Detroit (DTW) – Chicago (ORD)
- Distance
- 377 km
- 234 mi · 204 nm
- Flight time
- 1 h 32 min / 1 h 25 min
- Average gate to gate: DTW → ORD / back
- Time difference
- 1 h
- CO2 per passenger
- 86 kg
- One way, economy, incl. RF (51 kg CO2 only)
- Passengers / year
- 806,774
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026 · −3.7%
- Flights / week
- 231
- Both directions, average
- Seats filled
- 74%
- 1,089,638 seats a year
- Airlines nonstop
- 9
- OO, DL, UA
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 DTW
- 268°
- Heading from ORD
- 85°
- Halfway point
- 42.12, -85.63
- Great-circle km
- 376 km (sphere, for EU261)
- In the air DTW → ORD
- 49 min
- In the air ORD → DTW
- 48 min
- Clocks
- Chicago is 1 h behind Detroit
The estimate for a route without real times is 1 h 15 min; how it is worked out is on Sources.
Show as a table
| Month | Passengers |
|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 81,592 |
| Sep 2025 | 76,391 |
| Oct 2025 | 75,840 |
| Nov 2025 | 58,999 |
| Dec 2025 | 53,785 |
| Jan 2026 | 48,353 |
| Feb 2026 | 52,767 |
| Mar 2026 | 58,485 |
| Apr 2026 | 67,441 |
| May 2026 | 76,921 |
| Jun 2026 | 77,582 |
| Jul 2026 | 78,618 |
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| Month | Flights |
|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 1,025 |
| Sep 2025 | 1,036 |
| Oct 2025 | 1,066 |
| Nov 2025 | 901 |
| Dec 2025 | 882 |
| Jan 2026 | 820 |
| Feb 2026 | 888 |
| Mar 2026 | 945 |
| Apr 2026 | 1,155 |
| May 2026 | 1,197 |
| Jun 2026 | 1,022 |
| Jul 2026 | 1,056 |
Airlines flying DTW–ORD nonstop
| Airline | Flights / week | Share of passengers |
|---|---|---|
| OOSkyWest Airlines | 95 | 35% |
| DLDelta Air Lines | 45 | 25% |
| UAUnited Air Lines | 31 | 20% |
| MQEnvoy Air | 34 | 11% |
| YXRepublic Airline | 16 | 6% |
| 9EEndeavor Air | 4.1 | 2% |
| AAAmerican Airlines | 2.1 | 1% |
| G7GoJet Airlines | 1.3 | 0% |
| OHPSA Airlines | 0.8 | 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 · 3,867 flights
- Boeing 717-200 · 2,002 flights
- Canadair RJ-700 · 1,609 flights
- Canadair CRJ 900 · 1,162 flights
- Embraer-Emb-170 · 1,006 flights
- Airbus Industrie A319 · 749 flights
- Airbus Industrie A320-100/200 · 555 flights
- Boeing 737-700/700LR/Max 7 · 230 flights
Also carried: 333 tonnes of freight and 196 tonnes of mail a year (passenger and cargo flights).
Punctuality
- On time
- 72.2%
- Arrived within 15 min of schedule
- Average delay
- 25 min
- Late arrivals count, early ones as 0
- Cancelled
- 3.2%
- Flights counted
- 11,909
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026
| Airline | On time | Average delay |
|---|---|---|
| OOSkyWest Airlines | 66.8% | 32 min |
| DLDelta Air Lines | 75% | 22 min |
| MQEnvoy Air | 79% | 15 min |
| UAUnited Air Lines | 72.3% | 22 min |
| YXRepublic Airline | 81.4% | 17 min |
| AAAmerican Airlines | 80.5% | 27 min |
| OHPSA Airlines | 60% | 34 min |
Delay minutes by cause: airline 41% · aircraft arriving late 27% · air traffic system 21% · 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
- $270
- One way, all cabins
- Average over a year
- $222
- Q2 2025 – Q1 2026
- Largest airline
- Delta Air Lines
- 48% of passengers · $267
- Lowest-fare airline
- American Airlines
- 16% of passengers · $254
History, not a price to book: what the average passenger paid per one-way trip in each quarter (Q2 2025 $209 · Q3 2025 $198 · Q4 2025 $226 · Q1 2026 $270).
Fare outlook, Q1 2027: about $276, likely $238–$314
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 86% of the time over 21 quarters (median error 6.4%). 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: 376 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 Detroit 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 |