Direct Flights from Chicago to Jackson, Tennessee
Nonstop service from ORD to MKL on Denver Air Connection. 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 Jackson, Tennessee, and Chicago is one of them. From anywhere else you'd be connecting.
How long to go to Jackson, Tennessee for, from Chicago
1h 25m in the air, 444 miles: short enough that a single night in Jackson, Tennessee is worth it, and a day trip is not absurd.
The schedule narrows it further. This route does not fly daily, so assuming the return runs the same days, your trip is 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 or 6 nights — or a full week. Worth checking before you book time off.
About Jackson, Tennessee
Jackson is a city in Western Tennessee that grew as a crossroads between various railroads in the four cardinal directions. It was the major commerce center of western Tennessee around the time of its founding in 1821 because Memphis had yet to emerge as a dominant community. Jackson hasn't been without its fair share of trials and travails as it knew the systemic ordeals of slavery for cotton production and lynchings and disenfranchisement as well as other places did in the South, plus high crime and tornadoes.
Summary from Wikivoyage (CC BY-SA).
Top things to do in Jackson, Tennessee
- The Pinson Mounds comprise a prehistoric Native American complex located in Madison County, Tennessee, in the region that is known as the Eastern Woodlands.
- Hatchie National Wildlife Refuge is an area of swampy bottomland consisting of a portion of the floodplain of the Hatchie River in West Tennessee, covering 11,556 acres in southern Haywood County, Tennessee.
- Chickasaw State Park is a state park located in Chester County, Tennessee, in the Southeastern United States.
- Natchez Trace State Park is a state park located in western Tennessee, in the United States.
Attraction descriptions from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA); place data from Wikidata (CC0).
Jackson, Tennessee weather, compared with Chicago
12° warmer than Chicago on average across the year, on daytime highs:
- January
- Jackson, Tennessee 50°F · Chicago 31°F · 18° warmer
- April
- Jackson, Tennessee 72°F · Chicago 59°F · 13° warmer
- July
- Jackson, Tennessee 90°F · Chicago 84°F · 6° warmer
- October
- Jackson, Tennessee 73°F · Chicago 62°F · 11° warmer
Jackson, Tennessee is the steadier of the two, moving 40° between its coldest and warmest months where Chicago moves 53°.
Average daily highs, 1991–2020 station normals from Meteostat (CC BY 4.0), measured at each city's airport.
Planning a trip to Jackson, Tennessee
- Best time to visit
- The best time to visit Jackson, Tennessee is March–May and October–November, when daytime highs are a comfortable 61–80°F.
- How long to stay
- A long weekend is plenty of time to see Jackson, Tennessee, including Pinson Mounds, Hatchie National Wildlife Refuge, and Chickasaw State Park (Tennessee).
Frequently asked questions
- Is there a direct flight from Chicago to Jackson, Tennessee?
- Yes — you can fly nonstop from Chicago (ORD) to Jackson, Tennessee (MKL) on Denver Air Connection.
- Which airlines fly nonstop from Chicago to Jackson, Tennessee?
- Denver Air Connection flies nonstop between Chicago (ORD) and Jackson, Tennessee (MKL).
- How many nonstop flights are there from Chicago to Jackson, Tennessee?
- There is about 1 nonstop departure per day (roughly 7 per week) from Chicago to Jackson, Tennessee.
- How far is Jackson, Tennessee from Chicago?
- Jackson, Tennessee is about 444 miles from Chicago by air.
- How many days can I spend in Jackson, Tennessee flying from Chicago?
- Because this route doesn't operate daily, your trip is effectively 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 or 6 nights — or a full week — assuming the return flies the same days as the outbound.
- What is there to do in Jackson, Tennessee?
- Popular things to do include Pinson Mounds, Hatchie National Wildlife Refuge, Chickasaw State Park (Tennessee), Natchez Trace State Park, and more.
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