Direct Flights from Chicago to Allentown/Bethlehem
Allentown/Bethlehem · Pennsylvania
Nonstop service from ORD to ABE on American, United. Here's the schedule at a glance — plus what to do once you land.
Airlines
American, United
Nonstop flights
~3/day
Distance
653 mi
Flight time
~1h 50mgate to gate
Elevation
393 ft287 ft lower than your departure
Days operated
Daily (all week)
How rare is this nonstop?
Only 13 cities have a nonstop to Allentown/Bethlehem, so this is a route worth knowing about — most travelers connect to get there.
How long to go to Allentown/Bethlehem for, from Chicago
1h 50m in the air, 653 miles — a Friday-evening departure still leaves you most of the evening in Allentown/Bethlehem. Two nights works.
Top things to do in Allentown/Bethlehem
- Dorney Park & Wildwater Kingdom is an amusement and water park located in Dorneyville, Pennsylvania, outside Allentown, in the United States.
- The Cathedral Church of St. Catharine of Siena is the seat of the Diocese of Allentown. It is located at 1825 Turner Street in Allentown, Pennsylvania.
- Delaware Canal State Park is a 59-mile-long (95,000 m) Pennsylvania state park in Bucks and Northampton counties in Pennsylvania.
- The Lehigh Canal is a navigable canal that begins at the mouth of Nesquehoning Creek on the Lehigh River in the Lehigh Valley and Northeastern regions of Pennsylvania.
- The Lehigh Valley Zoo is a 29-acre (11.7 ha) zoo located in Schnecksville in the Lehigh Valley region of eastern Pennsylvania. It is located inside the 1,100-acre (445 ha) Trexler Nature Preserve.
- Elmwood Park Zoo is a zoo located in Norristown, Pennsylvania.
- The Reading Public Museum is a museum in Reading, Pennsylvania, located in the 18th Ward, along the Wyomissing Creek.
- The Michener Art Museum is a private, non-profit museum that is located in Doylestown, Bucks County, Pennsylvania. Founded in 1988, it was named for the Pulitzer Prize–winning writer James A.
- The Allentown Art Museum of the Lehigh Valley is an art museum located in Allentown, Pennsylvania. It was founded in 1934 by a group organized by Walter Emerson Baum, a Pennsylvania impressionist painter.
- Bushkill Park, formerly Bushkill Park and Grove, is an amusement park in Easton, Pennsylvania. it One of the oldest amusement parks in the nation, it is today geared toward younger audiences.
- Central Park was an amusement park in the Rittersville section of Allentown, Pennsylvania. It operated from 1893 to 1951.
- Nockamixon State Park is a Pennsylvania state park on 5,286 acres (2,139 ha) in Bedminster and Haycock Townships in northern Bucks County, Pennsylvania, in the United States.
Attraction descriptions from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA); place data from Wikidata (CC0).
Allentown/Bethlehem weather, compared with Chicago
3° warmer than Chicago on average across the year, on daytime highs:
- January
- Allentown/Bethlehem 38°F · Chicago 31°F · 6° warmer
- April
- Allentown/Bethlehem 62°F · Chicago 59°F · 4° warmer
- July
- Allentown/Bethlehem 86°F · Chicago 84°F · much the same
- October
- Allentown/Bethlehem 65°F · Chicago 62°F · 2° warmer
January bottoms out near 38°F — a real coat, not a layer.
Average daily highs, 1991–2020 station normals from Meteostat (CC BY 4.0), measured at each city's airport.
Planning a trip to Allentown/Bethlehem
- Best time to visit
- The best time to visit Allentown/Bethlehem is April–June and September–October, when daytime highs are a comfortable 62–81°F.
- How long to stay
- Allentown/Bethlehem rewards a longer visit — a full week lets you explore its many sights, from Dorney Park & Wildwater Kingdom, Cathedral of Saint Catharine of Siena, and Delaware Canal State Park and beyond.
Frequently asked questions
- Is there a direct flight from Chicago to Allentown/Bethlehem?
- Yes — you can fly nonstop from Chicago (ORD) to Allentown/Bethlehem (ABE) on American, United.
- Which airlines fly nonstop from Chicago to Allentown/Bethlehem?
- American, United fly nonstop between Chicago (ORD) and Allentown/Bethlehem (ABE).
- How many nonstop flights are there from Chicago to Allentown/Bethlehem?
- There are about 3 nonstop departures per day (roughly 21 per week) from Chicago to Allentown/Bethlehem.
- How far is Allentown/Bethlehem from Chicago?
- Allentown/Bethlehem is about 653 miles from Chicago by air.
- What is there to do in Allentown/Bethlehem?
- Popular things to do include Dorney Park & Wildwater Kingdom, Cathedral of Saint Catharine of Siena, Delaware Canal State Park, Lehigh Canal, and more.
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