Flights Birmingham → Orlando
BHM → MCO
Route overview
The flight route from Birmingham to Orlando operates with a fleet of Canadair Regional Jet 700 aircraft and has an on-time performance rate of 83%, with an average delay of 8.5 minutes per flight. Over the course of a year, this route sees 224 flights, serving one of the busiest airports in terms of annual passenger traffic, which handles approximately 50 million passengers annually.
Your rights on this US flight (DOT)
US flights have no statutory cash compensation for delays. Under the US DOT rules, if your flight is cancelled or significantly changed and you decline rebooking, you're owed an automatic refund of the unused ticket. The tarmac-delay limit is 3 hours (domestic) / 4 hours (international). Amenities for controllable delays depend on each airline's contract of carriage.
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The Birmingham (BHM) → Orlando (MCO) route is operated by Delta Air Lines, Southwest Airlines. Across 290 flights monitored in recent months, 82% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 9 minutes. The cancellation rate is 1.38%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 21.5/100 (medium), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. At Orlando the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes (main cause: atfm). Departing from Birmingham the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to Orlando: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Birmingham (BHM) to Orlando (MCO) heads south-east for about 771 km, a flight time of roughly 1h 23m.
Departures from Birmingham on this leg cluster in the overnight window: about 42% of BHM-MCO flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Birmingham the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Orlando it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 290 tracked BHM-MCO flights, 82% left on time with an average delay of 9 min and a 1.4% cancellation rate.
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Airline punctuality on this route
| Airline | On-time | Average delay | Cancellations |
|---|---|---|---|
| Delta Air Lines (DL) | 80% | 8 min | 1.8% |
| Southwest Airlines (WN) | 73% | 6 min | 3.1% |
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Frequently asked questions about BHM-MCO
On the Birmingham (BHM) -> Orlando (MCO) route, on-time performance is 82% with an average delay of 9 minutes, based on 290 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Birmingham-Orlando is 1.38% across 290 monitored flights.
The route is operated by 2 airlines: Delta Air Lines, Southwest Airlines.
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US flights have no statutory cash compensation for delays. Under US DOT rules, if the airline cancels or significantly changes your flight and you decline rebooking, you're owed an automatic refund of the unused ticket. The tarmac-delay limit is 3 hours (domestic) / 4 hours (international). Meals or hotels for controllable delays depend on each airline's contract of carriage.
