Dayton to Chicago flight

Flights from Dayton to Chicago start at €43.80 and take 4h 4m at their fastest.

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The Flights from Dayton to Chicago starts at €43.80 and takes 4h 4m door to door, run by 5 operators over 384 km, with around 40 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 60 days before departure.

Checked September 11, 2026Priced for September 29, 2026One passenger, all fees included

  • 4h 4mDoor to door
  • 54mMoving
  • €43.80From
  • 94.5 kgCO2
Real services

The cheapest and the fastest on September 29, 2026

Two journeys we can sell today, with the service number each operator files them under.

Cheapest€37.90
  1. United Airlines UA661718:1159m19:10Dayton DAYChicago MDW

Door to door 4h 9mCO2 94.5 kgChanges 0Fixed, no changes

Fastest€44.98
  1. SkyWest SW320408:3954m09:33Dayton DAYChicago ORD

Door to door 4h 4mCO2 94.5 kgChanges 0Fixed, no changes

Carriers

Airlines

Speed, flexibility and what is on board. Nothing here is a rating, because we have not earned one.

Every operator we sell on this corridor. Speed is the carrier's own typical cruising speed, not the average over this route.
OperatorFrom
American Airlines€38.49
GoJet Airlines€39.08
SkyWest€38.49
United Airlines€37.90
Air Wisconsin€39.67

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Booking window

When to book Dayton to Chicago

The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.

  1. €46.7590 days
  2. €31.4160 days
  3. €32.5945 days
  4. €36.1330 days
  5. €42.0321 days
  6. €44.9814 days
  7. €52.657 days
  8. €53.243 days
  9. €79.201 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €31.41.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 152 percent. The most expensive point is €79.20, 1 days out.
What that means
Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 60 days before departure. Waiting from here has usually cost money on this corridor rather than saved it.
Day of the week

Which departure day costs least

Median cheapest fare for each weekday, taken across the next three weeks of real prices.

  1. €51.47Sun
  2. €44.39Mon
  3. €43.80Tue
  4. €46.16Wed
  5. €55.60Thu
  6. €44.98Fri
  7. €53.24Sat
Terminals

Where you leave from and where you arrive

The stations, airports and ports each mode on this corridor actually uses.

Dayton

Air
  • DAY

Chicago

Air
  • ORD
  • MDW
The journey

What the journey actually looks like

Direct or connecting, how far the route really runs, and what happens when a connection is missed.

How far it really runs
The route covers 384 km against 373 km in a straight line, a detour of 3 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
First and last departure
The first service of the day leaves Dayton at 06:11 and the last at 20:53, across 40 departures. The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.

Questions about Dayton to Chicago

The questions people actually ask about this trip, answered from the same prices and times the page above is built on rather than written once and left to go stale.

How long does the Flight from Dayton to Chicago take?

The Flight from Dayton to Chicago takes 4h 4m door to door, of which 54m is spent moving. The route runs 384 km. The difference between the two times is reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end, which every time on this page includes.

How much does the Flight from Dayton to Chicago cost?

The Flight from Dayton to Chicago starts at €43.80 for one passenger, checked on September 29, 2026. A typical fare is €46.16. Both are the total including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee, so the price here is the price at checkout.

Who runs the Flight from Dayton to Chicago?

5 operators run the Flight from Dayton to Chicago: American Airlines, GoJet Airlines, SkyWest, United Airlines, Air Wisconsin. Between them they file around 40 departures a day. The operator table on this page compares them on fare, journey time, cruising speed, fare conditions and what is provided on board.

Which terminal does the Flight from Dayton to Chicago use?

The Flight from Dayton to Chicago leaves from Dayton DAY and arrives at Chicago ORD. Allow about 3h 10m for reaching the departure terminal and leaving the arrival one. That time is already inside every door to door figure quoted on this page.

When should I book the Flight from Dayton to Chicago?

Fares for the Flight from Dayton to Chicago bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €31.41. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 152 percent, measured on September 29, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.

How much CO2 does the Flight from Dayton to Chicago produce?

The Flight from Dayton to Chicago produces about 94.5 kg of CO2 per passenger over 384 km, which works out at roughly 246 grams per passenger kilometer. That figure is for the whole journey and for one traveler, not for the vehicle.

Where these numbers come from

Observed service A carrier record shows this named operator serving this named pair, and we carry that through unchanged.

Schedules, seat counts and fares are generated by our own model until the supplier contracts are signed. Places, coordinates, operators, which operator serves which pair, and every distance are real. We would rather say that on every page than let a modeled number pass for a filed one.

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On this page
Every figure above was computed for Dayton to Chicago on September 11, 2026: 384 km of route against 373 km in a straight line, 40 services a day, 5 operators, a cheapest fare of €43.80, and 4h 4m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

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