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Kansas City (MCI) – Chicago (ORD)

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Distance, flight time and the airlines that fly it, from open data.
Distance
648 km
403 mi · 350 nm
Flight time
1 h 45 min / 1 h 42 min
Average gate to gate: MCI → ORD / back
Time difference
none
CO2 per passenger
81 kg
One way, economy, incl. RF (48 kg CO2 only)
Passengers / year
695,464
Aug 2025 – Jul 2026 · −1.5%
Flights / week
158
Both directions, average
Seats filled
81%
861,158 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

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

The way there

Heading from MCI
61°
Heading from ORD
245°
Halfway point
40.69, -91.38
Great-circle km
647 km (sphere, for EU261)
In the air MCI → ORD
1 h 5 min
In the air ORD → MCI
1 h 6 min
Clocks
Same time in both

The estimate for a route without real times is 1 h 35 min; how it is worked out is on Sources.

Passengers per month, both directions (Aug 2025 – Jul 2026)Busiest: May 2026: 66,482 passengers
050K100KAugSepOctNovDecJanFebMarAprMay66.5KJunJul
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Month Passengers
Aug 202561,568
Sep 202559,878
Oct 202565,506
Nov 202554,462
Dec 202552,367
Jan 202641,700
Feb 202647,826
Mar 202655,422
Apr 202664,058
May 202666,482
Jun 202661,999
Jul 202664,196
Flights per month, both directions (Aug 2025 – Jul 2026)Busiest: May 2026: 820 flights
05001KAugSepOctNovDecJanFebMarAprMay820JunJul
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Month Flights
Aug 2025628
Sep 2025602
Oct 2025701
Nov 2025668
Dec 2025614
Jan 2026545
Feb 2026667
Mar 2026707
Apr 2026799
May 2026820
Jun 2026723
Jul 2026758

Airlines flying MCI–ORD nonstop

Airline Flights / week Share of passengers
UAUnited Air Lines56
50%
OOSkyWest Airlines40
17%
MQEnvoy Air30
13%
YXRepublic Airline21
11%
AAAmerican Airlines9.8
9%
OHPSA Airlines1.5
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

  • Embraer ERJ-175 · 2,927 flights
  • Canadair RJ-700 · 1,149 flights
  • Airbus Industrie A319 · 1,005 flights
  • Boeing 737-800 · 1,003 flights
  • Airbus Industrie A320-100/200 · 770 flights
  • Embraer-Emb-170 · 741 flights
  • Boeing 737-900ER · 360 flights
  • Boeing 737-700/700LR/Max 7 · 111 flights

Also carried: 86 tonnes of freight and 0 tonnes of mail a year (passenger and cargo flights).

Punctuality

On time
73.9%
Arrived within 15 min of schedule
Average delay
24 min
Late arrivals count, early ones as 0
Cancelled
2.7%
Flights counted
8,394
Aug 2025 – Jul 2026
Airline On time Average delay
UAUnited Air Lines74.7%21 min
OOSkyWest Airlines69.8%31 min
MQEnvoy Air75.4%18 min
YXRepublic Airline79.9%19 min
AAAmerican Airlines71.2%31 min
OHPSA Airlines55.3%42 min

Delay minutes by cause: airline 26% · aircraft arriving late 39% · air traffic system 23% · weather 12% · 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
$267
One way, all cabins
Average over a year
$244
Q2 2025 – Q1 2026
Largest airline
United Air Lines
60% of passengers · $275
Lowest-fare airline
American Airlines
39% of passengers · $254

History, not a price to book: what the average passenger paid per one-way trip in each quarter (Q2 2025 $241 · Q3 2025 $233 · Q4 2025 $241 · Q1 2026 $267).

Fare outlook, Q1 2027: about $273, likely $236–$311

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 95% of the time over 21 quarters (median error 6.1%). 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: 647 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 Kansas City and Chicago

ORDMDW
MCI648651

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

More routes from MCI

Route Distance Passengers / year
MCI → DEN857 km 1,083,294
MCI → ATL1,115 km 901,526
MCI → PHX1,679 km 618,070
MCI → DFW741 km 576,219
MCI → LAS1,833 km 520,804
MCI → MDW651 km 485,191
MCI → DAL742 km 430,119
MCI → MCO1,726 km 419,053
MCI → BNA791 km 350,750
MCI → LGA1,782 km 331,083

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

Kansas City (MCI) and Chicago (ORD) are 648 km (403 miles, 350 nautical miles) apart, measured along the shortest path over the earth's surface.