Flights from Los Angeles to Chicago – Direct & connecting routes
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LAX to ORD – All flight route options from Los Angeles International, California, USA to Chicago O Hare International, Illinois, USA. These flights are operated by 10 different airlines. Fly non-stop or choose from 33 different connecting flights. The shortest flight time is 4 hours and 7 minutes. See the full flight schedule and time table, including departure times, airlines and stopover details to find the best option for you.
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Los Angeles to Chicago flights
There are over 37 airlines and as many as 1216 flights every week to this destination. You can fly non-stop to Chicago (ORD) from Los Angeles (LAX) with American Airlines, Spirit Airlines, United Airlines or Frontier Airlines but if a stopover option suits you better you can choose to fly via Cedar Rapids, Palm Springs or any other of the 33 alternatives with connectiing airports.
Los Angeles to Chicago with American Airlines
You can fly non-stop every weekday with flights departing from 5:00 am to 12 midnight. You can also catch a transit flight via Phoenix or San Antonio. American Airlines is a member of the air alliance OneWorld.
With Sun Country Airlines
If you fly from Los Angeles with Sun Country Airlines you will do a stopover in Minneapolis, MSP before reaching Chicago. This flight trip will take 6 hours and 19 minutes and you can fly every day of the week except Mondays with departures between 7:00 am and 11:00 pm.
Distance & flight times: LAX to Chicago O'Hare
The shortest flight time between LAX and ORD is 4 hours and 11 minutes.
Via | Total flight time | Layover time | Distance |
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Direct | 4h 11m | - | 1750 miles (2816 km) |
CID Cedar Rapids | 5h 35m | 35m | 1752 miles (2819 km) |
PSP Palm Springs | 5h 37m | 34m | 1767 miles (2843 km) |
PHX Phoenix | 6h 17m | 50m | 1816 miles (2922 km) |
SAT San Antonio | 6h 24m | 32m | 2263 miles (3641 km) |
TUL Tulsa | 6h 28m | 1h 6m | 1875 miles (3017 km) |
OMA Omaha | 6h 31m | 1h 40m | 1752 miles (2819 km) |
OKC Oklahoma City | 6h 40m | 2h 54m | 1887 miles (3036 km) |
LAS Las Vegas | 6h 48m | 1h 40m | 1756 miles (2825 km) |
DSM Des Moines | 6h 55m | 1h 41m | 1751 miles (2817 km) |
BOI Boise | 6h 55m | 1h 16m | 2119 miles (3409 km) |
ABQ Albuquerque | 6h 56m | 2h 17m | 1800 miles (2896 km) |
JAC Jackson | 6h 56m | 1h 39m | 1953 miles (3142 km) |
ELP El Paso | 6h 57m | 1h 51m | 1958 miles (3150 km) |
MSP Minneapolis | 7h 9m | 2h 34m | 1876 miles (3018 km) |
MCI Kansas City | 7h 9m | 2h 23m | 1771 miles (2850 km) |
IND Indianapolis | 7h 11m | 1h 36m | 1998 miles (3215 km) |
BZN Bozeman | 7h 11m | 2h 22m | 2096 miles (3372 km) |
BNA Nashville | 7h 18m | 1h 7m | 2214 miles (3562 km) |
DFW Dallas | 7h 19m | 2h 31m | 2045 miles (3290 km) |
TUS Tucson | 7h 24m | 2h 15m | 1895 miles (3049 km) |
SMF Sacramento | 7h 44m | 1h 55m | 2162 miles (3479 km) |
DEN Denver | 7h 44m | 1h 17m | 1756 miles (2825 km) |
XNA Bentonville | 7h 50m | 2h 37m | 1899 miles (3055 km) |
CVG Cincinnati | 7h 51m | 2h 27m | 2171 miles (3493 km) |
SFO San Francisco | 7h 53m | 2h 24m | 2190 miles (3524 km) |
DAL Dallas | 7h 55m | 2h 10m | 2052 miles (3302 km) |
SLC Salt Lake City | 7h 59m | 2h 46m | 1846 miles (2970 km) |
SAN San Diego | 8h 6m | 3h 0m | 1838 miles (2957 km) |
DTW Detroit | 8h 15m | 2h 5m | 2221 miles (3574 km) |
AUS Austin | 8h 15m | 2h 35m | 2229 miles (3586 km) |
STL Saint Louis | 8h 55m | 45m | 1856 miles (2986 km) |
SJC San Jose | 9h 55m | 2h 35m | 2144 miles (3450 km) |
SBA Santa Barbara | 11h 58m | 2h 33m | 1898 miles (3054 km) |

