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Cheap flights from Chicago to Washington

38 nonstop flights a week, 5 of them today. Operated by 4 airlines, about 1h 54m in the air, 594 mi (956 km). Tickets from $75, nonstop from $97.

Flights from Chicago to Washington

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Prices by day: Chicago to Washington

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Best fares from Chicago to Washington

Lowest one-way prices found by recent searches for the next 120 days; press a card to search that date

Cheapest one-way $75 16 February 2027, with a connection Cheapest nonstop $97 18 December 2026, Frontier Airlines Cheapest in the next 7 days $142 17 November, Tue Cheapest weekend departure $97 Fri, 18 December 2026
Cheapest day of the week Tuesday $113 on average over the next 120 days
Cheapest month February 2027 tickets from $75

Chicago to Washington at a glance

flight time, from 1h 45m to 7h 36m
1h 54m
straight-line distance
594 mi (956 km)
flights a week
38
flights today
5
first and last departure
05:05 - 06:50
lowest price, with a connection, 16 February
$75
lowest nonstop price
$97
airlines
4

Chicago to Washington ticket prices by month

Lowest one-way fare found by recent searches

Cheapest month: February 2027, tickets from $75. Prices come from searches over the last few days; check the search for your exact date.

The most expensive month is November 2026: from $124. The average across months is $98.

Chicago to Washington flight schedule

38 flights a week, 5 today, 51 seasonal or one-off. Departure and arrival times are local.

FlightDepartsArrivesDurationDaysAircraft
WN 1776
Southwest Airlines
05:05 Chicago Midway International
07:55 Baltimore/Wash International Thurgood Marshall
1h 50m
Mon, Thu, Fri, Sun
Boeing 737
WN 406
Southwest Airlines
05:25 Chicago Midway International
08:15 Baltimore/Wash International Thurgood Marshall
1h 50m
Sat
WN 259
Southwest Airlines
05:30 Chicago Midway International
08:20 Ronald Reagan National, terminal 1
1h 50m
Sat
Boeing 737-800
WN 259
Southwest Airlines
05:50 Chicago Midway International
08:45 Ronald Reagan National, terminal 1
1h 55m
Sat
Boeing 737-800
UA 1055
United Airlines
05:55 , terminal 1
08:49 Washington Dulles International
1h 54m
Mon, Thu, Fri, Sun
Boeing 737
UA 1705
United Airlines
05:59 , terminal 1
08:55 Ronald Reagan National, terminal 2
1h 56m
Mon, Thu, Fri
Airbus A319
AA 4468
American Airlines
06:00 , terminal 3
09:11 Ronald Reagan National, terminal 2
2h 11m
Mon, Thu, Fri, Sat, Sun
Embraer EMB 175
F9 4064
Frontier Airlines
06:00 , terminal 5
08:57 Baltimore/Wash International Thurgood Marshall
1h 57m
Mon, Thu, Fri, Sun
Airbus A320
UA 1705
United Airlines
06:00 , terminal 1
08:56 Ronald Reagan National, terminal 2
1h 56m
Tue, Wed, Sun
Airbus A319
WN 1776
Southwest Airlines
06:00 Chicago Midway International
09:00 Baltimore/Wash International Thurgood Marshall
2h
Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu
Boeing 737-800
AA 4468
American Airlines
06:02 , terminal 3
09:14 Ronald Reagan National, terminal 2
2h 12m
Daily
Embraer EMB 175
UA 1055
United Airlines
06:04 , terminal 1
08:58 Washington Dulles International
1h 54m
Tue, Wed
Boeing 737-800
UA 4521
United Airlines
06:29 , terminal 2
11:55 Washington Dulles International
4h 26m
Mon, Wed, Thu, Fri, Sun
UA 4521
United Airlines
06:50 , terminal 2
11:55 Washington Dulles International
4h 5m
Tue, Sat

Seasonal and one-off flights

Not operating in the next two weeks. The first of them is on 24 November.

FlightDepartsArrivesDurationDaysAircraft
WN 259
Southwest Airlines
05:35 Chicago Midway International
08:25 Ronald Reagan National, terminal 1
1h 50m
Seasonal
Boeing 737-800
WN 542
Southwest Airlines
05:05 Chicago Midway International
07:55 Baltimore/Wash International Thurgood Marshall
1h 50m
Seasonal
Boeing 737
UA 2075
United Airlines
05:55 , terminal 1
08:49 Washington Dulles International
1h 54m
Seasonal
Boeing 737-900
UA 2190
United Airlines
05:55 , terminal 1
08:51 Ronald Reagan National, terminal 2
1h 56m
Seasonal
Airbus A319
UA 1269
United Airlines
06:45 , terminal 1
09:38 Baltimore/Wash International Thurgood Marshall
1h 53m
Seasonal
Boeing 737-800
UA 2190
United Airlines
06:00 , terminal 1
08:56 Ronald Reagan National, terminal 2
1h 56m
Seasonal
Airbus A319
AA 4468
American Airlines
06:06 , terminal 3
09:14 Ronald Reagan National, terminal 2
2h 8m
Seasonal
Embraer EMB 175
UA 1269
United Airlines
06:50 , terminal 1
09:44 Baltimore/Wash International Thurgood Marshall
1h 54m
Seasonal
Boeing 737-700
UA 5533
United Airlines
06:00 , terminal 2
09:13 Ronald Reagan National, terminal 2
2h 13m
Seasonal
Embraer 175
UA 1421
United Airlines
06:30 , terminal 1
15:06 Washington Dulles International
7h 36m
Seasonal
Airbus A320
UA 4521
United Airlines
06:35 , terminal 2
11:50 Washington Dulles International
4h 15m
Seasonal
AA 4085
American Airlines
06:01 , terminal 3
09:08 Ronald Reagan National, terminal 2
2h 7m
Seasonal
Embraer EMB 175
AA 4779
American Airlines
06:06 , terminal 3
09:14 Ronald Reagan National, terminal 2
2h 8m
Seasonal
Embraer EMB 175
AA 4779
American Airlines
06:00 , terminal 3
09:08 Ronald Reagan National, terminal 2
2h 8m
Seasonal
Embraer EMB 175
AA 4655
American Airlines
05:56 , terminal 3
09:17 Ronald Reagan National, terminal 2
2h 21m
Seasonal
Embraer EMB 175
UA 5612
United Airlines
06:00 , terminal 2
09:13 Ronald Reagan National, terminal 2
2h 13m
Seasonal
Embraer 175
WN 2651
Southwest Airlines
06:00 Chicago Midway International
08:55 Ronald Reagan National, terminal 1
1h 55m
Seasonal
Boeing 737-800
WN 924
Southwest Airlines
06:25 Chicago Midway International
09:15 Baltimore/Wash International Thurgood Marshall
1h 50m
Seasonal
Boeing 737
WN 160
Southwest Airlines
06:45 Chicago Midway International
09:35 Baltimore/Wash International Thurgood Marshall
1h 50m
Seasonal
WN 426
Southwest Airlines
05:10 Chicago Midway International
08:00 Baltimore/Wash International Thurgood Marshall
1h 50m
Seasonal
Boeing 737-800
WN 2651
Southwest Airlines
05:30 Chicago Midway International
08:25 Ronald Reagan National, terminal 1
1h 55m
Seasonal
AA 4655
American Airlines
05:41 , terminal 3
08:57 Ronald Reagan National, terminal 2
2h 16m
Seasonal
Embraer EMB 175
UA 1548
United Airlines
06:00 , terminal 1
14:31 Washington Dulles International
7h 31m
Seasonal
Airbus A320
UA 2190
United Airlines
06:30 , terminal 1
09:15 Ronald Reagan National, terminal 2
1h 45m
Seasonal
Airbus A319
WN 2766
Southwest Airlines
06:35 Chicago Midway International
09:25 Baltimore/Wash International Thurgood Marshall
1h 50m
Seasonal
Boeing 737
WN 1466
Southwest Airlines
06:00 Chicago Midway International
08:50 Ronald Reagan National, terminal 1
1h 50m
Seasonal
WN 1254
Southwest Airlines
06:20 Chicago Midway International
09:10 Baltimore/Wash International Thurgood Marshall
1h 50m
Seasonal
Boeing 737
WN 2645
Southwest Airlines
05:35 Chicago Midway International
08:20 Ronald Reagan National, terminal 1
1h 45m
Seasonal
Boeing 737
WN 4114
Southwest Airlines
05:15 Chicago Midway International
08:00 Baltimore/Wash International Thurgood Marshall
1h 45m
Seasonal
Boeing 737
WN 3712
Southwest Airlines
06:05 Chicago Midway International
08:55 Ronald Reagan National, terminal 1
1h 50m
Seasonal
WN 2861
Southwest Airlines
06:05 Chicago Midway International
08:55 Ronald Reagan National, terminal 1
1h 50m
Seasonal
Boeing 737
WN 2640
Southwest Airlines
06:30 Chicago Midway International
09:20 Baltimore/Wash International Thurgood Marshall
1h 50m
Seasonal
Boeing 737
UA 1055
United Airlines
06:00 , terminal 1
08:56 Washington Dulles International
1h 56m
Seasonal
Boeing 737-900
WN 1270
Southwest Airlines
05:55 Chicago Midway International
08:50 Ronald Reagan National, terminal 1
1h 55m
Seasonal
Boeing 737
AA 2345
American Airlines
06:08 , terminal 3
09:04 Ronald Reagan National, terminal 2
1h 56m
Seasonal
Airbus A319
WN 2818
Southwest Airlines
06:20 Chicago Midway International
09:10 Baltimore/Wash International Thurgood Marshall
1h 50m
Seasonal
Boeing 737
WN 1270
Southwest Airlines
05:50 Chicago Midway International
08:40 Ronald Reagan National, terminal 1
1h 50m
Seasonal
Boeing 737-800
WN 2818
Southwest Airlines
05:15 Chicago Midway International
08:00 Baltimore/Wash International Thurgood Marshall
1h 45m
Seasonal
Boeing 737
WN 2818
Southwest Airlines
05:10 Chicago Midway International
07:55 Baltimore/Wash International Thurgood Marshall
1h 45m
Seasonal
WN 3768
Southwest Airlines
05:30 Chicago Midway International
08:15 Ronald Reagan National, terminal 1
1h 45m
Seasonal
Boeing 737
AA 4435
American Airlines
05:57 , terminal 3
09:13 Ronald Reagan National, terminal 2
2h 16m
Seasonal
Embraer EMB 175
AA 4548
American Airlines
06:00 , terminal 3
09:14 Ronald Reagan National, terminal 2
2h 14m
Seasonal
Embraer EMB 175
AA 3446
American Airlines
06:50 , terminal 3
09:57 Baltimore/Wash International Thurgood Marshall
2h 7m
Seasonal
Embraer 170
WN 1949
Southwest Airlines
05:35 Chicago Midway International
08:25 Ronald Reagan National, terminal 1
1h 50m
Seasonal
WN 2602
Southwest Airlines
05:35 Chicago Midway International
08:25 Baltimore/Wash International Thurgood Marshall
1h 50m
Seasonal
WN 1949
Southwest Airlines
06:00 Chicago Midway International
08:50 Ronald Reagan National, terminal 1
1h 50m
Seasonal
WN 1949
Southwest Airlines
05:30 Chicago Midway International
08:20 Ronald Reagan National, terminal 1
1h 50m
Seasonal
Boeing 737
WN 2972
Southwest Airlines
05:35 Chicago Midway International
08:25 Baltimore/Wash International Thurgood Marshall
1h 50m
Seasonal
WN 1949
Southwest Airlines
05:55 Chicago Midway International
08:45 Ronald Reagan National, terminal 1
1h 50m
Seasonal
AA 4548
American Airlines
05:58 , terminal 3
09:15 Ronald Reagan National, terminal 2
2h 17m
Seasonal
Embraer EMB 175
AA 3446
American Airlines
06:51 , terminal 3
09:58 Baltimore/Wash International Thurgood Marshall
2h 7m
Seasonal
Embraer 170

Days of the week are taken from the schedule for the next 14 days; schedules change by season. Washington is 1 hour ahead of Chicago. The search shows seat availability and the price for your date.

Airlines flying Chicago to Washington

Flights a week by schedule and the cheapest nonstop fare of each airline found by recent searches

United Airlines19 a week Southwest Airlines8 a week American Airlines7 a week Frontier Airlines4 a week

Airports

Where flights from Chicago to Washington depart and land

Departure from Chicago

Chicago Midway International MDW

8 flights a week, 9 mi (14 km) from the city centre

About the airport

Arrival in Washington

Ronald Reagan National closest to the centreDCA

14 flights a week, terminals 1, 2, 3 mi (5 km) from the city centre

About the airport
Washington Dulles International IAD

13 flights a week, 22 mi (36 km) from the city centre

About the airport
Baltimore/Wash International Thurgood Marshall BWI

11 flights a week, 28 mi (45 km) from the city centre

About the airport

When to visit Washington

Weather by month

Best time to visit: April, May, September and October, +20° to +26° by day. In November it is +14° by day and +4° at night, with 8 rainy days.

Jan
+6° −2° 8 days
Feb
+9° −1° 10 days
Mar
+15° +3° 8 days
Apr
+20° +8° 11 days
May
+24° +13° 12 days
Jun
+29° +18° 12 days
Jul
+31° +21° 16 days
Aug
+30° +20° 13 days
Sep
+26° +17° 11 days
Oct
+20° +10° 8 days
Nov
+14° +4° 8 days
Dec
+9° 0° 9 days

Daytime and night temperatures in °C, rainy days. Months with the most comfortable weather are in green. Long-term averages.

Frequently asked questions

How long is the flight from Chicago to Washington?
A nonstop flight takes 1 hour 54 minutes on average, from 1h 45m to 7h 36m depending on the flight.
How far is Washington from Chicago?
594 mi (956 km) in a straight line between the cities.
Which airlines fly nonstop from Chicago to Washington?
United Airlines (19 a week), Southwest Airlines (8 a week), American Airlines (7 a week) and Frontier Airlines (4 a week).
How many flights a day are there from Chicago to Washington?
5 flights today and 38 a week, about 5.4 a day on average.
When are the first and last flights from Chicago to Washington?
The first departure is at 05:05 (WN1776), the last at 06:50 (UA4521). Local time.
What is the cheapest month to fly from Chicago to Washington?
February 2027: tickets from $75. The most expensive is November 2026, from $124.
What is the cheapest upcoming date to fly from Chicago to Washington?
16 February 2027 (Tuesday): from $75 one way, with a connection, by recent searches. The search shows the price for your dates.
Which airline is the cheapest from Chicago to Washington?
Frontier Airlines: nonstop tickets from $97 on 18 December by recent searches. Prices change daily, so compare the sellers in the search.
What is the time difference between Chicago and Washington?
Washington is 1 hour ahead of Chicago. Schedule times on this page are local to each airport.
Which Chicago airport do flights to Washington leave from?
Chicago Midway International (8 a week).
Which Washington airport is closest to the city centre?
Ronald Reagan National (DCA), 3 mi (5 km) from the city centre. Others: Washington Dulles International 22 mi (36 km) and Baltimore/Wash International Thurgood Marshall 28 mi (45 km).