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Chicago to Minneapolis

2 operators run this water, from 1 h 12.

Every way across

One row per operator and speed. Where a service is sold as fast and its average does not clear 45 km/h, the word appears in quotation marks — the boat is fast craft, the crossing is not.

AirTran Airways, Delta Air Lines MDW → MSP 560 km non-stop 738 73G 73H in the air 2 h 42 est. rate not held 467 km/h average
American Airlines, Delta Air Lines MSP → ORD 537 km non-stop 319 320 738 in the air 2 h 40 est. rate not held 458 km/h average

Other ways to reach Minneapolis

If this crossing does not suit, these quays also reach Minneapolis without a change. It is the question a single-route page cannot answer about itself and an atlas can.

Rochester – Minneapolis 39 min Delta Air Lines
Brainerd – Minneapolis 44 min Delta Air Lines
Duluth – Minneapolis 47 min Delta Air Lines
Hibbing – Minneapolis 51 min Delta Air Lines
Mosinee – Minneapolis 51 min Delta Air Lines
Rhinelander – Minneapolis 53 min Delta Air Lines
Watertown – Minneapolis 53 min Great Lakes Airlines
Bemidji – Minneapolis 54 min Delta Air Lines
Sioux Falls – Minneapolis 54 min Delta Air Lines
Cedar Rapids – Minneapolis 57 min Delta Air Lines

And other ways to reach Chicago

Milwaukee – Chicago 38 min American Airlines
South Bend – Chicago 40 min United Airlines
Madison – Chicago 43 min American Airlines
Bloomington/Normal – Chicago 44 min American Airlines
Muskegon – Chicago 44 min United Airlines
Kalamazoo – Chicago 45 min American Airlines
Grand Rapids – Chicago 46 min American Airlines
Peoria – Chicago 46 min American Airlines
Savoy – Chicago 46 min American Airlines
Moline – Chicago 47 min American Airlines

Where else these quays go

Also from Chicago

Abu Dhabi · Akron · Albany · Albuquerque · Allentown/Bethlehem · Amman · Amsterdam · Anchorage · Appleton · Asheville · Atlanta · Austin · Baltimore · Birmingham

Also from Minneapolis

Aberdeen · Albuquerque · Amsterdam · Anchorage · Appleton · Atlanta · Austin · Baltimore · Bemidji · Billings · Bismarck · Boise · Boston · Bozeman

Which months this runs

Season not heldwe can say when we looked, not which months run

Our records for the Chicago–Minneapolis crossing were read on 11 August 2026 and describe the network as it ran that week. We hold no month-by-month variation, so this page cannot tell you whether a crossing runs in February.

If you are travelling well outside August 2026, confirm with the operator before you plan around it.

What we do not know

No fares. Not for this crossing, not for any crossing, not for any mode.

No departure times. No rate is held for this pair either, so we cannot say how often it runs.