Great-circle route ORD ↔ FLL. 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 → FLL Chicago to Fort Lauderdale |
61/wk | Daily | American Airlines, Frontier Airlines, JetBlue Airways, United Airlines |
| FLL → ORD Fort Lauderdale to Chicago |
61/wk | Daily | American Airlines, Frontier Airlines, JetBlue Airways, 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 955,075 passengers on 5,922 flights between ORD and FLL — about 2,618 a day — filling 82% of the 1,167,784 seats flown. United Air Lines Inc. carried the most passengers (43%).
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–FLL nonstop, including American Airlines, Frontier Airlines, JetBlue Airways, United Airlines.
Recent scheduled departures on this route have used the Boeing 737-800, Airbus A320, Boeing 737-900, Boeing 737.
Aircraft assignments change by season and by time of day.
The distance between Chicago O'Hare International Airport and Fort Lauderdale Hollywood International Airport 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. 4 airlines fly the route nonstop, with about 122 departures a week across both directions. The route is in our live nonstop dataset, last seeded 2026-07-07.
About 2h 55m in the air. 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.
About 61 a week from Chicago to Fort Lauderdale and 61 a week from Fort Lauderdale to Chicago, from our most recent schedule sample.
American Airlines, Frontier Airlines, JetBlue Airways, United Airlines.
In 2025, airlines reported 955,075 passengers on 5,922 scheduled flights between ORD and FLL — about 2,618 a day — filling 82% of the seats flown. Source: US DOT T-100 segment reports, both directions combined.
Recent scheduled departures have used the Boeing 737-800, Airbus A320, Boeing 737-900, Boeing 737. Assignments change by season and by time of day.
