Flights Orlando → San Antonio
MCO → SAT
Route overview
The flight route from Orlando to San Antonio operates with a Canadair Regional Jet 900 aircraft and has an on-time performance rate of 70%. With an average delay time of 18.6 minutes, the route sees approximately 295 flights annually. The destination airport in San Antonio, which opened in 1942, handles nearly 9.5 million passengers per year.
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) → San Antonio (SAT) route is operated by Delta Air Lines, Southwest Airlines. Across 375 flights monitored in recent months, 71% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 17 minutes. The cancellation rate is 3.20%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 23.2/100 (medium), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. At San Antonio the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes (main cause: atfm). Departing from Orlando the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to San Antonio: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Orlando (MCO) to San Antonio (SAT) heads west for about 1,672 km, a flight time of roughly 2h 31m.
Departures from Orlando on this leg cluster in the midday window: about 40% of MCO-SAT flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Orlando the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into San Antonio it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 375 tracked MCO-SAT flights, 71% left on time with an average delay of 17 min and a 3.2% 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-SAT
On the Orlando (MCO) -> San Antonio (SAT) route, on-time performance is 71% with an average delay of 17 minutes, based on 375 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Orlando-San Antonio is 3.20% across 375 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.
