Route · ORD → MSP
Flights from Chicago to Minneapolis
The 536-kilometer hop between Chicago O'Hare and Minneapolis-Saint Paul is one of the busier Midwest shuttle runs, typically wheels-up to wheels-down in just over an hour, making it a natural choice for same-day business trips between two major corporate hubs. Delta dominates the route with a dense schedule out of its MSP hub, typically deploying CRJ-900s and A319s, while United runs competitive frequencies from O'Hare's Terminal 1, and American adds capacity from Terminal 3; Spirit offers a budget alternative though with fewer daily departures. A practical note worth flagging: both cities share the same Central time zone, so there is no clock adjustment to juggle on either end. Fare-wise, midweek departures on Tuesday and Wednesday tend to undercut weekend pricing considerably, and shoulder months like January and February often yield the lowest fares before spring conference season tightens availability.
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Cheapest dates to fly
Live prices · powered by AviasalesThe calendar below pulls live fares from our search partner for Chicago (ORD) → Minneapolis (MSP). Use the year view… to spot the cheapest week to fly, the day-of-week patterns most travellers miss, and any shoulder-season dips worth shifting your trip around. Prices refresh every few hours, so what you see is what your booking page should look like a moment later — click any date to jump straight to the fare on Aviasales.
Airlines on this route
7 carriersThe 7 carriers we currently track on the Chicago–Minneapolis route, from full-service flag carriers to low-cost competitors. Tap any airline for its full profile, baggage… rules, fleet context, and a live fare search pre-filtered to that carrier — useful if you're loyal to a frequent-flyer programme, want to compare onboard product on the same dates, or are weighing a cheaper one-stop against a pricier nonstop.
Flights from Chicago to Minneapolis
Live schedule · powered by AviasalesBelow is the published weekly schedule for nonstop and one-stop services from Chicago to Minneapolis — the actual flight numbers, departure and arrival times your… booking page will pull from. Use it to plan around departure preferences (early morning vs late evening), see which carriers fly on which weekdays, or pick a connection that lets you sleep in your own bed before a long-haul leg. Click any row to load it directly in the search.
Airport guides
Quick links into the airport profiles at both ends of the route. Each guide covers terminal layout, the airlines that base hubs at ORD and… MSP, the other routes those airports serve, and the ground-transit options most travellers wish they'd read about before landing — the practical context you only really need to know once you've booked, but want to skim before you do.