Direct Flights from Chicago to St Louis
St Louis · Missouri
Nonstop service from ORD and MDW to STL on American, Southwest, United. Here's the schedule at a glance — plus what to do once you land.
Which airports fly this route
Chicago has 2 airports with nonstop service to St Louis. Fares differ by airport — each row opens that exact search on Kayak.
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- Find flights ↗ORDSTLChicago O'Hare International
- Find flights ↗MDWSTLChicago Midway International
How rare is this nonstop?
50 cities have a nonstop to St Louis, Chicago among them.
How long to go to St Louis for, from Chicago
1h in the air, 258 miles: short enough that a single night in St Louis is worth it, and a day trip is not absurd.
With roughly 18 departures a day, you are not tied to one flight: if a meeting overruns or the weather turns, there is another one behind it.
About St Louis
The Gateway City of St. Louis is the epitome of the modern Midwestern metropolis. Missouri's second-largest city is vibrant but laid-back, populous but navigable, historic but still relevant. The city's planners have created an aesthetically beautiful city, with plenty of green space amidst buildings both old and new, framed by the majestic Mississippi and Missouri rivers. And capping it all is the world's tallest man-made monument, the beautiful and iconic Gateway Arch.
Summary from Wikivoyage (CC BY-SA).
Top things to do in St Louis
- The Cahokia Mounds is the site of a Native American city directly across the Mississippi River from present-day St. Louis. The state archaeology park lies in south-western Illinois between East St.
- The Gateway Arch is a 630-foot-tall (192 m) monument in St. Louis, Missouri, United States.
- The Missouri Botanical Garden is a botanical garden located at 4344 Shaw Boulevard in St. Louis, Missouri. It is also known informally as Shaw's Garden for founder and philanthropist Henry Shaw.
- Gateway Arch National Park is a national park of the United States located in St. Louis, Missouri, near the starting point of the Lewis and Clark Expedition.
- The Saint Louis Art Museum (SLAM) is an art museum located in St. Louis, Missouri, United States.
- Monks Mound is the largest Pre-Columbian earthwork in the Americas and the largest pyramid north of Mesoamerica. The beginning of its construction dates from 900 to 955 CE.
- The Cathedral Basilica of Saint Louis, also known as the Saint Louis Cathedral or the New Cathedral, is a Catholic cathedral in the Central West End neighborhood of St. Louis, Missouri.
- The Saint Louis Zoo, officially known as the Saint Louis Zoological Park, is a zoo in Forest Park in St. Louis, Missouri. It is recognized as a leading zoo in animal management, research, conservation, and education.
- The Piasa or Piasa Bird is a creature from Native American mythology depicted in one of two murals painted by Native Americans on cliffsides above the Mississippi River.
- Six Flags St. Louis is an amusement park in Eureka, Missouri, a suburb of St. Louis. Founded by Six Flags, the park was purchased in 2026 by EPR Properties, which hired Enchanted Parks to operate it.
- Forest Park is a public park in western St. Louis, Missouri. It is a prominent civic center and covers 1,326 acres (5.37 km2).
- The Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum is an art museum located on the campus of Washington University in St. Louis, within the university's Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts. Founded in 1881 as the St.
Attraction descriptions from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA); place data from Wikidata (CC0).
St Louis weather, compared with Chicago
8° warmer than Chicago on average across the year, on daytime highs:
- January
- St Louis 41°F · Chicago 31°F · 9° warmer
- April
- St Louis 68°F · Chicago 59°F · 9° warmer
- July
- St Louis 90°F · Chicago 84°F · 5° warmer
- October
- St Louis 69°F · Chicago 62°F · 7° warmer
January bottoms out near 41°F — a real coat, not a layer.
Average daily highs, 1991–2020 station normals from Meteostat (CC BY 4.0), measured at the nearest weather station to each city.
Planning a trip to St Louis
- Best time to visit
- The best time to visit St Louis is April–May and September–October, when daytime highs are a comfortable 68–81°F.
- How long to stay
- St Louis rewards a longer visit — a full week lets you explore its many sights, from Cahokia, Gateway Arch, and Missouri Botanical Garden and beyond.
Frequently asked questions
- Is there a direct flight from Chicago to St Louis?
- Yes — you can fly nonstop from Chicago (ORD, MDW) to St Louis (STL) on American, Southwest, United.
- Which airlines fly nonstop from Chicago to St Louis?
- American, Southwest, United fly nonstop between Chicago (ORD, MDW) and St Louis (STL).
- Which Chicago airport has nonstop flights to St Louis?
- You can leave from 2 Chicago airports: ORD (Chicago O'Hare International) on American, United; MDW (Chicago Midway International) on Southwest.
- How many nonstop flights are there from Chicago to St Louis?
- There are about 18 nonstop departures per day (roughly 126 per week) from Chicago to St Louis.
- How far is St Louis from Chicago?
- St Louis is about 258 miles from Chicago by air.
- What is there to do in St Louis?
- Popular things to do include Cahokia, Gateway Arch, Missouri Botanical Garden, Gateway Arch National Park, and more.
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