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Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW) – Orlando (MCO)

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Distance, flight time and the airlines that fly it, from open data.
Distance
1,585 km
985 mi · 856 nm
Flight time
2 h 37 min / 3 h
Average gate to gate: DFW → MCO / back
Time difference
1 h
CO2 per passenger
199 kg
One way, economy, incl. RF (118 kg CO2 only)
Passengers / year
1,605,592
Aug 2025 – Jul 2026 · +0.7%
Flights / week
183
Both directions, average
Seats filled
87%
1,842,749 seats a year
Airlines nonstop
3
AA, 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

Great circle from DFW to MCODFWMCO
Shortest path over the earth's surface (great circle). Real flights bend around weather, winds and airspace.

The way there

Heading from DFW
104°
Heading from MCO
292°
Halfway point
30.90, -88.99
Great-circle km
1,582 km (sphere, for EU261)
In the air DFW → MCO
2 h 8 min
In the air MCO → DFW
2 h 26 min
Clocks
Orlando is 1 h ahead of Dallas-Fort Worth

The estimate for a route without real times is 2 h 40 min; how it is worked out is on Sources.

Passengers per month, both directions (Aug 2025 – Jul 2026)Busiest: March 2026: 148,965 passengers
050K100K150KAugSepOctNovDecJanFebMar149KAprMayJunJul
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Month Passengers
Aug 2025116,701
Sep 2025125,415
Oct 2025132,323
Nov 2025125,154
Dec 2025139,234
Jan 2026134,013
Feb 2026133,360
Mar 2026148,965
Apr 2026140,507
May 2026139,442
Jun 2026132,365
Jul 2026138,113
Flights per month, both directions (Aug 2025 – Jul 2026)Busiest: July 2026: 870 flights
05001KAugSepOctNovDecJanFebMarAprMayJunJul870
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Month Flights
Aug 2025711
Sep 2025742
Oct 2025757
Nov 2025730
Dec 2025817
Jan 2026788
Feb 2026765
Mar 2026864
Apr 2026859
May 2026827
Jun 2026788
Jul 2026870

Airlines flying DFW–MCO nonstop

Airline Flights / week Share of passengers
AAAmerican Airlines137
74%
F9Frontier Airlines29
17%
NKSpirit Air Lines17
9%

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 A321Neoxlr · 6,157 flights
  • Airbus Industrie A321-200n · 1,420 flights
  • Airbus Industrie A320-200n · 869 flights
  • Boeing 737-800 · 497 flights
  • Airbus Industrie A320-100/200 · 416 flights
  • Boeing 777-200ER/200LR/233LR · 66 flights
  • B787-900 Dreamliner · 38 flights
  • Boeing B737 Max 800 · 33 flights

Also carried: 101 tonnes of freight and 1 tonnes of mail a year (passenger and cargo flights).

Punctuality

On time
68.7%
Arrived within 15 min of schedule
Average delay
25 min
Late arrivals count, early ones as 0
Cancelled
2.7%
Flights counted
9,805
Aug 2025 – Jul 2026
Airline On time Average delay
AAAmerican Airlines67%26 min
F9Frontier Airlines75.9%20 min
NKSpirit Air Lines69.8%21 min

Delay minutes by cause: airline 26% · aircraft arriving late 48% · air traffic system 19% · weather 7% · 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
$244
One way, all cabins
Average over a year
$213
Q2 2025 – Q1 2026
Largest airline
American Airlines
65% of passengers · $308
Lowest-fare airline
Spirit Air Lines
17% of passengers · $103

History, not a price to book: what the average passenger paid per one-way trip in each quarter (Q2 2025 $210 · Q3 2025 $179 · Q4 2025 $219 · Q1 2026 $244).

Fare outlook, Q1 2027: about $249, likely $221–$284

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 81% of the time over 21 quarters (median error 6%). 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 11% 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: 1,582 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 Dallas-Fort Worth and Orlando

MCOSFB
DFW1,5851,578

Kilometres. Linked numbers have a page of their own. All Orlando airports

More routes from DFW

Route Distance Passengers / year
DFW → ATL1,177 km 1,929,257
DFW → ORD1,290 km 1,916,312
DFW → LAX1,987 km 1,914,491
DFW → DEN1,032 km 1,745,260
DFW → LGA2,235 km 1,726,005
DFW → PHX1,396 km 1,648,391
DFW → LAS1,698 km 1,630,211
DFW → SEA2,671 km 1,577,921
DFW → MIA1,804 km 1,512,657
DFW → SFO2,357 km 1,313,229

More routes from MCO

Route Distance Passengers / year
MCO → ATL650 km 2,697,788
MCO → EWR1,508 km 1,946,092
MCO → SJU1,913 km 1,937,735
MCO → ORD1,617 km 1,924,694
MCO → PHL1,386 km 1,701,841
MCO → LGA1,529 km 1,605,672
MCO → DEN2,489 km 1,494,144
MCO → CLT753 km 1,439,074
MCO → JFK1,519 km 1,430,021
MCO → BOS1,804 km 1,361,623

Questions

Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW) and Orlando (MCO) are 1,585 km (985 miles, 856 nautical miles) apart, measured along the shortest path over the earth's surface.