How far is alabama from orlando florida

The driving distance from Orlando, Florida to Alabama (AL) is:

515 miles / 829 km

Map of driving directions from Orlando, FL to Alabama

View a map with driving directions using your preferred map provider: Google Maps, Bing Maps, or MapQuest.

More trip calculations

The total driving distance from Orlando, FL to Alabama is 515 miles or 829 kilometers.

Your trip begins in Orlando, Florida. It ends in the state of Alabama.

If you are planning a road trip, you might also want to calculate the total driving time from Orlando, FL to Alabama so you can see when you'll arrive at your destination.

You can also calculate the cost of driving from Orlando, FL to Alabama based on current local fuel prices and an estimate of your car's best gas mileage.

Since this is a long drive, you might want to stop halfway and stay overnight in a hotel. You can find the city that is halfway between Orlando, FL and Alabama.

Planning to fly a plane instead? You might be more interested in calculating the straight line distance to fly from Orlando, FL to Alabama.

related links

related links

Driving distance calculator

Travelmath helps you find driving distances based on actual directions for your road trip. You can get the distance between cities, airports, states, countries, or zip codes to figure out the best route to travel to your destination. Combine this information with the fuel cost tool to find out how much it will cost you to drive the distance, or compare the results to the straight line distance to determine whether it's better to drive or fly. You can print out pages with a travel map.

Distance from Alabama to Orlando is 676 kilometers. This air travel distance is equal to 420 miles.

The air travel (bird fly) shortest distance between Alabama and Orlando is 676 km= 420 miles.

If you travel with an airplane (which has average speed of 560 miles) from Alabama to Orlando, It takes 0.75 hours to arrive.

Driving non-stop from Orlando to Alabama

How far is Alabama from Orlando? Here's the quick answer if you are able to make this entire trip by car without stopping.

Nonstop drive: 515 miles or 829 km

Driving time: 7 hours, 57 minutes

Realistically, you'll probably want to add a buffer for rest stops, gas, or food along the way. To get a better idea of how long this trip would really be, scroll down to calculate how many hours it would take if you drive with stops.

Flying non-stop from Orlando to Alabama

Now let's assume you have a private jet and you can fly in the fastest possible straight line between Orlando, Florida and Alabama (AL). Because of the curvature of the Earth, the shortest distance is actually the "great circle" distance, or "as the crow flies" which is calculated using an iterative Vincenty formula.

Flight distance: 436 miles or 702 km

Flight time: 1 hour, 22 minutes

The straight line flight distance is 79 miles less than driving on roads, which means the driving distance is roughly 1.2x of the flight distance.

Your plane flies much faster than a car, so the flight time is about 1/6th of the time it would take to drive.

This is a relatively short flight in a private plane, but you might be planning to book a commercial flight. In that case, your travel time would really need to include how many minutes to get to your local airport, wait for security, board and taxi on the runway, land at the other airport, and get to your destination. Scroll down to see a more realistic calculation that takes into account all these factors to get a more accurate estimate of your actual flight time.

Orlando to Alabama road trip

Let's say you're actually planning a road trip to Alabama, and you want to stop along the way to rest. If it's a real road trip, you might want to check out interesting stops along the way, eat at great restaurants, and maybe even find a hotel to stay overnight. That's what Trippy is perfect for, helping you figure out travel plans in detail.

Based on the length of this trip, we think you could spread out this fun road trip over more than one day.

Road trip: 2 days of driving

With the full itinerary planned out, we can estimate your total travel time for this trip.

Travel time: 9 hours on the road with 1 overnight

Itinerary

Start in Orlando.

Drive for about 1.5 hours, then stop in Ocala and stay for about 1 hour. Next, drive for another 1.5 hours then stop in Lake City (Florida) and stay for 1 hour. Drive for 1.5 hours then stop in Tallahassee. Stay overnight.

The next day, drive for about 1 hour, then stop in Marianna and stay for about 1 hour. Next, drive for another 2 hours then stop in Andalusia and stay for 1 hour.

Finally, drive for about 1.5 hours and arrive at Alabama.

To see all the details on this itinerary, including recommended restaurants, hotels, and things to do along the way, check out the full road trip planner:

Orlando to Alabama airports and flights

In the quick calculation above, we assumed you had a private plane and just wanted to know the time in the air from city to city. But for most of us, we're going to be flying on a commercial airline (whether it's first class or coach). So that means we really need to account for all the extra travel time getting to the airport, waiting for our flight, and making it to the destination.

To give you a better estimate of real-life travel, we've put together a flight itinerary with actual airports. Eventually you'll be able to customize this plan, choosing your own airports and flights. But for now, here's an example we've selected to give you an idea of how traveling might work between airports.

Departure airport: Orlando International Airport (MCO)

Arrival airport: Montgomery Regional Airport (MGM)

With the airports selected, we can estimate the travel time to and from the airport, based on how far the airport is from downtown.

Getting to the airport: 26 minutes

Getting to your destination: 126 minutes

Now finally, let's look at an actual flight from MCO to MGM and figure out how long it would take to fly including take-off and landing, and time to taxi on the runway.

Commercial flight time: 1 hour, 22 minutes

So now we can finally get an idea of the total travel time from Orlando to Alabama including time spent getting to/from the airports, an estimated wait time of 2 hours at the airport for TSA security lines and waiting at the gate, and the actual flight itself.

Total travel time: 6 hours

To see the details on this flight plan, including recommended airports, airline, and route, check out the flight planner:

Plan a trip to Alabama

Trippy has a ton of information that can help you plan your trip to Alabama (AL). Start by reading the Trippy page on where to stay in Alabama. Check out some of the questions people have asked about Alabama like A few hours in Alabama . Click the button below to explore Alabama in detail.

How far is it the other way?

The distance is the same either way if you're flying a straight line (or driving the same roads back and forth). But for a real trip, there can be plenty of differences so go ahead and check the reverse directions to get the distance from Alabama to Orlando, or go to the main page to calculate the distance between cities.

If you happen to know Orlando, don't forget to help other travelers and answer some questions about Orlando!

How far is Alabama from Orlando Florida by plane?

How long is a car ride from Alabama to Florida?

How far is Orlando Florida from Birmingham Alabama by plane?

How long does it take to get to Orlando Florida to Alabama?