Direct Flights from Chicago to Kearney
Kearney · Nebraska
Nonstop service from ORD to EAR on United. 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 Kearney, and Chicago is one of them. From anywhere else you'd be connecting.
How long to go to Kearney for, from Chicago
1h 40m in the air, 582 miles — a Friday-evening departure still leaves you most of the evening in Kearney. Two nights works.
About Kearney
Kearney is a city of 34,000 people (2020) in South Central Nebraska.
Summary from Wikivoyage (CC BY-SA).
Top things to do in Kearney
- The Cathedral of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, also known as St. Mary's Cathedral, is the cathedral church for the Roman Catholic Diocese of Grand Island located in Grand Island, Nebraska, United States.
- Pioneer Village is a museum and tourist attraction along U.S. Highway 6 in Minden, Nebraska, United States, featured in many roadside and historical attraction guides.
- The Museum of Nebraska Art (MONA) is an art museum in Kearney, Nebraska, United States.
- St. Mark's Pro-Cathedral is an Episcopal Church building located in Hastings, Nebraska, United States. It has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since 1987.
- The Hastings Museum of Natural and Cultural History is located in Hastings, Nebraska, United States. The museum was founded in 1926 and moved to its current location in 1939.
- The Stuhr Museum of the Prairie Pioneer is a museum located in Grand Island, Nebraska intended to preserve the legacy of the Pioneers who settled the plains of Central Nebraska in the late 19th century.
Attraction descriptions from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA); place data from Wikidata (CC0).
Kearney weather, compared with Chicago
3° warmer than Chicago on average across the year, on daytime highs:
- January
- Kearney 37°F · Chicago 31°F · 5° warmer
- April
- Kearney 63°F · Chicago 59°F · 4° warmer
- July
- Kearney 87°F · Chicago 84°F · 2° warmer
- October
- Kearney 64°F · Chicago 62°F · much the same
January bottoms out near 37°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 Kearney
- Best time to visit
- The best time to visit Kearney is April–May and September–October, when daytime highs are a comfortable 63–78°F.
- How long to stay
- Three or four days is enough to take in Kearney's highlights, from Cathedral of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary (Grand Island, Nebraska), Pioneer Village (Nebraska), and Museum of Nebraska Art and more.
Frequently asked questions
- Is there a direct flight from Chicago to Kearney?
- Yes — you can fly nonstop from Chicago (ORD) to Kearney (EAR) on United.
- Which airlines fly nonstop from Chicago to Kearney?
- United flies nonstop between Chicago (ORD) and Kearney (EAR).
- How far is Kearney from Chicago?
- Kearney is about 582 miles from Chicago by air.
- What is there to do in Kearney?
- Popular things to do include Cathedral of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary (Grand Island, Nebraska), Pioneer Village (Nebraska), Museum of Nebraska Art, St. Mark's Pro-Cathedral (Hastings, Nebraska), and more.
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