Chicago to Madison nonstop
Yes: United, American, SkyWest and Republic fly direct from Chicago (ORD) to Madison (MSN) about 9 times a day, year-round.
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- Distance and flight time
- 108 miles nonstop, about 45 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 (94 flights a week), quietest in December 2025 (65 flights a week).
- Sep 2025: 78 flights a week
- Oct 2025: 80 flights a week
- Nov 2025: 78 flights a week
- Dec 2025: 65 flights a week
- Jan 2026: 70 flights a week
- Feb 2026: 65 flights a week
- Mar 2026: 70 flights a week
- Apr 2026: 94 flights a week
- May 2026: 90 flights a week
- Jun 2026: 74 flights a week
- Jul 2026: 73 flights a week
- Aug 2026: 66 flights a week
Flights a week by month, Sep 2025 to Aug 2026, from US DOT on-time filings. - Who operates the flights
- United 34%, Envoy 28% (regional operator), SkyWest 22% (regional operator), Republic 14% (regional operator), PSA 2% (regional operator) of departures, counted across the August 2026 and February 2026 US DOT on-time filings.
- Fares
- Half of the 127 tickets in the US DOT fare survey for Q2 2025 sold between $125 and $300 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 $175 one way, middle half $125 to $250, 124 tickets
- Oct to Dec (Q4 2024): median $200 one way, middle half $100 to $275, 124 tickets
- Jan to Mar (Q1 2025): median $175 one way, middle half $125 to $300, 90 tickets
- Apr to Jun (Q2 2025): median $200 one way, middle half $125 to $300, 127 tickets
Jul to Sep and Jan to Mar trips were the cheapest (median $175 one way) and Oct to Dec and Apr to Jun 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? Madison to Chicago nonstop.
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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