The flight time from Chicago to Baltimore is 1 hour, 48 minutes. See Data as Tables

Average Timeline

Leaves ORD Chicago, IL 1 minute early.
19 minutes taxiing out
1 hour, 23 minutes in the air
5 minutes taxiing in
Arrives BWI Baltimore, MD 4 minutes early.

Flight Reliability By Airline ?

United
83%
Southwest
80%
American
79%
Cancelled
Delayed*
Normal

Flight Summary

The flight time from Chicago to Baltimore is 1 hour, 48 minutes. The time spent in the air is 1 hour, 23 minutes.

The flight distance from Chicago to Baltimore is 622 Miles.

Reverse Journey

Baltimore to Chicago
2 hours, 5 minutes

Flight Time By Airline ?

Southwest
1h 47m
United
1h 49m
American
1h 49m
Taxiing Out
Air Time
Taxiing In

Flight Time by Time of Day ?

12AM06AM12PM06PM 30m1h1h 30m
Taxiing Out
Air Time
Taxiing In

Flights By Time of Day ?
(Average)

12AM06AM12PM06PM0.00.51.01.52.0

Flights Per Week

56

Distance

622 Miles

Flights By Month ?

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Flights By Day of Week ?
(Average)

MonTueWedThuFriSatSun02468

Flights By Airline ?
(Per Week)

Southwest
21
United
20
American
13

Frequently Asked Questions

How far is Chicago from Baltimore by plane?

The distance from Chicago to Baltimore by plane is 622 Miles. This is the air distance on the most direct route taken by the vast majority of flights.

How long is the flight from Chicago to Baltimore?

The flight time from Chicago to Baltimore is 1 hour, 48 minutes. The time spent in the air is 1 hour, 23 minutes. These numbers are averages. In reality, it varies by airline with Southwest being the fastest taking 1 hour, 47 minutes, and American the slowest taking 1 hour, 49 minutes.

What airlines fly from Chicago to Baltimore?

United, American, and Southwest are the airlines with direct flights from Chicago to Baltimore.

Does Southwest fly from Chicago to Baltimore?

Yes! Southwest does fly from Chicago (ORD) to Baltimore (BWI). On average, they have 21 flights per week on this route. This may vary seasonally, please check the chart above for more details.

Tables and Explanations

Data Source

Our information is computed from the latest available data from the US Department of Transportation.

Average Timeline Timeline Chart

The average timeline contains the median time a flight spends in 3 stages. The first of these three stages is taxiing out which includes the time from the flight leaving the gate to taking off. The second stage is in the air, which includes the time spent from the flight leaving the ground to touching back down at the end of it's journey. The last stage is taxiing in, which is from when the flight touches down to the flight arriving at it's gate.

The average timeline also estimates on average of when the flight will leave and arrive relative to it's stated departure time.

Leaves Chicago 1 minute early
Taxi Out Time 19 minutes
In the Air 83 minutes
Taxiing In 5 minutes
Arrives Baltimore 4 minutes early

Flight Reliability Reliability Chart

The reliability of an airline measures how often the airline's flights on this route are cancelled or delayed more than 20 minutes. For example, from Chicago to Baltimore, Southwest is 80% reliable, which means that Southwest flights are on time 80% of the time, and cancelled or delayed the remaining time.

Airline Normal Flights Arrival Delayed* Flight Cancelled
United 83% 16% 1%
Southwest 80% 19% 1%
American 79% 20% 1%

Flight Time By Airline Flight Time By Airline Chart

Each airline takes a different amount of time to fly between Chicago and Baltimore, this is due to different operational factors on the ground, as well as scheduling of planes. Each airline's flight time is split into three stages which are described above in the "Average Timeline" section. There are also miscellaneous operational issues which are included in the below total but are not accounted for in one of the three stages.

Airline Taxiing Out
(minutes)
In the Air
(minutes)
Taxiing In
(minutes)
Total
(minutes)
Southwest 18 83 4 107
United 20 83 4 109
American 18 84 5 109

Flights By Time of Day Flight Time By Day Chart

This one is pretty self explanatory, it represents the number of flights that leave the gate in a given hour of the day. The tricky thing here is that this is normally not a whole number since it is an average over 52 weeks. Partial numbers may indicate that a flight may be seasonal or may take off at different times due to different operational factors.

Time Count
6am 1.07
8pm 0.02
4pm 0.23
3pm 0.04
10am 0.25
2pm 0.1
7pm 0.38
8am 0.8
9pm 0.05
7am 0.84
1pm 1.65
12pm 0.01
6pm 1.22
5pm 1.05
11am 0.14
9am 0.01

Flights By Month Flights By Month Chart

The quantity of flights from Chicago to Baltimore that take off in a given month of the year. This number changes because some flights are seasonal, and almost all flights have uneven demand througout the year.

Month Count
January 234
February 211
March 235
April 228
May 245
June 249
July 234
August 258
September 254
October 263
November 250
December 254

Flights By Day Of Week Flights By Day of Week Chart

The quantity of flights from Chicago to Baltimore that take off on a given day of the week. Some routes only have enough demand to sustain a few trips a week, while others have many flights a day. This number is also an average across the year, and hence may not be a whole number.

Day Count
Monday 8.25
Tuesday 8.29
Wednesday 8.4
Thursday 8.27
Friday 8.23
Saturday 7.08
Sunday 7.54

Flight per Airline (per Week) Flights By Airline Chart

How many times an airline flies this route in a week. Different factors play into how often a carrier chooses to fly a given route including it's need to connect disparate routes, and demand.

Airline Flights per Week
Southwest 0
United 0
American 0

Flight Time By Time of Day Flight Time by Time of Day Chart

The total flight time varies by each hour of the day due to factors such as airport traffic. More flights leaving an airport may cause higher taxi in or taxi out times. See the description of the average timeline above for a deeper discussion of each of these times.

Time Taxi Out
(minutes)
In the Air
(minutes)
Taxi In
(minutes)
Total
(minutes)
6am 15 84 4 104
8pm 16 83 5 108
4pm 15 82 6 106
3pm 20 84 5 109
10am 19 85 4 110
2pm 21 82 4 108
7pm 21 82 5 110
8am 19 85 5 111
9pm 22 84 4 112
7am 17 85 5 107
1pm 19 83 4 108
12pm 17 83 6 111
6pm 26 82 5 115
5pm 18 83 5 107
11am 16 82 3 102
9am 17 82 10 109
* Delayed more than 20 minutes.
All data above is a median or mean as appropriate.