Orlando (MCO) – Chicago (ORD)
- Distance
- 1,617 km
- 1,005 mi · 873 nm
- Flight time
- 3 h 8 min / 2 h 44 min
- Average gate to gate: MCO → ORD / back
- Time difference
- 1 h
- CO2 per passenger
- 204 kg
- One way, economy, incl. RF (120 kg CO2 only)
- Passengers / year
- 1,924,694
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026 · +16.2%
- Flights / week
- 236
- Both directions, average
- Seats filled
- 83%
- 2,327,464 seats a year
- Airlines nonstop
- 5
- UA, AA, 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 MCO
- 340°
- Heading from ORD
- 156°
- Halfway point
- 35.25, -84.33
- Great-circle km
- 1,620 km (sphere, for EU261)
- In the air MCO → ORD
- 2 h 30 min
- In the air ORD → MCO
- 2 h 10 min
- Clocks
- Chicago is 1 h behind Orlando
The estimate for a route without real times is 2 h 45 min; how it is worked out is on Sources.
Show as a table
| Month | Passengers |
|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 151,607 |
| Sep 2025 | 137,449 |
| Oct 2025 | 168,181 |
| Nov 2025 | 149,420 |
| Dec 2025 | 161,800 |
| Jan 2026 | 160,330 |
| Feb 2026 | 174,890 |
| Mar 2026 | 208,490 |
| Apr 2026 | 171,539 |
| May 2026 | 157,762 |
| Jun 2026 | 144,636 |
| Jul 2026 | 138,590 |
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| Month | Flights |
|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 961 |
| Sep 2025 | 908 |
| Oct 2025 | 1,057 |
| Nov 2025 | 979 |
| Dec 2025 | 1,100 |
| Jan 2026 | 1,052 |
| Feb 2026 | 1,100 |
| Mar 2026 | 1,298 |
| Apr 2026 | 1,131 |
| May 2026 | 999 |
| Jun 2026 | 842 |
| Jul 2026 | 856 |
Airlines flying MCO–ORD nonstop
| Airline | Flights / week | Share of passengers |
|---|---|---|
| UAUnited Air Lines | 95 | 43% |
| AAAmerican Airlines | 80 | 31% |
| NKSpirit Air Lines | 19 | 9% |
| WNSouthwest Airlines | 28 | 9% |
| F9Frontier Airlines | 14 | 8% |
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 · 3,602 flights
- Boeing 737-800 · 3,254 flights
- Airbus Industrie A321Neoxlr · 1,718 flights
- Boeing B737 Max 800 · 791 flights
- Boeing 737-900ER · 744 flights
- Boeing 737-700/700LR/Max 7 · 513 flights
- Boeing 757-300 · 505 flights
- Boeing B737 Max 900 · 502 flights
Also carried: 170 tonnes of freight and 6 tonnes of mail a year (passenger and cargo flights).
Punctuality
- On time
- 72%
- Arrived within 15 min of schedule
- Average delay
- 23 min
- Late arrivals count, early ones as 0
- Cancelled
- 1.7%
- Flights counted
- 12,548
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026
| Airline | On time | Average delay |
|---|---|---|
| UAUnited Air Lines | 77.6% | 18 min |
| AAAmerican Airlines | 67.7% | 27 min |
| WNSouthwest Airlines | 70% | 20 min |
| NKSpirit Air Lines | 65.9% | 27 min |
| F9Frontier Airlines | 71.5% | 29 min |
Delay minutes by cause: airline 24% · aircraft arriving late 41% · air traffic system 30% · weather 6% · 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
- $216
- One way, all cabins
- Average over a year
- $193
- Q2 2025 – Q1 2026
- Largest airline
- United Air Lines
- 41% of passengers · $257
- Lowest-fare airline
- Spirit Air Lines
- 12% of passengers · $113
History, not a price to book: what the average passenger paid per one-way trip in each quarter (Q2 2025 $193 · Q3 2025 $158 · Q4 2025 $199 · Q1 2026 $216).
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: 1,620 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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| Route | Distance | Passengers / year |
|---|---|---|
| ORD → LGA | 1,180 km | 2,736,902 |
| ORD → LAX | 2,808 km | 2,332,419 |
| ORD → SFO | 2,971 km | 1,976,484 |
| ORD → DEN | 1,430 km | 1,974,190 |
| ORD → DFW | 1,290 km | 1,916,312 |
| ORD → BOS | 1,395 km | 1,886,038 |
| ORD → EWR | 1,157 km | 1,731,402 |
| ORD → IAH | 1,489 km | 1,711,056 |
| ORD → PHX | 2,317 km | 1,706,053 |
| ORD → SEA | 2,769 km | 1,622,991 |