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MCO vs DTW - 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
DTW

Detroit, MI

Detroit, Michigan

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Key Performance Metrics

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

Metric MCO DTW
On-Time Rate (higher is better) 76.7% 84.8%
Avg Delay (lower is better) 75.2 min 81.3 min
Delay Rate (lower is better) 23.3% 15.2%
Cancellation Rate (lower is better) 1.13% 0.82%
Total Flights 1,718,833 1,488,949
Delayed Flights 400,272 226,988
Cancelled Flights 19,434 12,186
Top Delay Cause Late Aircraft Carrier

✓ / ▲ 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%

DTW - Detroit, MI

Carrier 51.7%
NAS 20.1%
Late Aircraft 19.3%
Weather 8.7%
Security 0.1%

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 DTW

Route Flights On-Time
ORD → DTW
Detroit
29,459 81.6%
DTW → ORD
Chicago
29,443 82.5%
ATL → DTW
Detroit
27,906 82.3%
DTW → ATL
Atlanta
27,904 84.6%
MCO → DTW
Detroit
21,666 77.4%
DTW → MCO
Orlando
21,656 80.5%

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.