MDW → MCO Southwest Airlines

Southwest Airlines · Chicago, IL to Orlando, FL · 2,541 flights, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30 · aggregated across 135 flight numbers

This route runs much more reliably at some times of day than others — 93% on-time departing 3–6am vs. 54% departing 9pm–12am.
On-time arrival
76%
Median delay
-3 min
90th percentile
+45 min
Cancellation rate
1%

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

Across every Southwest Airlines flight number on MDW → MCO (2,541 flights, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30), 76% arrived within 15 minutes of schedule. Median arrival delay -3 min; the worst 10% ran +45 min or later. 1% were cancelled.

Delay distribution

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

ArrivalFlightsShare
Early / on-time1,89176%
16-30 min2259%
31-60 min1837%
61-120 min1215%
2+ hrs622%

Performance by month

MonthFlightsOn-timeAvg delay
2025-0723073%+14 min
2025-0819970%+14 min
2025-0919687%+2 min
2025-1022282%+4 min
2025-1119784%+1 min
2025-1221877%+8 min
2026-0119679%+2 min
2026-0218576%+8 min
2026-0323070%+15 min
2026-0419680%+5 min
2026-0518977%+8 min
2026-0622463%+21 min

Performance by day of week

DayFlightsOn-time
Mon35978%
Tue35283%
Wed34483%
Thu35677%
Fri36472%
Sat35773%
Sun35069%

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