Flights Orlando → Birmingham
MCO → BHM
Route overview
The flight route from Orlando to Birmingham operates with a Canadair Regional Jet 700 aircraft and has an on-time performance rate of 69%, with an average delay of 20.2 minutes per flight. Over the course of a year, this route sees approximately 224 flights serving a destination airport that handles nearly 2.65 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) → Birmingham (BHM) route is operated by Delta Air Lines, Southwest Airlines. Across 290 flights monitored in recent months, 67% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 20 minutes. The cancellation rate is 0.69%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 15.5/100 (medium), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. At Birmingham the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes (main cause: atfm). Departing from Orlando the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to Birmingham: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Orlando (MCO) to Birmingham (BHM) heads north-west for about 771 km, a flight time of roughly 1h 23m.
Departures from Orlando on this leg cluster in the midday window: about 38% of MCO-BHM flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Orlando the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Birmingham it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 290 tracked MCO-BHM flights, 67% left on time with an average delay of 20 min and a 0.7% 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 MCO-BHM
On the Orlando (MCO) -> Birmingham (BHM) route, on-time performance is 67% with an average delay of 20 minutes, based on 290 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Orlando-Birmingham is 0.69% 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.
