DAL → MCO Southwest Airlines

Southwest Airlines · Dallas, TX to Orlando, FL · 2,643 flights, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30 · aggregated across 183 flight numbers

This route runs much more reliably at some times of day than others — 89% on-time departing 6–9am vs. 50% departing 9pm–12am.
On-time arrival
71%
Median delay
+2 min
90th percentile
+52 min
Cancellation rate
2%

How on-time is Southwest Airlines from DAL to MCO?

Across every Southwest Airlines flight number on DAL → MCO (2,643 flights, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30), 71% arrived within 15 minutes of schedule. Median arrival delay +2 min; the worst 10% ran +52 min or later. 2% were cancelled.

Delay distribution

Arrival delay for completed flights (excludes cancellations and diversions).

ArrivalFlightsShare
Early / on-time1,84671%
16-30 min29812%
31-60 min2259%
61-120 min1486%
2+ hrs663%

Performance by month

MonthFlightsOn-timeAvg delay
2025-0724763%+22 min
2025-0816766%+18 min
2025-0915486%+3 min
2025-1022476%+12 min
2025-1121776%+10 min
2025-1223378%+11 min
2026-0121479%+6 min
2026-0220775%+10 min
2026-0323562%+20 min
2026-0422875%+10 min
2026-0523266%+18 min
2026-0622562%+17 min

Performance by day of week

DayFlightsOn-time
Mon37772%
Tue37380%
Wed36575%
Thu38068%
Fri37468%
Sat35367%
Sun36170%

Based on US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics on-time data. Loading the full breakdown…