Los Angeles (LAX) – Orlando (MCO)
- Distance
- 3,569 km
- 2,218 mi · 1,927 nm
- Flight time
- 4 h 46 min / 5 h 20 min
- Average gate to gate: LAX → MCO / back
- Time difference
- 3 h
- CO2 per passenger
- 448 kg
- One way, economy, incl. RF (265 kg CO2 only)
- Passengers / year
- 1,168,553
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026 · +20.0%
- Flights / week
- 136
- Both directions, average
- Seats filled
- 87%
- 1,338,545 seats a year
- Airlines nonstop
- 5
- DL, AA, UA
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 LAX
- 90°
- Heading from MCO
- 289°
- Halfway point
- 32.56, -99.30
- Great-circle km
- 3,562 km (sphere, for EU261)
- In the air LAX → MCO
- 4 h 18 min
- In the air MCO → LAX
- 4 h 49 min
- Clocks
- Orlando is 3 h ahead of Los Angeles
The estimate for a route without real times is 5 h; how it is worked out is on Sources.
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| Month | Passengers |
|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 93,878 |
| Sep 2025 | 84,419 |
| Oct 2025 | 94,648 |
| Nov 2025 | 90,606 |
| Dec 2025 | 99,372 |
| Jan 2026 | 95,883 |
| Feb 2026 | 84,794 |
| Mar 2026 | 100,614 |
| Apr 2026 | 105,623 |
| May 2026 | 104,928 |
| Jun 2026 | 98,906 |
| Jul 2026 | 114,882 |
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| Month | Flights |
|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 575 |
| Sep 2025 | 512 |
| Oct 2025 | 560 |
| Nov 2025 | 537 |
| Dec 2025 | 607 |
| Jan 2026 | 595 |
| Feb 2026 | 539 |
| Mar 2026 | 602 |
| Apr 2026 | 638 |
| May 2026 | 630 |
| Jun 2026 | 587 |
| Jul 2026 | 670 |
Airlines flying LAX–MCO nonstop
| Airline | Flights / week | Share of passengers |
|---|---|---|
| DLDelta Air Lines | 53 | 40% |
| AAAmerican Airlines | 29 | 22% |
| UAUnited Air Lines | 32 | 21% |
| WNSouthwest Airlines | 14 | 9% |
| F9Frontier Airlines | 7.8 | 7% |
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 A321-200n · 3,906 flights
- Boeing B737 Max 900 · 903 flights
- Airbus Industrie A321Neoxlr · 751 flights
- Boeing B737 Max 800 · 695 flights
- Boeing 737-900ER · 375 flights
- Boeing 737-800 · 264 flights
- Boeing 737-700/700LR/Max 7 · 112 flights
- Boeing 757-200 · 24 flights
Also carried: 1,218 tonnes of freight and 15 tonnes of mail a year (passenger and cargo flights).
Punctuality
- On time
- 79%
- Arrived within 15 min of schedule
- Average delay
- 16 min
- Late arrivals count, early ones as 0
- Cancelled
- 0.6%
- Flights counted
- 7,110
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026
| Airline | On time | Average delay |
|---|---|---|
| DLDelta Air Lines | 80.4% | 14 min |
| UAUnited Air Lines | 88.8% | 7 min |
| AAAmerican Airlines | 73.5% | 26 min |
| WNSouthwest Airlines | 70.3% | 14 min |
| F9Frontier Airlines | 65.6% | 31 min |
Delay minutes by cause: airline 42% · aircraft arriving late 34% · air traffic system 17% · weather 7% · 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
- $321
- One way, all cabins
- Average over a year
- $275
- Q2 2025 – Q1 2026
- Largest airline
- Delta Air Lines
- 39% of passengers · $378
- Lowest-fare airline
- American Airlines
- 20% of passengers · $309
History, not a price to book: what the average passenger paid per one-way trip in each quarter (Q2 2025 $273 · Q3 2025 $225 · Q4 2025 $281 · Q1 2026 $321).
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: 3,562 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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