Kansas City (MCI) – Orlando (MCO)
- Distance
- 1,726 km
- 1,073 mi · 932 nm
- Flight time
- 2 h 38 min / 2 h 58 min
- Average gate to gate: MCI → MCO / back
- Time difference
- 1 h
- CO2 per passenger
- 217 kg
- One way, economy, incl. RF (128 kg CO2 only)
- Passengers / year
- 419,053
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026 · −3.6%
- Flights / week
- 59
- Both directions, average
- Seats filled
- 80%
- 525,339 seats a year
- Airlines nonstop
- 3
- WN, NK, YX
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 MCI
- 130°
- Heading from MCO
- 318°
- Halfway point
- 34.05, -87.58
- Great-circle km
- 1,726 km (sphere, for EU261)
- In the air MCI → MCO
- 2 h 16 min
- In the air MCO → MCI
- 2 h 34 min
- Clocks
- Orlando is 1 h ahead of Kansas City
The estimate for a route without real times is 2 h 50 min; how it is worked out is on Sources.
Show as a table
| Month | Passengers |
|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 31,942 |
| Sep 2025 | 32,506 |
| Oct 2025 | 35,056 |
| Nov 2025 | 34,509 |
| Dec 2025 | 36,810 |
| Jan 2026 | 37,912 |
| Feb 2026 | 39,816 |
| Mar 2026 | 37,657 |
| Apr 2026 | 32,993 |
| May 2026 | 29,525 |
| Jun 2026 | 35,193 |
| Jul 2026 | 35,134 |
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| Month | Flights |
|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 236 |
| Sep 2025 | 216 |
| Oct 2025 | 237 |
| Nov 2025 | 254 |
| Dec 2025 | 285 |
| Jan 2026 | 292 |
| Feb 2026 | 276 |
| Mar 2026 | 295 |
| Apr 2026 | 264 |
| May 2026 | 212 |
| Jun 2026 | 248 |
| Jul 2026 | 260 |
Airlines flying MCI–MCO nonstop
| Airline | Flights / week | Share of passengers |
|---|---|---|
| WNSouthwest Airlines | 49 | 83% |
| NKSpirit Air Lines | 9.0 | 16% |
| YXRepublic Airline | 1.1 | 1% |
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 · 1,244 flights
- Boeing 737-800 · 858 flights
- Boeing 737-700/700LR/Max 7 · 446 flights
- Airbus Industrie A320-100/200 · 282 flights
- Airbus Industrie A321-200n · 120 flights
- Embraer ERJ-175 · 56 flights
- Airbus Industrie A320-200n · 37 flights
- Airbus Industrie A321Neoxlr · 30 flights
Also carried: 104 tonnes of freight and 0 tonnes of mail a year (passenger and cargo flights).
Punctuality
- On time
- 75%
- Arrived within 15 min of schedule
- Average delay
- 16 min
- Late arrivals count, early ones as 0
- Cancelled
- 1.3%
- Flights counted
- 3,112
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026
| Airline | On time | Average delay |
|---|---|---|
| WNSouthwest Airlines | 74.7% | 15 min |
| NKSpirit Air Lines | 76.3% | 19 min |
| YXRepublic Airline | 78.6% | 10 min |
Delay minutes by cause: airline 34% · aircraft arriving late 42% · air traffic system 21% · 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
- $270
- One way, all cabins
- Average over a year
- $236
- Q2 2025 – Q1 2026
- Largest airline
- Southwest Airlines
- 68% of passengers · $305
- Lowest-fare airline
- Spirit Air Lines
- 20% of passengers · $118
History, not a price to book: what the average passenger paid per one-way trip in each quarter (Q2 2025 $236 · Q3 2025 $200 · Q4 2025 $230 · Q1 2026 $270).
Fare outlook, Q1 2027: about $275, likely $244–$314
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 100% of the time over 21 quarters (median error 3.9%). 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 6% below the year's average (9 years of DOT data, without 2020–21).
U.S. DOT Consumer Airfare Report, Table 6 (airline ticket sample, US domestic city pairs; each city here has this one airport). Sources
Delay compensation (EU261 / UK261)
Measured by great-circle distance: 1,726 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.
Every airport pair between Kansas City and Orlando
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