Cleveland (CLE) – Chicago (ORD)
- Distance
- 508 km
- 316 mi · 274 nm
- Flight time
- 1 h 38 min / 1 h 25 min
- Average gate to gate: CLE → ORD / back
- Time difference
- 1 h
- CO2 per passenger
- 64 kg
- One way, economy, incl. RF (38 kg CO2 only)
- Passengers / year
- 828,106
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026 · +4.1%
- Flights / week
- 182
- Both directions, average
- Seats filled
- 76%
- 1,091,274 seats a year
- Airlines nonstop
- 6
- UA, OO, MQ
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 CLE
- 279°
- Heading from ORD
- 95°
- Halfway point
- 41.74, -84.86
- Great-circle km
- 507 km (sphere, for EU261)
- In the air CLE → ORD
- 1 h
- In the air ORD → CLE
- 49 min
- Clocks
- Chicago is 1 h behind Cleveland
The estimate for a route without real times is 1 h 25 min; how it is worked out is on Sources.
Show as a table
| Month | Passengers |
|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 77,181 |
| Sep 2025 | 78,486 |
| Oct 2025 | 81,049 |
| Nov 2025 | 54,874 |
| Dec 2025 | 57,718 |
| Jan 2026 | 48,989 |
| Feb 2026 | 57,882 |
| Mar 2026 | 74,835 |
| Apr 2026 | 74,287 |
| May 2026 | 78,054 |
| Jun 2026 | 71,293 |
| Jul 2026 | 73,458 |
Show as a table
| Month | Flights |
|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 811 |
| Sep 2025 | 805 |
| Oct 2025 | 879 |
| Nov 2025 | 746 |
| Dec 2025 | 691 |
| Jan 2026 | 622 |
| Feb 2026 | 692 |
| Mar 2026 | 884 |
| Apr 2026 | 940 |
| May 2026 | 926 |
| Jun 2026 | 738 |
| Jul 2026 | 754 |
Airlines flying CLE–ORD nonstop
| Airline | Flights / week | Share of passengers |
|---|---|---|
| UAUnited Air Lines | 82 | 63% |
| OOSkyWest Airlines | 34 | 12% |
| MQEnvoy Air | 30 | 10% |
| AAAmerican Airlines | 16 | 8% |
| YXRepublic Airline | 21 | 7% |
| G7GoJet Airlines | 0.5 | 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
- Embraer ERJ-175 · 2,104 flights
- Canadair RJ-700 · 1,469 flights
- Airbus Industrie A319 · 1,097 flights
- Boeing 737-800 · 1,005 flights
- Boeing 737-900ER · 951 flights
- Embraer-Emb-170 · 823 flights
- Airbus Industrie A320-100/200 · 661 flights
- Boeing 737-700/700LR/Max 7 · 615 flights
Also carried: 130 tonnes of freight and 1 tonnes of mail a year (passenger and cargo flights).
Punctuality
- On time
- 73.3%
- Arrived within 15 min of schedule
- Average delay
- 22 min
- Late arrivals count, early ones as 0
- Cancelled
- 3.3%
- Flights counted
- 9,734
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026
| Airline | On time | Average delay |
|---|---|---|
| UAUnited Air Lines | 74.9% | 20 min |
| OOSkyWest Airlines | 69.8% | 28 min |
| MQEnvoy Air | 74.5% | 18 min |
| YXRepublic Airline | 76.4% | 18 min |
| AAAmerican Airlines | 66.1% | 35 min |
Delay minutes by cause: airline 27% · aircraft arriving late 37% · air traffic system 28% · weather 8% · 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
- $227
- One way, all cabins
- Average over a year
- $225
- Q2 2025 – Q1 2026
- Largest airline
- United Air Lines
- 72% of passengers · $231
- Lowest-fare airline
- American Airlines
- 27% of passengers · $218
History, not a price to book: what the average passenger paid per one-way trip in each quarter (Q2 2025 $227 · Q3 2025 $218 · Q4 2025 $227 · Q1 2026 $227).
Fare outlook, Q1 2027: about $232, likely $200–$264
The average fare paid we expect a year after Q1 2026, the newest DOT quarter. On this route, past forecasts made this way fell inside the range 81% of the time over 21 quarters (median error 7.1%). An estimate from US DOT data: not a price you can book, not a guarantee, not advice on when to buy. How the outlook works
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: 507 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 Cleveland 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 |