IND to ORD: Distance and Flight Time

How far is it from Indianapolis to Chicago?

The great-circle distance between Indianapolis International Airport (IND) and Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) is 286 km (177 mi, 154 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 IND to ORD?

A nonstop flight typically takes about 50m. This is an estimate from the distance; actual block times depend on the aircraft, winds and the exact routing. ORD is roughly northwest of IND.

How is the IND to ORD route written in code?

The pair is written IND-ORD in IATA codes and KIND-KORD in ICAO codes, the form used on a flight plan. Indianapolis International Airport is IND (KIND), 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 117 ft (36 m) lower than IND, which is a real difference in air density on takeoff.

Airlines flying IND to ORD

No carrier is listed as operating this pair in the open route dataset. It appears only as a codeshare, sold by AA, UA, 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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