Washington (IAD) – Orlando (MCO)
- Distance
- 1,219 km
- 758 mi · 658 nm
- Flight time
- 2 h 22 min / 2 h 12 min
- Average gate to gate: IAD → MCO / back
- Time difference
- none
- CO2 per passenger
- 154 kg
- One way, economy, incl. RF (91 kg CO2 only)
- Passengers / year
- 670,690
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026 · +6.9%
- Flights / week
- 83
- Both directions, average
- Seats filled
- 86%
- 782,109 seats a year
- Airlines nonstop
- 2
- UA, 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 IAD
- 198°
- Heading from MCO
- 16°
- Halfway point
- 33.70, -79.50
- Great-circle km
- 1,222 km (sphere, for EU261)
- In the air IAD → MCO
- 1 h 50 min
- In the air MCO → IAD
- 1 h 44 min
- Clocks
- Same time in both
The estimate for a route without real times is 2 h 15 min; how it is worked out is on Sources.
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| Month | Passengers |
|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 53,581 |
| Sep 2025 | 48,586 |
| Oct 2025 | 53,929 |
| Nov 2025 | 52,738 |
| Dec 2025 | 54,094 |
| Jan 2026 | 53,633 |
| Feb 2026 | 52,775 |
| Mar 2026 | 62,100 |
| Apr 2026 | 63,958 |
| May 2026 | 62,876 |
| Jun 2026 | 55,293 |
| Jul 2026 | 57,127 |
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| Month | Flights |
|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 353 |
| Sep 2025 | 344 |
| Oct 2025 | 354 |
| Nov 2025 | 340 |
| Dec 2025 | 344 |
| Jan 2026 | 357 |
| Feb 2026 | 341 |
| Mar 2026 | 387 |
| Apr 2026 | 424 |
| May 2026 | 394 |
| Jun 2026 | 338 |
| Jul 2026 | 347 |
Airlines flying IAD–MCO nonstop
| Airline | Flights / week | Share of passengers |
|---|---|---|
| UAUnited Air Lines | 72 | 86% |
| F9Frontier Airlines | 11 | 14% |
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 900 · 1,818 flights
- Boeing 737-900ER · 1,681 flights
- Airbus Industrie A320-200n · 364 flights
- Boeing 737-800 · 185 flights
- Airbus Industrie A321-200n · 143 flights
- Boeing B737 Max 800 · 49 flights
- Airbus Industrie A321Neoxlr · 34 flights
- Airbus Industrie A320-100/200 · 28 flights
Also carried: 131 tonnes of freight and 5 tonnes of mail a year (passenger and cargo flights).
Punctuality
- On time
- 81.7%
- Arrived within 15 min of schedule
- Average delay
- 15 min
- Late arrivals count, early ones as 0
- Cancelled
- 1.1%
- Flights counted
- 4,355
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026
| Airline | On time | Average delay |
|---|---|---|
| UAUnited Air Lines | 82.6% | 14 min |
| F9Frontier Airlines | 75.7% | 20 min |
Delay minutes by cause: airline 25% · aircraft arriving late 39% · air traffic system 33% · weather 4% · 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
- $209
- One way, all cabins
- Average over a year
- $191
- Q2 2025 – Q1 2026
- Largest airline
- United Air Lines
- 88% of passengers · $217
- Lowest-fare airline
- Breeze Aviation Group DBA Breeze
- 1% of passengers · $115
History, not a price to book: what the average passenger paid per one-way trip in each quarter (Q2 2025 $187 · Q3 2025 $164 · Q4 2025 $199 · Q1 2026 $209).
Fare outlook, Q1 2027: about $213, likely $189–$243
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 86% of the time over 21 quarters (median error 9.3%). 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
Cheapest quarter on this route: Q3, typically 6% 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: 1,222 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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