✈ ORD → ATL
2H 8M, 606 MI. CHICAGO → ATLANTA. ONE NAP, ONE BAD COFFEE.
Flight from Chicago to Atlanta
From O'Hare (ORD), USA North America → Hartsfield-Jackson (ATL), USA North America
↔ Flying the other way? Atlanta → Chicago
How long is the flight from Chicago to Atlanta?
A nonstop flight from Chicago (ORD) to Atlanta (ATL) 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
Chicago timezone
UTC-5
America/Chicago
Atlanta timezone
UTC-4
America/New_York
Time difference
+1h
1 hour ahead
Jet lag (rough)
~1d
Eastward — worse
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 Chicago
Nearest destinations
- Chicago → Toronto
- Chicago → New York
- Chicago → Dallas
- Chicago → Boston
- Chicago → Miami
- Chicago → Cancun
- Chicago → Las Vegas
- Chicago → Mexico City
- Chicago → Seattle
- Chicago → Los Angeles
Long-haul from Chicago
- Chicago → Bali (Denpasar)
- Chicago → Melbourne
- Chicago → Singapore
- Chicago → Kuala Lumpur
- Chicago → Sydney
- Chicago → Johannesburg
- Chicago → Bangkok
- Chicago → Cape Town
- Chicago → Auckland
- Chicago → Manila
More flights to North America
Flights to Atlanta
Nearest origins
- Miami → Atlanta
- Dallas → Atlanta
- Toronto → Atlanta
- New York → Atlanta
- Cancun → Atlanta
- Boston → Atlanta
- Mexico City → Atlanta
- Las Vegas → Atlanta
- Los Angeles → Atlanta
- San Francisco → Atlanta
Long-haul to Atlanta
- Bali (Denpasar) → Atlanta
- Singapore → Atlanta
- Kuala Lumpur → Atlanta
- Melbourne → Atlanta
- Sydney → Atlanta
- Bangkok → Atlanta
- Manila → Atlanta
- Mumbai → Atlanta
- Johannesburg → Atlanta
- Hong Kong → Atlanta