Austin (AUS) – Chicago (ORD)
- Distance
- 1,573 km
- 977 mi · 849 nm
- Flight time
- 2 h 51 min / 2 h 49 min
- Average gate to gate: AUS → ORD / back
- Time difference
- none
- CO2 per passenger
- 198 kg
- One way, economy, incl. RF (117 kg CO2 only)
- Passengers / year
- 770,983
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026 · +6.5%
- Flights / week
- 119
- Both directions, average
- Seats filled
- 80%
- 967,981 seats a year
- Airlines nonstop
- 6
- UA, AA, WN
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 AUS
- 31°
- Heading from ORD
- 217°
- Halfway point
- 36.19, -93.15
- Great-circle km
- 1,574 km (sphere, for EU261)
- In the air AUS → ORD
- 2 h 14 min
- In the air ORD → AUS
- 2 h 15 min
- Clocks
- Same time in both
The estimate for a route without real times is 2 h 40 min; how it is worked out is on Sources.
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| Month | Passengers |
|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 67,795 |
| Sep 2025 | 67,032 |
| Oct 2025 | 79,763 |
| Nov 2025 | 60,938 |
| Dec 2025 | 55,790 |
| Jan 2026 | 42,302 |
| Feb 2026 | 46,887 |
| Mar 2026 | 68,371 |
| Apr 2026 | 65,860 |
| May 2026 | 76,297 |
| Jun 2026 | 71,669 |
| Jul 2026 | 68,279 |
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| Month | Flights |
|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 518 |
| Sep 2025 | 518 |
| Oct 2025 | 597 |
| Nov 2025 | 491 |
| Dec 2025 | 473 |
| Jan 2026 | 392 |
| Feb 2026 | 427 |
| Mar 2026 | 580 |
| Apr 2026 | 566 |
| May 2026 | 598 |
| Jun 2026 | 531 |
| Jul 2026 | 521 |
Airlines flying AUS–ORD nonstop
| Airline | Flights / week | Share of passengers |
|---|---|---|
| UAUnited Air Lines | 57 | 49% |
| AAAmerican Airlines | 45 | 38% |
| WNSouthwest Airlines | 6.7 | 6% |
| F9Frontier Airlines | 4.0 | 4% |
| YXRepublic Airline | 3.5 | 2% |
| MQEnvoy Air | 3.3 | 1% |
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 737-800 · 2,218 flights
- Airbus Industrie A319 · 1,271 flights
- Airbus Industrie A320-100/200 · 659 flights
- Boeing B737 Max 800 · 578 flights
- Boeing 737-900ER · 381 flights
- Embraer ERJ-175 · 326 flights
- Boeing B737 Max 900 · 286 flights
- Airbus Industrie A321-200n · 149 flights
Also carried: 57 tonnes of freight and 2 tonnes of mail a year (passenger and cargo flights).
Punctuality
- On time
- 72.8%
- Arrived within 15 min of schedule
- Average delay
- 24 min
- Late arrivals count, early ones as 0
- Cancelled
- 2.2%
- Flights counted
- 6,345
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026
| Airline | On time | Average delay |
|---|---|---|
| UAUnited Air Lines | 77.2% | 18 min |
| AAAmerican Airlines | 68.1% | 31 min |
| WNSouthwest Airlines | 69.9% | 19 min |
| F9Frontier Airlines | 68.3% | 44 min |
| YXRepublic Airline | 69.3% | 20 min |
| MQEnvoy Air | 72.9% | 18 min |
Delay minutes by cause: airline 22% · aircraft arriving late 47% · air traffic system 27% · weather 5% · 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
- $243
- One way, all cabins
- Average over a year
- $225
- Q2 2025 – Q1 2026
- Largest airline
- United Air Lines
- 49% of passengers · $262
- Lowest-fare airline
- American Airlines
- 36% of passengers · $244
History, not a price to book: what the average passenger paid per one-way trip in each quarter (Q2 2025 $221 · Q3 2025 $214 · Q4 2025 $225 · Q1 2026 $243).
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: 1,574 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 Austin 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 |