Nonstop flights from Chicago to Denver

4 airlines fly from 2 Chicago airports (ORD and MDW) to Denver (DEN), with up to 28 flights a day.

ORDDEN

Routes

2 airport pairs

When they leave

Chicago time

5:00a10:45pFirst departure 5:00 AM, last 10:45 PM

14 in the morning, 5:00 AM to 11:55 AM, then 12 in the afternoon, 12:15 PM to 4:25 PM, then 11 in the evening, 5:05 PM to 10:45 PM.

Every flight

Earliest first

5:00 AM→6:39 AMORD to DENUnited AirlinesAirbus A321neo · 2h 39mThu, Fri, Sat
6:00 AM→7:39 AMORD to DENUnited AirlinesAirbus A321neo · 2h 39mThu, Fri, Sat
6:30 AM→8:26 AMORD to DENFrontier AirlinesAirbus A321neo · 2h 49mDaily
6:40 AM→8:33 AMORD to DENAmerican AirlinesEmbraer 175 · 2h 53mDaily
7:00 AM→8:46 AMORD to DENUnited AirlinesAirbus A321neo · 2h 46mDaily
7:55 AM→9:40 AMMDW to DENSouthwest AirlinesBoeing 737 MAX 8Sun
8:40 AM→10:26 AMORD to DENUnited Airlines777 or A321neo · 2h 46mDaily
9:20 AM→10:55 AMMDW to DENSouthwest AirlinesBoeing 737Daily
9:30 AM→11:05 AMMDW to DENSouthwest AirlinesBoeing 737 MAX 8Sun
9:45 AM→11:37 AMORD to DENAmerican AirlinesAirbus A319 · 2h 52mDaily
10:05 AM→11:40 AMMDW to DENSouthwest AirlinesBoeing 737-700Tue, Wed, Sat
10:20 AM→11:55 AMMDW to DENSouthwest AirlinesBoeing 737Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri, Sun
10:55 AM→12:45 PMORD to DENUnited AirlinesAirbus A321neo · 2h 50mDaily
11:55 AM→1:47 PMORD to DENAmerican AirlinesAirbus A319 · 2h 52mDaily
12:15 PM→1:50 PMMDW to DENSouthwest AirlinesBoeing 737Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri, Sun
12:46 PM→2:31 PMORD to DENUnited AirlinesAirbus A321neo · 2h 46mThu, Fri, Sat
1:00 PM→2:50 PMORD to DENUnited AirlinesAirbus A321neo · 2h 50mMon, Tue, Wed, Sun
1:30 PM→3:17 PMORD to DENUnited AirlinesAirbus A321neo · 2h 47mThu, Fri, Sat
1:30 PM→3:17 PMORD to DENUnited AirlinesBoeing 737 · 2h 47mMon, Tue, Wed, Sun
2:05 PM→3:35 PMMDW to DENSouthwest AirlinesBoeing 737Daily
2:05 PM→3:35 PMMDW to DENSouthwest AirlinesBoeing 737-700Sat
2:30 PM→4:22 PMORD to DENUnited AirlinesAirbus A321neo · 2h 52mThu, Fri, Sat
2:30 PM→4:23 PMORD to DENUnited AirlinesBoeing 757 · 2h 53mDaily
3:10 PM→4:40 PMMDW to DENSouthwest AirlinesBoeing 737 MAX 8Sun
3:20 PM→5:19 PMORD to DENAmerican AirlinesBoeing 737 · 2h 59mDaily
3:50 PM→5:20 PMMDW to DENSouthwest AirlinesBoeing 737 MAX 8Tue, Wed, Sun
3:56 PM→5:49 PMORD to DENUnited AirlinesBoeing 757 · 2h 53mDaily
4:20 PM→6:20 PMORD to DENUnited AirlinesAirbus A321neo · 3hThu, Fri, Sat
4:20 PM→6:13 PMORD to DENUnited AirlinesBoeing 737 · 2h 53mMon, Tue, Wed, Sun
4:25 PM→6:00 PMMDW to DENSouthwest AirlinesBoeing 737-700Mon, Thu, Fri
5:05 PM→6:45 PMMDW to DENSouthwest AirlinesBoeing 737-700Sat
5:48 PM→7:45 PMORD to DENUnited AirlinesAirbus A321neo · 2h 57mMon, Tue, Wed, Sun
5:51 PM→7:45 PMORD to DENUnited AirlinesAirbus A321neo · 2h 54mThu, Fri, Sat
7:35 PM→9:10 PMMDW to DENSouthwest AirlinesBoeing 737Mon, Thu, Fri
7:57 PM→9:48 PMORD to DENUnited AirlinesBoeing 737 · 2h 51mDaily
8:15 PM→9:50 PMMDW to DENSouthwest AirlinesBoeing 737 MAX 8Mon, Thu, Fri, Sun
8:50 PM→10:25 PMMDW to DENSouthwest AirlinesBoeing 737 MAX 8Tue, Wed
8:59 PM→10:52 PMORD to DENAmerican AirlinesAirbus A321 · 2h 53mDaily
9:00 PM→10:44 PMORD to DENUnited AirlinesAirbus A321neo · 2h 44mMon, Tue, Wed, Sun
9:47 PM→11:31 PMORD to DENUnited AirlinesAirbus A321neo · 2h 44mMon, Tue, Wed, Sun
10:45 PM→12:36 AM⁺¹ORD to DENAmerican AirlinesAirbus A321 · 2h 51mDaily

Schedules last checked Oct 1, 2026. Times are local.

Flying from Chicago to Denver

United Airlines flies most often, 12 to 13 times a day on the Airbus A321neo, Boeing 737 and Boeing 757. Southwest Airlines flies 5 to 9 times a day on the Boeing 737 MAX 8, Boeing 737 and Boeing 737-700. American Airlines flies 6 times a day on the Airbus A319, Airbus A321, Boeing 737 and Embraer 175. Frontier Airlines flies daily on the Airbus A321neo.

Flights run every day of the week, from 25 on Saturdays to 28 on Sundays. The first arrival in Denver is at 6:39 AM and the last at 12:36 AM the next day.

ORD to DEN is the busiest airport pair, with 136 flights a week, then MDW to DEN with 49.

Flying back, Denver to Chicago has 180 nonstop flights a week.

Return flights

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Schedules as of Oct 9, 2026.