Chicago to Boston nonstop
Yes: United, American, Republic, Delta and JetBlue fly direct from Chicago (ORD) to Boston (BOS) about 25 times a day, year-round.
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- Distance and flight time
- 867 miles nonstop, about 2 hr 20 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 (176 flights a week), quietest in January 2026 (106 flights a week).
- Sep 2025: 153 flights a week
- Oct 2025: 156 flights a week
- Nov 2025: 142 flights a week
- Dec 2025: 125 flights a week
- Jan 2026: 106 flights a week
- Feb 2026: 117 flights a week
- Mar 2026: 128 flights a week
- Apr 2026: 146 flights a week
- May 2026: 166 flights a week
- Jun 2026: 171 flights a week
- Jul 2026: 169 flights a week
- Aug 2026: 176 flights a week
Flights a week by month, Sep 2025 to Aug 2026, from US DOT on-time filings. - Who operates the flights
- United 36%, American 27%, Republic 14% (regional operator), Delta 9%, Envoy 7% (regional operator), JetBlue 6% of departures, counted across the August 2026 and February 2026 US DOT on-time filings.
- Fares
- Half of the 16,168 tickets in the US DOT fare survey for Q2 2025 sold between $100 and $250 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 $150 one way, middle half $100 to $225, 16,868 tickets
- Oct to Dec (Q4 2024): median $150 one way, middle half $100 to $250, 15,681 tickets
- Jan to Mar (Q1 2025): median $150 one way, middle half $100 to $225, 9,743 tickets
- Apr to Jun (Q2 2025): median $150 one way, middle half $100 to $250, 16,168 tickets
Fares held steady through the year: a median of $150 one way in every quarter of the DOT ticket survey (Q3 2024 to Q2 2025). Bars show the middle half of one-way fares; the mark is the median.
Flying the other way? Boston to Chicago nonstop.
Other airports near Chicago with nonstops to Boston
Within about 100 miles of Chicago O'Hare International Airport
Also nonstop from Chicago (ORD)
Busiest other routes out of the same airport
- New York (LGA) about 30 times a day
- Los Angeles (LAX) about 24 times a day
- Dallas/Fort Worth (DFW) about 22 times a day
- Washington (DCA) about 20 times a day
- Atlanta (ATL) about 20 times a day
- Minneapolis (MSP) about 19 times a day
- Seattle (SEA) about 19 times a day
- Denver (DEN) about 18 times a day
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