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ORD Chicago ⇄ MCO Orlando

Chicago O'Hare International Airport (United States) and Orlando International Airport (United States): great-circle distance, estimated scheduled flight time each way, time difference and jet lag.

Distance1,620 km1,007 mi875 nautical miles
ORD → MCO2 h 50 minestimated block time
MCO → ORD3 hestimated block time
Clock change+1 hOrlando vs Chicago, today
Great-circle route from Chicago (ORD) to Orlando (MCO)ORDChicagoMCOOrlando
The shortest path over the Earth’s surface (great circle), drawn on a Natural Earth projection. Real flight paths bend around weather, winds and closed airspace.

Flight time each way

ORD → MCO

2 h 50 min

Estimated gate-to-gate scheduled time. Initial heading 156° (SSE).

Leave Chicago Sat 7 Nov, 10:00 local → arrive Orlando Sat 7 Nov, 13:50 local.

MCO → ORD

3 h

Estimated gate-to-gate scheduled time. Initial heading 340° (NNW).

Leave Orlando Sat 7 Nov, 10:00 local → arrive Chicago Sat 7 Nov, 12:00 local.

The two directions differ by 8 minutes in our estimate: this route runs mostly north–south, so the prevailing westerly winds make little difference. How we estimate it.

Distance

Great-circle distance1,620 km · 1,007 mi · 875 nmi
Initial heading156° (SSE) from ORD; 340° (NNW) from MCO
Farthest from the equator42.0°N
Crossesneither the equator nor the 180th meridian
Share of the longest possible trip8% of the 20,015 km to the far side of the Earth

Time zones and jet lag

ORDAmerica/Chicago — UTC−5 now; UTC−6 standard time, UTC−5 during daylight saving time
MCOAmerica/New_York — UTC−4 now; UTC−5 standard time, UTC−4 during daylight saving time
DifferenceOrlando is 1 hour ahead of Chicago today.

Jet lag, flying ORD → MCO. Your body clock has to move 1 hour earlier, like an eastward trip. A shift this small rarely causes much jet lag; most people feel normal within a day or so. Flying the other way, the shift is reversed.

General information, not medical advice.

The two airports

ORD Chicago O'Hare International AirportChicago, United States · longest runway 13,000 ft3,962 m MCO Orlando International AirportOrlando, United States · longest runway 12,005 ft3,659 m

More routes from ORD and MCO

ORDMSP Chicago – Minneapolis 537 km334 mi · 1 h 45 min JFKORD New York – Chicago 1,188 km738 mi · 2 h 35 min IAHORD Houston – Chicago 1,491 km926 mi · 2 h 40 min SEAORD Seattle – Chicago 2,762 km1,716 mi · 3 h 55 min ORDLHR Chicago – London 6,344 km3,942 mi · 7 h 45 min ORDICN Chicago – Seoul 10,519 km6,536 mi · 13 h 30 min ATLMCO Atlanta – Orlando 651 km404 mi · 1 h 45 min EWRMCO Newark – Orlando 1,511 km939 mi · 2 h 50 min JFKMCO New York – Orlando 1,521 km945 mi · 2 h 50 min YYZMCO Toronto – Orlando 1,702 km1,058 mi · 3 h BOSMCO Boston – Orlando 1,806 km1,122 mi · 3 h 15 min

Routes of a similar length

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Need a different pair? The flight-time calculator works for any two of 3,245 airports. Not covered: which airlines fly this route, schedules, fares and live status — that data is proprietary and we don’t guess it.

Photos on airport pages are credited there. Estimates are rounded to 5 minutes; typical error about 13 minutes (validation).