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MCO vs DAL - 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
DAL

Dallas, TX

Dallas, Texas

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Key Performance Metrics

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

Metric MCO DAL
On-Time Rate (higher is better) 76.7% 77.6%
Avg Delay (lower is better) 75.2 min 58.5 min
Delay Rate (lower is better) 23.3% 22.4%
Cancellation Rate (lower is better) 1.13% 1.40%
Total Flights 1,718,833 791,209
Delayed Flights 400,272 177,235
Cancelled Flights 19,434 11,096
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%

DAL - Dallas, TX

Late Aircraft 49.1%
Carrier 32.6%
NAS 14.6%
Weather 3.4%
Security 0.3%

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 DAL

Route Flights On-Time
DAL → HOU
Houston
23,563 80.6%
HOU → DAL
Dallas
23,517 82.5%
ATL → DAL
Dallas
19,678 82.5%
DAL → ATL
Atlanta
19,618 82%
DAL → DEN
Denver
17,984 76.7%
DEN → DAL
Dallas
17,924 74.6%

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.