Buffalo (BUF) – Orlando (MCO)
- Distance
- 1,627 km
- 1,011 mi · 878 nm
- Flight time
- 2 h 41 min / 2 h 40 min
- Average gate to gate: BUF → MCO / back
- Time difference
- none
- CO2 per passenger
- 205 kg
- One way, economy, incl. RF (121 kg CO2 only)
- Passengers / year
- 520,486
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026 · −0.7%
- Flights / week
- 68
- Both directions, average
- Seats filled
- 86%
- 601,810 seats a year
- Airlines nonstop
- 3
- WN, B6, F9
Traffic: U.S. DOT, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, T-100 Segment (all carriers, scheduled service), Aug 2025 – Jul 2026. Distance: WGS-84 ellipsoid. CO2: UK DESNZ 2026 factors. Sources
The way there
- Heading from BUF
- 189°
- Heading from MCO
- 8°
- Halfway point
- 35.70, -80.14
- Great-circle km
- 1,630 km (sphere, for EU261)
- In the air BUF → MCO
- 2 h 15 min
- In the air MCO → BUF
- 2 h 15 min
- Clocks
- Same time in both
The estimate for a route without real times is 2 h 45 min; how it is worked out is on Sources.
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| Month | Passengers |
|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 45,531 |
| Sep 2025 | 34,440 |
| Oct 2025 | 40,947 |
| Nov 2025 | 46,070 |
| Dec 2025 | 49,942 |
| Jan 2026 | 41,797 |
| Feb 2026 | 44,394 |
| Mar 2026 | 54,096 |
| Apr 2026 | 49,781 |
| May 2026 | 45,076 |
| Jun 2026 | 30,873 |
| Jul 2026 | 37,539 |
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| Month | Flights |
|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 297 |
| Sep 2025 | 238 |
| Oct 2025 | 268 |
| Nov 2025 | 316 |
| Dec 2025 | 337 |
| Jan 2026 | 280 |
| Feb 2026 | 300 |
| Mar 2026 | 354 |
| Apr 2026 | 338 |
| May 2026 | 306 |
| Jun 2026 | 232 |
| Jul 2026 | 264 |
Airlines flying BUF–MCO nonstop
| Airline | Flights / week | Share of passengers |
|---|---|---|
| WNSouthwest Airlines | 36 | 53% |
| B6JetBlue Airways | 20 | 28% |
| F9Frontier Airlines | 11 | 19% |
Both directions, Aug 2025 – Jul 2026. Airlines with at least one flight a month. U.S. DOT, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, T-100 Segment (all carriers, scheduled service). Sources
Aircraft on this route
- Airbus Industrie A320-100/200 · 909 flights
- Boeing B737 Max 800 · 851 flights
- Boeing 737-800 · 574 flights
- Boeing 737-700/700LR/Max 7 · 455 flights
- Airbus Industrie A320-200n · 280 flights
- Airbus Industrie A321-200n · 235 flights
- A220-300 BD-500-1A11 · 139 flights
- Airbus Industrie A321Neoxlr · 87 flights
Also carried: 62 tonnes of freight and 0 tonnes of mail a year (passenger and cargo flights).
Punctuality
- On time
- 71.3%
- Arrived within 15 min of schedule
- Average delay
- 20 min
- Late arrivals count, early ones as 0
- Cancelled
- 1.4%
- Flights counted
- 3,582
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026
| Airline | On time | Average delay |
|---|---|---|
| WNSouthwest Airlines | 70.3% | 17 min |
| B6JetBlue Airways | 72.2% | 22 min |
| F9Frontier Airlines | 73% | 23 min |
Delay minutes by cause: airline 29% · aircraft arriving late 48% · air traffic system 21% · weather 2% · security 0%.
Both directions, Aug 2025 – Jul 2026. BTS Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance (US domestic flights of the larger US airlines). Sources
What passengers paid
- Average fare, Q1 2026
- $199
- One way, all cabins
- Average over a year
- $171
- Q2 2025 – Q1 2026
- Largest airline
- Southwest Airlines
- 51% of passengers · $217
- Lowest-fare airline
- Frontier Airlines
- 18% of passengers · $145
History, not a price to book: what the average passenger paid per one-way trip in each quarter (Q2 2025 $164 · Q3 2025 $152 · Q4 2025 $165 · Q1 2026 $199).
Fare outlook, Q1 2027: about $203, likely $180–$231
The average fare paid we expect a year after Q1 2026, the newest DOT quarter. On this route, past forecasts made this way fell inside the range 86% of the time over 21 quarters (median error 6%). An estimate from US DOT data: not a price you can book, not a guarantee, not advice on when to buy. How the outlook works
Cheapest quarter on this route: Q3, typically 4% below the year's average (9 years of DOT data, without 2020–21).
U.S. DOT Consumer Airfare Report, Table 6 (airline ticket sample, US domestic city pairs; each city here has this one airport). Sources
Delay compensation (EU261 / UK261)
Measured by great-circle distance: 1,630 km.
Neither EU261 nor UK261 covers this route: it neither starts nor ends in the EU, EEA, Switzerland or the UK. Other countries have their own rules (for example Canada's APPR or Brazil's ANAC rules).
Also owed for a cancellation with less than 14 days' notice or denied boarding. Not owed for extraordinary circumstances. On a connection, the distance to the final destination counts. From 23 October 2027 the EU's Regulation 2026/2202 applies; it keeps these amounts (what changes in 2027). Information, not legal advice.
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