261/2004 whichever airline operates them. The fixed amount for a sector of this length is €600 a passenger, €300 if the airline got you there under four hours late. The return from MCO is covered only on an EU carrier.
How many flights a day are there from DUB to MCO?
About five departures a week in each direction: the DOT counted 552 flights in both directions over twelve months, peaking at 62 in May 2026 and falling to 32 in February 2026.
Related
Where to go next
- Dublin (DUB): every US route
- Orlando International (MCO) delay statistics
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- MAN to MCO, from Manchester1,208 flights
- FRA to MCO, from Frankfurt638 flights
- Every Europe-to-US route and airport
Ireland publishes no route-level punctuality, so this page cannot grade the route. The UK pages in this section can, because the CAA does.
Sources: US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics, International Report (flights and passengers by carrier and airport pair), July 2025 to June 2026; EUROCONTROL Aviation Intelligence Portal, airport punctuality and ATFM delay to 21 October 2026. Rebuilt 22 October 2026; the EUROCONTROL figures refresh with each weekly build, the others when their publisher releases a month. How these sources differ.