Great-circle route ORD ↔ CVG. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ORD → CVG Chicago to Cincinnati |
117/wk | Daily | American Airlines, United Airlines |
| CVG → ORD Cincinnati to Chicago |
— | — | American Airlines, Envoy Air, Frontier Airlines, United 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 562,850 passengers on 8,577 flights between ORD and CVG — about 1,543 a day — filling 76% of the 743,284 seats flown. United Air Lines Inc. carried the most passengers (36%).
Source: US DOT T-100 segment reports — actual airline-reported traffic, scheduled service only, both directions combined. Cargo and charter flights excluded.
4 airlines fly the ORD–CVG nonstop, including American Airlines, Envoy Air, Frontier Airlines, United Airlines.
Recent scheduled departures on this route have used the Embraer 175, Embraer 170, Canadair reg jet 700, Boeing 737 and 4 other types.
Aircraft assignments change by season and by time of day.
The distance between Chicago O'Hare International Airport and Cincinnati Northern Kentucky International Airport is 264 miles, or 425 kilometres.
| Great-circle distance | 264 mi |
| Kilometres | 425 km |
| Nautical miles | 229 nmi |
Measured airport to airport. The actual track is longer — aircraft follow airways, avoid restricted airspace and route around weather.
Yes. 4 airlines fly the route nonstop, with about 117 departures a week across both directions. The route is in our live nonstop dataset, last seeded 2026-07-07.
About 1h 10m in the air. That is a great-circle estimate from the 264-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.
American Airlines, Envoy Air, Frontier Airlines, United Airlines.
In 2025, airlines reported 562,850 passengers on 8,577 scheduled flights between ORD and CVG — about 1,543 a day — filling 76% of the seats flown. Source: US DOT T-100 segment reports, both directions combined.
Recent scheduled departures have used the Embraer 175, Embraer 170, Canadair reg jet 700, Boeing 737. Assignments change by season and by time of day.
