Flights Orlando → Salt Lake City
MCO → SLC
Route overview
The flight route from Orlando to Salt Lake City operates with a high level of punctuality, with 81% of the total 394 flights arriving on time. The average delay for these flights is approximately 10 minutes, and they are typically serviced by Boeing 757 and Boeing 737-800 aircraft. This route serves a destination airport that handles over 25 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) → Salt Lake City (SLC) route is operated by Delta Air Lines. Across 585 flights monitored in recent months, 81% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 10 minutes. The cancellation rate is 0.68%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 25/100 (medium), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. At Salt Lake City the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes (main cause: atfm). Departing from Orlando the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to Salt Lake City: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Orlando (MCO) to Salt Lake City (SLC) heads north-west for about 3,103 km, a flight time of roughly 4h 18m.
Departures from Orlando on this leg cluster in the midday window: about 47% of MCO-SLC flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Orlando the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Salt Lake City it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 585 tracked MCO-SLC flights, 81% left on time with an average delay of 10 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% |
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Frequently asked questions about MCO-SLC
On the Orlando (MCO) -> Salt Lake City (SLC) route, on-time performance is 81% with an average delay of 10 minutes, based on 585 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Orlando-Salt Lake City is 0.68% across 585 monitored flights.
The route is operated by 1 airline: Delta Air Lines.
Enter your flight number on FlightGuard for a real-time analysis based on 9 factors: weather at Salt Lake City, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel, airline punctuality and recent trends.
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.
