Chicago to Minneapolis nonstop
Yes: United, Delta, American, SkyWest and Republic fly direct from Chicago (ORD) to Minneapolis (MSP) about 19 times a day, year-round.
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Chicago to Minneapolis 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 (133 flights a week), quietest in January 2026 (101 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: 101 flights a week
- Feb 2026: 111 flights a week
- Mar 2026: 112 flights a week
- Apr 2026: 133 flights a week
- May 2026: 128 flights a week
- Jun 2026: 120 flights a week
- Jul 2026: 121 flights a week
- Aug 2026: 131 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 7,662 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 $225, 8,863 tickets
- Oct to Dec (Q4 2024): median $150 one way, middle half $100 to $250, 7,847 tickets
- Jan to Mar (Q1 2025): median $200 one way, middle half $125 to $300, 5,120 tickets
- Apr to Jun (Q2 2025): median $175 one way, middle half $100 to $275, 7,662 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? Minneapolis to Chicago nonstop.
Other airports near Chicago with nonstops to Minneapolis
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
- Seattle (SEA) about 19 times a day
- Denver (DEN) about 18 times a day
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