Houston (HOU) – Orlando (MCO)
- Distance
- 1,366 km
- 849 mi · 738 nm
- Flight time
- 2 h 13 min / 2 h 29 min
- Average gate to gate: HOU → MCO / back
- Time difference
- 1 h
- CO2 per passenger
- 172 kg
- One way, economy, incl. RF (101 kg CO2 only)
- Passengers / year
- 540,502
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026 · +4.1%
- Flights / week
- 78
- Both directions, average
- Seats filled
- 81%
- 668,175 seats a year
- Airlines nonstop
- 1
- WN
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 HOU
- 92°
- Heading from MCO
- 279°
- Halfway point
- 29.22, -88.25
- Great-circle km
- 1,364 km (sphere, for EU261)
- In the air HOU → MCO
- 1 h 51 min
- In the air MCO → HOU
- 2 h 4 min
- Clocks
- Orlando is 1 h ahead of Houston
The estimate for a route without real times is 2 h 25 min; how it is worked out is on Sources.
Show as a table
| Month | Passengers |
|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 37,742 |
| Sep 2025 | 38,062 |
| Oct 2025 | 48,263 |
| Nov 2025 | 46,254 |
| Dec 2025 | 50,676 |
| Jan 2026 | 39,375 |
| Feb 2026 | 38,697 |
| Mar 2026 | 47,492 |
| Apr 2026 | 44,657 |
| May 2026 | 51,010 |
| Jun 2026 | 47,060 |
| Jul 2026 | 51,214 |
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| Month | Flights |
|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 289 |
| Sep 2025 | 278 |
| Oct 2025 | 351 |
| Nov 2025 | 363 |
| Dec 2025 | 381 |
| Jan 2026 | 292 |
| Feb 2026 | 278 |
| Mar 2026 | 360 |
| Apr 2026 | 364 |
| May 2026 | 367 |
| Jun 2026 | 351 |
| Jul 2026 | 397 |
Airlines flying HOU–MCO nonstop
| Airline | Flights / week | Share of passengers |
|---|---|---|
| WNSouthwest Airlines | 78 | 100% |
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 B737 Max 800 · 1,668 flights
- Boeing 737-700/700LR/Max 7 · 1,254 flights
- Boeing 737-800 · 1,149 flights
Also carried: 399 tonnes of freight and 0 tonnes of mail a year (passenger and cargo flights).
Punctuality
- On time
- 76.9%
- Arrived within 15 min of schedule
- Average delay
- 14 min
- Late arrivals count, early ones as 0
- Cancelled
- 0.8%
- Flights counted
- 4,095
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026
Delay minutes by cause: airline 30% · aircraft arriving late 44% · air traffic system 22% · 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
- $241
- One way, all cabins
- Average over a year
- $212
- Q2 2025 – Q1 2026
- Largest airline
- Southwest Airlines
- 99% of passengers · $240
- Lowest-fare airline
- Southwest Airlines
- 99% of passengers · $240
History, not a price to book: what the average passenger paid per one-way trip in each quarter (Q2 2025 $208 · Q3 2025 $180 · Q4 2025 $217 · Q1 2026 $241).
Fare outlook, Q1 2027: about $246, likely $213–$281
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 6.9%). 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: 1,364 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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