Skyway Moving & Storage are long distance movers running the Tampa to Orlando route, 84 miles east on I-4. It is short enough to load and deliver the same day, with none of the open-ended delivery windows a national van line gives you.
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What a Tampa to Orlando move looks like when one company handles the whole run.
The run from our Tampa yard to Orlando is 84 miles, I-4 east, door to door. Your load goes on one truck and comes off that same truck, so nothing is handed to a partner carrier at a terminal along the way.
A national carrier moving you 84 miles will often still route your goods through a terminal and consolidate them with other shipments, which is where the one to two week delivery window comes from. At this distance there is no reason for that. Your load goes on one truck in Tampa and comes off that same truck in Orlando.
We scope inventory and access at the Tampa end and the Orlando end before you commit, so the figure agreed in Tampa is the figure at delivery. See our long distance moving service for how the wider service works.
Distance
About 84 miles
Route
I-4 east, door to door
Drive time
about 1 hour 20 minutes
Origin
Tampa, Hillsborough County
Destination
Orlando, Orange County
Also on this route
The same corridor carries on to Melbourne and the Space Coast.
The run is I-4 east, door to door, with no tolls on the Tampa to Orlando stretch. I-4 is also among the most congested corridors in the state and the section through downtown Orlando has been under near-continuous reconstruction for years. We load early out of Tampa so the truck clears the Orlando approach ahead of the afternoon build-up rather than sitting in it with your furniture on board. On an eighty-four mile run, an hour lost to traffic is a meaningful share of the day.
Winter Park and College Park
Older bungalows on brick streets under heavy oak canopy. Overhead clearance limits which truck we can bring in.
Baldwin Park and Lake Nona
Newer planned communities, most of them alley-loaded, so the approach is from the rear rather than the street.
Dr. Phillips and Windermere
Larger single-family and gated lakefront, several with guard clearance needed in advance.
Thornton Park and downtown
Mid-rise condo with dock scheduling and permit parking on the surrounding streets.
Delaney Park and Lake Eola Heights
Historic homes with narrow driveways and detached garages set well back from the street.
Waterford Lakes and Avalon Park
Suburban east side with wide streets and straightforward driveway access.
Three stages, one company, from the Tampa address to the Orlando address.
Tampa to Orlando is an intrastate move. Both ends are inside Florida, so it falls under Chapter 507 of the Florida Statutes and FDACS registration rather than the federal rules covering interstate moves. That distinction is the reason this route does not behave like a national van line job: no terminal, no consolidation with other shipments, and a delivery date rather than a one to two week spread. Moves that do leave Florida run under USDOT 4219169 and MC 1766953.
Volume
How much is actually travelling, which on a second-home or partial move is often far less than the whole house.
Access at both ends
Stairs, elevators, long carries from a parking area and whether a full-size truck can get to the door.
Packing
Whether you pack yourself or we pack for you, and how much fragile or oversized material is involved.
Specialty items
Pianos, safes, gun safes, oversized glass and anything needing a crate or extra hands.
Timing
Peak season, month end and weekend dates carry different availability from a midweek move.
Storage
Whether there is a gap between your Tampa move-out and your Orlando move-in.
We price the route on these factors before you book. Get a free quote for your move
About 84 miles and roughly an hour and twenty minutes on I-4. For most households that means loading in the morning and unloading the same afternoon.
Because the alternative is usually a national carrier that consolidates your goods at a terminal and quotes a delivery window of a week or more. At 84 miles you should not be waiting on anyone else’s freight.
Yes. Commercial relocations on this corridor are scheduled around your operating hours, including evening and weekend loads where a weekday move is not workable.
Yes. Melbourne sits at the far end of the same corridor and is handled as part of this route.
No. Both ends are in Florida, making it an intrastate move under Chapter 507 of the Florida Statutes. That is part of why it does not carry the delivery spread a national interstate carrier would quote.
Yes, and we do it as standard. Loads go out of Tampa early so the truck is through the Orlando approach before the afternoon peak.
Yes. Those streets are brick, narrow and heavily shaded by oaks, so overhead clearance and turning room decide the truck. We check both before the day.
Tell us what is moving and where it is going. We will scope the run and give you a figure before you commit.
