Flights Orlando → Harrisburg
MCO → MDT
Route overview
The flight route from Orlando to Harrisburg is operated with an Airbus A319 and has a total of 49 flights, with 79% of them arriving on time. The average delay for the flights that are not on time is 5 minutes, serving a destination airport that opened in 1918 and currently handles approximately 1.2 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) → Harrisburg (MDT) route is operated by Frontier Airlines. Across 63 flights monitored in recent months, 79% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 8 minutes. The cancellation rate is 1.59%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 15.9/100 (medium), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. At Harrisburg the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes (main cause: atfm). Departing from Orlando the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to Harrisburg: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Orlando (MCO) to Harrisburg (MDT) heads north for about 1,373 km, a flight time of roughly 2h 8m.
Departures from Orlando on this leg cluster in the midday window: about 48% of MCO-MDT flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Orlando the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Harrisburg it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 63 tracked MCO-MDT flights, 79% left on time with an average delay of 8 min and a 1.6% cancellation rate.
Route facts
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Airline punctuality on this route
| Airline | On-time | Average delay | Cancellations |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frontier Airlines (F9) | 74% | 15 min | 2.2% |
Airlines operating MCO-MDT
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Frequently asked questions about MCO-MDT
On the Orlando (MCO) -> Harrisburg (MDT) route, on-time performance is 79% with an average delay of 8 minutes, based on 63 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Orlando-Harrisburg 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.
