Cedar Rapids (CID) – Chicago (ORD)
- Distance
- 316 km
- 196 mi · 171 nm
- Flight time
- 1 h 26 min / 1 h 14 min
- Average gate to gate: CID → ORD / back
- Time difference
- none
- CO2 per passenger
- 72 kg
- One way, economy, incl. RF (43 kg CO2 only)
- Passengers / year
- 416,883
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026 · +23.8%
- Flights / week
- 133
- Both directions, average
- Seats filled
- 77%
- 543,664 seats a year
- Airlines nonstop
- 6
- UA, MQ, OO
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 CID
- 87°
- Heading from ORD
- 269°
- Halfway point
- 41.95, -89.81
- Great-circle km
- 315 km (sphere, for EU261)
- In the air CID → ORD
- 43 min
- In the air ORD → CID
- 38 min
- Clocks
- Same time in both
The estimate for a route without real times is 1 h 10 min; how it is worked out is on Sources.
Show as a table
| Month | Passengers |
|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 36,641 |
| Sep 2025 | 34,370 |
| Oct 2025 | 37,096 |
| Nov 2025 | 29,052 |
| Dec 2025 | 29,614 |
| Jan 2026 | 29,324 |
| Feb 2026 | 31,012 |
| Mar 2026 | 33,894 |
| Apr 2026 | 38,329 |
| May 2026 | 44,715 |
| Jun 2026 | 36,846 |
| Jul 2026 | 35,990 |
Show as a table
| Month | Flights |
|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 591 |
| Sep 2025 | 556 |
| Oct 2025 | 605 |
| Nov 2025 | 556 |
| Dec 2025 | 536 |
| Jan 2026 | 537 |
| Feb 2026 | 585 |
| Mar 2026 | 582 |
| Apr 2026 | 691 |
| May 2026 | 725 |
| Jun 2026 | 470 |
| Jul 2026 | 484 |
Airlines flying CID–ORD nonstop
| Airline | Flights / week | Share of passengers |
|---|---|---|
| UAUnited Air Lines | 19 | 26% |
| MQEnvoy Air | 34 | 25% |
| OOSkyWest Airlines | 31 | 18% |
| G7GoJet Airlines | 30 | 15% |
| YXRepublic Airline | 13 | 9% |
| AAAmerican Airlines | 5.8 | 7% |
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
- Bombardier CRJ550 · 2,203 flights
- Embraer ERJ-175 · 2,023 flights
- Embraer-Emb-170 · 674 flights
- Canadair RJ-700 · 575 flights
- Airbus Industrie A319 · 454 flights
- Boeing 737-800 · 250 flights
- Boeing 737-900ER · 216 flights
- Boeing 737-700/700LR/Max 7 · 203 flights
Also carried: 3 tonnes of freight and 1 tonnes of mail a year (passenger and cargo flights).
Punctuality
- On time
- 70.8%
- Arrived within 15 min of schedule
- Average delay
- 27 min
- Late arrivals count, early ones as 0
- Cancelled
- 3.8%
- Flights counted
- 5,510
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026
| Airline | On time | Average delay |
|---|---|---|
| MQEnvoy Air | 76.9% | 18 min |
| OOSkyWest Airlines | 65.2% | 37 min |
| UAUnited Air Lines | 69.2% | 28 min |
| YXRepublic Airline | 69.7% | 23 min |
| AAAmerican Airlines | 71.3% | 37 min |
Delay minutes by cause: airline 29% · aircraft arriving late 39% · air traffic system 16% · weather 15% · security 0%.
Both directions, Aug 2025 – Jul 2026. BTS Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance (US domestic flights of the larger US airlines). Sources
Delay compensation (EU261 / UK261)
Measured by great-circle distance: 315 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 Cedar Rapids 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 |