Chicago to Detroit nonstop
Yes: SkyWest, American, Delta, United and Republic fly direct from Chicago (ORD) to Detroit (DTW) about 18 times a day, year-round.
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- Distance and flight time
- 235 miles nonstop, about 1 hr 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 May 2026 (133 flights a week), quietest in January 2026 (89 flights a week).
- Sep 2025: 112 flights a week
- Oct 2025: 117 flights a week
- Nov 2025: 99 flights a week
- Dec 2025: 92 flights a week
- Jan 2026: 89 flights a week
- Feb 2026: 111 flights a week
- Mar 2026: 103 flights a week
- Apr 2026: 128 flights a week
- May 2026: 133 flights a week
- Jun 2026: 116 flights a week
- Jul 2026: 115 flights a week
- Aug 2026: 124 flights a week
Flights a week by month, Sep 2025 to Aug 2026, from US DOT on-time filings. - Who operates the flights
- SkyWest 35% (regional operator), Envoy 20% (regional operator), Delta 19%, United 16%, Republic 10% (regional operator) of departures, counted across the August 2026 and February 2026 US DOT on-time filings.
- Fares
- Half of the 3,642 tickets in the US DOT fare survey for Q2 2025 sold between $125 and $275 one way, median $200. 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 $275, 4,077 tickets
- Oct to Dec (Q4 2024): median $175 one way, middle half $100 to $275, 3,913 tickets
- Jan to Mar (Q1 2025): median $225 one way, middle half $150 to $325, 2,605 tickets
- Apr to Jun (Q2 2025): median $200 one way, middle half $125 to $275, 3,642 tickets
Jul to Sep trips were the cheapest (median $150 one way) and Jan to Mar trips cost the most (median $225), 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? Detroit to Chicago nonstop.
Other airports near Chicago with nonstops to Detroit
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
- Boston (BOS) about 25 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
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