Omaha to Chicago flight

Flights from Omaha to Chicago start at €73.30 and take 4h 29m at their fastest.

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The Flights from Omaha to Chicago starts at €73.30 and takes 4h 29m door to door, run by 8 operators over 714 km, with around 64 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 60 days before departure.

Checked September 10, 2026Priced for September 29, 2026One passenger, all fees included

  • 4h 29mDoor to door
  • 1h 19mMoving
  • €73.30From
  • 175.6 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.

Fastest€76.84
  1. American Airlines AA914512:331h 19m13:52Omaha OMAChicago ORD

Door to door 4h 29mCO2 175.6 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€64.45
GoJet Airlines€64.45
American Eagle Airlines€63.86
SkyWest€63.86
United Airlines€62.09
Southwest Airlines€69.17
Air Wisconsin€65.04
Air Canada€65.04

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Booking window

When to book Omaha to Chicago

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

  1. €34.2890 days
  2. €24.3860 days
  3. €29.3345 days
  4. €31.5330 days
  5. €37.0321 days
  6. €41.9814 days
  7. €47.487 days
  8. €55.183 days
  9. €65.631 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €24.38.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 169 percent. The most expensive point is €65.63, 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. €41.98Sun
  2. €36.48Mon
  3. €38.13Tue
  4. €38.13Wed
  5. €41.98Thu
  6. €44.73Fri
  7. €45.28Sat
Terminals

Where you leave from and where you arrive

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

Omaha

Air
  • OMA

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 714 km against 693 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 Omaha at 06:01 and the last at 20:53, across 64 departures. The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.
The alternatives

Flights against the other ways to make this journey

The same corridor, door to door, with every mode that runs it.

Door to door means the whole journey, including reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end. Fares are the cheapest sold on each mode.
ModeDoor to doorMovingAt the endsFromCO2Per day
Flight4h 29m1h 19m3h 10m€73.30175.6 kg64
Coach9h 48m9h 4m44m€36.4818.7 kg12

Questions about Omaha 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 Omaha to Chicago take?

The Flight from Omaha to Chicago takes 4h 29m door to door, of which 1h 19m is spent moving. The route runs 714 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 Omaha to Chicago cost?

The Flight from Omaha to Chicago starts at €73.30 for one passenger, checked on September 29, 2026. A typical fare is €75.96. 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 Omaha to Chicago?

8 operators run the Flight from Omaha to Chicago: American Airlines, GoJet Airlines, American Eagle Airlines, SkyWest, United Airlines. Between them they file around 64 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 Omaha to Chicago use?

The Flight from Omaha to Chicago leaves from Omaha OMA 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.

Is the Flight the best way from Omaha to Chicago?

Traveling from Omaha to Chicago by Coach costs €36.48 and takes 9h 48m door to door, against 4h 29m by Flight. Which is better depends on whether the money or the hours matter more on this trip. The comparison table on this page shows every mode side by side.

When should I book the Flight from Omaha to Chicago?

Fares for the Flight from Omaha to Chicago bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €24.38. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 169 percent, measured on September 29, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.

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

The Flight from Omaha to Chicago produces about 175.6 kg of CO2 per passenger over 714 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 Omaha to Chicago on September 10, 2026: 714 km of route against 693 km in a straight line, 64 services a day, 8 operators, a cheapest fare of €73.30, and 4h 29m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

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