Private Jet from Chicago, US (MDW) to St Louis, US (STL)

Private jet charter from Chicago to St Louis

The route from Chicago (MDW) to St Louis (STL) covers approximately 404 km, with a median block time of 54m on flights we actually tracked.

154 private flights from Chicago to St Louis were tracked over the last 12 months — around 13 a month, a steady but not saturated sector.

Median block time on tracked flights is 54m, about 25 minutes longer than a straight distance-and-cruise-speed estimate — taxi, routing and traffic flow account for the difference.

Traffic is strongly seasonal — September carried 21 flights against 5 in December, a 4.2× swing. Expect tighter availability and firmer quotes at the peak.

The Cessna Citation Latitude dominates the route, accounting for 37% of tracked movements, followed by the Bombardier Challenger 350 and the Embraer Phenom 300 — a useful sanity check when a broker offers you something much larger or much older.

Flying back from St Louis is 10 minutes slower: 1h 04m against 54m on this direction, measured on tracked flights. The headwind sits on the return leg here, which is why the outbound reads shorter. Plan a there-and-back with different block times, not one figure doubled — the St Louis to Chicago leg has its own page with its own numbers.

The smallest cabin that covers 404 km without a fuel stop is the very light jet at $1,500-4,500 an hour, and the type most often quoted here is the Bombardier Challenger 350. How the hourly rate turns into a total is set out in the private jet cost guide, and if the dates are loose it is worth checking empty leg flights on this direction first.