✈ ORD → ATL

2H 8M FLIGHT. JUST ENOUGH TIME TO REGRET CHECKING A BAG.

Flight time
2h 8m
Distance
606 mi
Or
976 km
Jet lag
1h

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.

✈ Flight 152 kg CO₂
🚗 Car (alone) 167 kg CO₂
🚆 Train 40 kg CO₂

This flight emits roughly 3.8× the CO₂ of an equivalent train trip and 0.9× a car driven alone over the same distance.