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MCO vs CVG - Airport Comparison

Select two airports to compare on-time performance, delays, cancellations, and top routes using U.S. Department of Transportation Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) data (2020–2025) across all 50 states. See our methodology for how metrics are computed.

Airport A
MCO

Orlando, FL

Orlando, Florida

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Airport B
CVG

Cincinnati, OH

Cincinnati, Kentucky

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Key Performance Metrics

BTS on-time performance data, 2020–2025 cumulative.

Metric MCO CVG
On-Time Rate (higher is better) 76.7% 82.1%
Avg Delay (lower is better) 75.2 min 77.9 min
Delay Rate (lower is better) 23.3% 17.9%
Cancellation Rate (lower is better) 1.13% 1.16%
Total Flights 1,718,833 423,583
Delayed Flights 400,272 75,821
Cancelled Flights 19,434 4,908
Top Delay Cause Late Aircraft Late Aircraft

✓ / ▲ indicates the more favorable value. Data: BTS On-Time Performance, 2020–2025.

Delay Cause Breakdown

MCO - Orlando, FL

Late Aircraft 38.8%
Carrier 31.7%
NAS 22.1%
Weather 7.0%
Security 0.4%

CVG - Cincinnati, OH

Late Aircraft 34.7%
Carrier 34.0%
NAS 25.0%
Weather 6.1%
Security 0.2%

Top Routes

Top routes from MCO

Route Flights On-Time
MCO → ATL
Atlanta
47,291 78.1%
ATL → MCO
Orlando
47,234 76.2%
MCO → EWR
Newark
37,501 73.8%
EWR → MCO
Orlando
37,486 75.6%
MCO → SJU
San Juan
35,205 74.1%
SJU → MCO
Orlando
35,197 77%

Top routes from CVG

Route Flights On-Time
ORD → CVG
Cincinnati
16,599 80.5%
CVG → ORD
Chicago
16,347 80.4%
ATL → CVG
Cincinnati
15,260 85.3%
CVG → ATL
Atlanta
15,254 88.3%
CLT → CVG
Cincinnati
11,894 78.7%
CVG → CLT
Charlotte
11,892 80.6%

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS), On-Time Performance Data (2020–2025) Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS), On-Time Performance Data (2020–2025) On-time rates exclude cancelled and diverted flights. PlainFlights is not affiliated with BTS or the DOT

Every figure on PlainFlights is rendered directly from BTS On-Time Performance data, no number is typed in by an editor. This tool queries live on-time, delay, and cancellation figures for the two selected airports from the dataset. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error.