The flight time from Louisville to Chicago is 1 hour, 30 minutes. See Data as Tables

Average Timeline

Leaves SDF Louisville, KY 5 minutes early.
16 minutes taxiing out
57 minutes in the air
14 minutes taxiing in
Arrives ORD Chicago, IL 7 minutes early.

Flight Reliability By Airline ?

United
85%
American
81%
Cancelled
Delayed*
Normal

Flight Summary

The flight time from Louisville to Chicago is 1 hour, 30 minutes. The time spent in the air is 57 minutes.

The flight distance from Louisville to Chicago is 286 Miles.

Reverse Journey

Chicago to Louisville
1 hour, 21 minutes

Flight Time By Airline ?

American
1h 29m
United
1h 31m
Taxiing Out
Air Time
Taxiing In

Flight Time by Time of Day ?

12AM06AM12PM06PM 30m1h1h 30m
Taxiing Out
Air Time
Taxiing In

Flights By Time of Day ?
(Average)

12AM06AM12PM06PM0.00.51.01.52.0

Flights Per Week

54

Distance

286 Miles

Flights By Month ?

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Flights By Day of Week ?
(Average)

MonTueWedThuFriSatSun02468

Flights By Airline ?
(Per Week)

United
30
American
24

Frequently Asked Questions

How far is Louisville from Chicago by plane?

The distance from Louisville to Chicago by plane is 286 Miles. This is the air distance on the most direct route taken by the vast majority of flights.

How long is the flight from Louisville to Chicago?

The flight time from Louisville to Chicago is 1 hour, 30 minutes. The time spent in the air is 57 minutes. These numbers are averages. In reality, it varies by airline with American being the fastest taking 1 hour, 29 minutes, and United the slowest taking 1 hour, 31 minutes.

What airlines fly from Louisville to Chicago?

United and American are the airlines with direct flights from Louisville to Chicago.

Does Southwest fly from Louisville to Chicago?

Southwest does not fly from Louisville (SDF) 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 Louisville 5 minutes early
Taxi Out Time 16 minutes
In the Air 57 minutes
Taxiing In 14 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 Louisville to Chicago, American is 81% reliable, which means that American flights are on time 81% of the time, and cancelled or delayed the remaining time.

Airline Normal Flights Arrival Delayed* Flight Cancelled
United 85% 14% 1%
American 81% 18% 1%

Flight Time By Airline Flight Time By Airline Chart

Each airline takes a different amount of time to fly between Louisville 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 17 57 12 89
United 16 57 15 91

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 0.49
3pm 0.13
12pm 0.49
4pm 0.2
7am 1.22
7pm 0.15
6am 0.69
8am 1.03
2pm 0.63
11am 0.8
9am 0.1
5pm 1.31
1pm 0.08
6pm 0.28
5am 0.14

Flights By Month Flights By Month Chart

The quantity of flights from Louisville 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 172
February 163
March 181
April 235
May 255
June 265
July 277
August 296
September 259
October 285
November 234
December 218

Flights By Day Of Week Flights By Day of Week Chart

The quantity of flights from Louisville 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 8.06
Tuesday 7.65
Wednesday 7.58
Thursday 7.83
Friday 7.98
Saturday 7.65
Sunday 7.87

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

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 16 56 11 85
3pm 17 57 12 87
12pm 15 57 11 86
4pm 16 58 13 90
7am 16 59 15 93
7pm 14 58 14 89
6am 14 56 11 83
8am 18 57 17 94
2pm 18 57 15 91
11am 17 56 11 87
9am 16 56 15 91
5pm 17 58 18 97
1pm 15 57 15 90
6pm 20 59 16 99
5am 13 56 10 79
* Delayed more than 20 minutes.
All data above is a median or mean as appropriate.