Washington (BWI) – Orlando (MCO)
- Distance
- 1,267 km
- 787 mi · 684 nm
- Flight time
- 2 h 20 min / 2 h 12 min
- Average gate to gate: BWI → MCO / back
- Time difference
- none
- CO2 per passenger
- 160 kg
- One way, economy, incl. RF (94 kg CO2 only)
- Passengers / year
- 1,237,056
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026 · −5.2%
- Flights / week
- 177
- Both directions, average
- Seats filled
- 78%
- 1,592,725 seats a year
- Airlines nonstop
- 3
- WN, F9, NK
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 BWI
- 201°
- Heading from MCO
- 19°
- Halfway point
- 33.83, -79.13
- Great-circle km
- 1,269 km (sphere, for EU261)
- In the air BWI → MCO
- 1 h 54 min
- In the air MCO → BWI
- 1 h 47 min
- Clocks
- Same time in both
The estimate for a route without real times is 2 h 20 min; how it is worked out is on Sources.
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| Month | Passengers |
|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 102,939 |
| Sep 2025 | 87,632 |
| Oct 2025 | 97,299 |
| Nov 2025 | 109,738 |
| Dec 2025 | 114,874 |
| Jan 2026 | 105,933 |
| Feb 2026 | 106,667 |
| Mar 2026 | 111,144 |
| Apr 2026 | 113,189 |
| May 2026 | 90,264 |
| Jun 2026 | 91,739 |
| Jul 2026 | 105,638 |
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| Month | Flights |
|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 719 |
| Sep 2025 | 683 |
| Oct 2025 | 724 |
| Nov 2025 | 815 |
| Dec 2025 | 833 |
| Jan 2026 | 786 |
| Feb 2026 | 772 |
| Mar 2026 | 816 |
| Apr 2026 | 869 |
| May 2026 | 740 |
| Jun 2026 | 710 |
| Jul 2026 | 742 |
Airlines flying BWI–MCO nonstop
| Airline | Flights / week | Share of passengers |
|---|---|---|
| WNSouthwest Airlines | 136 | 70% |
| F9Frontier Airlines | 22 | 17% |
| NKSpirit Air Lines | 19 | 13% |
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
- Boeing B737 Max 800 · 2,767 flights
- Boeing 737-700/700LR/Max 7 · 2,233 flights
- Boeing 737-800 · 2,055 flights
- Airbus Industrie A320-200n · 779 flights
- Airbus Industrie A321-200n · 544 flights
- Airbus Industrie A321Neoxlr · 429 flights
- Airbus Industrie A320-100/200 · 399 flights
- Boeing 737-900ER · 2 flights
Also carried: 514 tonnes of freight and 0 tonnes of mail a year (passenger and cargo flights).
Punctuality
- On time
- 75.6%
- Arrived within 15 min of schedule
- Average delay
- 17 min
- Late arrivals count, early ones as 0
- Cancelled
- 2.2%
- Flights counted
- 9,377
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026
| Airline | On time | Average delay |
|---|---|---|
| WNSouthwest Airlines | 76.9% | 15 min |
| F9Frontier Airlines | 73.2% | 23 min |
| NKSpirit Air Lines | 69.2% | 22 min |
Delay minutes by cause: airline 29% · aircraft arriving late 33% · air traffic system 31% · weather 6% · security 1%.
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
- $210
- One way, all cabins
- Average over a year
- $184
- Q2 2025 – Q1 2026
- Largest airline
- Southwest Airlines
- 62% of passengers · $260
- Lowest-fare airline
- Spirit Air Lines
- 17% of passengers · $111
History, not a price to book: what the average passenger paid per one-way trip in each quarter (Q2 2025 $182 · Q3 2025 $159 · Q4 2025 $184 · Q1 2026 $210).
Fare outlook, Q1 2027: about $214, likely $190–$244
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 5.1%). 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 7% below the year's average (9 years of DOT data, without 2020–21).
U.S. DOT Consumer Airfare Report, Table 1a (airline ticket sample, US domestic airport pairs). Sources
Delay compensation (EU261 / UK261)
Measured by great-circle distance: 1,269 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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