The flight time from Chicago to Charlotte is 1 hour, 54 minutes. See Data as Tables

Average Timeline

Leaves ORD Chicago, IL 2 minutes early.
16 minutes taxiing out
1 hour, 25 minutes in the air
10 minutes taxiing in
Arrives CLT Charlotte, NC 4 minutes early.

Flight Reliability By Airline ?

American
82%
United
80%
Spirit
72%
Cancelled
Delayed*
Normal

Flight Summary

The flight time from Chicago to Charlotte is 1 hour, 54 minutes. The time spent in the air is 1 hour, 25 minutes.

The flight distance from Chicago to Charlotte is 599 Miles.

Reverse Journey

Charlotte to Chicago
2 hours, 1 minute

Flight Time By Airline ?

American
1h 52m
Spirit
1h 56m
United
1h 59m
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

83

Distance

599 Miles

Flights By Month ?

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Flights By Day of Week ?
(Average)

MonTueWedThuFriSatSun0510

Flights By Airline ?
(Per Week)

American
57
United
23
Spirit
2

Frequently Asked Questions

How far is Chicago from Charlotte by plane?

The distance from Chicago to Charlotte by plane is 599 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 Charlotte?

The flight time from Chicago to Charlotte is 1 hour, 54 minutes. The time spent in the air is 1 hour, 25 minutes. These numbers are averages. In reality, it varies by airline with American being the fastest taking 1 hour, 52 minutes, and United the slowest taking 1 hour, 59 minutes.

What airlines fly from Chicago to Charlotte?

American, United, and Spirit are the airlines with direct flights from Chicago to Charlotte.

Does Southwest fly from Chicago to Charlotte?

Southwest does not fly from Chicago (ORD) to Charlotte (CLT). 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 2 minutes early
Taxi Out Time 16 minutes
In the Air 85 minutes
Taxiing In 10 minutes
Arrives Charlotte 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 Charlotte, Spirit is 72% reliable, which means that Spirit flights are on time 72% of the time, and cancelled or delayed the remaining time.

Airline Normal Flights Arrival Delayed* Flight Cancelled
American 82% 17% 1%
United 80% 19% 1%
Spirit 72% 28% 0%

Flight Time By Airline Flight Time By Airline Chart

Each airline takes a different amount of time to fly between Chicago and Charlotte, 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 14 85 10 112
Spirit 17 86 9 116
United 22 84 9 119

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
4pm 0.96
7am 1.9
8am 0.51
5pm 0.06
3pm 0.03
11am 0.53
1pm 1.09
2pm 0.88
6pm 1.63
9am 0.55
12pm 0.93
9pm 0.25
6am 0.17
11pm 0
8pm 0.62
10am 0.71
7pm 0.04
5am 0.97

Flights By Month Flights By Month Chart

The quantity of flights from Chicago to Charlotte 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 303
February 296
March 337
April 327
May 359
June 357
July 381
August 395
September 393
October 420
November 386
December 391

Flights By Day Of Week Flights By Day of Week Chart

The quantity of flights from Chicago to Charlotte 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 12.04
Tuesday 11.56
Wednesday 11.96
Thursday 12.15
Friday 12.37
Saturday 11.15
Sunday 12.33

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
American 1
United 0
Spirit 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)
4pm 14 85 10 110
7am 18 87 11 117
8am 19 85 11 116
5pm 20 81 9 113
3pm 15 86 8 109
11am 15 84 9 111
1pm 16 83 10 113
2pm 19 85 11 118
6pm 24 84 11 121
9am 17 85 9 114
12pm 13 84 12 111
9pm 18 80 10 111
6am 15 87 10 113
11pm 15 72 5 92
8pm 15 81 7 105
10am 15 85 9 111
7pm 16 85 8 111
5am 13 87 10 111
* Delayed more than 20 minutes.
All data above is a median or mean as appropriate.