Great-circle route MCO ↔ IAD. 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 → IAD Orlando to Washington |
40/wk | Daily | Frontier Airlines, United Airlines |
| IAD → MCO Washington to Orlando |
40/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 673,575 passengers on 4,522 flights between MCO and IAD — about 1,846 a day — filling 81% of the 827,606 seats flown. United Air Lines Inc. carried the most passengers (87%).
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 MCO–IAD nonstop, including Frontier Airlines, United Airlines.
Recent scheduled departures on this route have used the Boeing 737-900, Boeing 737, Airbus A320 NEO, Boeing 737-800 and 1 other types.
Aircraft assignments change by season and by time of day.
The distance between Orlando International Airport and Washington Dulles International Airport is 759 miles, or 1,221 kilometres.
| Great-circle distance | 759 mi |
| Kilometres | 1,221 km |
| Nautical miles | 660 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 80 departures a week across both directions. The route is in our live nonstop dataset, last seeded 2026-07-29.
About 2h 06m in the air. That is a great-circle estimate from the 759-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 40 a week from Orlando to Washington and 40 a week from Washington to Orlando, from our most recent schedule sample.
Frontier Airlines, United Airlines.
In 2025, airlines reported 673,575 passengers on 4,522 scheduled flights between MCO and IAD — about 1,846 a day — filling 81% of the seats flown. Source: US DOT T-100 segment reports, both directions combined.
Recent scheduled departures have used the Boeing 737-900, Boeing 737, Airbus A320 NEO, Boeing 737-800. Assignments change by season and by time of day.
