Birmingham to Chicago nonstop
Yes: Republic, American and SkyWest fly direct from Birmingham (BHM) to Chicago (ORD) about 3 times a day, year-round.
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Birmingham to Chicago in numbers
Measured from US DOT filings, not estimated from distance.
- Distance and flight time
- 584 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: busiest in February 2026 (31 flights a week), quietest in July 2026 (14 flights a week).
- Sep 2025: 29 flights a week
- Oct 2025: 26 flights a week
- Nov 2025: 19 flights a week
- Dec 2025: 17 flights a week
- Jan 2026: 17 flights a week
- Feb 2026: 31 flights a week
- Mar 2026: 22 flights a week
- Apr 2026: 21 flights a week
- May 2026: 22 flights a week
- Jun 2026: 14 flights a week
- Jul 2026: 14 flights a week
- Aug 2026: 23 flights a week
Flights a week by month, Sep 2025 to Aug 2026, from US DOT on-time filings. - Who operates the flights
- Republic 43% (regional operator), Envoy 33% (regional operator), SkyWest 24% (regional operator) of departures, counted across the August 2026 and February 2026 US DOT on-time filings.
- Fares
- Half of the 759 tickets in the US DOT fare survey for Q2 2025 sold between $175 and $350 one way, median $225. 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 $250 one way, middle half $175 to $350, 803 tickets
- Oct to Dec (Q4 2024): median $250 one way, middle half $175 to $375, 807 tickets
- Jan to Mar (Q1 2025): median $250 one way, middle half $175 to $375, 591 tickets
- Apr to Jun (Q2 2025): median $225 one way, middle half $175 to $350, 759 tickets
Fares held steady through the year: a median of $225 to $250 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 Birmingham nonstop.
Other airports near Birmingham with nonstops to Chicago
Within about 100 miles of Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International Airport
Also nonstop from Birmingham (BHM)
Busiest other routes out of the same airport
- Atlanta (ATL) about 9 times a day
- Dallas/Fort Worth (DFW) about 6 times a day
- Charlotte (CLT) about 5 times a day
- Denver (DEN) about 4 times a day
- Dallas (DAL) about 3 times a day
- Washington (DCA) about 2 times a day
- Nashville (BNA) about 2 times a day
- Miami (MIA) about 2 times a day
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