✈ LAX → ORD
4H 5M FLIGHT. 1,741 MILES. YOUR PHONE WILL DIE.
Flight from Los Angeles to Chicago
From LAX (LAX), USA North America → O'Hare (ORD), USA North America
↔ Flying the other way? Chicago → Los Angeles
How long is the flight from Los Angeles to Chicago?
A nonstop flight from Los Angeles (LAX) to Chicago (ORD) 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
Los Angeles timezone
UTC-7
America/Los_Angeles
Chicago timezone
UTC-5
America/Chicago
Time difference
+2h
2 hours ahead
Jet lag (rough)
~2d
Eastward — worse
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.
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- Toronto → Chicago
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- Cancun → Chicago
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- 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 → Chicago