Great-circle route BWI → ORD. Faint dots are other airports, for geographic context. Download this map — free to reuse with a link back to this page.
The flight time from Baltimore to Chicago is approximately 1h 50m nonstop. The distance is 620 miles (998 km). There are about 14 nonstop flights from Baltimore to Chicago per day.
That is a great-circle estimate, not a scheduled block time. An airline's published time will differ by roughly 15 to 45 minutes depending on routing, winds and taxi.
| Route | Est. time | Distance | Frequency | Airlines |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BWI → ORD Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport |
1h 50m | 620 mi | 54/wk | American Airlines, United Airlines |
| BWI → MDW Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport to Chicago Midway International Airport |
1h 49m | 609 mi | 41/wk | Southwest Airlines |
Frequencies come from our most recent schedule sample. Where a pairing shows “—” we track it as an operating nonstop but hold no schedule sample for it — we would rather show nothing than guess.
3 airlines fly nonstop from Baltimore to Chicago, including American Airlines, Southwest Airlines, United Airlines.
Recent scheduled departures on this route have used the Embraer 175, Boeing 737-900, Boeing 737, Embraer 170 and 2 other types.
Aircraft assignments change by season and by time of day.
The distance from Baltimore to Chicago is 620 miles, or 998 kilometres.
| Great-circle distance | 620 mi |
| Kilometres | 998 km |
| Nautical miles | 539 nmi |
Measured airport to airport. The actual track is longer — aircraft follow airways, avoid restricted airspace and route around weather.
Yes. 3 airlines fly it nonstop, with about 95 departures a week, across 2 airport pairings. The route is in our live nonstop dataset, last seeded 2026-07-07.
About 1h 50m in the air on the BWI–ORD nonstop. That is a great-circle estimate from the 620-mile distance, not a scheduled block time — an airline's published time will differ by roughly 15 to 45 minutes depending on routing, winds and taxi.
620 miles (998 km) great-circle between Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport and Chicago O'Hare International Airport.
American Airlines, Southwest Airlines, United Airlines.
Recent scheduled departures have used the Embraer 175, Boeing 737-900, Boeing 737, Embraer 170. Assignments change by season and by time of day.
BWI to ORD, BWI to MDW. Flight times differ slightly between them because the airports are not in the same place.
