DTW → MCO Southwest Airlines

Southwest Airlines · Detroit, MI to Orlando, FL · 127 flights, 2025-07-05 to 2026-05-30 · aggregated across 16 flight numbers

This route runs much more reliably at some times of day than others — 84% on-time departing 6–9am vs. 0% departing 6–9pm.
On-time arrival
71%
Median delay
+1 min
90th percentile
+59 min
Cancellation rate
0%

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

Across every Southwest Airlines flight number on DTW → MCO (127 flights, 2025-07-05 to 2026-05-30), 71% arrived within 15 minutes of schedule. Median arrival delay +1 min; the worst 10% ran +59 min or later. 0% were cancelled.

Delay distribution

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

ArrivalFlightsShare
Early / on-time8971%
16-30 min1210%
31-60 min1310%
61-120 min86%
2+ hrs43%

Performance by month

MonthFlightsOn-timeAvg delay
2025-078100%-8 min
2025-08250%+20 min
2025-101771%+13 min
2025-111771%+11 min
2025-121567%+23 min
2026-011354%+16 min
2026-022483%-1 min
2026-031850%+44 min
2026-04786%+5 min
2026-05580%-1 min

Performance by day of week

DayFlightsOn-time
Mon1580%
Tue475%
Wed1100%
Thu13100%
Fri1776%
Sat4760%
Sun2966%

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