The flight time from Fort Lauderdale to Chicago is 3 hours, 16 minutes. See Data as Tables

Average Timeline

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

Flight Reliability By Airline ?

Southwest
90%
United
83%
American
75%
Spirit
61%
Cancelled
Delayed*
Normal

Flight Summary

The flight time from Fort Lauderdale to Chicago is 3 hours, 16 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

Flight Time By Airline ?

Southwest
3h 14m
Spirit
3h 14m
United
3h 17m
American
3h 17m
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

59

Distance

1182 Miles

Flights By Month ?

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Flights By Day of Week ?
(Average)

MonTueWedThuFriSatSun0246810

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, 16 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, 14 minutes, and American the slowest taking 3 hours, 17 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 on time
Taxi Out Time 15 minutes
In the Air 165 minutes
Taxiing In 13 minutes
Arrives Chicago 1 minute 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 Fort Lauderdale to Chicago, Southwest is 90% reliable, which means that Southwest flights are on time 90% of the time, and cancelled or delayed the remaining time.

Airline Normal Flights Arrival Delayed* Flight Cancelled
Southwest 90% 5% 5%
United 83% 14% 3%
American 75% 24% 1%
Spirit 61% 38% 1%

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)
Southwest 15 167 12 194
Spirit 14 164 13 194
United 17 165 13 197
American 15 168 12 197

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 0.02
3pm 0.73
9pm 0.45
8pm 0.51
6pm 0.03
10pm 0.05
11am 0.06
12pm 0.95
1pm 0.66
5pm 0.19
8am 0
7pm 0.56
9am 0.06
2pm 0.78
4pm 1.52
7am 1.75

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 201
September 207
October 253
November 265
December 304

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 8.58
Tuesday 8.1
Wednesday 8.15
Thursday 8.54
Friday 8.65
Saturday 9.08
Sunday 8.73

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 15 164 17 196
3pm 15 165 15 199
9pm 14 163 9 192
8pm 13 161 10 186
6pm 15 172 10 198
10pm 16 155 7 180
11am 23 163 11 198
12pm 17 163 12 194
1pm 14 166 11 192
5pm 16 167 15 199
8am 17 182 14 213
7pm 18 163 10 194
9am 14 166 10 188
2pm 14 167 13 197
4pm 17 167 16 205
7am 15 164 14 195
* Delayed more than 20 minutes.
All data above is a median or mean as appropriate.