AirportsOrlando International Airport is a large airport serving Orlando, in Florida, United States. It has scheduled airline flights. Its IATA code, the three letters printed on tickets and baggage tags, is MCO.
Key facts
- IATA code
- MCO
- ICAO code
- KMCO
- City
- Orlando
- State or region
- Florida
- Country
- United States
- Kind
- Large airport
- Coordinates
- 28.4294° N, 81.3090° W
- Elevation
- 29 m (96 ft)
- Runways
- 4
- Longest runway
- 3,659 m (12,005 ft)
Airport codes
On a ticket or a baggage tag, MCO means Orlando International Airport. Pilots and air traffic controllers use a different, four-letter ICAO code: KMCO. ICAO codes that begin with K belong to the mainland United States. How the two kinds of code differ.
Where it is
The airport lies at 28.4294° N, 81.3090° W. It stands 29 metres (96 feet) above sea level.
Local time
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Time zone America/New York, taken from the nearest town in the data. Flight times on tickets are always in the local time of each airport.
Runways
Orlando International Airport has 4 runways in the data. The longest is 3,659 metres (12,005 feet). A runway of this length can take the largest long-distance aircraft. Among the 675 airports of United States on this site with runway data, its longest runway ranks number 27.
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18L/36R | 3,659 m 12,005 ft | 61 m | Concrete and asphalt | Yes |
| 18R/36L | 3,659 m 12,004 ft | 61 m | Concrete | Yes |
| 17R/35L | 3,048 m 10,000 ft | 46 m | Concrete | Yes |
| 17L/35R | 2,744 m 9,001 ft | 46 m | Asphalt | Yes |
The numbers in a runway name give its compass direction. How runway numbers work.
Nearest airports with scheduled flights
| Airport | Code | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Orlando Sanford International AirportOrlando | SFB | 39 km |
| Melbourne Orlando International AirportMelbourne | MLB | 75 km |
| Lakeland Linder International AirportLakeland | LAL | 85 km |
| Daytona Beach International AirportDaytona Beach | DAB | 87 km |
| Vero Beach Regional AirportVero Beach | VRB | 123 km |
Distance to major airports
| To | Distance | Rough flying time |
|---|---|---|
| Delhi (DEL)India | 13,275 km | 16 h 30 min |
| Mumbai (BOM)India | 14,047 km | 17 h 25 min |
| Dubai (DXB)United Arab Emirates | 12,461 km | 15 h 30 min |
| London Heathrow (LHR)United Kingdom | 6,965 km | 8 h 55 min |
| New York JFK (JFK)United States | 1,521 km | 2 h 20 min |
| Los Angeles (LAX)United States | 3,562 km | 4 h 50 min |
| Singapore (SIN)Singapore | 16,656 km | 20 h 35 min |
| Tokyo Haneda (HND)Japan | 11,699 km | 14 h 35 min |
| Sydney (SYD)Australia | 15,038 km | 18 h 35 min |
Distances are the shortest path over the globe, worked out from the coordinates. Flying times are rough estimates for a direct jet flight. They do not mean that a direct flight exists. Work out the distance to any airport.
Links
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