Great-circle route ORD → FLL. 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 Chicago to Fort Lauderdale is approximately 2h 55m nonstop. The distance is 1,184 miles (1,905 km). There are about 12 nonstop flights from Chicago to Fort Lauderdale 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ORD → FLL Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Fort Lauderdale Hollywood International Airport |
2h 55m | 1,184 mi | 61/wk | American Airlines, Frontier Airlines, JetBlue Airways, United Airlines |
| MDW → FLL Chicago Midway International Airport to Fort Lauderdale Hollywood International Airport |
2h 53m | 1,169 mi | 21/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 Chicago to Fort Lauderdale, including American Airlines, Frontier Airlines, JetBlue Airways, Southwest Airlines and 1 more.
Recent scheduled departures on this route have used the Boeing 737-800, Airbus A320, Boeing 737-900, Boeing 737.
Aircraft assignments change by season and by time of day.
The distance from Chicago to Fort Lauderdale is 1,184 miles, or 1,905 kilometres.
| Great-circle distance | 1,184 mi |
| Kilometres | 1,905 km |
| Nautical miles | 1,029 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 82 departures a week, across 2 airport pairings. The route is in our live nonstop dataset, last seeded 2026-07-07.
About 2h 55m in the air on the ORD–FLL nonstop. That is a great-circle estimate from the 1,184-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.
1,184 miles (1,905 km) great-circle between Chicago O'Hare International Airport and Fort Lauderdale Hollywood International Airport.
American Airlines, Frontier Airlines, JetBlue Airways, Southwest Airlines, United Airlines.
Recent scheduled departures have used the Boeing 737-800, Airbus A320, Boeing 737-900, Boeing 737. Assignments change by season and by time of day.
ORD to FLL, MDW to FLL. Flight times differ slightly between them because the airports are not in the same place.
