How Flight Costs to Disney World Are CHANGING in March 2023

Flying to Disney World this year? If you’re going in March (or just planning ahead) and are wondering just how BAD (or good!) flight costs are, we’ve got the information you need right here.

Where will you fly?

Each month we take a look at the cost of some upcoming flights to Disney World. We analyze how flight costs are changing compared to previous months and years so you can know just how much to budget for your transportation to the Most Magical Place on Earth. And now we’re back with an update focusing on March 2023. Just how expensive are flight costs for this month? We’re about to find out.

Our Method

Each month, we look at upcoming flight costs from select airports within the U.S. to Disney World. Here’s how we reach our numbers:

We only search flights from a select number of airports within the U.S. to Orlando International Airport (MCO)
We only search for flights on a limited number of airlines
Not all airlines, airports, flight schedules, etc. are included in our analysis so please keep that in mind
We try to look for trips that depart on Thursday and return on Monday

Will You Be Traveling Soon?

For our March 2023 trip, we picked a trip that departed on March 16th and returned on March 20th.

We chose these dates because when we looked at the prices for the March dates from Thursday to Monday on Google Flights (for flights from JFK/LGA to MCO — which we typically use as our starting point) the starting prices were:

March 2nd-6th: from $142 round trip
March 9th-13th: from $123 round trip
March 16th-20th: from $141 round trip
March 23rd-27th: $148 round trip

©Google Flights

We picked the 16th-20th because it was neither the cheapest nor the most expensive set of dates. Note that a trip on March 9th-13th might be about $20 cheaper (at least in terms of a starting price, so keep that in mind).

March could be an EXTREMELY busy time in Disney World, with some schools on spring break, the Flower & Garden Festival beginning at EPCOT on March 1st, and Roundup Rodeo BBQ opening in Hollywood Studios on March 23rd. So, you’ll want to come prepared for some crowds.

Magic Kingdom Spring Break Crowds (March 2021)

Here are a few other things to keep in mind:

Flight costs can vary greatly depending on a variety of factors including travel dates, airlines, airports, etc.
We used Google Flights to obtain our flight costs for all airlines except Southwest
Prices may be different when you go to book
To calculate our “low” averages we searched for the least expensive departing and returning flight for each airline/airport
We did the same for the “high” averages, except we looked for the most expensive returning and departing flights

Flying to Orlando?

The flight times, layovers, etc. of the flights we’ve chosen may not work for you
We selected “Wanna Get Away” tickets from Southwest Airlines when possible
We looked for flights that arrived on the same day as their departure
Other fees and taxes might be due when you go to book
All prices are for roundtrip flights for 1 person

Okay, now let’s look at those March flight costs!

New York (JFK or LaGuardia)

Southwest:

Cheapest combination of flights: $377.96 from LGA
Most expensive combination of flights: $601.96 from LGA

Delta:

Cheapest combination of flights: $298 from JFK
Most expensive combination of flights: $1,845 from JFK

United:

Cheapest combination of flights: $396 from LGA
Most expensive combination of flights: $1,226 from LGA

American Airlines:

Cheapest combination of flights: $229 from LGA
Most expensive combination of flights: $1,038 from JFK

Spirit:

Cheapest combination of flights: $150 from LGA
Most expensive combination of flights: $439 from LGA

Airplanes

Los Angeles (LAX)

Southwest:

Cheapest combination of flights: $797.45
Most expensive combination of flights: $848.95

Delta:

Cheapest combination of flights: $483
Most expensive combination of flights: $1,312

United:

Cheapest combination of flights: $550
Most expensive combination of flights: $1,140

American Airlines:

Cheapest combination of flights: $415
Most expensive combination of flights: $1,229

Spirit:

Cheapest combination of flights: $407
Most expensive combination of flights: $623

Don’t lean those seats back too far!

Chicago O’Hare (ORD)

Southwest:

Cheapest combination of flights: $335.96
Most expensive combination of flights: $549.75

Delta:

Cheapest combination of flights: $398
Most expensive combination of flights: $1,583

United:

Cheapest combination of flights: $326
Most expensive combination of flights: $1,053

American Airlines:

Cheapest combination of flights: $366
Most expensive combination of flights: $1,077

Spirit:

Cheapest combination of flights: $172
Most expensive combination of flights: $570

Boarding

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

Southwest:

Cheapest combination of flights: $423.46 from DAL
Most expensive combination of flights: $591.96 from DAL

Delta:

Cheapest combination of flights: $631 from DFW
Most expensive combination of flights: $2,444 from DFW

United:

Cheapest combination of flights: $588 from DFW
Most expensive combination of flights: $1,101 from DFW

American Airlines:

Cheapest combination of flights: $418 from DFW
Most expensive combination of flights: $914 from DFW

Spirit:

Cheapest combination of flights: $229 from DFW
Most expensive combination of flights: $566 from DFW

American Airlines Information Packet

Atlanta (ATL)

Southwest:

Cheapest combination of flights: $228.97
Most expensive combination of flights: $445.96

Delta:

Cheapest combination of flights: $218
Most expensive combination of flights: $463

United:

Cheapest combination of flights: $565
Most expensive combination of flights: $926

American Airlines:

Cheapest combination of flights: $259
Most expensive combination of flights: $1,068

Spirit:

Cheapest combination of flights: $111
Most expensive combination of flights: $414

Airplane seats

Denver (DEN)

Southwest:

Cheapest combination of flights: $630.96
Most expensive combination of flights: $895.95

Delta:

Cheapest combination of flights: $448
Most expensive combination of flights: $1,902

United:

Cheapest combination of flights: $538
Most expensive combination of flights: $1,095

American Airlines:

Cheapest combination of flights: $440
Most expensive combination of flights: $966

Spirit:

Cheapest combination of flights: $362
Most expensive combination of flights: $362

The Average Cost

When we average the low costs and the high costs, it looks like the average cost to fly to Orlando in March 2023 is around $393.06 on the low end and $976.35 on the high end. Averaging those together it’s around $684.70.

So, how has that changed from what we’ve seen in recent months? The lower-end cost is about $134 more expensive than the prices we saw for February 2023, which is a pretty dramatic difference. It’s more on par, however, with what we saw in August of 2022, and cheaper than the costs from July 2022. Compared to March of 2022, it’s also significantly more expensive — about $120 more than prices then.

LaGuardia Airport

When looking at the higher-end average, the average cost for March 2023 is actually only about $18 more expensive than the prices from February 2023. Compared to March of 2022, the cost is about $170 MORE expensive.

Overall, it seems flight costs have gone up for March 2023 (compared to both the previous month — February 2023 — and March 2022). But remember that the dates we chose were sort of in the middle/high range, while there was another weekend that showed a cheaper starting price. So it can greatly depend on exactly when you choose to fly!

What Now?

We hope that this post has given you a better idea of what to expect in terms of flight costs for March 2023. Now, it could be time to make some decisions.

Is the cost of these flights within your budget and ideal cost range? If so, you may want to book right away!

Still waiting to see if flight costs will decrease? Consider using Google Flights or flight tracking apps/websites to track the estimated costs for your trip and see when costs could decrease or increase.

LaGuardia Airport

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