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Fort Lauderdale (FLL) – Chicago (ORD)

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Distance, flight time and the airlines that fly it, from open data.
Distance
1,902 km
1,182 mi · 1,027 nm
Flight time
3 h 28 min / 3 h 7 min
Average gate to gate: FLL → ORD / back
Time difference
1 h
CO2 per passenger
240 kg
One way, economy, incl. RF (142 kg CO2 only)
Passengers / year
1,065,643
Aug 2025 – Jul 2026 · +13.3%
Flights / week
130
Both directions, average
Seats filled
83%
1,291,009 seats a year
Airlines nonstop
6
UA, NK, AA

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

Great circle from FLL to ORDFLLORD
Shortest path over the earth's surface (great circle). Real flights bend around weather, winds and airspace.

The way there

Heading from FLL
340°
Heading from ORD
156°
Halfway point
34.09, -83.66
Great-circle km
1,905 km (sphere, for EU261)
In the air FLL → ORD
2 h 49 min
In the air ORD → FLL
2 h 33 min
Clocks
Chicago is 1 h behind Fort Lauderdale

The estimate for a route without real times is 3 h 5 min; how it is worked out is on Sources.

Passengers per month, both directions (Aug 2025 – Jul 2026)Busiest: March 2026: 132,720 passengers
050K100K150KAugSepOctNovDecJanFebMar132.7KAprMayJunJul
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Month Passengers
Aug 202565,406
Sep 202562,617
Oct 202574,188
Nov 202585,842
Dec 2025106,886
Jan 2026110,957
Feb 2026104,705
Mar 2026132,720
Apr 202695,504
May 202673,661
Jun 202669,835
Jul 202683,322
Flights per month, both directions (Aug 2025 – Jul 2026)Busiest: March 2026: 828 flights
05001KAugSepOctNovDecJanFebMar828AprMayJunJul
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Month Flights
Aug 2025398
Sep 2025408
Oct 2025439
Nov 2025562
Dec 2025715
Jan 2026755
Feb 2026702
Mar 2026828
Apr 2026625
May 2026455
Jun 2026398
Jul 2026494

Airlines flying FLL–ORD nonstop

Airline Flights / week Share of passengers
UAUnited Air Lines58
44%
NKSpirit Air Lines31
27%
AAAmerican Airlines32
21%
F9Frontier Airlines6.8
7%
B6JetBlue Airways1.6
1%
WNSouthwest Airlines1.2
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

  • Airbus Industrie A321-200n · 2,350 flights
  • Boeing 737-800 · 1,263 flights
  • Boeing 737-900ER · 878 flights
  • Airbus Industrie A321Neoxlr · 614 flights
  • Boeing B737 Max 900 · 533 flights
  • Airbus Industrie A320-100/200 · 360 flights
  • Airbus Industrie A320-200n · 296 flights
  • Airbus Industrie A319 · 277 flights

Also carried: 40 tonnes of freight and 0 tonnes of mail a year (passenger and cargo flights).

Punctuality

On time
70.5%
Arrived within 15 min of schedule
Average delay
25 min
Late arrivals count, early ones as 0
Cancelled
1.9%
Flights counted
6,928
Aug 2025 – Jul 2026
Airline On time Average delay
UAUnited Air Lines76.5%18 min
NKSpirit Air Lines62.2%31 min
AAAmerican Airlines69.7%29 min
F9Frontier Airlines66.6%39 min
B6JetBlue Airways68.3%23 min
WNSouthwest Airlines52.4%39 min

Delay minutes by cause: airline 26% · aircraft arriving late 35% · air traffic system 33% · weather 6% · 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
$216
One way, all cabins
Average over a year
$200
Q2 2025 – Q1 2026
Largest airline
United Air Lines
42% of passengers · $280
Lowest-fare airline
Spirit Air Lines
28% of passengers · $109

History, not a price to book: what the average passenger paid per one-way trip in each quarter (Q2 2025 $196 · Q3 2025 $174 · Q4 2025 $202 · Q1 2026 $216).

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: 1,905 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 Fort Lauderdale and Chicago

ORDMDW
FLL1,9021,877

Kilometres. Linked numbers have a page of their own. All Chicago airports

More routes from FLL

Route Distance Passengers / year
FLL → ATL934 km 2,312,293
FLL → LGA1,731 km 1,383,766
FLL → EWR1,713 km 1,376,885
FLL → JFK1,720 km 1,077,715
FLL → PHL1,597 km 992,476
FLL → DFW1,801 km 934,660
FLL → BOS1,991 km 912,060
FLL → CLT1,016 km 889,786
FLL → DTW1,814 km 861,720
FLL → BWI1,489 km 804,416

More routes from ORD

Route Distance Passengers / year
ORD → LGA1,180 km 2,736,902
ORD → LAX2,808 km 2,332,419
ORD → SFO2,971 km 1,976,484
ORD → DEN1,430 km 1,974,190
ORD → MCO1,617 km 1,924,694
ORD → DFW1,290 km 1,916,312
ORD → BOS1,395 km 1,886,038
ORD → EWR1,157 km 1,731,402
ORD → IAH1,489 km 1,711,056
ORD → PHX2,317 km 1,706,053

Questions

Fort Lauderdale (FLL) and Chicago (ORD) are 1,902 km (1,182 miles, 1,027 nautical miles) apart, measured along the shortest path over the earth's surface.