BWI to MDW: Distance and Flight Time

How far is it from Baltimore to Chicago?

The great-circle distance between Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport (BWI) and Chicago Midway International Airport (MDW) is 981 km (609 mi, 529 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 BWI to MDW?

A nonstop flight typically takes about 1h 45m. This is an estimate from the distance; actual block times depend on the aircraft, winds and the exact routing. MDW is roughly west of BWI.

How is the BWI to MDW route written in code?

The pair is written BWI-MDW in IATA codes and KBWI-KMDW in ICAO codes, the form used on a flight plan. Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport is BWI (KBWI), Chicago Midway International Airport is MDW (KMDW).

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.

MDW sits 474 ft (144 m) higher than BWI, which is a real difference in air density on takeoff.

Airlines flying BWI to MDW

1 airline appear on this route in the open route dataset, 1 of them still listed as active. Each row gives the IATA code, the ICAO code and the radio callsign, which is what an air traffic controller hears:

A further 1 carrier sell this pair as a codeshare without operating it: FL.

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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