The flight time from Cincinnati to Chicago is 1 hour, 20 minutes. See Data as Tables

Average Timeline

Leaves CVG Cincinnati, OH 4 minutes early.
15 minutes taxiing out
51 minutes in the air
11 minutes taxiing in
Arrives ORD Chicago, IL 7 minutes early.

Flight Reliability By Airline ?

United
85%
American
81%
Cancelled
Delayed*
Normal

Flight Summary

The flight time from Cincinnati to Chicago is 1 hour, 20 minutes. The time spent in the air is 51 minutes.

The flight distance from Cincinnati to Chicago is 264 Miles.

Reverse Journey

Chicago to Cincinnati
1 hour, 13 minutes

Flight Time By Airline ?

American
1h 20m
United
1h 21m
Taxiing Out
Air Time
Taxiing In

Flight Time by Time of Day ?

12AM06AM12PM06PM 30m1h
Taxiing Out
Air Time
Taxiing In

Flights By Time of Day ?
(Average)

12AM06AM12PM06PM0.00.51.01.52.0

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
31
American
23

Frequently Asked Questions

How far is Cincinnati from Chicago by plane?

The distance from Cincinnati to Chicago 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 Cincinnati to Chicago?

The flight time from Cincinnati to Chicago is 1 hour, 20 minutes. The time spent in the air is 51 minutes. These numbers are averages. In reality, it varies by airline with American being the fastest taking 1 hour, 20 minutes, and United the slowest taking 1 hour, 21 minutes.

What airlines fly from Cincinnati to Chicago?

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

Does Southwest fly from Cincinnati to Chicago?

Southwest does not fly from Cincinnati (CVG) to Chicago (ORD). 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 Cincinnati 4 minutes early
Taxi Out Time 15 minutes
In the Air 51 minutes
Taxiing In 11 minutes
Arrives Chicago 7 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 Cincinnati to Chicago, American is 81% reliable, which means that American flights are on time 81% of the time, and cancelled or delayed the remaining time.

Airline Normal Flights Arrival Delayed* Flight Cancelled
United 85% 14% 1%
American 81% 18% 1%

Flight Time By Airline Flight Time By Airline Chart

Each airline takes a different amount of time to fly between Cincinnati and Chicago, 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 51 11 80
United 15 51 12 81

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
10am 0.52
3pm 0.22
9am 0.07
4pm 0.34
12pm 0.57
6pm 0.91
6am 1.04
5pm 0.32
11am 1.15
1pm 0.5
10pm 0
7am 1.48
8am 0.55
2pm 0.18

Flights By Month Flights By Month Chart

The quantity of flights from Cincinnati to Chicago 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 196
March 233
April 225
May 235
June 265
July 269
August 278
September 245
October 268
November 243
December 245

Flights By Day Of Week Flights By Day of Week Chart

The quantity of flights from Cincinnati to Chicago 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 8.04
Tuesday 7.65
Wednesday 7.71
Thursday 8.12
Friday 8.19
Saturday 7.85
Sunday 8.13

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)
10am 13 49 10 73
3pm 15 52 11 79
9am 19 51 15 86
4pm 15 52 12 80
12pm 13 51 12 78
6pm 19 53 16 93
6am 15 50 9 76
5pm 15 52 13 83
11am 15 51 10 78
1pm 13 51 13 79
10pm 21 50 13 84
7am 17 51 12 84
8am 15 50 15 83
2pm 17 52 10 84
* Delayed more than 20 minutes.
All data above is a median or mean as appropriate.