✈ ATL → ORD
2H 8M, 606 MI. ATLANTA → CHICAGO. ONE NAP, ONE BAD COFFEE.
Flight from Atlanta to Chicago
From Hartsfield-Jackson (ATL), USA North America → O'Hare (ORD), USA North America
↔ Flying the other way? Chicago → Atlanta
How long is the flight from Atlanta to Chicago?
A nonstop flight from Atlanta (ATL) to Chicago (ORD) takes about 2 hours 8 minutes, covering a great-circle distance of 606 miles (976 km). Actual scheduled time varies by airline, routing, and wind — expect ±15 to 30 minutes from this estimate.
Avg flight time
2h 8m
Nonstop, scheduled
Distance
606 mi
976 km · great-circle
Avg speed
459 km/h
Door-to-door including taxi
Time zones & jet lag
Atlanta timezone
UTC-4
America/New_York
Chicago timezone
UTC-5
America/Chicago
Time difference
-1h
1 hour behind
Jet lag (rough)
~0.7d
Westward — easier
CO₂ footprint per passenger
Economy class, single passenger. Source: DEFRA 2024 averages.
This flight emits roughly 3.8× the CO₂ of an equivalent train trip and 0.9× a car driven alone over the same distance.
Flights from Atlanta
Nearest destinations
- Atlanta → Miami
- Atlanta → Dallas
- Atlanta → Toronto
- Atlanta → New York
- Atlanta → Cancun
- Atlanta → Boston
- Atlanta → Mexico City
- Atlanta → Las Vegas
- Atlanta → Los Angeles
- Atlanta → San Francisco
Long-haul from Atlanta
- Atlanta → Bali (Denpasar)
- Atlanta → Singapore
- Atlanta → Kuala Lumpur
- Atlanta → Melbourne
- Atlanta → Sydney
- Atlanta → Bangkok
- Atlanta → Manila
- Atlanta → Mumbai
- Atlanta → Johannesburg
- Atlanta → Hong Kong
More flights to North America
Flights to Chicago
Nearest origins
- Toronto → Chicago
- New York → Chicago
- Dallas → Chicago
- Boston → Chicago
- Miami → Chicago
- Cancun → Chicago
- Las Vegas → Chicago
- Mexico City → Chicago
- Seattle → Chicago
- Los Angeles → Chicago
Long-haul to Chicago
- Bali (Denpasar) → Chicago
- Melbourne → Chicago
- Singapore → Chicago
- Kuala Lumpur → Chicago
- Sydney → Chicago
- Johannesburg → Chicago
- Bangkok → Chicago
- Cape Town → Chicago
- Auckland → Chicago
- Manila → Chicago