The flight time from Chicago to Cincinnati is 1 hour, 13 minutes. See Data as Tables

Average Timeline

Leaves ORD Chicago, IL 2 minutes early.
20 minutes taxiing out
45 minutes in the air
6 minutes taxiing in
Arrives CVG Cincinnati, OH 6 minutes early.

Flight Reliability By Airline ?

United
85%
American
80%
Cancelled
Delayed*
Normal

Flight Summary

The flight time from Chicago to Cincinnati is 1 hour, 13 minutes. The time spent in the air is 45 minutes.

The flight distance from Chicago to Cincinnati is 264 Miles.

Reverse Journey

Cincinnati to Chicago
1 hour, 20 minutes

Flight Time By Airline ?

United
1h 13m
American
1h 13m
Taxiing Out
Air Time
Taxiing In

Flight Time by Time of Day ?

12AM06AM12PM06PM 15m 30m 45m1h1h 15m
Taxiing Out
Air Time
Taxiing In

Flights By Time of Day ?
(Average)

12AM06AM12PM06PM0.00.20.40.60.81.0

Flights Per Week

55

Distance

264 Miles

Flights By Month ?

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Flights By Day of Week ?
(Average)

MonTueWedThuFriSatSun02468

Flights By Airline ?
(Per Week)

United
32
American
23

Frequently Asked Questions

How far is Chicago from Cincinnati by plane?

The distance from Chicago to Cincinnati by plane is 264 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 Cincinnati?

The flight time from Chicago to Cincinnati is 1 hour, 13 minutes. The time spent in the air is 45 minutes. These numbers are averages. In reality, it varies by airline with United being the fastest taking 1 hour, 13 minutes, and American the slowest taking 1 hour, 13 minutes.

What airlines fly from Chicago to Cincinnati?

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

Does Southwest fly from Chicago to Cincinnati?

Southwest does not fly from Chicago (ORD) to Cincinnati (CVG). 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 20 minutes
In the Air 45 minutes
Taxiing In 6 minutes
Arrives Cincinnati 6 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 Cincinnati, American is 80% reliable, which means that American flights are on time 80% of the time, and cancelled or delayed the remaining time.

Airline Normal Flights Arrival Delayed* Flight Cancelled
United 85% 13% 2%
American 80% 19% 1%

Flight Time By Airline Flight Time By Airline Chart

Each airline takes a different amount of time to fly between Chicago and Cincinnati, 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)
United 21 45 6 73
American 19 45 7 73

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
7am 0.95
4pm 0.2
6pm 0.98
7pm 0.22
9pm 0.66
5pm 0.54
8pm 0.48
12pm 0.1
10am 0.82
11pm 0
1pm 0.57
10pm 0.01
9am 0.26
11am 0.17
8am 0.63
2pm 0.7
3pm 0.56

Flights By Month Flights By Month Chart

The quantity of flights from Chicago to Cincinnati 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 194
February 199
March 232
April 226
May 234
June 267
July 267
August 279
September 246
October 270
November 243
December 244

Flights By Day Of Week Flights By Day of Week Chart

The quantity of flights from Chicago to Cincinnati 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 8.06
Tuesday 7.65
Wednesday 7.79
Thursday 8.06
Friday 8.31
Saturday 7.75
Sunday 8.17

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 1
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)
7am 23 45 6 74
4pm 16 45 6 68
6pm 26 44 6 78
7pm 20 45 7 73
9pm 19 45 8 73
5pm 20 44 6 73
8pm 22 45 9 77
12pm 17 46 6 70
10am 19 46 6 71
11pm 15 46 8 69
1pm 19 45 7 73
10pm 18 42 7 69
9am 20 45 7 73
11am 17 46 6 69
8am 18 46 6 70
2pm 20 45 6 72
3pm 19 46 6 71
* Delayed more than 20 minutes.
All data above is a median or mean as appropriate.