Flights Raleigh-durham → Orlando
RDU → MCO
Route overview
The flight route from Raleigh-Durham to Orlando operates with a high frequency of 732 flights, featuring Canadair Regional Jet 900 and Boeing 737-300 aircraft. With an on-time performance rate of 77%, the average delay is approximately 16.3 minutes, serving one of the busiest destination airports in the United States with over 50 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 Raleigh-durham (RDU) → Orlando (MCO) route is operated by Delta Air Lines, Southwest Airlines. Across 962 flights monitored in recent months, 78% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 15 minutes. The cancellation rate is 1.35%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 25.8/100 (medium), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. At Orlando the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes (main cause: atfm). Departing from Raleigh-durham the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to Orlando: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Raleigh-durham (RDU) to Orlando (MCO) heads south for about 862 km, a flight time of roughly 1h 30m.
Departures from Raleigh-durham on this leg cluster in the midday window: about 33% of RDU-MCO flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Raleigh-durham the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Orlando it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 962 tracked RDU-MCO flights, 78% left on time with an average delay of 15 min and a 1.4% 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 RDU-MCO
On the Raleigh-durham (RDU) -> Orlando (MCO) route, on-time performance is 78% with an average delay of 15 minutes, based on 962 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Raleigh-durham-Orlando is 1.35% across 962 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.
