The flight time from Rochester to Chicago is 1 hour, 59 minutes. See Data as Tables

Average Timeline

Leaves ROC Rochester, NY 4 minutes early.
14 minutes taxiing out
1 hour, 27 minutes in the air
16 minutes taxiing in
Arrives ORD Chicago, IL 7 minutes early.

Flight Reliability By Airline ?

United
85%
American
84%
Cancelled
Delayed*
Normal

Flight Summary

The flight time from Rochester to Chicago is 1 hour, 59 minutes. The time spent in the air is 1 hour, 27 minutes.

The flight distance from Rochester to Chicago is 528 Miles.

Reverse Journey

Chicago to Rochester
1 hour, 42 minutes

Flight Time By Airline ?

American
1h 57m
United
2h
Taxiing Out
Air Time
Taxiing In

Flight Time by Time of Day ?

12AM06AM12PM06PM 30m1h1h 30m2h
Taxiing Out
Air Time
Taxiing In

Flights By Time of Day ?
(Average)

12AM06AM12PM06PM0.00.51.01.52.0

Flights Per Week

35

Distance

528 Miles

Flights By Month ?

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Flights By Day of Week ?
(Average)

MonTueWedThuFriSatSun0246

Flights By Airline ?
(Per Week)

United
18
American
17

Frequently Asked Questions

How far is Rochester from Chicago by plane?

The distance from Rochester to Chicago by plane is 528 Miles. This is the air distance on the most direct route taken by the vast majority of flights.

How long is the flight from Rochester to Chicago?

The flight time from Rochester to Chicago is 1 hour, 59 minutes. The time spent in the air is 1 hour, 27 minutes. These numbers are averages. In reality, it varies by airline with American being the fastest taking 1 hour, 57 minutes, and United the slowest taking 2 hours.

What airlines fly from Rochester to Chicago?

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

Does Southwest fly from Rochester to Chicago?

Southwest does not fly from Rochester (ROC) 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 Rochester 4 minutes early
Taxi Out Time 14 minutes
In the Air 87 minutes
Taxiing In 16 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 Rochester to Chicago, American is 84% reliable, which means that American flights are on time 84% of the time, and cancelled or delayed the remaining time.

Airline Normal Flights Arrival Delayed* Flight Cancelled
United 85% 14% 1%
American 84% 15% 1%

Flight Time By Airline Flight Time By Airline Chart

Each airline takes a different amount of time to fly between Rochester 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 13 87 15 117
United 14 87 16 120

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
6am 0.87
2pm 0
1pm 0.16
9am 0
10pm 0
11am 1.07
5pm 1.02
3pm 0.01
10am 0.27
7pm 0
12pm 0.1
7am 0.45
4pm 0.2
8am 0.31
6pm 0.48
5am 0.1

Flights By Month Flights By Month Chart

The quantity of flights from Rochester 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 127
February 140
March 163
April 175
May 179
June 174
July 180
August 152
September 166
October 147
November 139
December 126

Flights By Day Of Week Flights By Day of Week Chart

The quantity of flights from Rochester 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 5.25
Tuesday 4.92
Wednesday 5.15
Thursday 5.4
Friday 5.46
Saturday 4.46
Sunday 5.27

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
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)
6am 14 87 15 118
2pm 18 88 22 128
1pm 15 87 16 121
9am 29 100 17 146
10pm 14 83 7 104
11am 12 86 13 112
5pm 14 87 20 126
3pm 11 92 14 117
10am 14 88 14 117
7pm 35 90 9 134
12pm 13 88 15 117
7am 13 86 14 116
4pm 17 89 17 122
8am 11 86 17 118
6pm 14 88 20 123
5am 15 85 9 109
* Delayed more than 20 minutes.
All data above is a median or mean as appropriate.