Cincinnati (CVG) – Chicago (ORD)
- Distance
- 425 km
- 264 mi · 230 nm
- Flight time
- 1 h 37 min / 1 h 23 min
- Average gate to gate: CVG → ORD / back
- Time difference
- 1 h
- CO2 per passenger
- 98 kg
- One way, economy, incl. RF (58 kg CO2 only)
- Passengers / year
- 581,213
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026 · +9.1%
- Flights / week
- 180
- Both directions, average
- Seats filled
- 72%
- 802,369 seats a year
- Airlines nonstop
- 7
- UA, YX, 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 CVG
- 321°
- Heading from ORD
- 139°
- Halfway point
- 40.53, -86.25
- Great-circle km
- 425 km (sphere, for EU261)
- In the air CVG → ORD
- 56 min
- In the air ORD → CVG
- 45 min
- Clocks
- Chicago is 1 h behind Cincinnati
The estimate for a route without real times is 1 h 20 min; how it is worked out is on Sources.
Show as a table
| Month | Passengers |
|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 52,228 |
| Sep 2025 | 56,518 |
| Oct 2025 | 58,565 |
| Nov 2025 | 41,471 |
| Dec 2025 | 39,999 |
| Jan 2026 | 32,188 |
| Feb 2026 | 37,580 |
| Mar 2026 | 45,745 |
| Apr 2026 | 45,192 |
| May 2026 | 54,133 |
| Jun 2026 | 57,972 |
| Jul 2026 | 59,622 |
Show as a table
| Month | Flights |
|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 801 |
| Sep 2025 | 803 |
| Oct 2025 | 837 |
| Nov 2025 | 699 |
| Dec 2025 | 697 |
| Jan 2026 | 585 |
| Feb 2026 | 644 |
| Mar 2026 | 799 |
| Apr 2026 | 791 |
| May 2026 | 905 |
| Jun 2026 | 873 |
| Jul 2026 | 950 |
Airlines flying CVG–ORD nonstop
| Airline | Flights / week | Share of passengers |
|---|---|---|
| UAUnited Air Lines | 35 | 31% |
| YXRepublic Airline | 49 | 25% |
| MQEnvoy Air | 51 | 23% |
| OOSkyWest Airlines | 35 | 16% |
| AAAmerican Airlines | 3.0 | 2% |
| G7GoJet Airlines | 5.7 | 2% |
| OHPSA Airlines | 1.3 | 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 · 4,094 flights
- Embraer-Emb-170 · 1,726 flights
- Canadair RJ-700 · 1,095 flights
- Airbus Industrie A319 · 822 flights
- Bombardier CRJ550 · 448 flights
- Boeing 737-700/700LR/Max 7 · 363 flights
- Airbus Industrie A320-100/200 · 287 flights
- Boeing 737-800 · 198 flights
Also carried: 11 tonnes of freight and 0 tonnes of mail a year (passenger and cargo flights).
Punctuality
- On time
- 72.4%
- Arrived within 15 min of schedule
- Average delay
- 24 min
- Late arrivals count, early ones as 0
- Cancelled
- 3.4%
- Flights counted
- 9,327
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026
| Airline | On time | Average delay |
|---|---|---|
| MQEnvoy Air | 74.4% | 20 min |
| YXRepublic Airline | 79.3% | 17 min |
| OOSkyWest Airlines | 62.8% | 38 min |
| UAUnited Air Lines | 71% | 22 min |
| AAAmerican Airlines | 50% | 41 min |
| OHPSA Airlines | 69.6% | 40 min |
Delay minutes by cause: airline 26% · aircraft arriving late 36% · air traffic system 27% · weather 11% · 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
- $233
- One way, all cabins
- Average over a year
- $228
- Q2 2025 – Q1 2026
- Largest airline
- United Air Lines
- 57% of passengers · $234
- Lowest-fare airline
- American Airlines
- 41% of passengers · $229
History, not a price to book: what the average passenger paid per one-way trip in each quarter (Q2 2025 $225 · Q3 2025 $222 · Q4 2025 $232 · Q1 2026 $233).
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: 425 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 Cincinnati 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 |