Great-circle route MCO → IAH. 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 Orlando to Houston is approximately 2h 17m nonstop. The distance is 853 miles (1,373 km). There are about 14 nonstop flights from Orlando to Houston 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MCO → IAH Orlando International Airport to George Bush Intercontinental Houston Airport |
2h 17m | 853 mi | 53/wk | Frontier Airlines, United Airlines |
| MCO → HOU Orlando International Airport to William P Hobby 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 Orlando to Houston, including Frontier Airlines, Southwest Airlines, United Airlines.
Recent scheduled departures on this route have used the Boeing 737-900, Airbus A320, Boeing 737, Boeing 737-800 and 1 other types.
Aircraft assignments change by season and by time of day.
The distance from Orlando to Houston 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 98 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 MCO–IAH 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 Orlando International Airport and George Bush Intercontinental Houston Airport.
Frontier Airlines, Southwest Airlines, United Airlines.
Recent scheduled departures have used the Boeing 737-900, Airbus A320, Boeing 737, Boeing 737-800. Assignments change by season and by time of day.
MCO to IAH, MCO to HOU. Flight times differ slightly between them because the airports are not in the same place.
