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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| IAH → MCO Houston to Orlando |
60/wk | Daily | Frontier Airlines, United Airlines |
| MCO → IAH Orlando to Houston |
53/wk | Daily | Frontier 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 1,119,343 passengers on 6,992 flights between IAH and MCO — about 3,068 a day — filling 84% of the 1,330,981 seats flown. United Air Lines Inc. carried the most passengers (63%).
Source: US DOT T-100 segment reports — actual airline-reported traffic, scheduled service only, both directions combined. Cargo and charter flights excluded.
2 airlines fly the IAH–MCO nonstop, including Frontier 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 between George Bush Intercontinental Houston Airport and Orlando International Airport 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. 2 airlines fly the route nonstop, with about 113 departures a week across both directions. The route is in our live nonstop dataset, last seeded 2026-07-07.
About 2h 17m in the air. 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.
About 60 a week from Houston to Orlando and 53 a week from Orlando to Houston, from our most recent schedule sample.
Frontier Airlines, United Airlines.
In 2025, airlines reported 1,119,343 passengers on 6,992 scheduled flights between IAH and MCO — about 3,068 a day — filling 84% of the seats flown. Source: US DOT T-100 segment reports, both directions combined.
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.
