Washington (DCA) – Orlando (MCO)
- Distance
- 1,222 km
- 759 mi · 660 nm
- Flight time
- 2 h 24 min / 2 h 12 min
- Average gate to gate: DCA → MCO / back
- Time difference
- none
- CO2 per passenger
- 154 kg
- One way, economy, incl. RF (91 kg CO2 only)
- Passengers / year
- 1,118,469
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026 · −1.5%
- Flights / week
- 172
- Both directions, average
- Seats filled
- 81%
- 1,384,685 seats a year
- Airlines nonstop
- 5
- AA, WN, B6
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 DCA
- 200°
- Heading from MCO
- 18°
- Halfway point
- 33.66, -79.30
- Great-circle km
- 1,224 km (sphere, for EU261)
- In the air DCA → MCO
- 1 h 52 min
- In the air MCO → DCA
- 1 h 45 min
- Clocks
- Same time in both
The estimate for a route without real times is 2 h 15 min; how it is worked out is on Sources.
Show as a table
| Month | Passengers |
|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 98,399 |
| Sep 2025 | 80,625 |
| Oct 2025 | 95,564 |
| Nov 2025 | 87,783 |
| Dec 2025 | 103,004 |
| Jan 2026 | 86,605 |
| Feb 2026 | 86,674 |
| Mar 2026 | 96,070 |
| Apr 2026 | 97,058 |
| May 2026 | 98,567 |
| Jun 2026 | 94,052 |
| Jul 2026 | 94,068 |
Show as a table
| Month | Flights |
|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 759 |
| Sep 2025 | 716 |
| Oct 2025 | 794 |
| Nov 2025 | 716 |
| Dec 2025 | 818 |
| Jan 2026 | 702 |
| Feb 2026 | 678 |
| Mar 2026 | 723 |
| Apr 2026 | 766 |
| May 2026 | 784 |
| Jun 2026 | 755 |
| Jul 2026 | 709 |
Airlines flying DCA–MCO nonstop
| Airline | Flights / week | Share of passengers |
|---|---|---|
| AAAmerican Airlines | 68 | 41% |
| WNSouthwest Airlines | 41 | 25% |
| B6JetBlue Airways | 35 | 20% |
| DLDelta Air Lines | 26 | 13% |
| YXRepublic Airline | 0.6 | 0% |
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 737-800 · 2,682 flights
- Airbus Industrie A319 · 1,683 flights
- Boeing B737 Max 800 · 1,349 flights
- Airbus Industrie A320-100/200 · 1,227 flights
- Boeing 737-700/700LR/Max 7 · 974 flights
- A220-300 BD-500-1A11 · 973 flights
- Embraer ERJ-175 · 31 flights
- Airbus Industrie A321Neoxlr · 1 flight
Also carried: 28 tonnes of freight and 0 tonnes of mail a year (passenger and cargo flights).
Punctuality
- On time
- 72.2%
- Arrived within 15 min of schedule
- Average delay
- 23 min
- Late arrivals count, early ones as 0
- Cancelled
- 2.4%
- Flights counted
- 9,158
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026
| Airline | On time | Average delay |
|---|---|---|
| AAAmerican Airlines | 74% | 24 min |
| WNSouthwest Airlines | 70.3% | 19 min |
| B6JetBlue Airways | 67.7% | 26 min |
| DLDelta Air Lines | 76.2% | 22 min |
| YXRepublic Airline | 87.1% | 14 min |
Delay minutes by cause: airline 26% · aircraft arriving late 45% · air traffic system 24% · weather 4% · 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
- $184
- One way, all cabins
- Average over a year
- $165
- Q2 2025 – Q1 2026
- Largest airline
- American Airlines
- 43% of passengers · $199
- Lowest-fare airline
- JetBlue Airways
- 17% of passengers · $162
History, not a price to book: what the average passenger paid per one-way trip in each quarter (Q2 2025 $169 · Q3 2025 $141 · Q4 2025 $164 · Q1 2026 $184).
Fare outlook, Q1 2027: about $188, likely $166–$214
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 76% of the time over 21 quarters (median error 4.8%). 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: 1,224 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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