Great-circle route DEN ↔ MCO. Faint dots are other airports, for geographic context. Download this map — free to reuse with a link back to this page.
Frequencies below are per direction, from our most recent schedule sample. The two directions are not identical — that is normal on scheduled routes.
| Direction | Frequency | Days | Airlines |
|---|---|---|---|
| DEN → MCO Denver to Orlando |
83/wk | Daily | Frontier Airlines, Southwest Airlines, United Airlines |
| MCO → DEN Orlando to Denver |
89/wk | Daily | Frontier Airlines, Southwest Airlines, United Airlines |
Where a direction shows “—” we track it as an operating nonstop but hold no schedule sample for it — we would rather show nothing than guess.
In 2025, airlines reported 1,494,236 passengers on 9,147 flights between DEN and MCO — about 4,096 a day — filling 86% of the 1,728,067 seats flown. United Air Lines Inc. carried the most passengers (44%).
Source: US DOT T-100 segment reports — actual airline-reported traffic, scheduled service only, both directions combined. Cargo and charter flights excluded.
3 airlines fly the DEN–MCO nonstop, including Frontier Airlines, Southwest Airlines, United Airlines.
Recent scheduled departures on this route have used the Boeing 737, Airbus A320, Boeing 737-800, Airbus A320 NEO and 3 other types.
Aircraft assignments change by season and by time of day.
The distance between Denver International Airport and Orlando International Airport is 1,545 miles, or 2,486 kilometres.
| Great-circle distance | 1,545 mi |
| Kilometres | 2,486 km |
| Nautical miles | 1,343 nmi |
Measured airport to airport. The actual track is longer — aircraft follow airways, avoid restricted airspace and route around weather.
Yes. 3 airlines fly the route nonstop, with about 172 departures a week across both directions. The route is in our live nonstop dataset, last seeded 2026-07-07.
About 3h 36m in the air. That is a great-circle estimate from the 1,545-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.
About 83 a week from Denver to Orlando and 89 a week from Orlando to Denver, from our most recent schedule sample.
Frontier Airlines, Southwest Airlines, United Airlines.
In 2025, airlines reported 1,494,236 passengers on 9,147 scheduled flights between DEN and MCO — about 4,096 a day — filling 86% of the seats flown. Source: US DOT T-100 segment reports, both directions combined.
Recent scheduled departures have used the Boeing 737, Airbus A320, Boeing 737-800, Airbus A320 NEO. Assignments change by season and by time of day.
