Orlando (MCO) – San Diego (SAN)
- Distance
- 3,458 km
- 2,149 mi · 1,867 nm
- Flight time
- 5 h 11 min / 4 h 45 min
- Average gate to gate: MCO → SAN / back
- Time difference
- 3 h
- CO2 per passenger
- 434 kg
- One way, economy, incl. RF (257 kg CO2 only)
- Passengers / year
- 317,658
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026 · +49.9%
- Flights / week
- 42
- Both directions, average
- Seats filled
- 85%
- 372,306 seats a year
- Airlines nonstop
- 2
- AS, WN
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
- 287°
- Heading from SAN
- 88°
- Halfway point
- 31.85, -98.84
- Great-circle km
- 3,452 km (sphere, for EU261)
- In the air MCO → SAN
- 4 h 43 min
- In the air SAN → MCO
- 4 h 13 min
- Clocks
- San Diego is 3 h behind Orlando
The estimate for a route without real times is 4 h 55 min; how it is worked out is on Sources.
Show as a table
| Month | Passengers |
|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 19,683 |
| Sep 2025 | 15,258 |
| Oct 2025 | 18,538 |
| Nov 2025 | 21,015 |
| Dec 2025 | 26,086 |
| Jan 2026 | 27,578 |
| Feb 2026 | 25,208 |
| Mar 2026 | 33,143 |
| Apr 2026 | 30,487 |
| May 2026 | 31,707 |
| Jun 2026 | 35,179 |
| Jul 2026 | 33,776 |
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| Month | Flights |
|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 141 |
| Sep 2025 | 100 |
| Oct 2025 | 121 |
| Nov 2025 | 136 |
| Dec 2025 | 173 |
| Jan 2026 | 183 |
| Feb 2026 | 167 |
| Mar 2026 | 219 |
| Apr 2026 | 222 |
| May 2026 | 231 |
| Jun 2026 | 235 |
| Jul 2026 | 235 |
Airlines flying MCO–SAN nonstop
| Airline | Flights / week | Share of passengers |
|---|---|---|
| ASAlaska Airlines | 24 | 57% |
| WNSouthwest Airlines | 18 | 43% |
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 900 · 609 flights
- Boeing 737-900ER · 484 flights
- Boeing 737-800 · 469 flights
- Boeing B737 Max 800 · 402 flights
- Boeing 737-700/700LR/Max 7 · 199 flights
Also carried: 136 tonnes of freight and 1 tonnes of mail a year (passenger and cargo flights).
Punctuality
- On time
- 76.7%
- Arrived within 15 min of schedule
- Average delay
- 13 min
- Late arrivals count, early ones as 0
- Cancelled
- 0.7%
- Flights counted
- 2,186
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026
| Airline | On time | Average delay |
|---|---|---|
| ASAlaska Airlines | 78.8% | 13 min |
| WNSouthwest Airlines | 73.7% | 14 min |
Delay minutes by cause: airline 21% · aircraft arriving late 45% · air traffic system 27% · 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
- $288
- One way, all cabins
- Average over a year
- $269
- Q2 2025 – Q1 2026
- Largest airline
- Alaska Airlines
- 46% of passengers · $284
- Lowest-fare airline
- Southwest Airlines
- 32% of passengers · $256
History, not a price to book: what the average passenger paid per one-way trip in each quarter (Q2 2025 $267 · Q3 2025 $238 · Q4 2025 $275 · Q1 2026 $288).
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: 3,452 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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