The flight time from Gerald R. Ford International Airport to Chicago, Illinois is:

29 minutes

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In-air flight time: 29 minutes
From gate to gate: 51 minutes
Constant 500 mph: 15 minutes

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Flying time from GRR to Chicago, IL

The total flight duration from GRR to Chicago, IL is 29 minutes.

This is the average in-air flight time (wheels up to wheels down on the runway) based on actual flights taken over the past year, including routes like GRR to ORD. It covers the entire time on a typical commercial flight including take-off and landing.

If you're planning a trip, you should also factor in extra time for the plane to pull back from the gate and taxi to the runway, as well as reaching the destination gate after landing. If you include this extra time on the tarmac, the average total elapsed time from gate to gate flying from GRR to Chicago, IL is 51 minutes.

Finally, pilots might want to estimate the flight time using an average flight speed for a commercial airliner of 500 mph, which is equivalent to 805 km/h or 434 knots. If you don't add any extra time to increase or decrease speed for take-off and landing, then at constant speed your flight time would be 15 minutes.

If you're booking a flight, make sure you check the scheduled departure and arrival times. You should also factor in airport wait times and possible equipment or weather delays. If you're trying to figure out what time you'll arrive at the destination, you may want to see if there's a time difference between GRR and Chicago, IL.

The calculation of flight time is based on the straight line distance from GRR to Chicago, IL ("as the crow flies"), which is about 128 miles or 206 kilometers.

Your trip begins at Gerald R. Ford International Airport in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
It ends in Chicago, Illinois.

Your flight direction from GRR to Chicago, IL is Southwest (-122 degrees from North).

The flight time calculator measures the average flight duration between points. It uses the great circle formula to compute the travel mileage.

Gerald R. Ford International Airport

IATA: GRR
ICAO: KGRR
FAA: GRR
City: Grand Rapids
State: Michigan
Zip code: 49512
Country: United States
Category: airports

Chicago, Illinois

City: Chicago
State: Illinois
Country: United States
Category: cities

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