Chicago (ORD) – Raleigh (RDU)
- Distance
- 1,040 km
- 646 mi · 561 nm
- Flight time
- 2 h 7 min / 2 h 29 min
- Average gate to gate: ORD → RDU / back
- Time difference
- 1 h
- CO2 per passenger
- 131 kg
- One way, economy, incl. RF (77 kg CO2 only)
- Passengers / year
- 656,545
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026 · +2.2%
- Flights / week
- 137
- Both directions, average
- Seats filled
- 77%
- 849,647 seats a year
- Airlines nonstop
- 6
- UA, YX, 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 ORD
- 128°
- Heading from RDU
- 313°
- Halfway point
- 39.02, -83.15
- Great-circle km
- 1,039 km (sphere, for EU261)
- In the air ORD → RDU
- 1 h 29 min
- In the air RDU → ORD
- 1 h 48 min
- Clocks
- Raleigh is 1 h ahead of Chicago
The estimate for a route without real times is 2 h; how it is worked out is on Sources.
Show as a table
| Month | Passengers |
|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 61,571 |
| Sep 2025 | 55,953 |
| Oct 2025 | 70,022 |
| Nov 2025 | 57,355 |
| Dec 2025 | 53,076 |
| Jan 2026 | 35,522 |
| Feb 2026 | 38,743 |
| Mar 2026 | 50,987 |
| Apr 2026 | 55,192 |
| May 2026 | 62,587 |
| Jun 2026 | 58,344 |
| Jul 2026 | 57,193 |
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| Month | Flights |
|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 530 |
| Sep 2025 | 532 |
| Oct 2025 | 653 |
| Nov 2025 | 594 |
| Dec 2025 | 576 |
| Jan 2026 | 426 |
| Feb 2026 | 484 |
| Mar 2026 | 609 |
| Apr 2026 | 694 |
| May 2026 | 738 |
| Jun 2026 | 629 |
| Jul 2026 | 643 |
Airlines flying ORD–RDU nonstop
| Airline | Flights / week | Share of passengers |
|---|---|---|
| UAUnited Air Lines | 48 | 46% |
| YXRepublic Airline | 40 | 20% |
| AAAmerican Airlines | 19 | 17% |
| MQEnvoy Air | 20 | 9% |
| F9Frontier Airlines | 4.2 | 5% |
| OOSkyWest Airlines | 5.1 | 3% |
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 · 3,242 flights
- Airbus Industrie A319 · 960 flights
- Boeing B737 Max 900 · 751 flights
- Boeing 737-800 · 647 flights
- Boeing B737 Max 800 · 404 flights
- Boeing 737-900ER · 403 flights
- Boeing 737-700/700LR/Max 7 · 351 flights
- Airbus Industrie A320-200n · 120 flights
Also carried: 50 tonnes of freight and 0 tonnes of mail a year (passenger and cargo flights).
Punctuality
- On time
- 74.1%
- Arrived within 15 min of schedule
- Average delay
- 24 min
- Late arrivals count, early ones as 0
- Cancelled
- 2.7%
- Flights counted
- 7,310
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026
| Airline | On time | Average delay |
|---|---|---|
| UAUnited Air Lines | 76.2% | 21 min |
| YXRepublic Airline | 73.5% | 21 min |
| AAAmerican Airlines | 70.5% | 36 min |
| MQEnvoy Air | 74.9% | 19 min |
| OOSkyWest Airlines | 80.9% | 25 min |
| F9Frontier Airlines | 61.6% | 57 min |
Delay minutes by cause: airline 26% · aircraft arriving late 40% · air traffic system 27% · weather 7% · 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
- $248
- One way, all cabins
- Average over a year
- $208
- Q2 2025 – Q1 2026
- Largest airline
- United Air Lines
- 47% of passengers · $253
- Lowest-fare airline
- United Air Lines
- 47% of passengers · $253
History, not a price to book: what the average passenger paid per one-way trip in each quarter (Q2 2025 $222 · Q3 2025 $184 · Q4 2025 $196 · Q1 2026 $248).
Fare outlook, Q1 2027: about $253, likely $219–$289
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 76% of the time over 21 quarters (median error 6.4%). 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: Q3, typically 9% below the year's average (9 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: 1,039 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 Chicago and Raleigh
Kilometres. Linked numbers have a page of their own. All Chicago airports
More routes from ORD
| 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 |