Great-circle route BOS → 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 Boston to Chicago is approximately 2h 18m nonstop. The distance is 864 miles (1,390 km). There are about 29 nonstop flights from Boston 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BOS → ORD General Edward Lawrence Logan International Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport |
2h 18m | 864 mi | 169/wk | American Airlines, Delta Air Lines, JetBlue Airways, United Airlines |
| BOS → MDW General Edward Lawrence Logan International Airport to Chicago Midway International Airport |
2h 17m | 858 mi | 34/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.
5 airlines fly nonstop from Boston to Chicago, including American Airlines, Delta Air Lines, JetBlue Airways, Southwest Airlines and 1 more.
Recent scheduled departures on this route have used the Boeing 737-800, Airbus A320, Boeing 737, Airbus A319 and 3 other types.
Aircraft assignments change by season and by time of day.
The distance from Boston to Chicago is 864 miles, or 1,390 kilometres.
| Great-circle distance | 864 mi |
| Kilometres | 1,390 km |
| Nautical miles | 751 nmi |
Measured airport to airport. The actual track is longer — aircraft follow airways, avoid restricted airspace and route around weather.
Yes. 5 airlines fly it nonstop, with about 203 departures a week, across 2 airport pairings. The route is in our live nonstop dataset, last seeded 2026-07-07.
About 2h 18m in the air on the BOS–ORD nonstop. That is a great-circle estimate from the 864-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.
864 miles (1,390 km) great-circle between General Edward Lawrence Logan International Airport and Chicago O'Hare International Airport.
American Airlines, Delta Air Lines, JetBlue Airways, Southwest Airlines, United Airlines.
Recent scheduled departures have used the Boeing 737-800, Airbus A320, Boeing 737, Airbus A319. Assignments change by season and by time of day.
BOS to ORD, BOS to MDW. Flight times differ slightly between them because the airports are not in the same place.
