Flight Time From Houston To Chicago - FlightSphere

Tables and Explanations

Data Source

Our information is computed from the latest available data from the US Department of Transportation.

Average Timeline Timeline Chart

The average timeline contains the median time a flight spends in 3 stages. The first of these three stages is taxiing out which includes the time from the flight leaving the gate to taking off. The second stage is in the air, which includes the time spent from the flight leaving the ground to touching back down at the end of it's journey. The last stage is taxiing in, which is from when the flight touches down to the flight arriving at it's gate.

The average timeline also estimates on average of when the flight will leave and arrive relative to it's stated departure time.

Leaves Houston	1 minute early
Taxi Out Time	17 minutes
In the Air	123 minutes
Taxiing In	12 minutes
Arrives Chicago	5 minutes early

Flight Reliability Reliability Chart

The reliability of an airline measures how often the airline's flights on this route are cancelled or delayed more than 20 minutes. For example, from Houston to Chicago, Frontier is 50% reliable, which means that Frontier flights are on time 50% of the time, and cancelled or delayed the remaining time.

Airline	Normal Flights	Arrival Delayed*	Flight Cancelled
United	82%	17%	1%
American	75%	23%	2%
Spirit	72%	26%	2%
Frontier	50%	44%	6%

Flight Time By Airline Flight Time By Airline Chart

Each airline takes a different amount of time to fly between Houston and Chicago, this is due to different operational factors on the ground, as well as scheduling of planes. Each airline's flight time is split into three stages which are described above in the "Average Timeline" section. There are also miscellaneous operational issues which are included in the below total but are not accounted for in one of the three stages.

Airline	Taxiing Out (minutes)	In the Air(minutes)	Taxiing In(minutes)	Total(minutes)
Spirit	14	122	12	151
Frontier	17	120	15	154
United	18	123	12	156
American	15	124	13	156

Flights By Time of Day Flight Time By Day Chart

This one is pretty self explanatory, it represents the number of flights that leave the gate in a given hour of the day. The tricky thing here is that this is normally not a whole number since it is an average over 52 weeks. Partial numbers may indicate that a flight may be seasonal or may take off at different times due to different operational factors.

Time	Count
10am	0.67
1pm	0.49
7pm	0.04
8am	1.06
11am	0.57
3pm	0.03
8pm	1.15
11pm	0.01
12pm	0.74
0am	0
9pm	1.28
10pm	0.15
2pm	1.27
6am	1.7
7am	0.84
5pm	0.86
4pm	1.41
6pm	1.12
5am	0.59
9am	0.83

Flights By Month Flights By Month Chart

The quantity of flights from Houston to Chicago that take off in a given month of the year. This number changes because some flights are seasonal, and almost all flights have uneven demand througout the year.

Month	Count
January	455
February	390
March	370
April	427
May	484
June	488
July	494
August	500
September	473
October	473
November	454
December	476

Flights By Day Of Week Flights By Day of Week Chart

The quantity of flights from Houston to Chicago that take off on a given day of the week. Some routes only have enough demand to sustain a few trips a week, while others have many flights a day. This number is also an average across the year, and hence may not be a whole number.

Day	Count
Monday	15.67
Tuesday	14.19
Wednesday	14.38
Thursday	15.4
Friday	16.02
Saturday	14.29
Sunday	15.5

Flight per Airline (per Week) Flights By Airline Chart

How many times an airline flies this route in a week. Different factors play into how often a carrier chooses to fly a given route including it's need to connect disparate routes, and demand.

Airline	Flights per Week
United	1
American	0
Spirit	0
Frontier	0

Flight Time By Time of Day Flight Time by Time of Day Chart

The total flight time varies by each hour of the day due to factors such as airport traffic. More flights leaving an airport may cause higher taxi in or taxi out times. See the description of the average timeline above for a deeper discussion of each of these times.

Time	Taxi Out(minutes)	In the Air(minutes)	Taxi In(minutes)	Total(minutes)
10am	20	124	13	158
1pm	15	124	12	153
7pm	22	122	10	156
8am	17	123	11	152
11am	17	124	14	158
3pm	17	124	22	167
8pm	19	120	8	149
11pm	15	123	8	146
12pm	20	123	13	158
0am	17	123	7	147
9pm	16	120	8	146
10pm	13	120	9	147
2pm	18	124	12	156
6am	15	125	15	157
7am	19	124	12	157
5pm	16	124	17	160
4pm	17	125	17	162
6pm	21	120	12	156
5am	16	126	14	157
9am	17	123	11	152