The flight time from Salt Lake City to Orlando is 4 hours, 15 minutes. See Data as Tables

Average Timeline

Leaves SLC Salt Lake City, UT 2 minutes early.
15 minutes taxiing out
3 hours, 48 minutes in the air
9 minutes taxiing in
Arrives MCO Orlando, FL 8 minutes early.

Flight Reliability By Airline ?

Spirit
88%
Delta
85%
JetBlue
82%
Southwest
71%
Cancelled
Delayed*
Normal

Flight Summary

The flight time from Salt Lake City to Orlando is 4 hours, 15 minutes. The time spent in the air is 3 hours, 48 minutes.

The flight distance from Salt Lake City to Orlando is 1931 Miles.

Reverse Journey

Orlando to Salt Lake City
4 hours, 48 minutes

Flight Time By Airline ?

Spirit
4h 13m
JetBlue
4h 14m
Delta
4h 16m
Southwest
4h 18m
Taxiing Out
Air Time
Taxiing In

Flight Time by Time of Day ?

12AM06AM12PM06PM1h2h3h4h
Taxiing Out
Air Time
Taxiing In

Flights By Time of Day ?
(Average)

12AM06AM12PM06PM0.00.51.01.52.0

Flights Per Week

40

Distance

1931 Miles

Flights By Month ?

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Flights By Day of Week ?
(Average)

MonTueWedThuFriSatSun0246

Flights By Airline ?
(Per Week)

Delta
27
Spirit
6
JetBlue
5
Southwest
0

Frequently Asked Questions

How far is Salt Lake City from Orlando by plane?

The distance from Salt Lake City to Orlando by plane is 1931 Miles. This is the air distance on the most direct route taken by the vast majority of flights.

How long is the flight from Salt Lake City to Orlando?

The flight time from Salt Lake City to Orlando is 4 hours, 15 minutes. The time spent in the air is 3 hours, 48 minutes. These numbers are averages. In reality, it varies by airline with Spirit being the fastest taking 4 hours, 13 minutes, and Southwest the slowest taking 4 hours, 18 minutes.

What airlines fly from Salt Lake City to Orlando?

Spirit, Delta, Southwest, and JetBlue are the airlines with direct flights from Salt Lake City to Orlando.

Does Southwest fly from Salt Lake City to Orlando?

Yes! Southwest does fly from Salt Lake City (SLC) to Orlando (MCO). On average, they have 0 flights per week on this route. This may vary seasonally, please check the chart above for more details.

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 Salt Lake City 2 minutes early
Taxi Out Time 15 minutes
In the Air 228 minutes
Taxiing In 9 minutes
Arrives Orlando 8 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 Salt Lake City to Orlando, Southwest is 71% reliable, which means that Southwest flights are on time 71% of the time, and cancelled or delayed the remaining time.

Airline Normal Flights Arrival Delayed* Flight Cancelled
Spirit 88% 12% 0%
Delta 85% 14% 1%
JetBlue 82% 17% 1%
Southwest 71% 29% 0%

Flight Time By Airline Flight Time By Airline Chart

Each airline takes a different amount of time to fly between Salt Lake City and Orlando, 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)
Spirit 14 228 8 253
JetBlue 16 226 9 254
Delta 16 228 9 256
Southwest 13 230 13 258

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
5am 0.08
2pm 0.08
6am 1.39
1pm 0.29
5pm 0.98
11pm 0.9
3pm 0.04
9am 0.64
12pm 0.03
7am 0.37
6pm 0.05
11am 0.8

Flights By Month Flights By Month Chart

The quantity of flights from Salt Lake City to Orlando 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 191
February 174
March 188
April 174
May 166
June 161
July 157
August 175
September 166
October 176
November 164
December 190

Flights By Day Of Week Flights By Day of Week Chart

The quantity of flights from Salt Lake City to Orlando 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 5.83
Tuesday 5.48
Wednesday 5.33
Thursday 5.6
Friday 5.79
Saturday 6.04
Sunday 5.98

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
Delta 1
Spirit 0
JetBlue 0
Southwest 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)
5am 14 227 6 248
2pm 15 228 10 256
6am 16 226 9 255
1pm 13 228 11 258
5pm 14 228 9 252
11pm 14 226 8 250
3pm 17 226 9 259
9am 18 228 11 259
12pm 15 221 8 249
7am 14 233 8 257
6pm 13 230 9 253
11am 16 230 10 260
* Delayed more than 20 minutes.
All data above is a median or mean as appropriate.