Flights Harrisburg → Orlando
MDT → MCO
Route overview
The flight route from Harrisburg to Orlando operates with an Airbus A319 aircraft and has a total of 49 flights. With only 65% of these flights arriving on time, the mean delay is approximately 35.7 minutes. The origin airport in Harrisburg opened as early as 1918, while the destination airport in Orlando serves over 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 Harrisburg (MDT) → Orlando (MCO) route is operated by Frontier Airlines. Across 63 flights monitored in recent months, 63% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 35 minutes. The cancellation rate is 1.59%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 16.3/100 (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 Harrisburg the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to Orlando: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Harrisburg (MDT) to Orlando (MCO) heads south for about 1,373 km, a flight time of roughly 2h 8m.
Departures from Harrisburg on this leg cluster in the midday window: about 40% of MDT-MCO flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Harrisburg the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Orlando it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 63 tracked MDT-MCO flights, 63% left on time with an average delay of 35 min and a 1.6% cancellation rate.
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Airline punctuality on this route
| Airline | On-time | Average delay | Cancellations |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frontier Airlines (F9) | 74% | 15 min | 2.2% |
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Frequently asked questions about MDT-MCO
On the Harrisburg (MDT) -> Orlando (MCO) route, on-time performance is 63% with an average delay of 35 minutes, based on 63 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Harrisburg-Orlando is 1.59% across 63 monitored flights.
The route is operated by 1 airline: Frontier 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.
