Nonstop flights from Washington to Chicago

4 airlines fly from 3 Washington airports (DCA, BWI and IAD) to 2 Chicago airports (ORD and MDW), with up to 49 flights a day.

DCAORD

Routes

5 airport pairs

When they leave

Washington time

6:10a10:20pFirst departure 6:10 AM, last 10:20 PM

24 in the morning, 6:10 AM to 11:57 AM, then 13 in the afternoon, 12:34 PM to 4:35 PM, then 21 in the evening, 5:00 PM to 10:20 PM.

Every flight

Earliest first

6:10 AM→7:31 AMBWI to ORDUnited AirlinesBoeing 737 MAX 9 · 2h 19mDaily
6:10 AM→7:27 AMIAD to ORDUnited AirlinesBoeing 737Daily
6:30 AM→7:30 AMBWI to MDWSouthwest AirlinesBoeing 737-700Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri, Sun
6:30 AM→7:44 AMDCA to ORDUnited AirlinesBoeing 737 MAX 8Daily
6:35 AM→7:35 AMBWI to MDWSouthwest AirlinesBoeing 737 MAX 8Sat
7:17 AM→8:45 AMBWI to ORDAmerican AirlinesAirbus A319 · 2h 28mTue, Wed, Thu, Fri, Sat
7:18 AM→8:50 AMBWI to ORDAmerican AirlinesAirbus A319 · 2h 32mMon, Sun
7:25 AM→8:20 AMDCA to MDWSouthwest AirlinesBoeing 737 MAX 8Daily
7:35 AM→9:00 AMDCA to ORDAmerican AirlinesAirbus A319Daily
7:46 AM→9:00 AMDCA to ORDUnited AirlinesBoeing 737Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri, Sun
8:15 AM→9:36 AMIAD to ORDUnited AirlinesAirbus A321neoDaily
8:25 AM→9:30 AMBWI to MDWSouthwest AirlinesBoeing 737-700Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri, Sat
8:30 AM→9:45 AMDCA to ORDUnited AirlinesBoeing 737Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri, Sun
9:05 AM→10:05 AMBWI to MDWSouthwest AirlinesBoeing 737-700Sun
9:07 AM→10:30 AMDCA to ORDAmerican AirlinesAirbus A319Daily
9:10 AM→10:10 AMDCA to MDWSouthwest AirlinesBoeing 737Mon, Thu, Fri
9:30 AM→10:47 AMDCA to ORDUnited AirlinesAirbus A320Daily
9:30 AM→10:25 AMDCA to MDWSouthwest AirlinesBoeing 737-700Sun
9:53 AM→11:23 AMBWI to ORDFrontier AirlinesUntil Jan 4, 2027, back Mar 7, 2027Airbus A321neo · 2h 30mMon, Thu, Fri, Sun
10:09 AM→11:29 AMBWI to ORDUnited AirlinesBoeing 737 MAX 8 · 2h 20mDaily
10:18 AM→11:38 AMDCA to ORDAmerican AirlinesAirbus A320Daily
10:30 AM→11:46 AMDCA to ORDUnited AirlinesBoeing 737Daily
10:31 AM→11:53 AMIAD to ORDUnited AirlinesBoeing 737Daily
11:35 AM→12:54 PMDCA to ORDAmerican AirlinesBoeing 737Daily
11:40 AM→12:59 PMBWI to ORDAmerican AirlinesEmbraer 175 · 2h 19mTue, Wed, Thu, Fri
11:40 AM→12:59 PMBWI to ORDAmerican AirlinesEmbraer 175 · 2h 19mSat
11:48 AM→1:18 PMBWI to ORDAmerican AirlinesEmbraer 175 · 2h 30mMon, Sun
11:57 AM→1:13 PMDCA to ORDUnited AirlinesBoeing 737Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri, Sun
12:34 PM→1:54 PMBWI to ORDUnited AirlinesBoeing 737 · 2h 20mMon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri, Sun
1:00 PM→1:55 PMDCA to MDWSouthwest AirlinesBoeing 737-700Thu, Fri
1:00 PM→1:55 PMDCA to MDWSouthwest AirlinesBoeing 737 MAX 8Sat
1:00 PM→1:55 PMDCA to MDWSouthwest AirlinesBoeing 737-700Mon, Tue, Wed, Sun
1:04 PM→2:21 PMDCA to ORDUnited AirlinesAirbus A319Daily
1:10 PM→2:05 PMBWI to MDWSouthwest AirlinesBoeing 737Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri, Sun
1:15 PM→2:29 PMIAD to ORDUnited AirlinesBoeing 737Daily
1:46 PM→3:10 PMDCA to ORDAmerican AirlinesAirbus A319Daily
2:00 PM→3:16 PMDCA to ORDUnited AirlinesBoeing 737Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri, Sun
3:15 PM→4:15 PMBWI to MDWSouthwest AirlinesBoeing 737 MAX 8Mon, Thu, Fri, Sun
3:30 PM→4:52 PMDCA to ORDUnited AirlinesBoeing 737-800Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri, Sun
3:35 PM→4:40 PMDCA to MDWSouthwest AirlinesBoeing 737-700Daily
3:39 PM→5:02 PMIAD to ORDUnited AirlinesBoeing 737Daily
3:41 PM→5:14 PMDCA to ORDAmerican AirlinesBoeing 737Daily
4:35 PM→5:35 PMDCA to MDWSouthwest AirlinesBoeing 737-700Tue, Wed, Sat
5:00 PM→6:00 PMBWI to MDWSouthwest AirlinesBoeing 737Sun
5:10 PM→6:33 PMDCA to ORDUnited AirlinesBoeing 737Daily
5:20 PM→6:15 PMBWI to MDWSouthwest AirlinesBoeing 737-700Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri
5:23 PM→6:54 PMDCA to ORDAmerican AirlinesBoeing 737Daily
5:31 PM→6:52 PMBWI to ORDUnited AirlinesAirbus A319 · 2h 21mDaily
5:42 PM→6:50 PMIAD to ORDUnited AirlinesAirbus A321neoDaily
6:10 PM→7:33 PMDCA to ORDUnited AirlinesAirbus A320Daily
6:27 PM→8:06 PMBWI to ORDAmerican AirlinesEmbraer 170 · 2h 39mMon, Sun
6:28 PM→8:00 PMBWI to ORDAmerican AirlinesEmbraer 175 · 2h 32mSat
6:30 PM→7:59 PMBWI to ORDAmerican AirlinesEmbraer 170 · 2h 29mTue, Wed, Thu, Fri
6:40 PM→7:35 PMDCA to MDWSouthwest AirlinesBoeing 737 MAX 8Daily
7:10 PM→8:30 PMDCA to ORDUnited AirlinesAirbus A319Daily
7:30 PM→8:30 PMBWI to MDWSouthwest AirlinesBoeing 737Sat
8:00 PM→9:00 PMBWI to MDWSouthwest AirlinesBoeing 737Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri, Sat
8:10 PM→9:30 PMDCA to ORDUnited AirlinesAirbus A319Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri, Sun
8:43 PM→10:11 PMDCA to ORDAmerican AirlinesAirbus A319Daily
9:00 PM→10:05 PMDCA to MDWSouthwest AirlinesBoeing 737Tue, Wed, Sun
9:15 PM→10:10 PMDCA to MDWSouthwest AirlinesBoeing 737 MAX 8Mon, Thu, Fri
9:30 PM→10:25 PMBWI to MDWSouthwest AirlinesBoeing 737 MAX 8Sun
10:16 PM→11:37 PMDCA to ORDAmerican AirlinesEmbraer 175Daily
10:20 PM→11:31 PMIAD to ORDUnited AirlinesBoeing 737 MAX 9Daily

Schedules last checked Oct 7, 2026. Times are local.

Flying from Washington to Chicago

United Airlines flies most often, 17 to 24 times a day on the Boeing 737, Airbus A319, Airbus A320, Airbus A321neo, Boeing 737 MAX 8, Boeing 737 MAX 9 and Boeing 737-800. American Airlines flies 12 times a day on the Airbus A319, Embraer 175, Boeing 737, Embraer 170 and Airbus A320. Southwest Airlines flies 9 to 12 times a day on the Boeing 737-700, Boeing 737 MAX 8 and Boeing 737. Frontier Airlines flies 4 times a week on the Airbus A321neo.

Flights run every day of the week, from 38 on Saturdays to 49 on Mondays, Thursdays, Fridays and Sundays. The first arrival in Chicago is at 7:27 AM and the last at 11:37 PM.

DCA to ORD is the busiest airport pair, with 148 flights a week, then BWI to ORD with 52, IAD to ORD with 49, DCA to MDW with 41 and BWI to MDW with 38.

On BWI to ORD, Frontier Airlines flies it until Jan 4, 2027 and is back on Mar 7, 2027.

Flying back, Chicago to Washington has 296 nonstop flights a week.

Return flights

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Schedules as of Oct 9, 2026.