Great-circle route MDW ↔ YTZ. Faint dots are other airports, for geographic context. Download this map — free to reuse with a link back to this page.
Frequencies below are per direction, from our most recent schedule sample.
| Direction | Frequency | Days | Airlines |
|---|---|---|---|
| MDW → YTZ Chicago to Toronto |
13/wk | Daily | Porter Airlines |
Where a direction shows “—” we track it as an operating nonstop but hold no schedule sample for it — we would rather show nothing than guess.
In 2025, airlines reported 57,204 passengers on 1,170 flights between MDW and YTZ — about 157 a day — filling 63% of the 91,260 seats flown. Porter Airlines Inc. (PAI) carried the most passengers (100%).
Source: US DOT T-100 segment reports — actual airline-reported traffic, scheduled service only, both directions combined. Cargo and charter flights excluded.
Porter Airlines is the only airline flying the MDW–YTZ nonstop.
Recent scheduled departures on this route have used the Bombardier Dash 8 Q400 / DHC-8-400.
Aircraft assignments change by season and by time of day.
The distance between Chicago Midway International Airport and Billy Bishop Toronto City Centre Airport is 443 miles, or 713 kilometres.
| Great-circle distance | 443 mi |
| Kilometres | 713 km |
| Nautical miles | 385 nmi |
Measured airport to airport. The actual track is longer — aircraft follow airways, avoid restricted airspace and route around weather.
Yes. Porter Airlines flies the route nonstop, with about 13 departures a week across both directions. The route is in our live nonstop dataset, last seeded 2026-07-07.
About 1h 30m in the air. That is a great-circle estimate from the 443-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.
Porter Airlines.
In 2025, airlines reported 57,204 passengers on 1,170 scheduled flights between MDW and YTZ — about 157 a day — filling 63% of the seats flown. Source: US DOT T-100 segment reports, both directions combined.
Recent scheduled departures have used the Bombardier Dash 8 Q400 / DHC-8-400. Assignments change by season and by time of day.
