Memphis (MEM) – Chicago (ORD)
- Distance
- 791 km
- 491 mi · 427 nm
- Flight time
- 2 h 1 min / 1 h 54 min
- Average gate to gate: MEM → ORD / back
- Time difference
- none
- CO2 per passenger
- 100 kg
- One way, economy, incl. RF (59 kg CO2 only)
- Passengers / year
- 311,672
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026 · +4.5%
- Flights / week
- 100
- Both directions, average
- Seats filled
- 76%
- 409,464 seats a year
- Airlines nonstop
- 6
- OO, MQ, 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 MEM
- 13°
- Heading from ORD
- 194°
- Halfway point
- 38.52, -88.99
- Great-circle km
- 792 km (sphere, for EU261)
- In the air MEM → ORD
- 1 h 25 min
- In the air ORD → MEM
- 1 h 18 min
- Clocks
- Same time in both
The estimate for a route without real times is 1 h 45 min; how it is worked out is on Sources.
Show as a table
| Month | Passengers |
|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 27,434 |
| Sep 2025 | 27,236 |
| Oct 2025 | 29,730 |
| Nov 2025 | 25,207 |
| Dec 2025 | 22,993 |
| Jan 2026 | 18,836 |
| Feb 2026 | 22,022 |
| Mar 2026 | 26,302 |
| Apr 2026 | 26,557 |
| May 2026 | 27,640 |
| Jun 2026 | 28,540 |
| Jul 2026 | 29,175 |
Show as a table
| Month | Flights |
|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 448 |
| Sep 2025 | 424 |
| Oct 2025 | 454 |
| Nov 2025 | 421 |
| Dec 2025 | 412 |
| Jan 2026 | 340 |
| Feb 2026 | 404 |
| Mar 2026 | 454 |
| Apr 2026 | 465 |
| May 2026 | 443 |
| Jun 2026 | 464 |
| Jul 2026 | 461 |
Airlines flying MEM–ORD nonstop
| Airline | Flights / week | Share of passengers |
|---|---|---|
| OOSkyWest Airlines | 32 | 32% |
| MQEnvoy Air | 31 | 28% |
| UAUnited Air Lines | 12 | 18% |
| YXRepublic Airline | 17 | 16% |
| G7GoJet Airlines | 6.5 | 5% |
| AAAmerican Airlines | 0.7 | 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 · 2,992 flights
- Embraer-Emb-170 · 821 flights
- Bombardier CRJ550 · 605 flights
- Airbus Industrie A319 · 298 flights
- Airbus Industrie A320-100/200 · 221 flights
- Boeing 737-700/700LR/Max 7 · 104 flights
- Canadair RJ-700 · 69 flights
- Boeing 737-800 · 28 flights
Also carried: 8 tonnes of freight and 0 tonnes of mail a year (passenger and cargo flights).
Punctuality
- On time
- 74.3%
- Arrived within 15 min of schedule
- Average delay
- 19 min
- Late arrivals count, early ones as 0
- Cancelled
- 3.5%
- Flights counted
- 5,013
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026
| Airline | On time | Average delay |
|---|---|---|
| OOSkyWest Airlines | 71.2% | 23 min |
| MQEnvoy Air | 78.2% | 14 min |
| YXRepublic Airline | 74% | 19 min |
| UAUnited Air Lines | 75.6% | 20 min |
| AAAmerican Airlines | 27.3% | 1 h 12 min |
Delay minutes by cause: airline 27% · aircraft arriving late 38% · air traffic system 25% · weather 10% · 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
- $266
- One way, all cabins
- Average over a year
- $241
- Q2 2025 – Q1 2026
- Largest airline
- American Airlines
- 50% of passengers · $244
- Lowest-fare airline
- American Airlines
- 50% of passengers · $244
History, not a price to book: what the average passenger paid per one-way trip in each quarter (Q2 2025 $237 · Q3 2025 $228 · Q4 2025 $242 · Q1 2026 $266).
Fare outlook, Q1 2027: about $272, likely $235–$310
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 90% of the time over 21 quarters (median error 4.9%). 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: 792 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 Memphis 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 |