Flights Orlando → St. Louis
MCO → STL
Route overview
The flight route from Orlando to St. Louis has a 71% on-time performance rate, with an average delay of 16.3 minutes when flights are not on time. With a total of 684 flights recorded and the destination airport handling over thirteen million passengers annually, this route sees significant traffic between these two cities.
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) → St. Louis (STL) route is operated by Southwest Airlines. Across 897 flights monitored in recent months, 72% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 16 minutes. The cancellation rate is 1.45%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 22.7/100 (medium), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. At St. Louis the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes (main cause: atfm). Departing from Orlando the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to St. Louis: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Orlando (MCO) to St. Louis (STL) heads north-west for about 1,420 km, a flight time of roughly 2h 12m.
Departures from Orlando on this leg cluster in the midday window: about 40% of MCO-STL flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Orlando the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into St. Louis it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 897 tracked MCO-STL flights, 72% left on time with an average delay of 16 min and a 1.4% 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-STL
On the Orlando (MCO) -> St. Louis (STL) route, on-time performance is 72% with an average delay of 16 minutes, based on 897 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Orlando-St. Louis is 1.45% across 897 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.
