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Grand Rapids to Chicago

1 operator run this water, from 46 min.

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 GRR → ORD 220 km non-stop 319 320 ER4 in the air 2 h 16 est. rate not held 284 km/h average

Other ways to reach Chicago

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

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
Peoria – Chicago 46 min American Airlines
Savoy – Chicago 46 min American Airlines
Moline – Chicago 47 min American Airlines
Appleton – Chicago 49 min United Airlines

And other ways to reach Grand Rapids

Detroit – Grand Rapids 44 min Delta Air Lines
Minneapolis – Grand Rapids 1 h 19 Delta Air Lines
Baltimore – Grand Rapids 1 h 34 Southwest Airlines
Newark – Grand Rapids 1 h 43 United Airlines
New York – Grand Rapids 1 h 44 Delta Air Lines
Atlanta – Grand Rapids 1 h 47 Air France
Dallas-Fort Worth – Grand Rapids 2 h 22 American Airlines
Orlando – Grand Rapids 2 h 31 Allegiant Air, Delta Air Lines
Denver – Grand Rapids 2 h 32 Southwest Airlines
Houston – Grand Rapids 2 h 36 United Airlines

Where else these quays go

Which months this runs

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

Our records for the Grand Rapids–Chicago 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.