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

Average Timeline

Leaves ORD Chicago, IL 2 minutes early.
17 minutes taxiing out
1 hour, 29 minutes in the air
6 minutes taxiing in
Arrives PHL Philadelphia, PA 5 minutes early.

Flight Reliability By Airline ?

United
82%
American
77%
Cancelled
Delayed*
Normal

Flight Summary

The flight time from Chicago to Philadelphia is 1 hour, 54 minutes. The time spent in the air is 1 hour, 29 minutes.

The flight distance from Chicago to Philadelphia is 678 Miles.

Reverse Journey

Philadelphia to Chicago
2 hours, 16 minutes

Flight Time By Airline ?

American
1h 53m
United
1h 57m
Taxiing Out
Air Time
Taxiing In

Flight Time by Time of Day ?

12AM06AM12PM06PM 30m1h1h 30m2h
Taxiing Out
Air Time
Taxiing In

Flights By Time of Day ?
(Average)

12AM06AM12PM06PM0.00.51.01.52.0

Flights Per Week

78

Distance

678 Miles

Flights By Month ?

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Flights By Day of Week ?
(Average)

MonTueWedThuFriSatSun0510

Flights By Airline ?
(Per Week)

American
48
United
30

Frequently Asked Questions

How far is Chicago from Philadelphia by plane?

The distance from Chicago to Philadelphia by plane is 678 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 Philadelphia?

The flight time from Chicago to Philadelphia is 1 hour, 54 minutes. The time spent in the air is 1 hour, 29 minutes. These numbers are averages. In reality, it varies by airline with American being the fastest taking 1 hour, 53 minutes, and United the slowest taking 1 hour, 57 minutes.

What airlines fly from Chicago to Philadelphia?

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

Does Southwest fly from Chicago to Philadelphia?

Southwest does not fly from Chicago (ORD) to Philadelphia (PHL). 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 17 minutes
In the Air 89 minutes
Taxiing In 6 minutes
Arrives Philadelphia 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 Philadelphia, American is 77% reliable, which means that American flights are on time 77% of the time, and cancelled or delayed the remaining time.

Airline Normal Flights Arrival Delayed* Flight Cancelled
United 82% 17% 1%
American 77% 21% 2%

Flight Time By Airline Flight Time By Airline Chart

Each airline takes a different amount of time to fly between Chicago and Philadelphia, 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 15 90 6 113
United 21 89 6 117

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
9pm 0.44
0am 0
11am 1.64
5am 0.22
10am 0.02
8am 0.79
4pm 0.3
1pm 0.31
6am 0.9
9am 0.95
6pm 1.54
7pm 0.2
8pm 0.31
2pm 1.65
5pm 0.69
3pm 0.09
7am 0.95

Flights By Month Flights By Month Chart

The quantity of flights from Chicago to Philadelphia 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 296
February 294
March 312
April 320
May 339
June 382
July 391
August 421
September 385
October 361
November 283
December 290

Flights By Day Of Week Flights By Day of Week Chart

The quantity of flights from Chicago to Philadelphia 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 11.67
Tuesday 11
Wednesday 11.27
Thursday 11.56
Friday 11.58
Saturday 9.56
Sunday 11.71

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 1

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)
9pm 21 87 6 114
0am 17 79 4 100
11am 15 89 6 112
5am 14 89 5 109
10am 14 87 6 111
8am 16 88 6 112
4pm 14 90 6 112
1pm 16 90 6 113
6am 13 90 6 111
9am 17 91 5 114
6pm 26 88 6 121
7pm 17 87 6 113
8pm 16 87 6 111
2pm 19 92 6 119
5pm 15 91 6 114
3pm 16 95 6 120
7am 20 88 6 115
* Delayed more than 20 minutes.
All data above is a median or mean as appropriate.