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ORD Chicago ⇄ MSP Minneapolis

Chicago O'Hare International Airport (United States) and Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport / Wold–Chamberlain Field (United States): great-circle distance, estimated scheduled flight time each way, time difference and jet lag.

Distance537 km334 mi290 nautical miles
ORD → MSP1 h 45 minestimated block time
MSP → ORD1 h 35 minestimated block time
Clock change±0 hMinneapolis vs Chicago, today
Great-circle route from Chicago (ORD) to Minneapolis (MSP)ORDChicagoMSPMinneapolis
The shortest path over the Earth’s surface (great circle), drawn on a Natural Earth projection. Real flight paths bend around weather, winds and closed airspace.

Flight time each way

ORD → MSP

1 h 45 min

Estimated gate-to-gate scheduled time. Initial heading 309° (NW).

Leave Chicago Sat 7 Nov, 10:00 local → arrive Minneapolis Sat 7 Nov, 11:45 local.

MSP → ORD

1 h 35 min

Estimated gate-to-gate scheduled time. Initial heading 125° (SE).

Leave Minneapolis Sat 7 Nov, 10:00 local → arrive Chicago Sat 7 Nov, 11:35 local.

The two directions differ by 6 minutes in our estimate: this route is short, so the wind has little effect on the total. How we estimate it.

Distance

Great-circle distance537 km · 334 mi · 290 nmi
Initial heading309° (NW) from ORD; 125° (SE) from MSP
Farthest from the equator44.9°N
Crossesneither the equator nor the 180th meridian
Share of the longest possible trip3% of the 20,015 km to the far side of the Earth

Time zones and jet lag

ORDAmerica/Chicago — UTC−5 now; UTC−6 standard time, UTC−5 during daylight saving time
MSPAmerica/Chicago — UTC−5 now; UTC−6 standard time, UTC−5 during daylight saving time
DifferenceMinneapolis is on the same clock as Chicago today.

Jet lag, flying ORD → MSP. No time-zone change, so no jet lag from the clock — only the usual tiredness of travel.

General information, not medical advice.

The two airports

ORD Chicago O'Hare International AirportChicago, United States · longest runway 13,000 ft3,962 m MSP Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport / Wold–Chamberlain FieldMinneapolis, United States · longest runway 11,006 ft3,355 m

More routes from ORD and MSP

ATLORD Atlanta – Chicago 976 km607 mi · 2 h 10 min DFWORD Dallas–Fort Worth – Chicago 1,291 km802 mi · 2 h 25 min ORDMCO Chicago – Orlando 1,620 km1,007 mi · 2 h 50 min SEAORD Seattle – Chicago 2,762 km1,716 mi · 3 h 55 min ORDLHR Chicago – London 6,344 km3,942 mi · 7 h 45 min ORDICN Chicago – Seoul 10,519 km6,536 mi · 13 h 30 min MSPAMS Minneapolis – Amsterdam 6,685 km4,154 mi · 8 h 10 min

Routes of a similar length

FCOCTA Rome – Catania 539 km335 mi · 1 h 40 min LHREDI London – Edinburgh 534 km332 mi · 1 h 40 min LAXOAK Los Angeles – Oakland 543 km337 mi · 1 h 45 min LAXSFO Los Angeles – San Francisco 543 km338 mi · 1 h 45 min

Need a different pair? The flight-time calculator works for any two of 3,245 airports. Not covered: which airlines fly this route, schedules, fares and live status — that data is proprietary and we don’t guess it.

Photos on airport pages are credited there. Estimates are rounded to 5 minutes; typical error about 13 minutes (validation).