Columbus (CMH) – Orlando (MCO)
- Distance
- 1,291 km
- 802 mi · 697 nm
- Flight time
- 2 h 12 min / 2 h 17 min
- Average gate to gate: CMH → MCO / back
- Time difference
- none
- CO2 per passenger
- 163 kg
- One way, economy, incl. RF (96 kg CO2 only)
- Passengers / year
- 533,627
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026 · +0.7%
- Flights / week
- 81
- Both directions, average
- Seats filled
- 73%
- 730,726 seats a year
- Airlines nonstop
- 4
- WN, NK, 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 CMH
- 173°
- Heading from MCO
- 354°
- Halfway point
- 34.22, -82.05
- Great-circle km
- 1,295 km (sphere, for EU261)
- In the air CMH → MCO
- 1 h 50 min
- In the air MCO → CMH
- 1 h 52 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.
Show as a table
| Month | Passengers |
|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 41,752 |
| Sep 2025 | 44,244 |
| Oct 2025 | 51,510 |
| Nov 2025 | 46,045 |
| Dec 2025 | 47,413 |
| Jan 2026 | 44,421 |
| Feb 2026 | 48,805 |
| Mar 2026 | 57,304 |
| Apr 2026 | 45,012 |
| May 2026 | 38,221 |
| Jun 2026 | 34,490 |
| Jul 2026 | 34,410 |
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| Month | Flights |
|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 316 |
| Sep 2025 | 336 |
| Oct 2025 | 406 |
| Nov 2025 | 365 |
| Dec 2025 | 386 |
| Jan 2026 | 352 |
| Feb 2026 | 364 |
| Mar 2026 | 457 |
| Apr 2026 | 370 |
| May 2026 | 297 |
| Jun 2026 | 272 |
| Jul 2026 | 314 |
Airlines flying CMH–MCO nonstop
| Airline | Flights / week | Share of passengers |
|---|---|---|
| WNSouthwest Airlines | 57 | 66% |
| NKSpirit Air Lines | 13 | 19% |
| F9Frontier Airlines | 9.7 | 14% |
| YXRepublic Airline | 1.1 | 1% |
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 · 1,122 flights
- Boeing 737-700/700LR/Max 7 · 1,045 flights
- Boeing 737-800 · 816 flights
- Airbus Industrie A320-100/200 · 364 flights
- Airbus Industrie A321-200n · 301 flights
- Airbus Industrie A321Neoxlr · 266 flights
- Airbus Industrie A320-200n · 263 flights
- Embraer ERJ-175 · 56 flights
Also carried: 185 tonnes of freight and 0 tonnes of mail a year (passenger and cargo flights).
Punctuality
- On time
- 75.1%
- Arrived within 15 min of schedule
- Average delay
- 17 min
- Late arrivals count, early ones as 0
- Cancelled
- 1.5%
- Flights counted
- 4,298
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026
| Airline | On time | Average delay |
|---|---|---|
| WNSouthwest Airlines | 77.1% | 15 min |
| NKSpirit Air Lines | 67.4% | 25 min |
| F9Frontier Airlines | 74.8% | 23 min |
| YXRepublic Airline | 67.9% | 23 min |
Delay minutes by cause: airline 29% · aircraft arriving late 44% · air traffic system 23% · weather 3% · 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
- $227
- One way, all cabins
- Average over a year
- $195
- Q2 2025 – Q1 2026
- Largest airline
- Southwest Airlines
- 60% of passengers · $271
- Lowest-fare airline
- Spirit Air Lines
- 17% of passengers · $112
History, not a price to book: what the average passenger paid per one-way trip in each quarter (Q2 2025 $185 · Q3 2025 $164 · Q4 2025 $197 · Q1 2026 $227).
Fare outlook, Q1 2027: about $232, likely $205–$264
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 3.3%). 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: 1,295 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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