Indianapolis (IND) – Chicago (ORD)
- Distance
- 285 km
- 177 mi · 154 nm
- Flight time
- 1 h 23 min / 1 h 10 min
- Average gate to gate: IND → ORD / back
- Time difference
- 1 h
- CO2 per passenger
- 65 kg
- One way, economy, incl. RF (39 kg CO2 only)
- Passengers / year
- 682,161
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026 · +8.5%
- Flights / week
- 204
- Both directions, average
- Seats filled
- 72%
- 948,007 seats a year
- Airlines nonstop
- 7
- YX, UA, 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
The way there
- Heading from IND
- 332°
- Heading from ORD
- 151°
- Halfway point
- 40.85, -87.09
- Great-circle km
- 286 km (sphere, for EU261)
- In the air IND → ORD
- 44 min
- In the air ORD → IND
- 34 min
- Clocks
- Chicago is 1 h behind Indianapolis
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 | 56,180 |
| Sep 2025 | 56,260 |
| Oct 2025 | 62,532 |
| Nov 2025 | 47,661 |
| Dec 2025 | 47,670 |
| Jan 2026 | 43,141 |
| Feb 2026 | 49,155 |
| Mar 2026 | 61,624 |
| Apr 2026 | 65,567 |
| May 2026 | 70,243 |
| Jun 2026 | 59,295 |
| Jul 2026 | 62,833 |
Show as a table
| Month | Flights |
|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 833 |
| Sep 2025 | 787 |
| Oct 2025 | 833 |
| Nov 2025 | 742 |
| Dec 2025 | 802 |
| Jan 2026 | 756 |
| Feb 2026 | 808 |
| Mar 2026 | 918 |
| Apr 2026 | 1,143 |
| May 2026 | 1,168 |
| Jun 2026 | 882 |
| Jul 2026 | 925 |
Airlines flying IND–ORD nonstop
| Airline | Flights / week | Share of passengers |
|---|---|---|
| YXRepublic Airline | 104 | 47% |
| UAUnited Air Lines | 28 | 20% |
| AAAmerican Airlines | 21 | 13% |
| OOSkyWest Airlines | 24 | 9% |
| MQEnvoy Air | 22 | 9% |
| G7GoJet Airlines | 3.5 | 1% |
| DLDelta Air Lines | 0.2 | 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 · 6,527 flights
- Airbus Industrie A319 · 1,527 flights
- Embraer-Emb-170 · 913 flights
- Canadair RJ-700 · 291 flights
- Boeing 737-700/700LR/Max 7 · 281 flights
- Boeing 737-800 · 262 flights
- Bombardier CRJ550 · 256 flights
- Airbus Industrie A320-100/200 · 255 flights
Also carried: 82 tonnes of freight and 3 tonnes of mail a year (passenger and cargo flights).
Punctuality
- On time
- 76%
- Arrived within 15 min of schedule
- Average delay
- 20 min
- Late arrivals count, early ones as 0
- Cancelled
- 3.6%
- Flights counted
- 10,517
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026
| Airline | On time | Average delay |
|---|---|---|
| YXRepublic Airline | 80.4% | 16 min |
| UAUnited Air Lines | 69.7% | 23 min |
| OOSkyWest Airlines | 67.6% | 31 min |
| MQEnvoy Air | 80.1% | 16 min |
| AAAmerican Airlines | 67.6% | 28 min |
Delay minutes by cause: airline 24% · aircraft arriving late 37% · air traffic system 27% · weather 13% · 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, Q4 2025
- $214
- One way, all cabins
- Average over a year
- $200
- Q2 2025 – Q4 2025
- Largest airline
- United Air Lines
- 63% of passengers · $217
- Lowest-fare airline
- American Airlines
- 36% of passengers · $207
History, not a price to book: what the average passenger paid per one-way trip in each quarter (Q2 2025 $209 · Q3 2025 $179 · Q4 2025 $214).
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: 286 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 Indianapolis 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 |