Harrisburg (MDT) – Chicago (ORD)
- Distance
- 956 km
- 594 mi · 516 nm
- Flight time
- 2 h 13 min / 1 h 55 min
- Average gate to gate: MDT → ORD / back
- Time difference
- 1 h
- CO2 per passenger
- 120 kg
- One way, economy, incl. RF (71 kg CO2 only)
- Passengers / year
- 352,661
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026 · +29.7%
- Flights / week
- 98
- Both directions, average
- Seats filled
- 78%
- 450,462 seats a year
- Airlines nonstop
- 6
- UA, MQ, 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 MDT
- 286°
- Heading from ORD
- 98°
- Halfway point
- 41.22, -82.26
- Great-circle km
- 954 km (sphere, for EU261)
- In the air MDT → ORD
- 1 h 38 min
- In the air ORD → MDT
- 1 h 20 min
- Clocks
- Chicago is 1 h behind Harrisburg
The estimate for a route without real times is 1 h 55 min; how it is worked out is on Sources.
Show as a table
| Month | Passengers |
|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 25,030 |
| Sep 2025 | 28,147 |
| Oct 2025 | 31,303 |
| Nov 2025 | 24,404 |
| Dec 2025 | 24,726 |
| Jan 2026 | 22,212 |
| Feb 2026 | 26,473 |
| Mar 2026 | 30,873 |
| Apr 2026 | 35,392 |
| May 2026 | 38,056 |
| Jun 2026 | 33,008 |
| Jul 2026 | 33,037 |
Show as a table
| Month | Flights |
|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 386 |
| Sep 2025 | 362 |
| Oct 2025 | 454 |
| Nov 2025 | 428 |
| Dec 2025 | 418 |
| Jan 2026 | 344 |
| Feb 2026 | 362 |
| Mar 2026 | 401 |
| Apr 2026 | 535 |
| May 2026 | 535 |
| Jun 2026 | 447 |
| Jul 2026 | 440 |
Airlines flying MDT–ORD nonstop
| Airline | Flights / week | Share of passengers |
|---|---|---|
| UAUnited Air Lines | 23 | 37% |
| MQEnvoy Air | 23 | 19% |
| AAAmerican Airlines | 9.7 | 13% |
| G7GoJet Airlines | 19 | 12% |
| YXRepublic Airline | 13 | 12% |
| OOSkyWest Airlines | 11 | 7% |
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
- Bombardier CRJ550 · 1,269 flights
- Embraer ERJ-175 · 1,110 flights
- Embraer-Emb-170 · 910 flights
- Airbus Industrie A319 · 569 flights
- Boeing 737-700/700LR/Max 7 · 564 flights
- Boeing 737-800 · 271 flights
- Canadair RJ-200ER /RJ-440 · 93 flights
- Airbus Industrie A320-100/200 · 78 flights
Also carried: 11 tonnes of freight and 0 tonnes of mail a year (passenger and cargo flights).
Punctuality
- On time
- 74.5%
- Arrived within 15 min of schedule
- Average delay
- 22 min
- Late arrivals count, early ones as 0
- Cancelled
- 3.2%
- Flights counted
- 4,262
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026
| Airline | On time | Average delay |
|---|---|---|
| MQEnvoy Air | 77% | 18 min |
| UAUnited Air Lines | 72.4% | 21 min |
| YXRepublic Airline | 83.2% | 12 min |
| OOSkyWest Airlines | 67.2% | 35 min |
| AAAmerican Airlines | 69.1% | 36 min |
Delay minutes by cause: airline 23% · aircraft arriving late 40% · air traffic system 25% · 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
- $256
- One way, all cabins
- Average over a year
- $257
- Q2 2025 – Q1 2026
- Largest airline
- United Air Lines
- 60% of passengers · $269
- Lowest-fare airline
- American Airlines
- 40% of passengers · $236
History, not a price to book: what the average passenger paid per one-way trip in each quarter (Q2 2025 $261 · Q3 2025 $263 · Q4 2025 $249 · Q1 2026 $256).
Fare outlook, Q1 2027: about $261, likely $226–$298
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 100% of the time over 9 quarters (median error 5%). 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
Cheapest quarter on this route: Q4, typically 3% below the year's average (4 years of DOT data, without 2020–21).
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: 954 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 Harrisburg 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 |