The flight time from Fort Lauderdale to Chicago is 3 hours, 18 minutes. See Data as Tables

Average Timeline

Leaves FLL Fort Lauderdale, FL 1 minute early.
16 minutes taxiing out
2 hours, 45 minutes in the air
14 minutes taxiing in
Arrives ORD Chicago, IL on time.

Flight Reliability By Airline ?

United
81%
American
73%
Spirit
65%
Southwest
60%
Cancelled
Delayed*
Normal

Flight Summary

The flight time from Fort Lauderdale to Chicago is 3 hours, 18 minutes. The time spent in the air is 2 hours, 45 minutes.

The flight distance from Fort Lauderdale to Chicago is 1182 Miles.

Reverse Journey

Chicago to Fort Lauderdale
3 hours, 1 minute

Flight Time By Airline ?

Spirit
3h 17m
American
3h 18m
United
3h 19m
Southwest
3h 25m
Taxiing Out
Air Time
Taxiing In

Flight Time by Time of Day ?

12AM06AM12PM06PM1h2h3h
Taxiing Out
Air Time
Taxiing In

Flights By Time of Day ?
(Average)

12AM06AM12PM06PM0.00.51.01.52.0

Flights Per Week

57

Distance

1182 Miles

Flights By Month ?

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Flights By Day of Week ?
(Average)

MonTueWedThuFriSatSun02468

Flights By Airline ?
(Per Week)

Spirit
26
United
23
American
8
Southwest
0

Frequently Asked Questions

How far is Fort Lauderdale from Chicago by plane?

The distance from Fort Lauderdale to Chicago by plane is 1182 Miles. This is the air distance on the most direct route taken by the vast majority of flights.

How long is the flight from Fort Lauderdale to Chicago?

The flight time from Fort Lauderdale to Chicago is 3 hours, 18 minutes. The time spent in the air is 2 hours, 45 minutes. These numbers are averages. In reality, it varies by airline with Spirit being the fastest taking 3 hours, 17 minutes, and Southwest the slowest taking 3 hours, 25 minutes.

What airlines fly from Fort Lauderdale to Chicago?

Spirit, Southwest, United, and American are the airlines with direct flights from Fort Lauderdale to Chicago.

Does Southwest fly from Fort Lauderdale to Chicago?

Yes! Southwest does fly from Fort Lauderdale (FLL) to Chicago (ORD). On average, they have 0 flights per week on this route. This may vary seasonally, please check the chart above for more details.

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 Fort Lauderdale 1 minute early
Taxi Out Time 16 minutes
In the Air 165 minutes
Taxiing In 14 minutes
Arrives Chicago on time

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 Fort Lauderdale to Chicago, Southwest is 60% reliable, which means that Southwest flights are on time 60% of the time, and cancelled or delayed the remaining time.

Airline Normal Flights Arrival Delayed* Flight Cancelled
United 81% 16% 3%
American 73% 26% 1%
Spirit 65% 34% 1%
Southwest 60% 20% 20%

Flight Time By Airline Flight Time By Airline Chart

Each airline takes a different amount of time to fly between Fort Lauderdale 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 14 164 14 197
American 15 168 12 198
United 17 165 14 199
Southwest 16 173 11 205

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 0.01
3pm 0.36
9pm 0.31
8pm 0.21
6pm 0.33
6am 0
10pm 0.05
11am 0.07
12pm 1.16
1pm 0.64
5pm 0.18
8am 0.06
7pm 0.4
9am 0.1
2pm 1.05
4pm 1.57
7am 1.55

Flights By Month Flights By Month Chart

The quantity of flights from Fort Lauderdale 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 298
February 290
March 316
April 300
May 280
June 213
July 184
August 215
September 176
October 193
November 258
December 281

Flights By Day Of Week Flights By Day of Week Chart

The quantity of flights from Fort Lauderdale 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 8.73
Tuesday 7.77
Wednesday 7.54
Thursday 8.38
Friday 8.56
Saturday 8.13
Sunday 8.65

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
Spirit 1
United 0
American 0
Southwest 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 20 168 7 202
3pm 15 166 16 202
9pm 15 167 9 196
8pm 14 162 9 187
6pm 15 162 15 195
6am 13 165 9 187
10pm 16 155 7 180
11am 20 166 10 197
12pm 17 164 13 196
1pm 15 167 11 193
5pm 15 166 14 204
8am 14 165 14 195
7pm 18 165 11 198
9am 18 165 14 199
2pm 15 165 14 198
4pm 17 168 17 206
7am 15 165 15 197
* Delayed more than 20 minutes.
All data above is a median or mean as appropriate.