Chicago to Phoenix nonstop
Yes: Southwest and Frontier fly direct from Chicago (MDW) to Phoenix (PHX) about 6 times a day, year-round.
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- Distance and flight time
- 1,444 miles nonstop, about 3 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 March 2026 (62 flights a week), quietest in July 2026 (42 flights a week).
- Sep 2025: 47 flights a week
- Oct 2025: 60 flights a week
- Nov 2025: 49 flights a week
- Dec 2025: 54 flights a week
- Jan 2026: 46 flights a week
- Feb 2026: 52 flights a week
- Mar 2026: 62 flights a week
- Apr 2026: 58 flights a week
- May 2026: 53 flights a week
- Jun 2026: 50 flights a week
- Jul 2026: 42 flights a week
- Aug 2026: 44 flights a week
Flights a week by month, Sep 2025 to Aug 2026, from US DOT on-time filings. - Who operates the flights
- Southwest 95%, Frontier 5% of departures, counted across the August 2026 and February 2026 US DOT on-time filings.
- Fares
- Half of the 5,552 tickets in the US DOT fare survey for Q2 2025 sold between $125 and $225 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 $125 one way, middle half $100 to $200, 5,764 tickets
- Oct to Dec (Q4 2024): median $175 one way, middle half $125 to $275, 6,439 tickets
- Jan to Mar (Q1 2025): median $175 one way, middle half $125 to $275, 5,361 tickets
- Apr to Jun (Q2 2025): median $175 one way, middle half $125 to $225, 5,552 tickets
Jul to Sep trips were the cheapest (median $125 one way) and Oct to Dec, Jan to Mar and Apr to Jun trips cost the most (median $175), 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? Phoenix to Chicago nonstop.
Other airports near Chicago with nonstops to Phoenix
Within about 100 miles of Chicago Midway International Airport
Also nonstop from Chicago (MDW)
Busiest other routes out of the same airport
- Atlanta (ATL) about 10 times a day
- Denver (DEN) about 7 times a day
- Dallas (DAL) about 7 times a day
- New York (LGA) about 6 times a day
- Kansas City (MCI) about 6 times a day
- Washington (DCA) about 6 times a day
- Las Vegas (LAS) about 6 times a day
- Orlando (MCO) about 6 times a day
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