Indianapolis to Chicago nonstop
Yes: Republic, United, American and SkyWest fly direct from Indianapolis (IND) to Chicago (ORD) about 13 times a day, year-round.
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Indianapolis to Chicago in numbers
Measured from US DOT filings, not estimated from distance.
- Distance and flight time
- 177 miles nonstop, about 50 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 April 2026 (130 flights a week), quietest in January 2026 (79 flights a week).
- Sep 2025: 91 flights a week
- Oct 2025: 93 flights a week
- Nov 2025: 86 flights a week
- Dec 2025: 83 flights a week
- Jan 2026: 79 flights a week
- Feb 2026: 100 flights a week
- Mar 2026: 98 flights a week
- Apr 2026: 130 flights a week
- May 2026: 127 flights a week
- Jun 2026: 95 flights a week
- Jul 2026: 100 flights a week
- Aug 2026: 93 flights a week
Flights a week by month, Sep 2025 to Aug 2026, from US DOT on-time filings. - Who operates the flights
- Republic 47% (regional operator), United 17%, Envoy 14% (regional operator), SkyWest 13% (regional operator), American 10% of departures, counted across the August 2026 and February 2026 US DOT on-time filings.
- Fares
- Half of the 1,138 tickets in the US DOT fare survey for Q2 2025 sold between $125 and $250 one way, median $175. 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 $125 to $275, 974 tickets
- Oct to Dec (Q4 2024): median $200 one way, middle half $125 to $250, 1,039 tickets
- Jan to Mar (Q1 2025): median $200 one way, middle half $125 to $275, 820 tickets
- Apr to Jun (Q2 2025): median $175 one way, middle half $125 to $250, 1,138 tickets
Apr to Jun trips were the cheapest (median $175 one way) and Jul to Sep, Oct to Dec and Jan to Mar trips cost the most (median $200), 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 Indianapolis nonstop.
Other airports near Indianapolis with nonstops to Chicago
Within about 100 miles of Indianapolis International Airport
Also nonstop from Indianapolis (IND)
Busiest other routes out of the same airport
- Atlanta (ATL) about 8 times a day
- Denver (DEN) about 7 times a day
- New York (LGA) about 7 times a day
- Dallas/Fort Worth (DFW) about 6 times a day
- Boston (BOS) about 5 times a day
- Austin (AUS) about 5 times a day
- Orlando (MCO) about 5 times a day
- Newark (EWR) about 5 times a day
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