The flight time from Louisville to Chicago is 1 hour, 27 minutes. See Data as Tables

Average Timeline

Leaves SDF Louisville, KY 5 minutes early.
16 minutes taxiing out
58 minutes in the air
11 minutes taxiing in
Arrives ORD Chicago, IL 8 minutes early.

Flight Reliability By Airline ?

United
84%
American
83%
Spirit
50%
Cancelled
Delayed*
Normal

Flight Summary

The flight time from Louisville to Chicago is 1 hour, 27 minutes. The time spent in the air is 58 minutes.

The flight distance from Louisville to Chicago is 286 Miles.

Reverse Journey

Chicago to Louisville
1 hour, 18 minutes

Flight Time By Airline ?

United
1h 26m
American
1h 27m
Spirit
2h 27m
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

47

Distance

286 Miles

Flights By Month ?

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Flights By Day of Week ?
(Average)

MonTueWedThuFriSatSun02468

Flights By Airline ?
(Per Week)

United
28
American
18
Spirit
0

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, 27 minutes. The time spent in the air is 58 minutes. These numbers are averages. In reality, it varies by airline with United being the fastest taking 1 hour, 26 minutes, and Spirit the slowest taking 2 hours, 27 minutes.

What airlines fly from Louisville to Chicago?

United, Spirit, 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 58 minutes
Taxiing In 11 minutes
Arrives Chicago 8 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 83% reliable, which means that American flights are on time 83% of the time, and cancelled or delayed the remaining time.

Airline Normal Flights Arrival Delayed* Flight Cancelled
United 84% 15% 1%
American 83% 16% 1%
Spirit 50% 50% 0%

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)
United 16 57 11 86
American 16 58 12 87
Spirit 40 58 49 147

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 0.2
3pm 0
12pm 0.79
4pm 0.3
7am 1.3
7pm 0.05
6am 1
8am 0.13
2pm 0.44
11am 0.76
9am 0
5pm 0.59
1pm 0.29
6pm 0.81

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 186
February 160
March 201
April 199
May 237
June 231
July 255
August 215
September 208
October 205
November 186
December 183

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 6.87
Tuesday 6.75
Wednesday 6.87
Thursday 7.06
Friday 6.9
Saturday 6.15
Sunday 6.83

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

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 9 81
3pm 16 59 18 93
12pm 15 57 11 85
4pm 15 58 11 86
7am 18 59 12 91
7pm 11 55 19 89
6am 15 57 10 82
8am 18 57 13 90
2pm 15 57 13 87
11am 16 56 10 82
9am 8 52 22 82
5pm 14 58 15 91
1pm 15 57 11 85
6pm 17 59 16 95
* Delayed more than 20 minutes.
All data above is a median or mean as appropriate.