The flight time from Dallas Fort Worth to Chicago is 2 hours, 19 minutes. See Data as Tables

Average Timeline

Leaves DFW Dallas Fort Worth, TX 1 minute early.
17 minutes taxiing out
1 hour, 48 minutes in the air
12 minutes taxiing in
Arrives ORD Chicago, IL 5 minutes early.

Flight Reliability By Airline ?

Spirit
86%
United
83%
American
78%
Frontier
45%
Cancelled
Delayed*
Normal

Flight Summary

The flight time from Dallas Fort Worth to Chicago is 2 hours, 19 minutes. The time spent in the air is 1 hour, 48 minutes.

The flight distance from Dallas Fort Worth to Chicago is 802 Miles.

Reverse Journey

Chicago to Dallas Fort Worth
2 hours, 28 minutes

Flight Time By Airline ?

American
2h 17m
Spirit
2h 19m
United
2h 21m
Frontier
2h 25m
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

117

Distance

802 Miles

Flights By Month ?

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Flights By Day of Week ?
(Average)

MonTueWedThuFriSatSun051015

Flights By Airline ?
(Per Week)

American
74
United
34
Spirit
7
Frontier
2

Frequently Asked Questions

How far is Dallas Fort Worth from Chicago by plane?

The distance from Dallas Fort Worth to Chicago by plane is 802 Miles. This is the air distance on the most direct route taken by the vast majority of flights.

How long is the flight from Dallas Fort Worth to Chicago?

The flight time from Dallas Fort Worth to Chicago is 2 hours, 19 minutes. The time spent in the air is 1 hour, 48 minutes. These numbers are averages. In reality, it varies by airline with American being the fastest taking 2 hours, 17 minutes, and Frontier the slowest taking 2 hours, 25 minutes.

What airlines fly from Dallas Fort Worth to Chicago?

United, American, Spirit, and Frontier are the airlines with direct flights from Dallas Fort Worth to Chicago.

Does Southwest fly from Dallas Fort Worth to Chicago?

Southwest does not fly from Dallas Fort Worth (DFW) 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 Dallas Fort Worth 1 minute early
Taxi Out Time 17 minutes
In the Air 108 minutes
Taxiing In 12 minutes
Arrives Chicago 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 Dallas Fort Worth to Chicago, Frontier is 45% reliable, which means that Frontier flights are on time 45% of the time, and cancelled or delayed the remaining time.

Airline Normal Flights Arrival Delayed* Flight Cancelled
Spirit 86% 12% 2%
United 83% 16% 1%
American 78% 21% 1%
Frontier 45% 51% 4%

Flight Time By Airline Flight Time By Airline Chart

Each airline takes a different amount of time to fly between Dallas Fort Worth 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 16 107 11 137
Spirit 15 110 13 139
United 18 108 13 141
Frontier 19 106 16 145

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
5pm 0.94
10am 1.78
9pm 0.5
9am 0.28
6am 1.56
1pm 0.64
7pm 0.23
3pm 0.47
6pm 1.13
11pm 0.01
11am 0.67
5am 0.91
2pm 1.46
8pm 0.66
7am 1.99
8am 0.96
12pm 0.55
4pm 1.59
10pm 0.16

Flights By Month Flights By Month Chart

The quantity of flights from Dallas Fort Worth 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 464
February 435
March 491
April 499
May 513
June 546
July 565
August 502
September 518
October 586
November 494
December 502

Flights By Day Of Week Flights By Day of Week Chart

The quantity of flights from Dallas Fort Worth 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 16.9
Tuesday 16.96
Wednesday 17.31
Thursday 16.88
Friday 17.08
Saturday 16.1
Sunday 16.37

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
Spirit 0
Frontier 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)
5pm 17 107 15 142
10am 19 108 11 139
9pm 18 106 8 134
9am 18 109 10 137
6am 15 108 13 138
1pm 15 108 11 135
7pm 20 105 11 136
3pm 15 108 10 134
6pm 17 104 12 136
11pm 15 98 8 122
11am 14 109 11 136
5am 15 109 11 137
2pm 16 108 11 137
8pm 17 105 8 131
7am 18 109 13 143
8am 21 108 11 141
12pm 19 104 12 136
4pm 16 108 15 144
10pm 18 104 14 139
* Delayed more than 20 minutes.
All data above is a median or mean as appropriate.