How Flight Costs to Disney World Are CHANGING for January 2023

If you’re planning on flying to Disney World in January of 2023 🛑 stop everything. 🛑 We’ve got important budget information for you.

Will You Be Traveling Soon?

We’ve already taken a look at when Disney World will sell out next year, the best Disney World restaurants for dinner in 2023, and the best dining spots in Disney World for first-timers in 2023. But now we’re taking a look at something that is critical to your vacation planning — flight costs.

Our Method

Every month we calculate the average cost to fly to Disney World. Here’s a quick breakdown of what we do to reach our numbers.

First, we limit our search to flights from select airports within the U.S. to Orlando International Airport (MCO). Not all airports, airlines, or dates are included, so keep that in mind.

Where Will You Fly to Next?

When it comes to dates, we typically look at flights that leave on Thursday and arrive on Monday. For January of 2023, we picked a trip that departed on January 26th and returned on January 30th.

These were the starting roundtrip prices for each of the January weekends (for flights from JFK/LGA to MCO — which we just used as our starting point):

January 5th-9th: from $92
January 12th-16th: from $116
January 19th-23rd: from $38
January 26th-30th: from $75

We picked the 26th-30th because it was neither the cheapest nor the most expensive period — placing us somewhere in the middle.

©Google Flights

Here are a few things to note/keep in mind as you book your own trips:

The flights you book could be much more expensive depending on what dates you pick to travel, what airline you use, and what type of ticket you buy
We used Google Flights to get our prices (except for Southwest Airlines flights)
Costs can vary a lot
To calculate the “low” averages we looked for the least expensive departing and returning flights. For the “high” averages, we looked for the most expensive departing and returning flights.

Orlando International Airport

The times, layovers, or other things associated with the flights we’ve chosen might not work for you
We picked “Wanna Get Away” tickets for Southwest Airlines whenever available
We tried to stick to flights that arrive on the same day as their departure
Other fees and taxes might be due when booking
All prices are for 1 person

Alright, let’s get to those flight costs!

New York (JFK or LaGuardia)

Southwest:

Cheapest combination of flights: $137.33 from LGA
Most expensive combination of flights: $478.96 round trip from LGA

Delta:

Cheapest combination of flights: $138 from LGA
Most expensive combination of flights: $1,304 from LGA

United:

Cheapest combination of flights: $279 from LGA
Most expensive combination of flights: $763 from LGA

American Airlines:

Cheapest combination of flights: $138 from LGA
Most expensive combination of flights: $941 from JFK

Spirit:

Cheapest combination of flights: $101 from LGA
Most expensive combination of flights: $299 from LGA

Time to Go!

Los Angeles (LAX)

Southwest:

Cheapest combination of flights: $179.34 round trip
Most expensive combination of flights: $630.96 round trip

Delta:

Cheapest combination of flights: $231
Most expensive combination of flights: $1,136

United:

Cheapest combination of flights: $216
Most expensive combination of flights: $802

American Airlines:

Cheapest combination of flights: $305
Most expensive combination of flights: $1,110

Spirit:

Cheapest combination of flights: $180
Most expensive combination of flights: $315

Inside Terminal C

Chicago O’Hare (ORD)

Southwest:

Cheapest combination of flights: $245.93 round trip
Most expensive combination of flights: $557.95 round trip

Delta:

Cheapest combination of flights: $198
Most expensive combination of flights: $1,368

United:

Cheapest combination of flights: $153
Most expensive combination of flights: $1,056

American Airlines:

Cheapest combination of flights: $227
Most expensive combination of flights: $892

Spirit:

Cheapest combination of flights: $117
Most expensive combination of flights: $295

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Dallas (Love Field – DAL, or Fort Worth – DFW)

Southwest:

Cheapest combination of flights: $236.93 round trip from DAL
Most expensive combination of flights: $563.96 round trip from DAL

Delta:

Cheapest combination of flights: $254 from DFW
Most expensive combination of flights: $948 from DAL

United:

Cheapest combination of flights: $307 from DFW
Most expensive combination of flights: $901 from DFW

American Airlines:

Cheapest combination of flights: $252 from DFW
Most expensive combination of flights: $806 from DFW

Spirit:

Cheapest combination of flights: $143 from DFW
Most expensive combination of flights: $337 from DFW

Where are you flying to next?

Atlanta (ATL)

Southwest:

Cheapest combination of flights: $161.34 round trip
Most expensive combination of flights: $529.96 round trip

Delta:

Cheapest combination of flights: $158
Most expensive combination of flights: $517

United:

Cheapest combination of flights: $273
Most expensive combination of flights: $832

American Airlines:

Cheapest combination of flights: $215
Most expensive combination of flights: $1,075

Spirit:

Cheapest combination of flights: $75
Most expensive combination of flights: $341

Mickey and Minnie Showing Off the Plane

Denver (DEN)

Southwest:

Cheapest combination of flights: $281.74 round trip
Most expensive combination of flights: $818.96 round trip

Delta:

Cheapest combination of flights: $300
Most expensive combination of flights: $1,148

United:

Cheapest combination of flights: $207
Most expensive combination of flights: $667

American Airlines:

Cheapest combination of flights: $297
Most expensive combination of flights: $822

Spirit:

Cheapest combination of flights: $210
Most expensive combination of flights: $240

Luggage

The Average Cost

When we average the low costs together and the high costs together, it looks like the average cost to fly to Orlando in January 2023 is around $207.22 on the low end and $749.86 on the high end. Averaging those together it’s around $478.54.

So, how has that changed from what we’ve seen in recent months? Well, the lower end cost is nearly $80 CHEAPER than the prices we saw for December 2022. It’s also cheaper than essentially every other month we’ve calculated averages for, except for November of 2021! That marks a pretty significant decrease in airfare prices (at least based on what we’ve seen).

Are you planning a trip soon?

When looking at the higher end, the average cost for January 2023 is just over $100 CHEAPER than what we saw in December 2022. The last time we saw prices cheaper than the January high-end average was February of 2022.

Compared to January of 2022, the flight costs for January of 2023 are expected to be around $100 cheaper. Granted, we looked at different dates in January of 2022 (January 13th-January 17th), so that can significantly change things. Based on the flights we looked at from New York to MCO, January 12th-16th, 2023, was actually the most expensive weekend of the month, so that could be factoring into the cost.

A Look at Flight Costs

Overall though these numbers seem to point in a good direction for flight costs in early 2023.

What Now?

If you’ll be traveling in January of 2023, hopefully, you now have a better idea of how much that flight could cost you. Now it’s time to make some decisions.

If the flight costs are within your budget and you are ready to get booked, it might be time to look at those flights and finalize any purchases. You can also use Google Flights or flight tracking apps/websites to get an idea of when flight costs could go down if you’re not yet ready to book.

For some flight tips and tricks, check out our posts below:

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If you want to do some planning before your flight (or even on the plane!), check out our DFB Guide to Walt Disney World Dining.

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