Great-circle route FLL → 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 Fort Lauderdale to Chicago is approximately 2h 55m nonstop. The distance is 1,184 miles (1,905 km). There are about 12 nonstop flights from Fort Lauderdale 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FLL → ORD Fort Lauderdale Hollywood International Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport |
2h 55m | 1,184 mi | 61/wk | American Airlines, Frontier Airlines, JetBlue Airways, United Airlines |
| FLL → MDW Fort Lauderdale Hollywood International Airport to Chicago Midway 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 Fort Lauderdale to Chicago, including American Airlines, Frontier Airlines, JetBlue Airways, Southwest Airlines and 1 more.
Recent scheduled departures on this route have used the Boeing 737, Airbus A320, Boeing 737-800, Boeing 737-900.
Aircraft assignments change by season and by time of day.
The distance from Fort Lauderdale to Chicago 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 FLL–ORD 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 Fort Lauderdale Hollywood International Airport and Chicago O'Hare International Airport.
American Airlines, Frontier Airlines, JetBlue Airways, Southwest Airlines, United Airlines.
Recent scheduled departures have used the Boeing 737, Airbus A320, Boeing 737-800, Boeing 737-900. Assignments change by season and by time of day.
FLL to ORD, FLL to MDW. Flight times differ slightly between them because the airports are not in the same place.
