The flight time from Portland to Chicago is 3 hours, 54 minutes. See Data as Tables

Average Timeline

Leaves PDX Portland, OR 3 minutes early.
13 minutes taxiing out
3 hours, 25 minutes in the air
13 minutes taxiing in
Arrives ORD Chicago, IL 6 minutes early.

Flight Reliability By Airline ?

United
89%
Alaska
88%
American
81%
Spirit
55%
Cancelled
Delayed*
Normal

Flight Summary

The flight time from Portland to Chicago is 3 hours, 54 minutes. The time spent in the air is 3 hours, 25 minutes.

The flight distance from Portland to Chicago is 1739 Miles.

Reverse Journey

Chicago to Portland
4 hours, 22 minutes

Flight Time By Airline ?

Spirit
3h 48m
United
3h 53m
American
3h 54m
Alaska
3h 56m
Taxiing Out
Air Time
Taxiing In

Flight Time by Time of Day ?

12AM06AM12PM06PM1h2h3h4h
Taxiing Out
Air Time
Taxiing In

Flights By Time of Day ?
(Average)

12AM06AM12PM06PM0.00.51.01.52.0

Flights Per Week

43

Distance

1739 Miles

Flights By Month ?

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Flights By Day of Week ?
(Average)

MonTueWedThuFriSatSun0246

Flights By Airline ?
(Per Week)

United
25
Alaska
10
American
5
Spirit
2

Frequently Asked Questions

How far is Portland from Chicago by plane?

The distance from Portland to Chicago by plane is 1739 Miles. This is the air distance on the most direct route taken by the vast majority of flights.

How long is the flight from Portland to Chicago?

The flight time from Portland to Chicago is 3 hours, 54 minutes. The time spent in the air is 3 hours, 25 minutes. These numbers are averages. In reality, it varies by airline with Spirit being the fastest taking 3 hours, 48 minutes, and Alaska the slowest taking 3 hours, 56 minutes.

What airlines fly from Portland to Chicago?

Alaska, Spirit, American, and United are the airlines with direct flights from Portland to Chicago.

Does Southwest fly from Portland to Chicago?

Southwest does not fly from Portland (PDX) 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 Portland 3 minutes early
Taxi Out Time 13 minutes
In the Air 205 minutes
Taxiing In 13 minutes
Arrives Chicago 6 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 Portland 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 89% 10% 1%
Alaska 88% 10% 2%
American 81% 17% 2%
Spirit 55% 40% 5%

Flight Time By Airline Flight Time By Airline Chart

Each airline takes a different amount of time to fly between Portland 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 13 203 10 228
United 12 205 13 233
American 12 204 16 234
Alaska 16 206 13 236

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
1pm 0.09
11pm 1.69
11am 0.92
0am 0.26
7am 1.81
12pm 0.01
10pm 0.15
4pm 0.03
6am 0.09
10am 0.45
2pm 0.55

Flights By Month Flights By Month Chart

The quantity of flights from Portland 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 107
February 85
March 118
April 187
May 236
June 281
July 296
August 260
September 196
October 196
November 146
December 144

Flights By Day Of Week Flights By Day of Week Chart

The quantity of flights from Portland 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 6.44
Tuesday 6.08
Wednesday 6.27
Thursday 6.35
Friday 6.42
Saturday 5.69
Sunday 6.06

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 0
Alaska 0
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)
1pm 12 205 18 239
11pm 13 203 8 225
11am 12 207 17 237
0am 13 204 9 227
7am 15 207 15 238
12pm 14 219 16 251
10pm 17 206 9 232
4pm 10 206 8 223
6am 13 202 13 229
10am 12 204 16 234
2pm 12 206 23 242
* Delayed more than 20 minutes.
All data above is a median or mean as appropriate.