Orlando (MCO) – New Orleans (MSY)
- Distance
- 888 km
- 552 mi · 479 nm
- Flight time
- 1 h 50 min / 1 h 42 min
- Average gate to gate: MCO → MSY / back
- Time difference
- 1 h
- CO2 per passenger
- 111 kg
- One way, economy, incl. RF (66 kg CO2 only)
- Passengers / year
- 585,880
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026 · −2.0%
- Flights / week
- 93
- Both directions, average
- Seats filled
- 72%
- 808,957 seats a year
- Airlines nonstop
- 4
- WN, NK, 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 MCO
- 283°
- Heading from MSY
- 99°
- Halfway point
- 29.29, -85.75
- Great-circle km
- 886 km (sphere, for EU261)
- In the air MCO → MSY
- 1 h 26 min
- In the air MSY → MCO
- 1 h 20 min
- Clocks
- New Orleans is 1 h behind Orlando
The estimate for a route without real times is 1 h 50 min; how it is worked out is on Sources.
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| Month | Passengers |
|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 37,911 |
| Sep 2025 | 39,133 |
| Oct 2025 | 59,809 |
| Nov 2025 | 49,572 |
| Dec 2025 | 47,291 |
| Jan 2026 | 47,315 |
| Feb 2026 | 54,465 |
| Mar 2026 | 43,654 |
| Apr 2026 | 48,601 |
| May 2026 | 50,367 |
| Jun 2026 | 53,279 |
| Jul 2026 | 54,483 |
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| Month | Flights |
|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 328 |
| Sep 2025 | 299 |
| Oct 2025 | 449 |
| Nov 2025 | 407 |
| Dec 2025 | 384 |
| Jan 2026 | 403 |
| Feb 2026 | 452 |
| Mar 2026 | 393 |
| Apr 2026 | 436 |
| May 2026 | 407 |
| Jun 2026 | 414 |
| Jul 2026 | 457 |
Airlines flying MCO–MSY nonstop
| Airline | Flights / week | Share of passengers |
|---|---|---|
| WNSouthwest Airlines | 61 | 62% |
| NKSpirit Air Lines | 17 | 20% |
| F9Frontier Airlines | 7.6 | 11% |
| MXBreeze Aviation Group DBA Breeze | 7.0 | 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
- Boeing B737 Max 800 · 1,289 flights
- Boeing 737-700/700LR/Max 7 · 1,020 flights
- Boeing 737-800 · 871 flights
- Airbus Industrie A320-100/200 · 687 flights
- Airbus Industrie A320-200n · 346 flights
- A220-300 BD-500-1A11 · 275 flights
- Airbus Industrie A321-200n · 164 flights
- Embraer 190 · 89 flights
Also carried: 159 tonnes of freight and 0 tonnes of mail a year (passenger and cargo flights).
Punctuality
- On time
- 76%
- Arrived within 15 min of schedule
- Average delay
- 16 min
- Late arrivals count, early ones as 0
- Cancelled
- 1.1%
- Flights counted
- 4,515
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026
| Airline | On time | Average delay |
|---|---|---|
| WNSouthwest Airlines | 75.7% | 15 min |
| NKSpirit Air Lines | 76.4% | 17 min |
| F9Frontier Airlines | 77.7% | 20 min |
Delay minutes by cause: airline 26% · aircraft arriving late 49% · air traffic system 18% · weather 6% · security 1%.
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
- $195
- One way, all cabins
- Average over a year
- $179
- Q2 2025 – Q1 2026
- Largest airline
- Southwest Airlines
- 53% of passengers · $255
- Lowest-fare airline
- Spirit Air Lines
- 23% of passengers · $97
History, not a price to book: what the average passenger paid per one-way trip in each quarter (Q2 2025 $179 · Q3 2025 $159 · Q4 2025 $179 · Q1 2026 $195).
Fare outlook, Q1 2027: about $199, likely $176–$227
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 4.4%). 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 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: 886 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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