Orlando (MCO) – St. Louis (STL)
- Distance
- 1,419 km
- 882 mi · 766 nm
- Flight time
- 2 h 32 min / 2 h 16 min
- Average gate to gate: MCO → STL / back
- Time difference
- 1 h
- CO2 per passenger
- 179 kg
- One way, economy, incl. RF (106 kg CO2 only)
- Passengers / year
- 639,112
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026 · −0.6%
- Flights / week
- 96
- Both directions, average
- Seats filled
- 73%
- 871,137 seats a year
- Airlines nonstop
- 2
- WN, 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
- 326°
- Heading from STL
- 141°
- Halfway point
- 33.67, -85.57
- Great-circle km
- 1,420 km (sphere, for EU261)
- In the air MCO → STL
- 2 h 8 min
- In the air STL → MCO
- 1 h 54 min
- Clocks
- St. Louis is 1 h behind Orlando
The estimate for a route without real times is 2 h 30 min; how it is worked out is on Sources.
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| Month | Passengers |
|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 46,597 |
| Sep 2025 | 44,045 |
| Oct 2025 | 52,605 |
| Nov 2025 | 50,349 |
| Dec 2025 | 56,803 |
| Jan 2026 | 57,395 |
| Feb 2026 | 55,827 |
| Mar 2026 | 66,651 |
| Apr 2026 | 51,242 |
| May 2026 | 54,229 |
| Jun 2026 | 51,538 |
| Jul 2026 | 51,831 |
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| Month | Flights |
|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 361 |
| Sep 2025 | 311 |
| Oct 2025 | 390 |
| Nov 2025 | 401 |
| Dec 2025 | 442 |
| Jan 2026 | 427 |
| Feb 2026 | 385 |
| Mar 2026 | 524 |
| Apr 2026 | 451 |
| May 2026 | 427 |
| Jun 2026 | 404 |
| Jul 2026 | 453 |
Airlines flying MCO–STL nonstop
| Airline | Flights / week | Share of passengers |
|---|---|---|
| WNSouthwest Airlines | 81 | 81% |
| F9Frontier Airlines | 15 | 19% |
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 · 1,688 flights
- Boeing 737-800 · 1,386 flights
- Boeing 737-700/700LR/Max 7 · 1,120 flights
- Airbus Industrie A321-200n · 422 flights
- Airbus Industrie A321Neoxlr · 222 flights
- Airbus Industrie A320-200n · 132 flights
- Airbus Industrie A320-100/200 · 6 flights
Also carried: 152 tonnes of freight and 0 tonnes of mail a year (passenger and cargo flights).
Punctuality
- On time
- 77.2%
- Arrived within 15 min of schedule
- Average delay
- 16 min
- Late arrivals count, early ones as 0
- Cancelled
- 0.8%
- Flights counted
- 5,017
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026
| Airline | On time | Average delay |
|---|---|---|
| WNSouthwest Airlines | 78.1% | 14 min |
| F9Frontier Airlines | 72.2% | 24 min |
Delay minutes by cause: airline 29% · aircraft arriving late 50% · air traffic system 16% · 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
- $247
- One way, all cabins
- Average over a year
- $222
- Q2 2025 – Q1 2026
- Largest airline
- Southwest Airlines
- 71% of passengers · $276
- Lowest-fare airline
- Frontier Airlines
- 22% of passengers · $141
History, not a price to book: what the average passenger paid per one-way trip in each quarter (Q2 2025 $215 · Q3 2025 $202 · Q4 2025 $221 · Q1 2026 $247).
Fare outlook, Q1 2027: about $252, likely $223–$287
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 95% of the time over 21 quarters (median error 3.8%). 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: 1,420 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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