Fastest€144.69
- SkyWest SW530106:522h 2m08:54Wilmington ILMChicago MDW
Door to door 5h 12mCO2 303.6 kgChanges 0Fixed, no changes
Wilmington to Chicago flight
Flights from Wilmington to Chicago start at €120.50 and take 5h 12m at their fastest.
The Flights from Wilmington to Chicago starts at €120.50 and takes 5h 12m door to door, run by 1 operator over 1,234 km, with around 1 departure a day. Fares bottom out about 30 days before departure.
- 5h 12mDoor to door
- 2h 2mMoving
- €120.50From
- 303.6 kgCO2
The cheapest and the fastest on September 29, 2026
Two journeys we can sell today, with the service number each operator files them under.
Airlines
Speed, flexibility and what is on board. Nothing here is a rating, because we have not earned one.
| Operator | From | Fastest | Typical speed | Flexibility | On board |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 SkyWest | €117.55 | 5h 9m | 740 km/h | Fixed fare | Not published |
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When to book Wilmington to Chicago
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €135.6490 days
- €110.3460 days
- €94.3945 days
- €91.0030 days
- €120.5021 days
- €166.5214 days
- €224.747 days
- €185.403 days
- €311.071 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €91.00.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 242 percent. The most expensive point is €311.07, 1 days out.
- What that means
- Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 30 days before departure. Waiting from here has usually cost money on this corridor rather than saved it.
Which departure day costs least
Median cheapest fare for each weekday, taken across the next three weeks of real prices.
- €143.51Sun
- €147.19Mon
- €120.50Tue
- €154.13Wed
- €177.73Thu
- €161.49Fri
- €166.52Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
The stations, airports and ports each mode on this corridor actually uses.
Wilmington
Air
- ILM
- OAJ
Chicago
Air
- ORD
- MDW
What the journey actually looks like
Direct or connecting, how far the route really runs, and what happens when a connection is missed.
- Direct or connecting
- 20% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 80% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 1,234 km against 1,198 km in a straight line, a detour of 3 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
- Where the change is
- Connections are made at Charlotte, Greensboro, Raleigh, Columbia. The gap between arriving and leaving is 76 minutes, of which about 14 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 13 percent chance of not being made on the timetable alone. Part of this journey is a self transfer between separate tickets, so leave more time than the minimum and expect to check in again.
- First and last departure
- The first service of the day leaves Wilmington at 06:52 and the last at 06:52, across 1 departures. The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.
Questions about Wilmington 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 Wilmington to Chicago take?
The Flight from Wilmington to Chicago takes 5h 12m door to door, of which 2h 2m is spent moving. The route runs 1,234 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 Wilmington to Chicago cost?
The Flight from Wilmington to Chicago starts at €120.50 for one passenger, checked on September 12, 2026. A typical fare is €144.69. 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 Wilmington to Chicago?
1 operators run the Flight from Wilmington to Chicago: SkyWest. Between them they file around 1 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 Wilmington to Chicago use?
The Flight from Wilmington to Chicago leaves from Wilmington ILM and arrives at Chicago MDW. 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 Wilmington to Chicago?
Fares for the Flight from Wilmington to Chicago bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €91.00. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 242 percent, measured on September 12, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Flight from Wilmington to Chicago produce?
The Flight from Wilmington to Chicago produces about 303.6 kg of CO2 per passenger over 1234 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.
Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon
- On this page
- Every figure above was computed for Wilmington to Chicago on September 12, 2026: 1234 km of route against 1198 km in a straight line, 1 services a day, 1 operators, a cheapest fare of €120.50, and 5h 12m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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