Great-circle route DCA → 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 Washington to Chicago is approximately 1h 49m nonstop. The distance is 611 miles (983 km). There are about 34 nonstop flights from Washington 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DCA → ORD Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport |
1h 49m | 611 mi | 148/wk | American Airlines, United Airlines |
| IAD → ORD Washington Dulles International Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport |
1h 47m | 587 mi | 49/wk | United Airlines |
| DCA → MDW Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to Chicago Midway International Airport |
1h 48m | 599 mi | 41/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.
3 airlines fly nonstop from Washington to Chicago, including American Airlines, Southwest Airlines, United Airlines.
Recent scheduled departures on this route have used the Boeing 737-700, Airbus A319, Boeing 737, Embraer 175 and 4 other types.
Aircraft assignments change by season and by time of day.
The distance from Washington to Chicago is 611 miles, or 983 kilometres.
| Great-circle distance | 611 mi |
| Kilometres | 983 km |
| Nautical miles | 531 nmi |
Measured airport to airport. The actual track is longer — aircraft follow airways, avoid restricted airspace and route around weather.
Yes. 3 airlines fly it nonstop, with about 238 departures a week, across 3 airport pairings. The route is in our live nonstop dataset, last seeded 2026-07-07.
About 1h 49m in the air on the DCA–ORD nonstop. That is a great-circle estimate from the 611-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.
611 miles (983 km) great-circle between Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport and Chicago O'Hare International Airport.
American Airlines, Southwest Airlines, United Airlines.
Recent scheduled departures have used the Boeing 737-700, Airbus A319, Boeing 737, Embraer 175. Assignments change by season and by time of day.
DCA to ORD, IAD to ORD, DCA to MDW. Flight times differ slightly between them because the airports are not in the same place.
