RDU → MCO Southwest Airlines

Southwest Airlines · Raleigh/Durham, NC to Orlando, FL · 844 flights, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30 · aggregated across 43 flight numbers

This route runs much more reliably at some times of day than others — 96% on-time departing 3–6am vs. 58% departing 6–9pm.
On-time arrival
79%
Median delay
-4 min
90th percentile
+44 min
Cancellation rate
2%

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

Across every Southwest Airlines flight number on RDU → MCO (844 flights, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30), 79% arrived within 15 minutes of schedule. Median arrival delay -4 min; the worst 10% ran +44 min or later. 2% were cancelled.

Delay distribution

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

ArrivalFlightsShare
Early / on-time65779%
16-30 min658%
31-60 min486%
61-120 min374%
2+ hrs233%

Performance by month

MonthFlightsOn-timeAvg delay
2025-076470%+15 min
2025-085578%+10 min
2025-095595%-3 min
2025-108183%+3 min
2025-116781%+6 min
2025-127579%+4 min
2026-016685%-2 min
2026-027482%+6 min
2026-038677%+13 min
2026-047279%+6 min
2026-057168%+14 min
2026-066477%+13 min

Performance by day of week

DayFlightsOn-time
Mon11981%
Tue10182%
Wed9584%
Thu11773%
Fri11877%
Sat14481%
Sun13677%

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