The flight time from Fort Myers to Chicago is 3 hours, 7 minutes. See Data as Tables

Average Timeline

Leaves RSW Fort Myers, FL 5 minutes early.
14 minutes taxiing out
2 hours, 37 minutes in the air
13 minutes taxiing in
Arrives ORD Chicago, IL 7 minutes early.

Flight Reliability By Airline ?

United
85%
Southwest
84%
American
75%
Spirit
73%
Frontier
67%
Cancelled
Delayed*
Normal

Flight Summary

The flight time from Fort Myers to Chicago is 3 hours, 7 minutes. The time spent in the air is 2 hours, 37 minutes.

The flight distance from Fort Myers to Chicago is 1120 Miles.

Reverse Journey

Chicago to Fort Myers
2 hours, 49 minutes

Flight Time By Airline ?

Spirit
3h 4m
American
3h 7m
United
3h 8m
Frontier
3h 8m
Southwest
3h 9m
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

51

Distance

1120 Miles

Flights By Month ?

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Flights By Day of Week ?
(Average)

MonTueWedThuFriSatSun02468

Flights By Airline ?
(Per Week)

United
27
American
14
Spirit
7
Southwest
1
Frontier
0

Frequently Asked Questions

How far is Fort Myers from Chicago by plane?

The distance from Fort Myers to Chicago by plane is 1120 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 Myers to Chicago?

The flight time from Fort Myers to Chicago is 3 hours, 7 minutes. The time spent in the air is 2 hours, 37 minutes. These numbers are averages. In reality, it varies by airline with Spirit being the fastest taking 3 hours, 4 minutes, and Southwest the slowest taking 3 hours, 9 minutes.

What airlines fly from Fort Myers to Chicago?

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

Does Southwest fly from Fort Myers to Chicago?

Yes! Southwest does fly from Fort Myers (RSW) to Chicago (ORD). On average, they have 1 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 Myers 5 minutes early
Taxi Out Time 14 minutes
In the Air 157 minutes
Taxiing In 13 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 Fort Myers to Chicago, Frontier is 67% reliable, which means that Frontier flights are on time 67% of the time, and cancelled or delayed the remaining time.

Airline Normal Flights Arrival Delayed* Flight Cancelled
United 85% 12% 3%
Southwest 84% 14% 2%
American 75% 24% 1%
Spirit 73% 25% 2%
Frontier 67% 22% 11%

Flight Time By Airline Flight Time By Airline Chart

Each airline takes a different amount of time to fly between Fort Myers 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 12 156 12 184
American 14 157 12 187
United 14 157 14 188
Frontier 17 158 14 188
Southwest 14 159 12 189

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
8pm 0.3
7pm 0.23
5pm 0.49
2pm 0.69
6am 0.02
6pm 0.07
10pm 0.11
10am 0.29
11am 0.59
9pm 0.08
3pm 0.28
4pm 1.14
9am 0.6
8am 0.01
12pm 1.22
7am 0.49
1pm 0.57

Flights By Month Flights By Month Chart

The quantity of flights from Fort Myers 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 324
February 302
March 341
April 307
May 215
June 154
July 122
August 136
September 123
October 155
November 213
December 296

Flights By Day Of Week Flights By Day of Week Chart

The quantity of flights from Fort Myers 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 7.81
Tuesday 7.15
Wednesday 6.96
Thursday 7.54
Friday 7.54
Saturday 7.1
Sunday 7.6

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
Spirit 0
Southwest 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)
8pm 12 157 11 182
7pm 14 157 11 185
5pm 13 158 16 190
2pm 14 156 13 185
6am 15 155 12 184
6pm 13 156 29 200
10pm 11 152 8 175
10am 13 159 12 188
11am 15 157 10 184
9pm 11 151 11 178
3pm 13 157 14 188
4pm 15 160 19 197
9am 12 155 12 183
8am 10 158 8 181
12pm 14 156 13 186
7am 13 157 16 188
1pm 14 155 10 183
* Delayed more than 20 minutes.
All data above is a median or mean as appropriate.