| Arrive | Typical Itinerary Honor Flight QC | Load Bus | Depart |
| 5:00 am ct | Guardians arrive QC International Airport MLI | 7:00 am ct | |
| 5:30 am ct | Veterans arrive QC International Airport MLI | 7:00 am ct | |
| 9:45 am et | Sun Country flight arrives Dulles Airport | 10:30 am et | 11:00 am et |
| 11:15 am et | Udvar-Hazy Center Air & Space (Chantilly, VA) | 12:20 pm et | 12:30 pm et |
| 1:00 pm et | Drive to Lincoln Memorial | ||
| 1:10 pm et | Photo at Lincoln – Vietnam and Korean Memorials | 2:45 pm et | 2:50 pm et |
| 3:00 pm et | WWII Memorial | 3:45 pm et | 3:50 pm et |
| 4:00 pm et | Police Escort to Arlington | 4:00 pm et | |
| 4:00 pm et | Women’s Memorial | 4:30 pm et | 4:35 pm et |
| 5:00 pm et | Changing of the Guard – Arlington | 5:30 pm et | 5:45 pm et |
| 6:00 pm et | Air Force Memorial and Pentagon | 6:15 pm et | 6:20 pm et |
| 7:10 pm et | IAD,Dulles Airport-Sun Country flight | 8:50 pm et | |
| 10:00 pm ct | MLI, QC Airport (2 hr flight) |