Great-circle route IAH → MCO. Faint dots are other airports, for geographic context. Download this map — free to reuse with a link back to this page.
The flight time from Houston to Orlando is approximately 2h 17m nonstop. The distance is 853 miles (1,373 km). There are about 15 nonstop flights from Houston to Orlando per day.
That is a great-circle estimate, not a scheduled block time. An airline's published time will differ by roughly 15 to 45 minutes depending on routing, winds and taxi.
| Route | Est. time | Distance | Frequency | Airlines |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| IAH → MCO George Bush Intercontinental Houston Airport to Orlando International Airport |
2h 17m | 853 mi | 60/wk | Frontier Airlines, United Airlines |
| HOU → MCO William P Hobby Airport to Orlando International Airport |
2h 16m | 848 mi | 45/wk | Southwest Airlines |
Frequencies come from our most recent schedule sample. Where a pairing shows “—” we track it as an operating nonstop but hold no schedule sample for it — we would rather show nothing than guess.
3 airlines fly nonstop from Houston to Orlando, including Frontier Airlines, Southwest Airlines, United Airlines.
Recent scheduled departures on this route have used the Boeing 737, Boeing 737-900, Airbus A321, Airbus A320 NEO and 2 other types.
Aircraft assignments change by season and by time of day.
The distance from Houston to Orlando is 853 miles, or 1,373 kilometres.
| Great-circle distance | 853 mi |
| Kilometres | 1,373 km |
| Nautical miles | 741 nmi |
Measured airport to airport. The actual track is longer — aircraft follow airways, avoid restricted airspace and route around weather.
Yes. 3 airlines fly it nonstop, with about 105 departures a week, across 2 airport pairings. The route is in our live nonstop dataset, last seeded 2026-07-07.
About 2h 17m in the air on the IAH–MCO nonstop. That is a great-circle estimate from the 853-mile distance, not a scheduled block time — an airline's published time will differ by roughly 15 to 45 minutes depending on routing, winds and taxi.
853 miles (1,373 km) great-circle between George Bush Intercontinental Houston Airport and Orlando International Airport.
Frontier Airlines, Southwest Airlines, United Airlines.
Recent scheduled departures have used the Boeing 737, Boeing 737-900, Airbus A321, Airbus A320 NEO. Assignments change by season and by time of day.
IAH to MCO, HOU to MCO. Flight times differ slightly between them because the airports are not in the same place.
