Orlando (MCO) – Richmond (RIC)
- Distance
- 1,073 km
- 667 mi · 579 nm
- Flight time
- 2 h 3 min / 2 h 8 min
- Average gate to gate: MCO → RIC / back
- Time difference
- none
- CO2 per passenger
- 135 kg
- One way, economy, incl. RF (80 kg CO2 only)
- Passengers / year
- 307,723
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026 · +21.5%
- Flights / week
- 45
- Both directions, average
- Seats filled
- 82%
- 374,245 seats a year
- Airlines nonstop
- 4
- B6, WN, 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
- 19°
- Heading from RIC
- 201°
- Halfway point
- 32.98, -79.42
- Great-circle km
- 1,075 km (sphere, for EU261)
- In the air MCO → RIC
- 1 h 33 min
- In the air RIC → MCO
- 1 h 41 min
- Clocks
- Same time in both
The estimate for a route without real times is 2 h 5 min; how it is worked out is on Sources.
Show as a table
| Month | Passengers |
|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 25,232 |
| Sep 2025 | 21,316 |
| Oct 2025 | 24,494 |
| Nov 2025 | 28,810 |
| Dec 2025 | 32,025 |
| Jan 2026 | 23,704 |
| Feb 2026 | 24,515 |
| Mar 2026 | 30,455 |
| Apr 2026 | 26,524 |
| May 2026 | 21,570 |
| Jun 2026 | 23,340 |
| Jul 2026 | 25,738 |
Show as a table
| Month | Flights |
|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 190 |
| Sep 2025 | 162 |
| Oct 2025 | 185 |
| Nov 2025 | 242 |
| Dec 2025 | 254 |
| Jan 2026 | 196 |
| Feb 2026 | 185 |
| Mar 2026 | 222 |
| Apr 2026 | 190 |
| May 2026 | 156 |
| Jun 2026 | 166 |
| Jul 2026 | 188 |
Airlines flying MCO–RIC nonstop
| Airline | Flights / week | Share of passengers |
|---|---|---|
| B6JetBlue Airways | 26 | 55% |
| WNSouthwest Airlines | 12 | 27% |
| NKSpirit Air Lines | 6.8 | 16% |
| F9Frontier Airlines | 0.6 | 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
- Airbus Industrie A320-100/200 · 1,503 flights
- Boeing 737-700/700LR/Max 7 · 346 flights
- Boeing B737 Max 800 · 138 flights
- Boeing 737-800 · 134 flights
- A220-300 BD-500-1A11 · 95 flights
- Airbus Industrie A320-200n · 68 flights
- Airbus Industrie A321-200n · 33 flights
- Airbus Industrie A321Neoxlr · 17 flights
Also carried: 8 tonnes of freight and 0 tonnes of mail a year (passenger and cargo flights).
Punctuality
- On time
- 69.7%
- Arrived within 15 min of schedule
- Average delay
- 24 min
- Late arrivals count, early ones as 0
- Cancelled
- 2.1%
- Flights counted
- 2,375
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026
| Airline | On time | Average delay |
|---|---|---|
| B6JetBlue Airways | 73.9% | 22 min |
| WNSouthwest Airlines | 66.9% | 22 min |
| NKSpirit Air Lines | 60.4% | 33 min |
| F9Frontier Airlines | 53.1% | 43 min |
Delay minutes by cause: airline 28% · aircraft arriving late 46% · air traffic system 22% · weather 4% · 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
- $174
- One way, all cabins
- Average over a year
- $153
- Q2 2025 – Q1 2026
- Largest airline
- JetBlue Airways
- 47% of passengers · $168
- Lowest-fare airline
- Spirit Air Lines
- 14% of passengers · $111
History, not a price to book: what the average passenger paid per one-way trip in each quarter (Q2 2025 $151 · Q3 2025 $136 · Q4 2025 $151 · Q1 2026 $174).
Fare outlook, Q1 2027: about $178, likely $154–$203
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 6.1%). 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 8% 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: 1,075 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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