Ranked list of domestic carriers on the basis of flight disruptions involving MCO:
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That is a LOT of delays. 
I’m assuming most of that is due to weather.
Fun fact: PHX is the 5th best U.S. airport for on-time departures. (MCO is the 9th worst.)
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How cool to have the best airport and the best legs all in one city.
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Both thanks to the sun. 
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Where is United?
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I guess it only included those with MCO as a major hub:
(This is the same as above only with United added in).
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I don’t know what counts as a major hub but UA has a LOT of flights EWR–>MCO.
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You would think that if it was a hub they would have crews available (one reason for cancelations) and less disruptions.
My MCO to BOS flights are almost always delayed. It is not always avoidable. Logan has been upgrading runways (currently from August 31-Thanksgiving) and it impacts lots of flights. I just checked the flight I am taking next month and it has been delayed 32% of the time.
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My JetBlue mco to bos flight this morning was delayed for 3 hours 
. Was not my favorite travel day!
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What is the difference between the two screenshots?
Are these numbers showing what percentage of ALL the airlines delays and cancellations involve MCO? If so, I think that there is less commentary on the airlines here and more on MCO. I would expect JetBlue/Frontier/Allegiant to have a larger proportional MCO presence (much less midwest/west coast coverage) and thus higher percentages in the chart. What is more shocking is that AA and Delta are so high? This is saying that 1 in 5 cancellation or delays on Delta or America is due to a single airport?
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Most delays I have experienced have been weather related, not airport related (aside from the location of the airport being where the weather is!). Our most recent trip, we had a departure delay from MCO of more than 3 hours…but it was because incoming planes were being held at the origin due to the whole state of Florida being covered in storms. This can lead to cascading delays even once the weather resumes.
(In our case, the plane we were meant to fly out of was still sitting in Detroit until the weather started to look better at MCO. So it left Detroit 2+ hours late. Then as it approached NC, the weather in Florida was still such that the plan circled around over NC for almost an hour before it could finally approach.
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I think it’s saying 20-30% of flights from MCO for these airlines is delayed or cancelled. That would be consistent with the study I posted as well. A good airport with good weather has delays off 10% or less. 30%+ of flights delayed is on the extreme end of the scale.
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I think it’s also clear that while some airlines are marginally worse, there’s not a huge difference between them and no real standouts except perhaps Delta.
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What I really wanted to find out is whether I should strictly avoid any airlines to MCO on the basis of excessive flight disruptions - but now I’d say the answer is no, and my opinions were swayed by some adverse personal experiences.
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When I booked my most recent flight, I checked the on-time record for those individual flights. Certain flights (mostly those leaving MCO later in the day) had much higher rates of late flights. Intuitively that makes sense, but seeing the difference made me double think one of those later flights. For example, an 8 am departure had a 93% on-time percentage but the 4 or 5 pm flight had an on-time percentage that was less than 60%.
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Anecdotally, I don’t think my JetBlue flight has ever been on time from NY to MCO but that hasn’t been the case the other way around, which I’m just now realizing is odd.
But I can’t find it in me to break up with Terminal C and the free JetBlue points I get every time I cancel and rebook immediately so I’ll just keep building in a mental buffer for expecting a delay and deal with it!
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I personally think this sentence can stand alone.
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BOS to MCO is sometimes on time but I swear the staff at WPE know me from how much time I spend there every delay. I love terminal C.
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Interestingly, lately non of my flights anywhere leave on time, but we always seem to miraculously make up the time in the air. I feel like some delays are now being built into the published times. I don’t care if I leave late, I just want to arrive on time!
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Where have I seen this level of expectations management before? Hmmmm
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