Fly from ORD or MDW?

Chicago has 2 airports with nonstop service: 279 destinations between them, 83 reachable from more than one. Who flies where, how often, and on which airlines.

ORDChicago O'Hare International Airport 264 nonstop cities · 9004 flights/wk · 41 airlines · 181 only from here MDWChicago Midway International Airport 98 nonstop cities · 1619 flights/wk · 11 airlines · 15 only from here

Destinations served from more than one Chicago airport

83 destinations, busiest first. Each cell is one airport's nonstop service to that city: flights a week, the airlines, and fares.

Destination	ORD	MDW
LGA New York LaGuardia	230/wk American Delta United Fares 🥕	46/wk Southwest Fares 🥕
ATL Atlanta	151/wk American Delta Frontier United Fares 🥕	69/wk Delta Frontier Southwest Fares 🥕
DCA Washington Reagan National	166/wk American United Fares 🥕	41/wk Southwest Fares 🥕
BOS Boston	168/wk American Delta JetBlue United Fares 🥕	29/wk JetBlue Southwest Fares 🥕
DEN Denver	149/wk American Frontier United Fares 🥕	48/wk Southwest Contour Airlines Fares 🥕
LAX Los Angeles	168/wk American Delta United Fares 🥕	27/wk Southwest Fares 🥕
MSP Minneapolis	134/wk American Delta Sun Country United Fares 🥕	54/wk Delta Southwest Fares 🥕
DTW Detroit	138/wk American Delta United Fares 🥕	41/wk Delta Southwest Fares 🥕
DFW Dallas-Fort Worth	161/wk American Frontier United Fares 🥕	5/wk Frontier Fares 🥕
PHX Phoenix	118/wk American United Fares 🥕	43/wk Southwest Fares 🥕
SFO San Francisco	143/wk American United Fares 🥕	14/wk Southwest Fares 🥕
PHL Philadelphia	115/wk American Frontier United Fares 🥕	34/wk Southwest Fares 🥕
SEA Seattle	126/wk American Alaska Delta United Fares 🥕	20/wk Southwest Fares 🥕
BNA Nashville	105/wk American United Fares 🥕	40/wk Southwest Fares 🥕
MCI Kansas City	98/wk American United Fares 🥕	45/wk Southwest Fares 🥕
MCO Orlando	102/wk American Frontier United Fares 🥕	41/wk Southwest Fares 🥕
IAH Houston	137/wk American Frontier Qatar Airways Turkish Airlines United Fares 🥕	3/wk United Fares 🥕
LAS Las Vegas	100/wk American Air Canada Frontier United Fares 🥕	39/wk Southwest Fares 🥕
CMH Columbus	110/wk American United Fares 🥕	27/wk Southwest Fares 🥕
CLE Cleveland	105/wk American United Fares 🥕	26/wk Southwest Fares 🥕
STL St. Louis	97/wk American United Fares 🥕	34/wk Southwest Fares 🥕
GRR Grand Rapids	104/wk American United Fares 🥕	20/wk Southwest Fares 🥕
MKE Milwaukee	107/wk American United Fares 🥕	16/wk Southwest Fares 🥕
IND Indianapolis	105/wk American United Fares 🥕	14/wk Southwest Fares 🥕
PIT Pittsburgh	96/wk American United Fares 🥕	21/wk Southwest Fares 🥕
CVG Cincinnati	99/wk American United Fares 🥕	14/wk Southwest Fares 🥕
SAN San Diego	89/wk American Alaska United Fares 🥕	24/wk Southwest Fares 🥕
BWI Baltimore	65/wk American Frontier United Fares 🥕	41/wk Southwest Fares 🥕
CLT Charlotte	92/wk American Sun Country United Fares 🥕	14/wk Southwest Fares 🥕
RDU Raleigh	84/wk American United Fares 🥕	21/wk Southwest Fares 🥕
OMA Omaha	72/wk American United Fares 🥕	26/wk Southwest Fares 🥕
AUS Austin	63/wk American United Fares 🥕	28/wk Southwest Fares 🥕
DSM Des Moines	77/wk American United Fares 🥕	14/wk Southwest Fares 🥕
MIA Miami	77/wk American United Fares 🥕	8/wk Delta Southwest Fares 🥕
SDF Louisville	68/wk American United Fares 🥕	17/wk Southwest Fares 🥕
SLC Salt Lake City	70/wk American Delta United Fares 🥕	13/wk Southwest Fares 🥕
TPA Tampa	56/wk American United Fares 🥕	25/wk Southwest Fares 🥕
FLL Fort Lauderdale	62/wk American Frontier JetBlue United Fares 🥕	18/wk Southwest Fares 🥕
PDX Portland	62/wk American Alaska United Fares 🥕	17/wk Southwest Fares 🥕
OKC Oklahoma City	56/wk American United Fares 🥕	15/wk Southwest Fares 🥕
BUF Buffalo	50/wk American United Fares 🥕	20/wk Southwest Fares 🥕
BDL Hartford	49/wk American United Fares 🥕	20/wk Southwest Fares 🥕
ALB Albany	48/wk American United Fares 🥕	20/wk Southwest Fares 🥕
TUL Tulsa	55/wk American United Fares 🥕	13/wk Southwest Fares 🥕
JFK New York JFK	65/wk American Delta JetBlue Fares 🥕	1/wk Delta Fares 🥕
RSW Fort Myers	49/wk American United Fares 🥕	17/wk Southwest Fares 🥕
MEM Memphis	50/wk American United Fares 🥕	14/wk Southwest Fares 🥕
RIC Richmond	55/wk American United Fares 🥕	8/wk Southwest Fares 🥕
ROC Rochester	49/wk American United Fares 🥕	14/wk Southwest Fares 🥕
ICT Wichita	48/wk American United Fares 🥕	14/wk Southwest Fares 🥕
CHS Charleston	49/wk American United Fares 🥕	11/wk Southwest Fares 🥕
MSY New Orleans	41/wk American United Fares 🥕	19/wk Southwest Fares 🥕
PVD Providence	41/wk American United Fares 🥕	19/wk Southwest Fares 🥕
ORF Norfolk	42/wk American United Fares 🥕	15/wk Allegiant Southwest Fares 🥕
PWM Portland	49/wk American United Fares 🥕	7/wk Southwest Fares 🥕
SAT San Antonio	42/wk American United Fares 🥕	13/wk Southwest Fares 🥕
ATW Appleton	53/wk American United Fares 🥕	1/wk Contour Airlines Fares 🥕
JAX Jacksonville	47/wk American United Fares 🥕	7/wk Southwest Fares 🥕
IAD Washington Dulles	50/wk United Fares 🥕	1/wk Delta Fares 🥕
DAL Dallas Love Field	1/wk Air Canada Fares 🥕	45/wk Southwest Fares 🥕
SMF Sacramento	28/wk American United Fares 🥕	17/wk Southwest Fares 🥕
BHM Birmingham	35/wk American United Fares 🥕	8/wk Southwest Fares 🥕
SAV Savannah	34/wk American United Fares 🥕	7/wk Southwest Fares 🥕
ABQ Albuquerque	29/wk American United Fares 🥕	7/wk Southwest Fares 🥕
HOU Houston Hobby	1/wk Delta Fares 🥕	34/wk Southwest Fares 🥕
MHT Manchester	21/wk American Fares 🥕	14/wk Southwest Fares 🥕
COS Colorado Springs	22/wk American United Fares 🥕	7/wk Southwest Fares 🥕
YTZ Toronto Billy Bishop	15/wk Jazz (Air Canada Express) Porter Airlines Fares 🥕	14/wk Porter Airlines Fares 🥕
BZN Bozeman	21/wk American United Fares 🥕	7/wk Southwest Fares 🥕
CUN Cancun	21/wk American United Fares 🥕	7/wk Southwest Fares 🥕
SJC San Jose	14/wk United Fares 🥕	14/wk Southwest Fares 🥕
BOI Boise	21/wk American United Fares 🥕	4/wk Southwest Fares 🥕
GDL Guadalajara	18/wk Viva Aerobus Volaris Fares 🥕	4/wk Volaris Fares 🥕
ELP El Paso	14/wk American United Fares 🥕	7/wk Southwest Fares 🥕
SRQ Sarasota	14/wk United Fares 🥕	7/wk Southwest Fares 🥕
GEG Spokane	14/wk American United Fares 🥕	4/wk Southwest Fares 🥕
MYR Myrtle Beach	7/wk United Fares 🥕	7/wk Southwest Fares 🥕
ONT Ontario	7/wk United Fares 🥕	7/wk Southwest Fares 🥕
ECP Panama City Beach	8/wk United Fares 🥕	5/wk Southwest Fares 🥕
RNO Reno	8/wk Sun Country United Fares 🥕	5/wk Southwest Fares 🥕
MLM Morelia	4/wk Volaris Fares 🥕	7/wk Volaris Fares 🥕
BJX León, Guanajuato	4/wk Volaris Fares 🥕	3/wk Volaris Fares 🥕
CPS Cahokia/St Louis	1/wk Air Canada Fares 🥕	1/wk JetBlue Fares 🥕

Only from ORD — 181 destinations no other Chicago airport serves nonstop

EWR Newark · 130/wk YYZ Toronto · 118/wk MSN Madison · 96/wk TVC Traverse City · 71/wk GRB Green Bay · 70/wk XNA Northwest Arkansas · 64/wk CID Cedar Rapids · 63/wk FWA Fort Wayne · 62/wk SBN South Bend · 57/wk GSP Greenville · 56/wk LEX Lexington · 56/wk LHR London · 56/wk SGF Springfield · 56/wk DAY Dayton · 55/wk TYS Knoxville · 55/wk YUL Montreal · 54/wk FAR Fargo · 49/wk MDT Harrisburg · 49/wk MEX Mexico City · 49/wk FSD Sioux Falls · 48/wk CHA Chattanooga · 44/wk CAK Akron · 43/wk COU Columbia · 42/wk GSO Greensboro · 42/wk LIT Little Rock · 42/wk PIA Peoria · 42/wk SYR Syracuse · 42/wk MLI Quad Cities · 41/wk SNA Orange County · 41/wk LNK Lincoln · 39/wk ABE Allentown · 35/wk AVL Asheville · 35/wk BTV Burlington · 35/wk HPN White Plains · 35/wk CAE Columbia · 34/wk YVR Vancouver · 31/wk AVP Wilkes-Barre/Scranton · 28/wk BGR Bangor · 28/wk DLH Duluth · 28/wk FRA Frankfurt · 28/wk HSV Huntsville · 28/wk ROA Roanoke · 28/wk SCE State College · 28/wk FNT Flint · 26/wk JAC Jackson Hole · 26/wk YYC Calgary · 26/wk CDG Paris · 25/wk DJT West Palm Beach · 22/wk DUB Dublin · 22/wk ASE Aspen · 21/wk CHO Charlottesville · 21/wk CWA Mosinee · 21/wk ILM Wilmington · 21/wk RAP Rapid City · 21/wk YOW Ottawa · 21/wk CMI Champaign/Urbana · 20/wk CRW Charleston · 20/wk LSE La Crosse · 20/wk MUC Munich · 20/wk RST Rochester · 20/wk ZRH Zurich · 20/wk FCO Rome · 19/wk AMS Amsterdam · 17/wk IST Istanbul · 16/wk MHK Manhattan · 16/wk CMX Hancock · 15/wk EVV Evansville · 15/wk ANC Anchorage · 14/wk ATH Athens · 14/wk AUH Abu Dhabi · 14/wk AZO Kalamazoo · 14/wk BMI Bloomington/Normal · 14/wk FCA Kalispell · 14/wk HND Tokyo Haneda · 14/wk LAN Lansing · 14/wk MAD Madrid · 14/wk MQT Marquette · 14/wk MSO Missoula · 14/wk SPI Springfield · 14/wk YQB Quebec City · 14/wk YWG Winnipeg · 14/wk BCN Barcelona · 13/wk KEF Reykjavik · 13/wk MBS Saginaw · 13/wk TUS Tucson · 13/wk ALO Waterloo · 12/wk BRL Burlington · 12/wk DEC Decatur · 12/wk LNS Lancaster · 12/wk MCW Mason City · 12/wk MWA Marion · 12/wk PTY Panama City, Panama · 12/wk DOH Doha · 11/wk EAU Eau Claire · 11/wk LAF Lafayette · 10/wk MTY Monterrey · 10/wk BRU Brussels · 9/wk CGI Cape Girardeau · 8/wk CKB Clarksburg · 8/wk FOD Fort Dodge · 8/wk SNN Shannon · 8/wk BIL Billings · 7/wk BIS Bismarck · 7/wk CPH Copenhagen · 7/wk DXB Dubai · 7/wk EDI Edinburgh · 7/wk ERI Erie · 7/wk EUG Eugene · 7/wk FAI Fairbanks · 7/wk FAT Fresno · 7/wk GRU Sao Paulo · 7/wk HEL Helsinki · 7/wk HNL Honolulu · 7/wk IDA Idaho Falls · 7/wk IRK Kirksville · 7/wk JLN Joplin · 7/wk JST Johnstown · 7/wk MXP Milan · 7/wk NAP Naples · 7/wk NRT Tokyo (Narita) · 7/wk OWB Owensboro · 7/wk PAH Paducah · 7/wk PNS Pensacola · 7/wk PSP Palm Springs · 7/wk SAF Santa Fe · 7/wk SBA Santa Barbara · 7/wk SHD Staunton/Waynesboro/Harrisonburg · 7/wk SJD Los Cabos · 7/wk SJU San Juan · 7/wk SLN Salina · 7/wk SUX Sioux City · 7/wk TRI Tri-Cities · 7/wk UIN Quincy · 7/wk AMM Amman · 6/wk BOG Bogota · 6/wk EAR Kearney · 6/wk LWB Lewisburg · 6/wk LYH Lynchburg · 6/wk VIE Vienna · 6/wk DWC Dubai World Central · 5/wk HVN New Haven · 5/wk LIS Lisbon · 5/wk MGW Morgantown · 5/wk MTJ Montrose · 5/wk PUJ Punta Cana · 5/wk SUN Hailey · 4/wk CAI Cairo · 3/wk MLB Melbourne · 3/wk UIO Quito · 3/wk ACK Nantucket · 2/wk EGE Eagle · 2/wk GUA Guatemala City · 2/wk HHH Hilton Head Island · 2/wk LCQ Lake City · 2/wk MQY Smyrna · 2/wk PIK Glasgow Prestwick · 2/wk PLN Pellston · 2/wk PVG Shanghai · 2/wk QRO Queretaro · 2/wk YHZ Halifax · 2/wk BED Bedford · 1/wk BFF Scottsbluff · 1/wk BKL Cleveland · 1/wk BQN Aguadilla · 1/wk CIU Sault Ste Marie · 1/wk COD Cody · 1/wk CWF Lake Charles · 1/wk ENW Kenosha · 1/wk EYW Key West · 1/wk FTW Fort Worth · 1/wk GIG Rio de Janeiro · 1/wk GJT Grand Junction · 1/wk LIR Liberia · 1/wk MCN Macon · 1/wk MST Maastricht · 1/wk OGG Maui · 1/wk PIE St Petersburg · 1/wk PVR Puerto Vallarta · 1/wk RFD Chicago/Rockford · 1/wk RHI Rhinelander · 1/wk ROW Roswell · 1/wk

Only from MDW — 15 destinations no other Chicago airport serves nonstop

OAK Oakland · 13/wk BUR Burbank · 7/wk LGB Long Beach · 7/wk AGU Aguascalientes · 4/wk SLP San Luis Potosi · 4/wk ZCL Zacatecas · 4/wk DGO Durango · 3/wk YHM Hamilton · 2/wk ACY Atlantic City · 1/wk FRG Farmingdale · 1/wk GPT Gulfport · 1/wk JAN Jackson · 1/wk KSOP Pinehurst/Southern Pines · 1/wk LEB Lebanon · 1/wk LUK Cincinnati · 1/wk

Which Chicago airport should you fly from?

Chicago has 2 airports with scheduled nonstop service. Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) reaches the most places — 264 nonstop destinations on 41 airlines — against Chicago Midway International Airport (MDW) 98. Between them they fly nonstop to 279 destinations, and 83 of those are served from more than one airport, where the choice comes down to frequency, airline and the drive rather than whether a nonstop exists at all.

The rest are one airport's alone: ORD is the only one with nonstops to 181 and MDW is the only one with nonstops to 15. The table shows every shared destination with each airport's weekly flights and airlines side by side; the lists below it are the destinations only one airport serves. Route data updated October 2026 from observed departures.

Route data updated October 2026 from observed flight departures. Schedules change — always confirm with the airline before booking.

Which Chicago airport has the most nonstop destinations?

Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD), with 264 nonstop destinations and 9004 departures a week on 41 airlines. MDW has 98.

What can you fly to nonstop only from ORD?

181 destinations have nonstop service from ORD and from no other Chicago airport, including Newark (EWR), Toronto (YYZ), Madison (MSN), Traverse City (TVC) and Green Bay (GRB).

What can you fly to nonstop only from MDW?

15 destinations have nonstop service from MDW and from no other Chicago airport, including Oakland (OAK), Burbank (BUR), Long Beach (LGB), Aguascalientes (AGU) and San Luis Potosi (SLP).