Orlando (MCO) – San Francisco (SFO)
- Distance
- 3,936 km
- 2,446 mi · 2,125 nm
- Flight time
- 5 h 53 min / 5 h 13 min
- Average gate to gate: MCO → SFO / back
- Time difference
- 3 h
- CO2 per passenger
- 460 kg
- One way, economy, incl. RF (272 kg CO2 only)
- Passengers / year
- 431,663
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026 · −0.4%
- Flights / week
- 54
- Both directions, average
- Seats filled
- 84%
- 511,659 seats a year
- Airlines nonstop
- 3
- UA, AS, 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
- 296°
- Heading from SFO
- 93°
- Halfway point
- 34.77, -100.73
- Great-circle km
- 3,929 km (sphere, for EU261)
- In the air MCO → SFO
- 5 h 25 min
- In the air SFO → MCO
- 4 h 42 min
- Clocks
- San Francisco is 3 h behind Orlando
The estimate for a route without real times is 5 h 25 min; how it is worked out is on Sources.
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| Month | Passengers |
|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 35,277 |
| Sep 2025 | 27,439 |
| Oct 2025 | 31,137 |
| Nov 2025 | 39,173 |
| Dec 2025 | 45,185 |
| Jan 2026 | 43,462 |
| Feb 2026 | 37,646 |
| Mar 2026 | 43,508 |
| Apr 2026 | 39,851 |
| May 2026 | 36,466 |
| Jun 2026 | 26,611 |
| Jul 2026 | 25,908 |
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| Month | Flights |
|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 219 |
| Sep 2025 | 186 |
| Oct 2025 | 201 |
| Nov 2025 | 259 |
| Dec 2025 | 300 |
| Jan 2026 | 268 |
| Feb 2026 | 247 |
| Mar 2026 | 289 |
| Apr 2026 | 274 |
| May 2026 | 233 |
| Jun 2026 | 163 |
| Jul 2026 | 156 |
Airlines flying MCO–SFO nonstop
| Airline | Flights / week | Share of passengers |
|---|---|---|
| UAUnited Air Lines | 41 | 78% |
| ASAlaska Airlines | 12 | 20% |
| F9Frontier Airlines | 0.7 | 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 900 · 2,003 flights
- Boeing 737-900ER · 324 flights
- Boeing B737 Max 800 · 139 flights
- Boeing 737-800 · 130 flights
- Boeing 777-200ER/200LR/233LR · 64 flights
- Boeing 757-200 · 56 flights
- Boeing 757-300 · 43 flights
- Airbus Industrie A321-200n · 33 flights
Also carried: 229 tonnes of freight and 10 tonnes of mail a year (passenger and cargo flights).
Punctuality
- On time
- 82.3%
- Arrived within 15 min of schedule
- Average delay
- 12 min
- Late arrivals count, early ones as 0
- Cancelled
- 0.4%
- Flights counted
- 2,816
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026
| Airline | On time | Average delay |
|---|---|---|
| UAUnited Air Lines | 83.9% | 10 min |
| ASAlaska Airlines | 77.3% | 15 min |
| F9Frontier Airlines | 67.6% | 26 min |
Delay minutes by cause: airline 24% · aircraft arriving late 38% · air traffic system 35% · 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
- $370
- One way, all cabins
- Average over a year
- $326
- Q2 2025 – Q1 2026
- Largest airline
- United Air Lines
- 62% of passengers · $401
- Lowest-fare airline
- Alaska Airlines
- 22% of passengers · $292
History, not a price to book: what the average passenger paid per one-way trip in each quarter (Q2 2025 $306 · Q3 2025 $267 · Q4 2025 $358 · Q1 2026 $370).
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: 3,929 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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