✈ ORD → LAX
4H 5M FLIGHT. 1,741 MILES. YOUR PHONE WILL DIE.
Flight from Chicago to Los Angeles
From O'Hare (ORD), USA North America → LAX (LAX), USA North America
↔ Flying the other way? Los Angeles → Chicago
How long is the flight from Chicago to Los Angeles?
A nonstop flight from Chicago (ORD) to Los Angeles (LAX) takes about 4 hours 5 minutes, covering a great-circle distance of 1,741 miles (2,802 km). Actual scheduled time varies by airline, routing, and wind — expect ±15 to 30 minutes from this estimate.
Avg flight time
4h 5m
Nonstop, scheduled
Distance
1,741 mi
2,802 km · great-circle
Avg speed
686 km/h
Door-to-door including taxi
Time zones & jet lag
Chicago timezone
UTC-5
America/Chicago
Los Angeles timezone
UTC-7
America/Los_Angeles
Time difference
-2h
2 hours behind
Jet lag (rough)
~1.4d
Westward — easier
CO₂ footprint per passenger
Economy class, single passenger. Source: DEFRA 2024 averages.
This flight emits roughly 3× the CO₂ of an equivalent train trip and 0.7× a car driven alone over the same distance.
Flights from Chicago
- Chicago → Toronto
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- Chicago → New York
- Chicago → Dallas
- Chicago → Boston
- Chicago → Miami
- Chicago → Cancun
- Chicago → Las Vegas
- Chicago → Mexico City
- Chicago → Seattle
- Chicago → Vancouver
- Chicago → San Francisco
- Chicago → Dublin
- Chicago → Edinburgh
- Chicago → Manchester
- Chicago → London
- Chicago → Lisbon
- Chicago → Oslo
- Chicago → Amsterdam
- Chicago → Paris
Flights to Los Angeles
- Las Vegas → Los Angeles
- San Francisco → Los Angeles
- Seattle → Los Angeles
- Vancouver → Los Angeles
- Dallas → Los Angeles
- Mexico City → Los Angeles
- Atlanta → Los Angeles
- Cancun → Los Angeles
- Toronto → Los Angeles
- Miami → Los Angeles
- New York → Los Angeles
- Boston → Los Angeles
- Edinburgh → Los Angeles
- Dublin → Los Angeles
- Manchester → Los Angeles
- Oslo → Los Angeles
- London → Los Angeles
- Tokyo → Los Angeles
- Stockholm → Los Angeles
- Amsterdam → Los Angeles