Denver (DEN) – Orlando (MCO)
- Distance
- 2,489 km
- 1,546 mi · 1,344 nm
- Flight time
- 3 h 31 min / 4 h 4 min
- Average gate to gate: DEN → MCO / back
- Time difference
- 2 h
- CO2 per passenger
- 313 kg
- One way, economy, incl. RF (185 kg CO2 only)
- Passengers / year
- 1,494,144
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026 · +1.0%
- Flights / week
- 173
- Both directions, average
- Seats filled
- 86%
- 1,730,114 seats a year
- Airlines nonstop
- 3
- UA, WN, 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 DEN
- 113°
- Heading from MCO
- 307°
- Halfway point
- 34.71, -92.19
- Great-circle km
- 2,486 km (sphere, for EU261)
- In the air DEN → MCO
- 3 h 3 min
- In the air MCO → DEN
- 3 h 35 min
- Clocks
- Orlando is 2 h ahead of Denver
The estimate for a route without real times is 3 h 45 min; how it is worked out is on Sources.
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| Month | Passengers |
|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 108,086 |
| Sep 2025 | 105,136 |
| Oct 2025 | 119,872 |
| Nov 2025 | 115,448 |
| Dec 2025 | 135,162 |
| Jan 2026 | 140,021 |
| Feb 2026 | 129,590 |
| Mar 2026 | 149,230 |
| Apr 2026 | 112,714 |
| May 2026 | 117,717 |
| Jun 2026 | 134,997 |
| Jul 2026 | 126,171 |
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| Month | Flights |
|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 704 |
| Sep 2025 | 636 |
| Oct 2025 | 734 |
| Nov 2025 | 692 |
| Dec 2025 | 798 |
| Jan 2026 | 780 |
| Feb 2026 | 749 |
| Mar 2026 | 914 |
| Apr 2026 | 684 |
| May 2026 | 700 |
| Jun 2026 | 834 |
| Jul 2026 | 785 |
Airlines flying DEN–MCO nonstop
| Airline | Flights / week | Share of passengers |
|---|---|---|
| UAUnited Air Lines | 66 | 42% |
| WNSouthwest Airlines | 74 | 37% |
| F9Frontier Airlines | 33 | 21% |
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 A321-200n · 2,324 flights
- Boeing B737 Max 800 · 2,044 flights
- Boeing 737-800 · 1,337 flights
- Airbus Industrie A320-200n · 829 flights
- Boeing 757-300 · 828 flights
- Boeing 737-700/700LR/Max 7 · 550 flights
- Boeing B737 Max 900 · 392 flights
- Boeing 737-900ER · 289 flights
Also carried: 548 tonnes of freight and 6 tonnes of mail a year (passenger and cargo flights).
Punctuality
- On time
- 79%
- Arrived within 15 min of schedule
- Average delay
- 14 min
- Late arrivals count, early ones as 0
- Cancelled
- 0.6%
- Flights counted
- 9,081
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026
| Airline | On time | Average delay |
|---|---|---|
| WNSouthwest Airlines | 73.9% | 15 min |
| UAUnited Air Lines | 84.6% | 13 min |
| F9Frontier Airlines | 79.1% | 15 min |
Delay minutes by cause: airline 34% · aircraft arriving late 38% · 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
- $257
- One way, all cabins
- Average over a year
- $241
- Q3 2025 – Q1 2026
- Largest airline
- United Air Lines
- 40% of passengers · $317
- Lowest-fare airline
- Frontier Airlines
- 27% of passengers · $165
History, not a price to book: what the average passenger paid per one-way trip in each quarter (Q3 2025 $208 · Q4 2025 $250 · Q1 2026 $257).
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: 2,486 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.
Every airport pair between Denver and Orlando
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