Orlando International Airport

Orlando International Airport is the primary international airport located 6 miles (9.7 km) southeast of Downtown Orlando, Florida. In 2025, the airport served 57,675,573 passengers, making it the busiest airport in the state and was the seventh busiest airport in the United States in 2025. The airport code MCO comes from the airport's former name, McCoy Air Force Base, a Strategic Air Command installation, that was closed in 1975 as part of a general military drawdown following the end of the Vietnam War.