Flights Rochester → Orlando
ROC → MCO
Route overview
The flight route from Rochester to Orlando has a relatively low on-time performance rate of 55%, with an average delay time of 26.5 minutes per flight. Over the course of a year, this route sees 125 flights, connecting Rochester to one of the busiest airports in the United States, which serves approximately 50,178,499 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 Rochester (ROC) → Orlando (MCO) route is operated by Southwest Airlines. Across 180 flights monitored in recent months, 59% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 25 minutes. The cancellation rate is 1.11%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 15.7/100 (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 Rochester the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to Orlando: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Rochester (ROC) to Orlando (MCO) heads south for about 1,666 km, a flight time of roughly 2h 30m.
Departures from Rochester on this leg cluster in the morning window: about 48% of ROC-MCO flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Rochester the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Orlando it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 180 tracked ROC-MCO flights, 59% left on time with an average delay of 25 min and a 1.1% 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 ROC-MCO
On the Rochester (ROC) -> Orlando (MCO) route, on-time performance is 59% with an average delay of 25 minutes, based on 180 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Rochester-Orlando is 1.11% across 180 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.
