Dallas (DAL) – Orlando (MCO)
- Distance
- 1,566 km
- 973 mi · 846 nm
- Flight time
- 2 h 30 min / 2 h 45 min
- Average gate to gate: DAL → MCO / back
- Time difference
- 1 h
- CO2 per passenger
- 197 kg
- One way, economy, incl. RF (116 kg CO2 only)
- Passengers / year
- 691,199
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026 · −0.6%
- Flights / week
- 99
- Both directions, average
- Seats filled
- 81%
- 850,184 seats a year
- Airlines nonstop
- 1
- WN
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 DAL
- 104°
- Heading from MCO
- 292°
- Halfway point
- 30.87, -88.90
- Great-circle km
- 1,564 km (sphere, for EU261)
- In the air DAL → MCO
- 2 h 6 min
- In the air MCO → DAL
- 2 h 22 min
- Clocks
- Orlando is 1 h ahead of Dallas
The estimate for a route without real times is 2 h 40 min; how it is worked out is on Sources.
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| Month | Passengers |
|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 45,947 |
| Sep 2025 | 44,013 |
| Oct 2025 | 61,562 |
| Nov 2025 | 56,711 |
| Dec 2025 | 64,830 |
| Jan 2026 | 56,788 |
| Feb 2026 | 56,783 |
| Mar 2026 | 61,534 |
| Apr 2026 | 56,839 |
| May 2026 | 66,707 |
| Jun 2026 | 60,353 |
| Jul 2026 | 59,132 |
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| Month | Flights |
|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 338 |
| Sep 2025 | 306 |
| Oct 2025 | 446 |
| Nov 2025 | 432 |
| Dec 2025 | 470 |
| Jan 2026 | 428 |
| Feb 2026 | 413 |
| Mar 2026 | 471 |
| Apr 2026 | 460 |
| May 2026 | 463 |
| Jun 2026 | 449 |
| Jul 2026 | 482 |
Airlines flying DAL–MCO nonstop
| Airline | Flights / week | Share of passengers |
|---|---|---|
| WNSouthwest Airlines | 99 | 100% |
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 · 2,247 flights
- Boeing 737-700/700LR/Max 7 · 1,480 flights
- Boeing 737-800 · 1,431 flights
Also carried: 441 tonnes of freight and 0 tonnes of mail a year (passenger and cargo flights).
Punctuality
- On time
- 71.8%
- Arrived within 15 min of schedule
- Average delay
- 17 min
- Late arrivals count, early ones as 0
- Cancelled
- 1.6%
- Flights counted
- 5,271
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026
Delay minutes by cause: airline 31% · aircraft arriving late 40% · air traffic system 23% · weather 5% · 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
- $232
- One way, all cabins
- Average over a year
- $209
- Q2 2025 – Q1 2026
- Largest airline
- Southwest Airlines
- 99% of passengers · $230
- Lowest-fare airline
- Southwest Airlines
- 99% of passengers · $230
History, not a price to book: what the average passenger paid per one-way trip in each quarter (Q2 2025 $215 · Q3 2025 $180 · Q4 2025 $205 · Q1 2026 $232).
Fare outlook, Q1 2027: about $237, likely $205–$270
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 90% of the time over 21 quarters (median error 7%). 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: 1,564 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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