Atlanta (ATL) – Chicago (ORD)
- Distance
- 975 km
- 606 mi · 526 nm
- Flight time
- 2 h 15 min / 2 h 1 min
- Average gate to gate: ATL → ORD / back
- Time difference
- 1 h
- CO2 per passenger
- 123 kg
- One way, economy, incl. RF (73 kg CO2 only)
- Passengers / year
- 1,591,889
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026 · +2.7%
- Flights / week
- 241
- Both directions, average
- Seats filled
- 81%
- 1,976,867 seats a year
- Airlines nonstop
- 8
- DL, UA, F9
Traffic: U.S. DOT, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, T-100 Segment (all carriers, scheduled service), Aug 2025 – Jul 2026. Distance: WGS-84 ellipsoid. CO2: UK DESNZ 2026 factors. Sources
The way there
- Heading from ATL
- 343°
- Heading from ORD
- 161°
- Halfway point
- 37.82, -86.07
- Great-circle km
- 976 km (sphere, for EU261)
- In the air ATL → ORD
- 1 h 37 min
- In the air ORD → ATL
- 1 h 26 min
- Clocks
- Chicago is 1 h behind Atlanta
The estimate for a route without real times is 1 h 55 min; how it is worked out is on Sources.
Show as a table
| Month | Passengers |
|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 148,208 |
| Sep 2025 | 136,502 |
| Oct 2025 | 148,586 |
| Nov 2025 | 118,415 |
| Dec 2025 | 122,102 |
| Jan 2026 | 100,240 |
| Feb 2026 | 103,016 |
| Mar 2026 | 119,300 |
| Apr 2026 | 133,121 |
| May 2026 | 152,131 |
| Jun 2026 | 153,438 |
| Jul 2026 | 156,830 |
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| Month | Flights |
|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 1,122 |
| Sep 2025 | 1,085 |
| Oct 2025 | 1,137 |
| Nov 2025 | 1,000 |
| Dec 2025 | 950 |
| Jan 2026 | 871 |
| Feb 2026 | 893 |
| Mar 2026 | 969 |
| Apr 2026 | 1,066 |
| May 2026 | 1,177 |
| Jun 2026 | 1,131 |
| Jul 2026 | 1,156 |
Airlines flying ATL–ORD nonstop
| Airline | Flights / week | Share of passengers |
|---|---|---|
| DLDelta Air Lines | 98 | 48% |
| UAUnited Air Lines | 63 | 23% |
| F9Frontier Airlines | 27 | 15% |
| AAAmerican Airlines | 25 | 8% |
| MQEnvoy Air | 14 | 3% |
| YXRepublic Airline | 11 | 2% |
| NKSpirit Air Lines | 1.7 | 1% |
| OOSkyWest Airlines | 1.6 | 0% |
Both directions, Aug 2025 – Jul 2026. Airlines with at least one flight a month. U.S. DOT, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, T-100 Segment (all carriers, scheduled service). Sources
Aircraft on this route
- Boeing 737-900ER · 2,800 flights
- Boeing 737-800 · 2,212 flights
- Airbus Industrie A319 · 2,130 flights
- Airbus Industrie A321Neoxlr · 1,352 flights
- Embraer ERJ-175 · 1,219 flights
- Airbus Industrie A321-200n · 690 flights
- Boeing 737-700/700LR/Max 7 · 633 flights
- Airbus Industrie A320-100/200 · 626 flights
Also carried: 978 tonnes of freight and 211 tonnes of mail a year (passenger and cargo flights).
Punctuality
- On time
- 73%
- Arrived within 15 min of schedule
- Average delay
- 23 min
- Late arrivals count, early ones as 0
- Cancelled
- 2.4%
- Flights counted
- 12,882
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026
| Airline | On time | Average delay |
|---|---|---|
| DLDelta Air Lines | 74.8% | 19 min |
| UAUnited Air Lines | 75% | 21 min |
| F9Frontier Airlines | 66.2% | 37 min |
| AAAmerican Airlines | 68.4% | 31 min |
| MQEnvoy Air | 74.4% | 20 min |
| YXRepublic Airline | 69.7% | 23 min |
| NKSpirit Air Lines | 77.5% | 20 min |
| OOSkyWest Airlines | 72.7% | 26 min |
Delay minutes by cause: airline 27% · aircraft arriving late 37% · air traffic system 30% · weather 6% · security 0%.
Both directions, Aug 2025 – Jul 2026. BTS Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance (US domestic flights of the larger US airlines). Sources
What passengers paid
- Average fare, Q1 2026
- $223
- One way, all cabins
- Average over a year
- $214
- Q2 2025 – Q1 2026
- Largest airline
- Delta Air Lines
- 43% of passengers · $254
- Lowest-fare airline
- Frontier Airlines
- 15% of passengers · $125
History, not a price to book: what the average passenger paid per one-way trip in each quarter (Q2 2025 $208 · Q3 2025 $206 · Q4 2025 $223 · Q1 2026 $223).
U.S. DOT Consumer Airfare Report, Table 1a (airline ticket sample, US domestic airport pairs). Sources
Delay compensation (EU261 / UK261)
Measured by great-circle distance: 976 km.
Neither EU261 nor UK261 covers this route: it neither starts nor ends in the EU, EEA, Switzerland or the UK. Other countries have their own rules (for example Canada's APPR or Brazil's ANAC rules).
Also owed for a cancellation with less than 14 days' notice or denied boarding. Not owed for extraordinary circumstances. On a connection, the distance to the final destination counts. From 23 October 2027 the EU's Regulation 2026/2202 applies; it keeps these amounts (what changes in 2027). Information, not legal advice.
Every airport pair between Atlanta and Chicago
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| Route | Distance | Passengers / year |
|---|---|---|
| ORD → LGA | 1,180 km | 2,736,902 |
| ORD → LAX | 2,808 km | 2,332,419 |
| ORD → SFO | 2,971 km | 1,976,484 |
| ORD → DEN | 1,430 km | 1,974,190 |
| ORD → MCO | 1,617 km | 1,924,694 |
| ORD → DFW | 1,290 km | 1,916,312 |
| ORD → BOS | 1,395 km | 1,886,038 |
| ORD → EWR | 1,157 km | 1,731,402 |
| ORD → IAH | 1,489 km | 1,711,056 |
| ORD → PHX | 2,317 km | 1,706,053 |