DCA → MCO Southwest Airlines

Southwest Airlines · Washington, DC to Orlando, FL · 1,097 flights, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30 · aggregated across 46 flight numbers

This route runs much more reliably at some times of day than others — 91% on-time departing 6–9am vs. 49% departing 3–6pm.
On-time arrival
74%
Median delay
-2 min
90th percentile
+59 min
Cancellation rate
1%

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

Across every Southwest Airlines flight number on DCA → MCO (1,097 flights, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30), 74% arrived within 15 minutes of schedule. Median arrival delay -2 min; the worst 10% ran +59 min or later. 1% were cancelled.

Delay distribution

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

ArrivalFlightsShare
Early / on-time80374%
16-30 min939%
31-60 min767%
61-120 min666%
2+ hrs424%

Performance by month

MonthFlightsOn-timeAvg delay
2025-079159%+32 min
2025-089366%+25 min
2025-099081%+10 min
2025-109382%+8 min
2025-118883%+6 min
2025-129370%+12 min
2026-018979%+2 min
2026-028475%+5 min
2026-038672%+11 min
2026-048984%+1 min
2026-059375%+17 min
2026-069167%+24 min

Performance by day of week

DayFlightsOn-time
Mon15278%
Tue15880%
Wed15379%
Thu15469%
Fri15571%
Sat16477%
Sun14465%

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