Detroit (DTW) – Orlando (MCO)
- Distance
- 1,540 km
- 957 mi · 832 nm
- Flight time
- 2 h 38 min / 2 h 43 min
- Average gate to gate: DTW → MCO / back
- Time difference
- none
- CO2 per passenger
- 194 kg
- One way, economy, incl. RF (115 kg CO2 only)
- Passengers / year
- 1,270,008
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026 · −1.6%
- Flights / week
- 139
- Both directions, average
- Seats filled
- 87%
- 1,458,550 seats a year
- Airlines nonstop
- 4
- DL, 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 DTW
- 172°
- Heading from MCO
- 354°
- Halfway point
- 35.33, -82.24
- Great-circle km
- 1,544 km (sphere, for EU261)
- In the air DTW → MCO
- 2 h 9 min
- In the air MCO → DTW
- 2 h 13 min
- Clocks
- Same time in both
The estimate for a route without real times is 2 h 35 min; how it is worked out is on Sources.
Show as a table
| Month | Passengers |
|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 98,417 |
| Sep 2025 | 81,738 |
| Oct 2025 | 106,190 |
| Nov 2025 | 103,758 |
| Dec 2025 | 120,708 |
| Jan 2026 | 112,215 |
| Feb 2026 | 128,156 |
| Mar 2026 | 142,254 |
| Apr 2026 | 122,279 |
| May 2026 | 84,355 |
| Jun 2026 | 76,592 |
| Jul 2026 | 93,346 |
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| Month | Flights |
|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 572 |
| Sep 2025 | 500 |
| Oct 2025 | 639 |
| Nov 2025 | 584 |
| Dec 2025 | 678 |
| Jan 2026 | 657 |
| Feb 2026 | 700 |
| Mar 2026 | 794 |
| Apr 2026 | 680 |
| May 2026 | 450 |
| Jun 2026 | 423 |
| Jul 2026 | 529 |
Airlines flying DTW–MCO nonstop
| Airline | Flights / week | Share of passengers |
|---|---|---|
| DLDelta Air Lines | 83 | 63% |
| NKSpirit Air Lines | 33 | 21% |
| F9Frontier Airlines | 18 | 12% |
| WNSouthwest Airlines | 4.7 | 3% |
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 · 1,829 flights
- Boeing 757-300 · 1,827 flights
- Airbus Industrie A320-100/200 · 1,054 flights
- Airbus Industrie A321-200n · 940 flights
- Airbus Industrie A320-200n · 755 flights
- Boeing 757-200 · 352 flights
- Boeing 737-900ER · 185 flights
- Boeing B737 Max 800 · 112 flights
Also carried: 83 tonnes of freight and 0 tonnes of mail a year (passenger and cargo flights).
Punctuality
- On time
- 74.4%
- Arrived within 15 min of schedule
- Average delay
- 20 min
- Late arrivals count, early ones as 0
- Cancelled
- 1.1%
- Flights counted
- 7,283
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026
| Airline | On time | Average delay |
|---|---|---|
| DLDelta Air Lines | 74.8% | 20 min |
| NKSpirit Air Lines | 73.2% | 19 min |
| F9Frontier Airlines | 78.1% | 19 min |
| WNSouthwest Airlines | 60.3% | 23 min |
Delay minutes by cause: airline 40% · aircraft arriving late 33% · air traffic system 24% · 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
- $231
- One way, all cabins
- Average over a year
- $198
- Q2 2025 – Q1 2026
- Largest airline
- Delta Air Lines
- 51% of passengers · $309
- Lowest-fare airline
- Spirit Air Lines
- 25% of passengers · $132
History, not a price to book: what the average passenger paid per one-way trip in each quarter (Q2 2025 $187 · Q3 2025 $161 · Q4 2025 $199 · Q1 2026 $231).
Fare outlook, Q1 2027: about $236, likely $209–$268
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 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 6 (airline ticket sample, US domestic city pairs; each city here has this one airport). Sources
Delay compensation (EU261 / UK261)
Measured by great-circle distance: 1,544 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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