MCO → ORD Southwest Airlines

Southwest Airlines · Orlando, FL to Chicago, IL · 800 flights, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-03 · aggregated across 25 flight numbers

This route runs much more reliably at some times of day than others — 91% on-time departing 6–9am vs. 45% departing 12–3pm.
On-time arrival
68%
Median delay
+2 min
90th percentile
+63 min
Cancellation rate
1%

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

Across every Southwest Airlines flight number on MCO → ORD (800 flights, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-03), 68% arrived within 15 minutes of schedule. Median arrival delay +2 min; the worst 10% ran +63 min or later. 1% were cancelled.

Delay distribution

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

ArrivalFlightsShare
Early / on-time53768%
16-30 min7610%
31-60 min8711%
61-120 min577%
2+ hrs284%

Performance by month

MonthFlightsOn-timeAvg delay
2025-076664%+20 min
2025-086162%+14 min
2025-096085%+3 min
2025-106274%+8 min
2025-116274%+22 min
2025-127360%+26 min
2026-016571%+13 min
2026-026563%+16 min
2026-038471%+18 min
2026-048764%+18 min
2026-059265%+14 min
2026-06888%+2 min

Performance by day of week

DayFlightsOn-time
Mon11161%
Tue11373%
Wed11175%
Thu10669%
Fri11259%
Sat12073%
Sun11269%

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