The flight time from Orlando to San Diego is 5 hours, 18 minutes. See Data as Tables

Average Timeline

Leaves MCO Orlando, FL 3 minutes early.
20 minutes taxiing out
4 hours, 51 minutes in the air
4 minutes taxiing in
Arrives SAN San Diego, CA 2 minutes early.

Flight Reliability By Airline ?

Alaska
75%
Frontier
67%
Cancelled
Delayed*
Normal

Flight Summary

The flight time from Orlando to San Diego is 5 hours, 18 minutes. The time spent in the air is 4 hours, 51 minutes.

The flight distance from Orlando to San Diego is 2149 Miles.

Reverse Journey

San Diego to Orlando
4 hours, 41 minutes

Flight Time By Airline ?

Frontier
4h 48m
Alaska
5h 20m
Taxiing Out
Air Time
Taxiing In

Flight Time by Time of Day ?

12AM06AM12PM06PM1h2h3h4h5h
Taxiing Out
Air Time
Taxiing In

Flights By Time of Day ?
(Average)

12AM06AM12PM06PM0.00.20.40.60.81.0

Flights Per Week

11

Distance

2149 Miles

Flights By Month ?

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Flights By Day of Week ?
(Average)

MonTueWedThuFriSatSun0.00.51.01.52.0

Flights By Airline ?
(Per Week)

Alaska
11
Frontier
0

Frequently Asked Questions

How far is Orlando from San Diego by plane?

The distance from Orlando to San Diego by plane is 2149 Miles. This is the air distance on the most direct route taken by the vast majority of flights.

How long is the flight from Orlando to San Diego?

The flight time from Orlando to San Diego is 5 hours, 18 minutes. The time spent in the air is 4 hours, 51 minutes. These numbers are averages. In reality, it varies by airline with Frontier being the fastest taking 4 hours, 48 minutes, and Alaska the slowest taking 5 hours, 20 minutes.

What airlines fly from Orlando to San Diego?

Frontier and Alaska are the airlines with direct flights from Orlando to San Diego.

Does Southwest fly from Orlando to San Diego?

Southwest does not fly from Orlando (MCO) to San Diego (SAN). Keep in mind that Southwest may fly to other nearby airports, as they will often fly into smaller airpors instead of larger ones. This is because the costs are often lower to fly into smaller airports, and they pass the savings on to you.

Tables and Explanations

Data Source

Our information is computed from the latest available data from the US Department of Transportation.

Average Timeline Timeline Chart

The average timeline contains the median time a flight spends in 3 stages. The first of these three stages is taxiing out which includes the time from the flight leaving the gate to taking off. The second stage is in the air, which includes the time spent from the flight leaving the ground to touching back down at the end of it's journey. The last stage is taxiing in, which is from when the flight touches down to the flight arriving at it's gate.

The average timeline also estimates on average of when the flight will leave and arrive relative to it's stated departure time.

Leaves Orlando 3 minutes early
Taxi Out Time 20 minutes
In the Air 291 minutes
Taxiing In 4 minutes
Arrives San Diego 2 minutes early

Flight Reliability Reliability Chart

The reliability of an airline measures how often the airline's flights on this route are cancelled or delayed more than 20 minutes. For example, from Orlando to San Diego, Frontier is 67% reliable, which means that Frontier flights are on time 67% of the time, and cancelled or delayed the remaining time.

Airline Normal Flights Arrival Delayed* Flight Cancelled
Alaska 75% 21% 4%
Frontier 67% 22% 11%

Flight Time By Airline Flight Time By Airline Chart

Each airline takes a different amount of time to fly between Orlando and San Diego, this is due to different operational factors on the ground, as well as scheduling of planes. Each airline's flight time is split into three stages which are described above in the "Average Timeline" section. There are also miscellaneous operational issues which are included in the below total but are not accounted for in one of the three stages.

Airline Taxiing Out
(minutes)
In the Air
(minutes)
Taxiing In
(minutes)
Total
(minutes)
Frontier 17 262 6 288
Alaska 20 292 4 320

Flights By Time of Day Flight Time By Day Chart

This one is pretty self explanatory, it represents the number of flights that leave the gate in a given hour of the day. The tricky thing here is that this is normally not a whole number since it is an average over 52 weeks. Partial numbers may indicate that a flight may be seasonal or may take off at different times due to different operational factors.

Time Count
4pm 0.46
8am 0.28
11am 0
6pm 0.04
3pm 0.08
7am 0.29
5pm 0.45
7pm 0.02

Flights By Month Flights By Month Chart

The quantity of flights from Orlando to San Diego that take off in a given month of the year. This number changes because some flights are seasonal, and almost all flights have uneven demand througout the year.

Month Count
January 61
February 58
March 62
April 45
May 40
June 55
July 62
August 62
September 35
October 31
November 48
December 55

Flights By Day Of Week Flights By Day of Week Chart

The quantity of flights from Orlando to San Diego that take off on a given day of the week. Some routes only have enough demand to sustain a few trips a week, while others have many flights a day. This number is also an average across the year, and hence may not be a whole number.

Day Count
Monday 1.77
Tuesday 1.63
Wednesday 1.67
Thursday 1.62
Friday 1.73
Saturday 1.69
Sunday 1.69

Flight per Airline (per Week) Flights By Airline Chart

How many times an airline flies this route in a week. Different factors play into how often a carrier chooses to fly a given route including it's need to connect disparate routes, and demand.

Airline Flights per Week
Alaska 0
Frontier 0

Flight Time By Time of Day Flight Time by Time of Day Chart

The total flight time varies by each hour of the day due to factors such as airport traffic. More flights leaving an airport may cause higher taxi in or taxi out times. See the description of the average timeline above for a deeper discussion of each of these times.

Time Taxi Out
(minutes)
In the Air
(minutes)
Taxi In
(minutes)
Total
(minutes)
4pm 21 291 4 321
8am 18 304 4 328
11am 34 288 3 325
6pm 18 271 4 298
3pm 20 309 4 338
7am 22 278 5 311
5pm 20 281 4 309
7pm 16 261 6 288
* Delayed more than 20 minutes.
All data above is a median or mean as appropriate.