Minneapolis to Chicago nonstop
Yes: United, Delta, American, SkyWest and Republic fly direct from Minneapolis (MSP) to Chicago (ORD) about 19 times a day, year-round.
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Minneapolis to Chicago in numbers
Measured from US DOT filings, not estimated from distance.
- Distance and flight time
- 334 miles nonstop, about 1 hr 10 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 (132 flights a week), quietest in January 2026 (99 flights a week).
- Sep 2025: 125 flights a week
- Oct 2025: 130 flights a week
- Nov 2025: 113 flights a week
- Dec 2025: 110 flights a week
- Jan 2026: 99 flights a week
- Feb 2026: 110 flights a week
- Mar 2026: 111 flights a week
- Apr 2026: 132 flights a week
- May 2026: 128 flights a week
- Jun 2026: 121 flights a week
- Jul 2026: 121 flights a week
- Aug 2026: 130 flights a week
Flights a week by month, Sep 2025 to Aug 2026, from US DOT on-time filings. - Who operates the flights
- United 39%, Delta 22%, Envoy 19% (regional operator), SkyWest 12% (regional operator), Republic 6% (regional operator), American 3% of departures, counted across the August 2026 and February 2026 US DOT on-time filings.
- Fares
- Half of the 7,612 tickets in the US DOT fare survey for Q2 2025 sold between $100 and $275 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 $75 to $250, 8,840 tickets
- Oct to Dec (Q4 2024): median $150 one way, middle half $100 to $250, 7,820 tickets
- Jan to Mar (Q1 2025): median $200 one way, middle half $125 to $300, 5,132 tickets
- Apr to Jun (Q2 2025): median $175 one way, middle half $100 to $275, 7,612 tickets
Jul to Sep trips were the cheapest (median $125 one way) 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 Minneapolis nonstop.
Other airports near Minneapolis with nonstops to Chicago
Within about 100 miles of Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport / Wold–Chamberlain Field
Also nonstop from Minneapolis (MSP)
Busiest other routes out of the same airport
- Denver (DEN) about 17 times a day
- Atlanta (ATL) about 10 times a day
- Dallas/Fort Worth (DFW) about 9 times a day
- Seattle (SEA) about 9 times a day
- Washington (DCA) about 7 times a day
- Charlotte (CLT) about 7 times a day
- Phoenix (PHX) about 7 times a day
- Philadelphia (PHL) about 6 times a day
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