Houston (IAH) – Orlando (MCO)
- Distance
- 1,375 km
- 854 mi · 742 nm
- Flight time
- 2 h 19 min / 2 h 34 min
- Average gate to gate: IAH → MCO / back
- Time difference
- 1 h
- CO2 per passenger
- 173 kg
- One way, economy, incl. RF (102 kg CO2 only)
- Passengers / year
- 1,147,728
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026 · +3.1%
- Flights / week
- 138
- Both directions, average
- Seats filled
- 84%
- 1,366,962 seats a year
- Airlines nonstop
- 3
- UA, 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
The way there
- Heading from IAH
- 94°
- Heading from MCO
- 281°
- Halfway point
- 29.39, -88.27
- Great-circle km
- 1,372 km (sphere, for EU261)
- In the air IAH → MCO
- 1 h 51 min
- In the air MCO → IAH
- 2 h 5 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.
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| Month | Passengers |
|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 85,714 |
| Sep 2025 | 85,175 |
| Oct 2025 | 103,043 |
| Nov 2025 | 94,534 |
| Dec 2025 | 102,835 |
| Jan 2026 | 102,799 |
| Feb 2026 | 101,295 |
| Mar 2026 | 110,801 |
| Apr 2026 | 99,143 |
| May 2026 | 92,018 |
| Jun 2026 | 83,602 |
| Jul 2026 | 86,769 |
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| Month | Flights |
|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 591 |
| Sep 2025 | 542 |
| Oct 2025 | 614 |
| Nov 2025 | 580 |
| Dec 2025 | 632 |
| Jan 2026 | 695 |
| Feb 2026 | 631 |
| Mar 2026 | 702 |
| Apr 2026 | 623 |
| May 2026 | 551 |
| Jun 2026 | 515 |
| Jul 2026 | 523 |
Airlines flying IAH–MCO nonstop
| Airline | Flights / week | Share of passengers |
|---|---|---|
| UAUnited Air Lines | 94 | 64% |
| F9Frontier Airlines | 21 | 18% |
| NKSpirit Air Lines | 23 | 18% |
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 737-900 · 2,361 flights
- Airbus Industrie A321-200n · 1,172 flights
- Boeing 737-900ER · 1,017 flights
- Boeing B737 Max 900 · 728 flights
- Boeing 737-800 · 603 flights
- Airbus Industrie A321Neoxlr · 433 flights
- Airbus Industrie A320-100/200 · 394 flights
- Airbus Industrie A320-200n · 307 flights
Also carried: 52 tonnes of freight and 20 tonnes of mail a year (passenger and cargo flights).
Punctuality
- On time
- 82.2%
- Arrived within 15 min of schedule
- Average delay
- 15 min
- Late arrivals count, early ones as 0
- Cancelled
- 1%
- Flights counted
- 7,255
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026
| Airline | On time | Average delay |
|---|---|---|
| UAUnited Air Lines | 84.9% | 12 min |
| NKSpirit Air Lines | 76.6% | 18 min |
| F9Frontier Airlines | 76.3% | 23 min |
Delay minutes by cause: airline 28% · aircraft arriving late 37% · air traffic system 29% · weather 5% · 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
- $213
- One way, all cabins
- Average over a year
- $190
- Q2 2025 – Q1 2026
- Largest airline
- United Air Lines
- 59% of passengers · $273
- Lowest-fare airline
- Spirit Air Lines
- 22% of passengers · $108
History, not a price to book: what the average passenger paid per one-way trip in each quarter (Q2 2025 $188 · Q3 2025 $163 · Q4 2025 $192 · Q1 2026 $213).
Fare outlook, Q1 2027: about $217, likely $193–$248
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 5.8%). 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 9% 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: 1,372 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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