Orlando International Airport Climbs to 7th Busiest in the US

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Orlando International Airport Climbs to 7th Busiest in the US

Orlando International Airport rose from 9th to 7th in the US airport rankings, reaching 57.6 million passengers in 2025 - the only top-eight airport to post growth as national traffic fell.

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MCO jumped from 9th to 7th in the ACI-NA national airport traffic rankings, making it the only airport in the top eight to post passenger growth in 2025. Total traffic reached 57,675,573 passengers, boosted in part by three new transatlantic nonstop routes to Munich, Madrid, and Paris.

 

[networkpro]

Good news for the tourist industry !

 

[Sirwalterraleigh]

Good news for the tourist industry !

Well it’s not translating in the parks corridor

 

[networkpro]

Well it’s not translating in the parks corridor

There's much more to Florida than sweating teens encased in fake fur, vomit launchers, regret machines, and gravity's little jokes.

 

[Disstevefan1]

Orlando International Airport Climbs to 7th Busiest in the US

Orlando International Airport rose from 9th to 7th in the US airport rankings, reaching 57.6 million passengers in 2025 - the only top-eight airport to post growth as national traffic fell.

www.wdwmagic.com

MCO jumped from 9th to 7th in the ACI-NA national airport traffic rankings, making it the only airport in the top eight to post passenger growth in 2025. Total traffic reached 57,675,573 passengers, boosted in part by three new transatlantic nonstop routes to Munich, Madrid, and Paris.

Thanks EPIC!

 

[HauntedPirate]

The growth in traffic translates to 1275 additional people per day.

I think this is simply more people using MCO as an entry/exit point and exploring more of Florida because flights into many other airports are expensive and/or limited.

 

[Disstevefan1]

The growth in traffic translates to 1275 additional people per day.

That's nothing.... Never mind EPIC.

 

[monothingie]

Well it’s not translating in the parks corridor

MCO 2025 Monthly Arrival Breakdown​

Month	Arriving Passengers (Deplaned)*	Average Daily Passenger Arrivals	Approx. Arriving Flights**
January	~2,382,000	~76,800	~16,100
February	~2,295,000	~82,000	~15,200
March (Peak)	~2,710,000	~87,400	~17,200
April	~2,480,000	~82,700	~16,300
May	~2,410,000	~77,700	~16,100
June	~2,490,000	~83,000	~16,400
July	~2,536,000	~81,800	~16,600
August	~2,327,000	~75,100	~15,800
September (Lull)	~2,110,000	~70,300	~14,800
October	~2,360,000	~76,100	~15,700
November	~2,330,000	~77,700	~15,600
December (Peak)	~2,699,000	~87,100	~17,000
Monthly Average	~2,408,100	~79,170	~16,065

Chew on this, even though Disney is sucking wind during the summer, the number of flights and passenger arrivals are above average for both June and July.

People are coming to Florida, despite the heat. So what is it??

 

[Sirwalterraleigh]

There's much more to Florida than sweating teens encased in fake fur, vomit launchers, regret machines, and gravity's little jokes.

Correct…but the whole point of putting it in here is to imply that business is good for parks in lake buena vista…implication is king

Of course it’s not

 

[the.dreamfinder]

One interesting thing to note about MCO is that it is a fairly competitive airport because no one airline controls the majority of flight share. Southwest comes closest at 23%. All of the airports above it on the rankings, with the possible exception of JFK, are hub airports with the majority of flights through one carrier.