BMI to ORD: Distance and Flight Time

How far is it from Bloomington/Normal to Chicago?

The great-circle distance between Central Illinois Regional Airport at Bloomington-Normal (BMI) and Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) is 187 km (116 mi, 101 nautical miles). That is the straight-line distance; a real flight is a little longer because of air-traffic routing.

How long is the flight from BMI to ORD?

A nonstop flight typically takes about 45m. This is an estimate from the distance; actual block times depend on the aircraft, winds and the exact routing. ORD is roughly northeast of BMI.

How is the BMI to ORD route written in code?

The pair is written BMI-ORD in IATA codes and KBMI-KORD in ICAO codes, the form used on a flight plan. Central Illinois Regional Airport at Bloomington-Normal is BMI (KBMI), Chicago O'Hare International Airport is ORD (KORD).

Both ICAO codes start with K, the prefix ICAO assigns to the contiguous United States, so this is a route inside one ICAO region. How ICAO prefixes are laid out.

ORD sits 191 ft (58 m) lower than BMI, which is a real difference in air density on takeoff.

Airlines flying BMI to ORD

No carrier is listed as operating this pair in the open route dataset. It appears only as a codeshare, sold by AA, USon another airline's aircraft.

Route and carrier data comes from the OpenFlights open dataset, regenerated here on 3 July 2026. It is a historical snapshot of scheduled connections, not a live schedule, and it includes codeshare listings, so some carriers shown may no longer operate the route or exist. How we build this · Data and sources.

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