Great-circle route DEN → 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 Denver to Chicago is approximately 2h 21m nonstop. The distance is 886 miles (1,426 km). There are about 24 nonstop flights from Denver 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DEN → ORD Denver International Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport |
2h 21m | 886 mi | 117/wk | American Airlines, Frontier Airlines, United Airlines |
| DEN → MDW Denver International Airport to Chicago Midway International Airport |
2h 21m | 893 mi | 48/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.
4 airlines fly nonstop from Denver to Chicago, including American Airlines, Frontier Airlines, Southwest Airlines, United Airlines.
Recent scheduled departures on this route have used the Airbus A320, Boeing 737-800, Boeing 737-900, Airbus A319 and 4 other types.
Aircraft assignments change by season and by time of day.
The distance from Denver to Chicago is 886 miles, or 1,426 kilometres.
| Great-circle distance | 886 mi |
| Kilometres | 1,426 km |
| Nautical miles | 770 nmi |
Measured airport to airport. The actual track is longer — aircraft follow airways, avoid restricted airspace and route around weather.
Yes. 4 airlines fly it nonstop, with about 165 departures a week, across 2 airport pairings. The route is in our live nonstop dataset, last seeded 2026-07-07.
About 2h 21m in the air on the DEN–ORD nonstop. That is a great-circle estimate from the 886-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.
886 miles (1,426 km) great-circle between Denver International Airport and Chicago O'Hare International Airport.
American Airlines, Frontier Airlines, Southwest Airlines, United Airlines.
Recent scheduled departures have used the Airbus A320, Boeing 737-800, Boeing 737-900, Airbus A319. Assignments change by season and by time of day.
DEN to ORD, DEN to MDW. Flight times differ slightly between them because the airports are not in the same place.
