The flight time from Chicago to Charleston is 2 hours, 12 minutes. See Data as Tables

Average Timeline

Leaves ORD Chicago, IL 4 minutes early.
23 minutes taxiing out
1 hour, 40 minutes in the air
7 minutes taxiing in
Arrives CHS Charleston, SC 5 minutes early.

Flight Reliability By Airline ?

American
87%
United
84%
Cancelled
Delayed*
Normal

Flight Summary

The flight time from Chicago to Charleston is 2 hours, 12 minutes. The time spent in the air is 1 hour, 40 minutes.

The flight distance from Chicago to Charleston is 760 Miles.

Reverse Journey

Charleston to Chicago
2 hours, 22 minutes

Flight Time By Airline ?

American
2h 11m
United
2h 12m
Taxiing Out
Air Time
Taxiing In

Flight Time by Time of Day ?

12AM06AM12PM06PM 30m1h1h 30m2h2h 30m
Taxiing Out
Air Time
Taxiing In

Flights By Time of Day ?
(Average)

12AM06AM12PM06PM0.00.20.40.60.81.0

Flights Per Week

24

Distance

760 Miles

Flights By Month ?

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Flights By Day of Week ?
(Average)

MonTueWedThuFriSatSun01234

Flights By Airline ?
(Per Week)

United
20
American
4

Frequently Asked Questions

How far is Chicago from Charleston by plane?

The distance from Chicago to Charleston by plane is 760 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 Charleston?

The flight time from Chicago to Charleston is 2 hours, 12 minutes. The time spent in the air is 1 hour, 40 minutes. These numbers are averages. In reality, it varies by airline with American being the fastest taking 2 hours, 11 minutes, and United the slowest taking 2 hours, 12 minutes.

What airlines fly from Chicago to Charleston?

United and American are the airlines with direct flights from Chicago to Charleston.

Does Southwest fly from Chicago to Charleston?

Southwest does not fly from Chicago (ORD) to Charleston (CHS). Keep in mind that Southwest may fly to other nearby airports, as they will often fly into smaller airpors instead of larger ones. This is because the costs are often lower to fly into smaller airports, and they pass the savings on to you.

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 4 minutes early
Taxi Out Time 23 minutes
In the Air 100 minutes
Taxiing In 7 minutes
Arrives Charleston 5 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 Charleston, American is 87% reliable, which means that American flights are on time 87% of the time, and cancelled or delayed the remaining time.

Airline Normal Flights Arrival Delayed* Flight Cancelled
American 87% 13% 0%
United 84% 15% 1%

Flight Time By Airline Flight Time By Airline Chart

Each airline takes a different amount of time to fly between Chicago and Charleston, 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)
American 21 102 7 131
United 23 100 7 132

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
11am 0.1
8pm 0.02
12pm 0
5pm 0
1pm 0.48
9am 0.02
10am 0.47
6pm 0.95
0am 0
8am 0.44
7am 0.92
7pm 0.04

Flights By Month Flights By Month Chart

The quantity of flights from Chicago to Charleston 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 89
February 83
March 92
April 118
May 124
June 109
July 128
August 113
September 88
October 118
November 111
December 105

Flights By Day Of Week Flights By Day of Week Chart

The quantity of flights from Chicago to Charleston 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 3.58
Tuesday 3.29
Wednesday 3.33
Thursday 3.58
Friday 3.56
Saturday 3.63
Sunday 3.62

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
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)
11am 17 104 10 132
8pm 24 96 9 135
12pm 11 99 6 116
5pm 41 100 9 150
1pm 24 101 7 138
9am 16 103 6 125
10am 21 103 7 132
6pm 28 97 5 132
0am 14 99 6 119
8am 22 102 7 133
7am 22 100 7 131
7pm 17 100 5 124
* Delayed more than 20 minutes.
All data above is a median or mean as appropriate.