Great-circle route MCO ↔ MDW. 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 → MDW Orlando to Chicago |
52/wk | Daily | Southwest Airlines |
| MDW → MCO Chicago to Orlando |
54/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 767,859 passengers on 5,484 flights between MCO and MDW — about 2,105 a day — filling 83% of the 927,099 seats flown. Southwest Airlines Co. carried the most passengers (90%).
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–MDW 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 Chicago Midway International Airport is 991 miles, or 1,595 kilometres.
| Great-circle distance | 991 mi |
| Kilometres | 1,595 km |
| Nautical miles | 861 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 106 departures a week across both directions. The route is in our live nonstop dataset, last seeded 2026-07-07.
About 2h 33m in the air. That is a great-circle estimate from the 991-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 52 a week from Orlando to Chicago and 54 a week from Chicago to Orlando, from our most recent schedule sample.
Southwest Airlines.
In 2025, airlines reported 767,859 passengers on 5,484 scheduled flights between MCO and MDW — about 2,105 a day — filling 83% 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.
