Great-circle route MCO ↔ DAL. 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.
| Direction | Frequency | Days | Airlines |
|---|---|---|---|
| MCO → DAL Orlando to Dallas |
55/wk | Daily | Southwest 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 694,979 passengers on 5,166 flights between MCO and DAL — about 1,905 a day — filling 82% of the 847,538 seats flown. Southwest Airlines Co. carried the most passengers (100%).
Source: US DOT T-100 segment reports — actual airline-reported traffic, scheduled service only, both directions combined. Cargo and charter flights excluded.
Southwest Airlines is the only airline flying the MCO–DAL nonstop.
Recent scheduled departures on this route have used the Boeing 737, Boeing 737-800.
Aircraft assignments change by season and by time of day.
The distance between Orlando International Airport and Dallas Love Field is 972 miles, or 1,564 kilometres.
| Great-circle distance | 972 mi |
| Kilometres | 1,564 km |
| Nautical miles | 845 nmi |
Measured airport to airport. The actual track is longer — aircraft follow airways, avoid restricted airspace and route around weather.
Yes. Southwest Airlines flies the route nonstop, with about 55 departures a week across both directions. The route is in our live nonstop dataset, last seeded 2026-07-07.
About 2h 30m in the air. That is a great-circle estimate from the 972-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.
Southwest Airlines.
In 2025, airlines reported 694,979 passengers on 5,166 scheduled flights between MCO and DAL — about 1,905 a day — filling 82% of the seats flown. Source: US DOT T-100 segment reports, both directions combined.
Recent scheduled departures have used the Boeing 737, Boeing 737-800. Assignments change by season and by time of day.
