Great-circle route MCO ↔ DCA. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| MCO → DCA Orlando to Washington |
89/wk | Daily | American Airlines, Delta Air Lines, JetBlue Airways, Southwest Airlines |
| DCA → MCO Washington to Orlando |
80/wk | Daily | American Airlines, Delta Air Lines, JetBlue Airways, 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 1,100,876 passengers on 9,060 flights between MCO and DCA — about 3,018 a day — filling 79% of the 1,401,611 seats flown. American Airlines Inc. carried the most passengers (40%).
Source: US DOT T-100 segment reports — actual airline-reported traffic, scheduled service only, both directions combined. Cargo and charter flights excluded.
4 airlines fly the MCO–DCA nonstop, including American Airlines, Delta Air Lines, JetBlue Airways, Southwest Airlines.
Recent scheduled departures on this route have used the Boeing 737-800, Airbus A220-300, Airbus A319, Airbus A320 and 1 other types.
Aircraft assignments change by season and by time of day.
The distance between Orlando International Airport and Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport is 761 miles, or 1,225 kilometres.
| Great-circle distance | 761 mi |
| Kilometres | 1,225 km |
| Nautical miles | 661 nmi |
Measured airport to airport. The actual track is longer — aircraft follow airways, avoid restricted airspace and route around weather.
Yes. 4 airlines fly the route nonstop, with about 169 departures a week across both directions. The route is in our live nonstop dataset, last seeded 2026-07-07.
About 2h 06m in the air. That is a great-circle estimate from the 761-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 89 a week from Orlando to Washington and 80 a week from Washington to Orlando, from our most recent schedule sample.
American Airlines, Delta Air Lines, JetBlue Airways, Southwest Airlines.
In 2025, airlines reported 1,100,876 passengers on 9,060 scheduled flights between MCO and DCA — about 3,018 a day — filling 79% of the seats flown. Source: US DOT T-100 segment reports, both directions combined.
Recent scheduled departures have used the Boeing 737-800, Airbus A220-300, Airbus A319, Airbus A320. Assignments change by season and by time of day.
