Direct Flights from Chicago to Charlottesville
Nonstop service from ORD to CHO on United. Here's the schedule at a glance — plus what to do once you land.
Airlines
United
Nonstop flights
~3/day
Distance
565 mi
Days operated
Daily (all week)
About Charlottesville
Charlottesville, colloquially known as C'ville, is an independent city in Virginia, United States. It is the county seat of Albemarle County, which surrounds the city, though the two are separate legal entities. The former capital of Virginia, it is named after Queen Charlotte. At the 2020 census, the city's population was 46,553. The Bureau of Economic Analysis combines the City of Charlottesville with Albemarle County for statistical purposes, bringing its population to approximately 160,000.
Top things to do in Charlottesville
- Shenandoah National Park is a national park of the United States that encompasses part of the Blue Ridge Mountains in Virginia.
- Skyline Drive is a 105-mile (169 km) National Parkway that runs the entire length of the National Park Service's Shenandoah National Park in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia, generally along the ridge of the mountain…
- The Robert E. Lee Monument was an outdoor bronze equestrian statue of Confederate general Robert E.
- Market Street Park, known as Lee Park until 2017, and as Emancipation Park from June 2017 to July 2018, is a public park in Charlottesville, Virginia, United States.
- The Fralin Museum of Art is an art museum at the University of Virginia. Before 2012, it was known as the University of Virginia Art Museum. It occupies the historic Thomas H.
- Grand Caverns, formerly known as Weyer's Cave, is located in the central Shenandoah Valley in the town of Grottoes, Virginia, United States.
- The Kluge-Ruhe Aboriginal Art Collection of the University of Virginia houses one of the finest Indigenous Australian art collections in the world, rivaling many of the collections held in Australia.
- Bear Creek Lake State Park is a 326-acre (132 ha) state park located in Cumberland, Virginia, United States.
- The Memorial to Enslaved Laborers is a memorial in honor of those enslaved African Americans who helped build and worked at the University of Virginia, in Charlottesville, Virginia.
- The Frontier Culture Museum of Virginia is the biggest open-air museum in the Shenandoah Valley.
- Lake Anna State Park is a state park located in Spotsylvania County in Virginia. Initially, the site of the Goodwin Gold Mine – gold was first discovered at the site in 1829 – the land later played host to Lake Anna, a r…
- The Our Lady of the Angels Monastery is a 507 acres (205 ha) Trappistine monastery near Crozet, Virginia, which sits in a small valley of the Blue Ridge Mountains near Route 64. They are cloistered from the public.
Attraction descriptions from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA); place data from Wikidata (CC0).
Planning a trip to Charlottesville
- Best time to visit
- The best time to visit Charlottesville is April–May and October, when daytime highs are a comfortable 72–75°F.
- How long to stay
- Charlottesville rewards a longer visit — a full week lets you explore its many sights, from Shenandoah National Park, Skyline Drive, and Robert E. Lee Monument (Charlottesville, Virginia) and beyond.
Frequently asked questions
- Is there a direct flight from Chicago to Charlottesville?
- Yes — you can fly nonstop from Chicago (ORD) to Charlottesville (CHO) on United.
- Which airlines fly nonstop from Chicago to Charlottesville?
- United flies nonstop between Chicago (ORD) and Charlottesville (CHO).
- How many nonstop flights are there from Chicago to Charlottesville?
- There are about 3 nonstop departures per day (roughly 21 per week) from Chicago to Charlottesville.
- How far is Charlottesville from Chicago?
- Charlottesville is about 565 miles from Chicago by air.
- What is there to do in Charlottesville?
- Popular things to do include Shenandoah National Park, Skyline Drive, Robert E. Lee Monument (Charlottesville, Virginia), Market Street Park, and more.
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