Flights Orlando → Albany
MCO → ALB
Route overview
The flight route from Orlando to Albany has a punctuality rate of 66%, with an average delay of 16.4 minutes per flight. Over the past year, there have been 320 flights on this route, serving a destination airport that handles approximately 2.8 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 Orlando (MCO) → Albany (ALB) route is operated by Southwest Airlines. Across 408 flights monitored in recent months, 68% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 15 minutes. The cancellation rate is 1.72%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 25.1/100 (medium), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. At Albany the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes (main cause: atfm). Departing from Orlando the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to Albany: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Orlando (MCO) to Albany (ALB) heads north for about 1,729 km, a flight time of roughly 2h 35m.
Departures from Orlando on this leg cluster in the midday window: about 44% of MCO-ALB flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Orlando the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Albany it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 408 tracked MCO-ALB flights, 68% left on time with an average delay of 15 min and a 1.7% cancellation rate.
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Airline punctuality on this route
| Airline | On-time | Average delay | Cancellations |
|---|---|---|---|
| Southwest Airlines (WN) | 73% | 6 min | 3.1% |
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Frequently asked questions about MCO-ALB
On the Orlando (MCO) -> Albany (ALB) route, on-time performance is 68% with an average delay of 15 minutes, based on 408 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Orlando-Albany is 1.72% across 408 monitored flights.
The route is operated by 1 airline: 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.
