Route · US

Chicago to Springfield

2 operators run this water, from 1 h 23.

Getting from Chicago to Springfield

Somewhere to stay in Springfield partner Left luggage in Springfield Everywhere from Chicago Everywhere from Springfield

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.

American Airlines, US Airways ORD → SGF 705 km non-stop CRJ ER4 ERD in the air 2 h 53 est. rate not held 510 km/h average

United Airlines ORD → SPI 280 km non-stop CRJ in the air 2 h 21 est. rate not held 329 km/h average

Other ways to reach Springfield

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

Holyoke Amtrak – Springfield 19 min Amtrak Vermonter

Windsor Locks – Springfield 20 min Amtrak Vermonter, CONN DOT

Lincoln Amtrak Station – Springfield 22 min Amtrak

Carlinville Amtrak Station – Springfield 29 min Amtrak

Alton Amtrak Station – Springfield 54 min Amtrak

Bloomington-Normal – Springfield 54 min Amtrak

Dallas-Fort Worth – Springfield 1 h 14 American Airlines

Worcester Union Station – Springfield 1 h 15 Amtrak

Pittsfield Amtrak Station – Springfield 1 h 16 Amtrak

Atlanta – Springfield 1 h 38 Air France

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 Springfield

Alton Amtrak Station · Atlanta · Bloomington-Normal · Carlinville Amtrak Station · Dallas-Fort Worth · Denver · Holyoke Amtrak · Las Vegas · Lincoln Amtrak Station · Mesa · Orlando · Pinellas Park · Pittsfield Amtrak Station · Punta Gorda

Which months this runs

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

Our records for the Chicago–Springfield 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.