MLI to ORD: Distance and Flight Time

How far is it from Moline to Chicago?

The great-circle distance between Quad City International Airport (MLI) and Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) is 224 km (139 mi, 121 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 MLI 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 east of MLI.

How is the MLI to ORD route written in code?

The pair is written MLI-ORD in IATA codes and KMLI-KORD in ICAO codes, the form used on a flight plan. Quad City International Airport is MLI (KMLI), 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.

The two fields sit at almost the same height, within 90 ft (27 m) of each other.

Airlines flying MLI 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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