Direct Flights from Chicago to Champaign
Champaign · Illinois
Nonstop service from ORD to CMI on American. Here's the schedule at a glance — plus what to do once you land.
How rare is this nonstop?
This is a rare nonstop: only 2 cities fly direct to Champaign, and Chicago is one of them. From anywhere else you'd be connecting.
How long to go to Champaign for, from Chicago
45m in the air, 135 miles: short enough that a single night in Champaign is worth it, and a day trip is not absurd.
About Champaign
Champaign-Urbana is a metropolitan area in central Illinois, composed of the towns of Champaign, Urbana, and Savoy. The community is the site of the main campus of the University of Illinois, one of the great public universities of the United States.
Summary from Wikivoyage (CC BY-SA).
Top things to do in Champaign
- The Robert Allerton Park is a 1,517-acre (614 ha) park, nature center, and conference center located in the rural Piatt County township of Willow Branch, near Monticello, Illinois, on the upper Sangamon River.
- The Krannert Art Museum (KAM) is a fine art museum located at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign in Champaign, Illinois, United States.
- The American Football House is a house in Urbana, Illinois, United States, known for its appearance on the cover of Midwest emo band American Football's 1999 debut album American Football.
- Located in the western part of Champaign, Illinois, Centennial Park is the second largest park operated by the Champaign Park District. Land for the park was acquired in 1959 for an estimated cost of $161,800.
- The University of Illinois Arboretum is a new arboretum, with gardens, currently under construction on the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign campus.
- Danville National Cemetery is a United States National Cemetery located in the city of Danville, in Vermilion County, Illinois.
- Dodds Park is located in northwestern Champaign, Illinois near Parkland College. This 110-acre (45 ha) park is noted for the "Tribute to Olympic Athletes Monument" on its grounds.
- The National Museum of Ship Models and Sea History is a private non-profit museum, located in Sadorus, Illinois. It features ship models from around the world and throughout history.
- The Octave Chanute Aerospace Museum, the largest aviation museum in Illinois, occupied part of the grounds of the decommissioned Chanute Air Force Base in Rantoul, Illinois.
- The William R. and Clarice V. Spurlock Museum, better known as the Spurlock Museum, is an ethnographic museum at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
- The University of Illinois Plant Biology Greenhouse and Conservatory is on the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign campus.
- The Mabery Gelvin Botanical Garden is a botanical garden located within the Lake of the Woods Forest Preserve. It is located just off State Route 47, 1 mile (1.6 km) north of Interstate 74, in Mahomet, Illinois.
Attraction descriptions from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA); place data from Wikidata (CC0).
Champaign weather, compared with Chicago
Within 3° of Chicago on the annual average, so pack much as you would at home — but the two cities do not track each other month to month:
- January
- Champaign 34°F · Chicago 31°F · 3° warmer
- April
- Champaign 64°F · Chicago 59°F · 5° warmer
- July
- Champaign 84°F · Chicago 84°F · much the same
- October
- Champaign 66°F · Chicago 62°F · 3° warmer
January bottoms out near 34°F — a real coat, not a layer.
Daily highs averaged from Meteostat station records (CC BY 4.0), measured at each city's airport.
Planning a trip to Champaign
- Best time to visit
- The best time to visit Champaign is April–May and September–October, when daytime highs are a comfortable 64–79°F.
- How long to stay
- Champaign rewards a longer visit — a full week lets you explore its many sights, from Robert Allerton Park, Krannert Art Museum, and American Football House and beyond.
Frequently asked questions
- Is there a direct flight from Chicago to Champaign?
- Yes — you can fly nonstop from Chicago (ORD) to Champaign (CMI) on American.
- Which airlines fly nonstop from Chicago to Champaign?
- American flies nonstop between Chicago (ORD) and Champaign (CMI).
- How many nonstop flights are there from Chicago to Champaign?
- There are about 3 nonstop departures per day (roughly 21 per week) from Chicago to Champaign.
- How far is Champaign from Chicago?
- Champaign is about 135 miles from Chicago by air.
- What is there to do in Champaign?
- Popular things to do include Robert Allerton Park, Krannert Art Museum, American Football House, Centennial Park (Champaign, Illinois), and more.
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