Flight Report

ADS-B radar data for Orlando International Airport (MCO) captured 1,129 flight operations on October 6, 2025, across 555 arrivals, 563 departures, and 11 touch-and-gos. A total of 544 unique aircraft appeared in the dataset, with 498 registered to the United States. Canadian, British, Brazilian, French, Croatian, Emirati, and Slovenian registrations were also present. Traffic ran continuously from midnight through 23:59 EDT, averaging 47 flights per hour across the day. The busiest hour was 18:00 EDT with 93 total movements, 52 of which were departures. A second concentration appeared at 22:00 with 91 total movements, heavily departure-skewed at 63 outbound against 28 arrivals. Early morning hours from 01:00 through 05:00 saw the lightest traffic, dipping as low as 4 total movements. Approach and departure headings both showed NNE as the dominant direction, accounting for 152 arrivals and 174 departures. Atlanta (ATL) led the top routes with 37 total movements, followed by Charlotte (CLT) at 33 and Philadelphia (PHL) at 30. Altitude data across 861,890 ADS-B position points showed the heaviest concentration between 36,000 and 40,000 feet, with the 36,000-37,000 foot band recording 44,571 points. The average recorded altitude was 20,360 feet and the maximum reached 49,125 feet, logged by tail number N726XJ on a departure toward Waco Regional Airport (ACT). The shortest flight covered 7.9 nautical miles in 3 minutes between MCO and Orlando Executive Airport (ORL). Average leg distance across all flights was 798.9 nautical miles, with a collective distance flown of 901,922 nautical miles.