Great-circle route SLC → 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 Salt Lake City to Chicago is approximately 3h 02m nonstop. The distance is 1,247 miles (2,007 km). There are about 11 nonstop flights from Salt Lake City 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SLC → ORD Salt Lake City International Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport |
3h 02m | 1,247 mi | 61/wk | American Airlines, Delta Air Lines, United Airlines |
| SLC → MDW Salt Lake City International Airport to Chicago Midway International Airport |
3h 03m | 1,255 mi | 13/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 Salt Lake City to Chicago, including American Airlines, Delta Air Lines, Southwest Airlines, United Airlines.
Recent scheduled departures on this route have used the Boeing 737-800, Airbus A320, Boeing 737-700, Boeing 737.
Aircraft assignments change by season and by time of day.
The distance from Salt Lake City to Chicago is 1,247 miles, or 2,007 kilometres.
| Great-circle distance | 1,247 mi |
| Kilometres | 2,007 km |
| Nautical miles | 1,084 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 74 departures a week, across 2 airport pairings. The route is in our live nonstop dataset, last seeded 2026-07-07.
About 3h 02m in the air on the SLC–ORD nonstop. That is a great-circle estimate from the 1,247-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.
1,247 miles (2,007 km) great-circle between Salt Lake City International Airport and Chicago O'Hare International Airport.
American Airlines, Delta Air Lines, Southwest Airlines, United Airlines.
Recent scheduled departures have used the Boeing 737-800, Airbus A320, Boeing 737-700, Boeing 737. Assignments change by season and by time of day.
SLC to ORD, SLC to MDW. Flight times differ slightly between them because the airports are not in the same place.
