The flight time from Detroit to Chicago is 1 hour, 19 minutes. See Data as Tables

Average Timeline

Leaves DTW Detroit, MI 4 minutes early.
15 minutes taxiing out
48 minutes in the air
15 minutes taxiing in
Arrives ORD Chicago, IL 9 minutes early.

Flight Reliability By Airline ?

Spirit
100%
Delta
86%
United
86%
American
83%
Cancelled
Delayed*
Normal

Flight Summary

The flight time from Detroit to Chicago is 1 hour, 19 minutes. The time spent in the air is 48 minutes.

The flight distance from Detroit to Chicago is 235 Miles.

Reverse Journey

Chicago to Detroit
1 hour, 16 minutes

Flight Time By Airline ?

Spirit
1h 15m
Delta
1h 17m
United
1h 20m
American
1h 21m
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)

12AM06AM12PM06PM0.00.51.01.52.0

Flights Per Week

95

Distance

235 Miles

Flights By Month ?

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Flights By Day of Week ?
(Average)

MonTueWedThuFriSatSun051015

Flights By Airline ?
(Per Week)

Delta
37
United
36
American
21
Spirit
0

Frequently Asked Questions

How far is Detroit from Chicago by plane?

The distance from Detroit to Chicago by plane is 235 Miles. This is the air distance on the most direct route taken by the vast majority of flights.

How long is the flight from Detroit to Chicago?

The flight time from Detroit to Chicago is 1 hour, 19 minutes. The time spent in the air is 48 minutes. These numbers are averages. In reality, it varies by airline with Spirit being the fastest taking 1 hour, 15 minutes, and American the slowest taking 1 hour, 21 minutes.

What airlines fly from Detroit to Chicago?

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

Does Southwest fly from Detroit to Chicago?

Southwest does not fly from Detroit (DTW) 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 Detroit 4 minutes early
Taxi Out Time 15 minutes
In the Air 48 minutes
Taxiing In 15 minutes
Arrives Chicago 9 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 Detroit to Chicago, Spirit is 100% reliable, which means that Spirit flights are on time 100% of the time, and cancelled or delayed the remaining time.

Airline Normal Flights Arrival Delayed* Flight Cancelled
Spirit 100% 0% 0%
Delta 86% 13% 1%
United 86% 13% 1%
American 83% 16% 1%

Flight Time By Airline Flight Time By Airline Chart

Each airline takes a different amount of time to fly between Detroit 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)
Spirit 15 43 17 75
Delta 14 47 14 77
United 14 48 15 80
American 16 48 15 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
2pm 0.42
5pm 0.58
4pm 0.94
9pm 0.04
8pm 0.95
10am 0.06
3pm 0.46
1pm 0.59
9am 1.42
6pm 1.48
8am 0.67
7am 1.84
12pm 1.21
7pm 0.2
5am 0.01
11am 1.69
6am 0.85

Flights By Month Flights By Month Chart

The quantity of flights from Detroit 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 376
February 333
March 413
April 408
May 426
June 397
July 419
August 451
September 420
October 448
November 448
December 427

Flights By Day Of Week Flights By Day of Week Chart

The quantity of flights from Detroit 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 14.08
Tuesday 13.73
Wednesday 13.75
Thursday 14.06
Friday 14.12
Saturday 11.81
Sunday 13.96

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
Delta 1
United 1
American 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)
2pm 14 49 16 80
5pm 13 48 16 80
4pm 15 48 15 78
9pm 17 45 10 72
8pm 14 46 11 73
10am 14 46 15 77
3pm 14 48 14 77
1pm 14 48 15 79
9am 15 48 16 81
6pm 15 49 17 82
8am 16 48 15 81
7am 18 49 15 85
12pm 14 48 14 77
7pm 17 47 17 84
5am 17 49 8 71
11am 14 48 14 76
6am 16 47 11 75
* Delayed more than 20 minutes.
All data above is a median or mean as appropriate.