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Milwaukee (MKE) – Chicago (ORD)

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Distance, flight time and the airlines that fly it, from open data.
Distance
108 km
67 mi · 58 nm
Flight time
1 h 13 min / 1 h
Average gate to gate: MKE → ORD / back
Time difference
none
CO2 per passenger
25 kg
One way, economy, incl. RF (15 kg CO2 only)
Passengers / year
437,257
Aug 2025 – Jul 2026 · +9.0%
Flights / week
200
Both directions, average
Seats filled
69%
634,024 seats a year
Airlines nonstop
7
OO, YX, 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 MKE to ORDMKEORD
Shortest path over the earth's surface (great circle). Real flights bend around weather, winds and airspace.

The way there

Heading from MKE
180°
Heading from ORD
0°
Halfway point
42.46, -87.90
Great-circle km
108 km (sphere, for EU261)
In the air MKE → ORD
27 min
In the air ORD → MKE
20 min
Clocks
Same time in both

The estimate for a route without real times is 55 min; how it is worked out is on Sources.

Passengers per month, both directions (Aug 2025 – Jul 2026)Busiest: May 2026: 42,585 passengers
020K40K60KAugSepOctNovDecJanFebMarAprMay42.6KJunJul
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Month Passengers
Aug 202536,912
Sep 202535,861
Oct 202541,175
Nov 202534,865
Dec 202533,243
Jan 202628,991
Feb 202634,652
Mar 202636,974
Apr 202640,263
May 202642,585
Jun 202635,833
Jul 202635,903
Flights per month, both directions (Aug 2025 – Jul 2026)Busiest: May 2026: 1,069 flights
05001K1.5KAugSepOctNovDecJanFebMarAprMay1.1KJunJul
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Month Flights
Aug 2025799
Sep 2025798
Oct 2025949
Nov 2025848
Dec 2025796
Jan 2026741
Feb 2026829
Mar 2026837
Apr 2026985
May 20261,069
Jun 2026839
Jul 2026909

Airlines flying MKE–ORD nonstop

Airline Flights / week Share of passengers
OOSkyWest Airlines187
91%
YXRepublic Airline4.4
3%
MQEnvoy Air5.0
3%
AAAmerican Airlines1.2
2%
UAUnited Air Lines0.6
1%
OHPSA Airlines0.9
0%
DLDelta Air Lines0.2
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

  • Canadair RJ-700 · 3,919 flights
  • Canadair RJ-200ER /RJ-440 · 2,987 flights
  • Embraer ERJ-175 · 1,600 flights
  • Bombardier CRJ550 · 1,592 flights
  • Embraer-Emb-170 · 176 flights
  • Boeing 737-800 · 55 flights
  • Airbus Industrie A319 · 11 flights
  • Airbus Industrie A320-100/200 · 10 flights

Also carried: 20 tonnes of freight and 1 tonnes of mail a year (passenger and cargo flights).

Punctuality

On time
66.7%
Arrived within 15 min of schedule
Average delay
32 min
Late arrivals count, early ones as 0
Cancelled
4.7%
Flights counted
10,536
Aug 2025 – Jul 2026
Airline On time Average delay
OOSkyWest Airlines66.4%32 min
MQEnvoy Air66.7%24 min
YXRepublic Airline77.7%17 min
OHPSA Airlines63.6%1 h 24 min

Delay minutes by cause: airline 42% · aircraft arriving late 27% · air traffic system 18% · 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

Delay compensation (EU261 / UK261)

Measured by great-circle distance: 108 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 Milwaukee and Chicago

ORDMDW
MKE108130

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

More routes from MKE

Route Distance Passengers / year
MKE → ATL1,077 km 574,645
MKE → DEN1,442 km 541,574
MKE → PHX2,350 km 393,261
MKE → MCO1,716 km 382,836
MKE → LAS2,452 km 268,369
MKE → DFW1,373 km 261,003
MKE → MSP478 km 251,044
MKE → DTW382 km 234,941
MKE → BNA765 km 233,341
MKE → CLT1,047 km 195,328

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

Milwaukee (MKE) and Chicago (ORD) are 108 km (67 miles, 58 nautical miles) apart, measured along the shortest path over the earth's surface.