New York to Chicago nonstop
Yes: Republic, JetBlue, American, Frontier and Delta fly direct from New York (JFK) to Chicago (ORD) about 6 times a day, year-round.
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New York to Chicago in numbers
Measured from US DOT filings, not estimated from distance.
- Distance and flight time
- 740 miles nonstop, about 2 hr 5 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 August 2026 (45 flights a week), quietest in February 2026 (30 flights a week).
- Sep 2025: 38 flights a week
- Oct 2025: 41 flights a week
- Nov 2025: 39 flights a week
- Dec 2025: 42 flights a week
- Jan 2026: 31 flights a week
- Feb 2026: 30 flights a week
- Mar 2026: 39 flights a week
- Apr 2026: 32 flights a week
- May 2026: 40 flights a week
- Jun 2026: 44 flights a week
- Jul 2026: 40 flights a week
- Aug 2026: 45 flights a week
Flights a week by month, Sep 2025 to Aug 2026, from US DOT on-time filings. - Who operates the flights
- Republic 41% (regional operator), JetBlue 36%, American 18%, Frontier 4%, Delta 1% of departures, counted across the August 2026 and February 2026 US DOT on-time filings.
- Fares
- Half of the 4,259 tickets in the US DOT fare survey for Q2 2025 sold between $100 and $275 one way, median $150. 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 $100 to $225, 4,423 tickets
- Oct to Dec (Q4 2024): median $150 one way, middle half $100 to $250, 4,084 tickets
- Jan to Mar (Q1 2025): median $125 one way, middle half $75 to $225, 2,827 tickets
- Apr to Jun (Q2 2025): median $150 one way, middle half $100 to $275, 4,259 tickets
Jul to Sep and Jan to Mar trips were the cheapest (median $125 one way) and Oct to Dec and Apr to Jun trips cost the most (median $150), 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 New York nonstop.
Other airports near New York with nonstops to Chicago
Within about 100 miles of John F. Kennedy International Airport
Also nonstop from New York (JFK)
Busiest other routes out of the same airport
- Los Angeles (LAX) about 28 times a day
- San Francisco (SFO) about 19 times a day
- Boston (BOS) about 13 times a day
- Orlando (MCO) about 12 times a day
- Miami (MIA) about 11 times a day
- Atlanta (ATL) about 11 times a day
- Las Vegas (LAS) about 10 times a day
- San Juan (SJU) about 10 times a day
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