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Chicago (ORD) – Salt Lake City (SLC)

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Distance, flight time and the airlines that fly it, from open data.
Distance
2,011 km
1,250 mi · 1,086 nm
Flight time
3 h 35 min / 3 h 13 min
Average gate to gate: ORD → SLC / back
Time difference
1 h
CO2 per passenger
252 kg
One way, economy, incl. RF (149 kg CO2 only)
Passengers / year
772,727
Aug 2025 – Jul 2026 · +7.5%
Flights / week
122
Both directions, average
Seats filled
81%
952,319 seats a year
Airlines nonstop
5
UA, DL, 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

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

The way there

Heading from ORD
274°
Heading from SLC
78°
Halfway point
42.02, -100.05
Great-circle km
2,006 km (sphere, for EU261)
In the air ORD → SLC
3 h 1 min
In the air SLC → ORD
2 h 34 min
Clocks
Salt Lake City is 1 h behind Chicago

The estimate for a route without real times is 3 h 10 min; how it is worked out is on Sources.

Passengers per month, both directions (Aug 2025 – Jul 2026)Busiest: June 2026: 78,154 passengers
050K100KAugSepOctNovDecJanFebMarAprMayJun78.2KJul
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Month Passengers
Aug 202566,717
Sep 202565,844
Oct 202567,479
Nov 202548,308
Dec 202554,622
Jan 202651,308
Feb 202662,658
Mar 202671,151
Apr 202660,473
May 202671,536
Jun 202678,154
Jul 202674,477
Flights per month, both directions (Aug 2025 – Jul 2026)Busiest: March 2026: 620 flights
05001KAugSepOctNovDecJanFebMar620AprMayJunJul
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Month Flights
Aug 2025508
Sep 2025490
Oct 2025533
Nov 2025474
Dec 2025489
Jan 2026474
Feb 2026566
Mar 2026620
Apr 2026522
May 2026566
Jun 2026573
Jul 2026532

Airlines flying ORD–SLC nonstop

Airline Flights / week Share of passengers
UAUnited Air Lines40
34%
DLDelta Air Lines38
32%
AAAmerican Airlines38
31%
OOSkyWest Airlines4.1
1%
MQEnvoy Air1.4
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

  • Boeing 737-800 · 2,916 flights
  • Airbus Industrie A319 · 1,035 flights
  • A220-300 BD-500-1A11 · 408 flights
  • Boeing B737 Max 800 · 385 flights
  • Airbus Industrie A320-100/200 · 346 flights
  • Boeing 737-700/700LR/Max 7 · 340 flights
  • Boeing 737-900ER · 337 flights
  • Embraer ERJ-175 · 237 flights

Also carried: 268 tonnes of freight and 50 tonnes of mail a year (passenger and cargo flights).

Punctuality

On time
72.9%
Arrived within 15 min of schedule
Average delay
24 min
Late arrivals count, early ones as 0
Cancelled
1.5%
Flights counted
6,409
Aug 2025 – Jul 2026
Airline On time Average delay
UAUnited Air Lines74%21 min
DLDelta Air Lines74.8%24 min
AAAmerican Airlines70.4%26 min
OOSkyWest Airlines70.7%29 min
MQEnvoy Air61.1%26 min

Delay minutes by cause: airline 33% · aircraft arriving late 33% · 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
$351
One way, all cabins
Average over a year
$319
Q2 2025 – Q1 2026
Largest airline
United Air Lines
37% of passengers · $370
Lowest-fare airline
American Airlines
25% of passengers · $306

History, not a price to book: what the average passenger paid per one-way trip in each quarter (Q2 2025 $306 · Q3 2025 $297 · Q4 2025 $324 · Q1 2026 $351).

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: 2,006 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 Salt Lake City

SLC
ORD2,011
MDW2,026

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

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

More routes from SLC

Route Distance Passengers / year
SLC → DEN629 km 1,802,673
SLC → PHX816 km 1,273,366
SLC → SEA1,108 km 1,106,553
SLC → LAX949 km 1,093,873
SLC → DFW1,591 km 1,062,242
SLC → ATL2,559 km 1,015,193
SLC → LAS591 km 995,387
SLC → SAN1,007 km 776,818
SLC → SFO964 km 705,455
SLC → PDX1,013 km 600,342

Questions

Chicago (ORD) and Salt Lake City (SLC) are 2,011 km (1,250 miles, 1,086 nautical miles) apart, measured along the shortest path over the earth's surface.