Fort Lauderdale (FLL) – Orlando (MCO)
- Distance
- 285 km
- 177 mi · 154 nm
- Flight time
- 1 h 2 min / 1 h 5 min
- Average gate to gate: FLL → MCO / back
- Time difference
- none
- CO2 per passenger
- 66 kg
- One way, economy, incl. RF (39 kg CO2 only)
- Passengers / year
- 325,469
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026 · +6.0%
- Flights / week
- 58
- Both directions, average
- Seats filled
- 63%
- 514,497 seats a year
- Airlines nonstop
- 3
- NK, 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 FLL
- 337°
- Heading from MCO
- 156°
- Halfway point
- 27.25, -80.72
- Great-circle km
- 286 km (sphere, for EU261)
- In the air FLL → MCO
- 36 min
- In the air MCO → FLL
- 39 min
- Clocks
- Same time in both
The estimate for a route without real times is 1 h 10 min; how it is worked out is on Sources.
Show as a table
| Month | Passengers |
|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 30,413 |
| Sep 2025 | 25,930 |
| Oct 2025 | 30,130 |
| Nov 2025 | 26,973 |
| Dec 2025 | 37,535 |
| Jan 2026 | 35,938 |
| Feb 2026 | 32,311 |
| Mar 2026 | 30,173 |
| Apr 2026 | 26,978 |
| May 2026 | 14,081 |
| Jun 2026 | 15,106 |
| Jul 2026 | 19,901 |
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| Month | Flights |
|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 274 |
| Sep 2025 | 255 |
| Oct 2025 | 249 |
| Nov 2025 | 235 |
| Dec 2025 | 298 |
| Jan 2026 | 314 |
| Feb 2026 | 285 |
| Mar 2026 | 271 |
| Apr 2026 | 244 |
| May 2026 | 162 |
| Jun 2026 | 198 |
| Jul 2026 | 207 |
Airlines flying FLL–MCO nonstop
| Airline | Flights / week | Share of passengers |
|---|---|---|
| NKSpirit Air Lines | 26 | 51% |
| WNSouthwest Airlines | 24 | 41% |
| B6JetBlue Airways | 6.6 | 8% |
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 A320-100/200 · 946 flights
- Boeing 737-700/700LR/Max 7 · 542 flights
- Airbus Industrie A320-200n · 467 flights
- Boeing B737 Max 800 · 427 flights
- Boeing 737-800 · 302 flights
- Airbus Industrie A321Neoxlr · 230 flights
- Airbus Industrie A321-200n · 57 flights
- A220-300 BD-500-1A11 · 7 flights
Also carried: 258 tonnes of freight and 0 tonnes of mail a year (passenger and cargo flights).
Punctuality
- On time
- 74.3%
- Arrived within 15 min of schedule
- Average delay
- 17 min
- Late arrivals count, early ones as 0
- Cancelled
- 1.3%
- Flights counted
- 2,900
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026
| Airline | On time | Average delay |
|---|---|---|
| NKSpirit Air Lines | 71.4% | 19 min |
| WNSouthwest Airlines | 78.3% | 14 min |
| B6JetBlue Airways | 70.2% | 20 min |
Delay minutes by cause: airline 30% · aircraft arriving late 38% · air traffic system 29% · 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
- $112
- One way, all cabins
- Average over a year
- $103
- Q2 2025 – Q1 2026
- Largest airline
- Spirit Air Lines
- 70% of passengers · $89
- Lowest-fare airline
- Spirit Air Lines
- 70% of passengers · $89
History, not a price to book: what the average passenger paid per one-way trip in each quarter (Q2 2025 $104 · Q3 2025 $94 · Q4 2025 $100 · Q1 2026 $112).
Fare outlook, Q1 2027: about $112, likely $95–$129
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 8.3%). 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
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: 286 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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