Buffalo to Chicago nonstop
Yes: United, Republic, American and SkyWest fly direct from Buffalo (BUF) to Chicago (ORD) about 6 times a day, year-round.
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- Distance and flight time
- 474 miles nonstop, about 1 hr 30 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 May 2026 (49 flights a week), quietest in February 2026 (32 flights a week).
- Sep 2025: 42 flights a week
- Oct 2025: 41 flights a week
- Nov 2025: 42 flights a week
- Dec 2025: 36 flights a week
- Jan 2026: 36 flights a week
- Feb 2026: 32 flights a week
- Mar 2026: 39 flights a week
- Apr 2026: 41 flights a week
- May 2026: 49 flights a week
- Jun 2026: 47 flights a week
- Jul 2026: 47 flights a week
- Aug 2026: 43 flights a week
Flights a week by month, Sep 2025 to Aug 2026, from US DOT on-time filings. - Who operates the flights
- United 35%, Republic 31% (regional operator), Envoy 12% (regional operator), American 11%, SkyWest 11% (regional operator) of departures, counted across the August 2026 and February 2026 US DOT on-time filings.
- Fares
- Half of the 1,156 tickets in the US DOT fare survey for Q2 2025 sold between $150 and $300 one way, median $200. 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 $200 one way, middle half $150 to $275, 1,425 tickets
- Oct to Dec (Q4 2024): median $225 one way, middle half $150 to $300, 1,095 tickets
- Jan to Mar (Q1 2025): median $225 one way, middle half $175 to $325, 700 tickets
- Apr to Jun (Q2 2025): median $200 one way, middle half $150 to $300, 1,156 tickets
Jul to Sep and Apr to Jun trips were the cheapest (median $200 one way) and Oct to Dec and Jan to Mar trips cost the most (median $225), in the DOT ticket survey for 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 Buffalo nonstop.
Other airports near Buffalo with nonstops to Chicago
Within about 100 miles of Buffalo Niagara International Airport
Also nonstop from Buffalo (BUF)
Busiest other routes out of the same airport
- Boston (BOS) about 5 times a day
- Orlando (MCO) about 5 times a day
- Atlanta (ATL) about 5 times a day
- Baltimore (BWI) about 4 times a day
- Charlotte (CLT) about 4 times a day
- Detroit (DTW) about 4 times a day
- New York (JFK) about 4 times a day
- Chicago (MDW) about 3 times a day
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