Is there a nonstop flight from Atlanta (ATL) to Chicago (MDW)?

Yes. Southwest, Delta and Frontier operate a nonstop ATL–MDW service year-round.

How often do flights leave ATL for MDW?

About 10× daily — 70.5 departures a week in August 2026, compared with 65 a week in February 2026.

How much does a nonstop ATL to MDW flight cost?

Half of tickets sold on this route were between $75 and $200 one way, with a median of $125. Based on 6,830 ticket records in the US DOT fare survey for Q2 2025.

Nonstop route

Atlanta to Chicago nonstop

Yes: Southwest, Delta and Frontier fly direct from Atlanta (ATL) to Chicago (MDW) about 10 times a day, year-round.

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10× daily70.5 flights a week

Year-roundflown 12 of the last 12 months

$75–$200typical one-way · median $125 · US DOT Q2 2025

591miles · about 1 hr 45 min

Route detail

Atlanta to Chicago in numbers

Measured from US DOT filings, not estimated from distance.

Distance and flight time: 591 miles nonstop, about 1 hr 45 min gate to gate. Flight time is an estimate from the great-circle distance; the filings carry distance, not scheduled elapsed time.
Seasonality: Flew every month of the last year, a steady 66 flights a week.
Sep 2025: 68 flights a week
Oct 2025: 69 flights a week
Nov 2025: 64 flights a week
Dec 2025: 64 flights a week
Jan 2026: 61 flights a week
Feb 2026: 65 flights a week
Mar 2026: 62 flights a week
Apr 2026: 67 flights a week
May 2026: 67 flights a week
Jun 2026: 70 flights a week
Jul 2026: 71 flights a week
Aug 2026: 71 flights a week
Flights a week by month, Sep 2025 to Aug 2026, from US DOT on-time filings.
Who operates the flights: Southwest 43%, Delta 39%, Frontier 18% of departures, counted across the August 2026 and February 2026 US DOT on-time filings.
Fares: Half of the 6,830 tickets in the US DOT fare survey for Q2 2025 sold between $75 and $200 one way, median $125. The survey runs a couple of quarters behind, so read it as the shape of the route's pricing rather than today's quote.
Jul to Sep (Q3 2024): median $125 one way, middle half $75 to $225, 6,892 tickets
Oct to Dec (Q4 2024): median $125 one way, middle half $75 to $225, 6,957 tickets
Jan to Mar (Q1 2025): median $125 one way, middle half $75 to $225, 4,948 tickets
Apr to Jun (Q2 2025): median $125 one way, middle half $75 to $200, 6,830 tickets
Fares held steady through the year: a median of $125 one way in every quarter of the DOT ticket survey (Q3 2024 to Q2 2025). Bars show the middle half of one-way fares; the mark is the median.

Flying the other way? Chicago to Atlanta nonstop.

Also nonstop from Atlanta (ATL)

Busiest other routes out of the same airport

Orlando (MCO) about 22 times a day
New York (LGA) about 21 times a day
Chicago (ORD) about 20 times a day
Fort Lauderdale (FLL) about 19 times a day
Washington (DCA) about 18 times a day
Philadelphia (PHL) about 17 times a day
Dallas/Fort Worth (DFW) about 17 times a day
Tampa (TPA) about 17 times a day

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