Flight routes from Chicago to Los Angeles
ORD to LAX. All flight route options from Chicago O Hare International, Illinois, USA to Los Angeles International, California, USA. These routes are operated by 10 different airlines. You can either fly non-stop or choose from 41 different transit flights. The shortest flight time is 4 hours and 33 minutes.
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Chicago to Los Angeles flights
There are over 44 airlines and as many as 878 flights every week to this destination. You can fly non-stop to Los Angeles (LAX) from Chicago (ORD) with American Airlines, Spirit Airlines or United Airlines but if a stopover option suits you better you can choose to fly via Tucson, Tulsa or any other of the 41 alternatives with connectiing airports.
Chicago to Los Angeles with American Airlines
You can fly non-stop every weekday with flights departing from 6:00 am to 8:00 pm. You can also catch a transit flight via Tucson or Tulsa. American Airlines is a member of the air alliance OneWorld.
With Sun Country Airlines
If you fly from Chicago with Sun Country Airlines you will do a stopover in Minneapolis, MSP before reaching Los Angeles. This flight trip will take 7 hours and 14 minutes and you can fly every Monday or Friday with departures at 11:40, 11:54 or 12:10.
Distance & flight times: Chicago O'Hare to LAX
The shortest flight time between ORD and LAX is 4 hours and 33 minutes.
Via | Total flight time | Layover time | Distance |
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Direct | 4h 33m | - | 1750 miles (2816 km) |
TUS Tucson | 6h 0m | 31m | 1895 miles (3049 km) |
TUL Tulsa | 6h 10m | 43m | 1875 miles (3017 km) |
XNA Bentonville | 6h 27m | 43m | 1899 miles (3055 km) |
ASE Aspen | 6h 27m | 33m | 1756 miles (2825 km) |
CID Cedar Rapids | 6h 37m | - | - |
ABQ Albuquerque | 6h 42m | 30m | 1800 miles (2896 km) |
GRB Green Bay | 6h 55m | 1h 10m | 1947 miles (3133 km) |
SMF Sacramento | 7h 4m | 1h 11m | 2162 miles (3479 km) |
PHX Phoenix | 7h 7m | 2h 30m | 1816 miles (2922 km) |
MSP Minneapolis | 7h 12m | 1h 0m | 1876 miles (3018 km) |
SAN San Diego | 7h 13m | 1h 38m | 1838 miles (2957 km) |
OMA Omaha | 7h 20m | 37m | 1752 miles (2819 km) |
STL Saint Louis | 7h 21m | 2h 4m | 1856 miles (2986 km) |
EGE Vail | 7h 22m | 1h 53m | 1761 miles (2833 km) |
IND Indianapolis | 7h 26m | 1h 35m | 1998 miles (3215 km) |
DSM Des Moines | 7h 30m | - | - |
LAS Las Vegas | 7h 35m | 50m | 1756 miles (2825 km) |
ELP El Paso | 7h 36m | - | - |
SLC Salt Lake City | 7h 38m | 1h 38m | 1846 miles (2970 km) |
DAL Dallas | 7h 40m | 2h 15m | 2052 miles (3302 km) |
JAC Jackson | 7h 42m | 1h 22m | 1953 miles (3142 km) |
DFW Dallas | 7h 49m | 2h 8m | 2045 miles (3290 km) |
SFO San Francisco | 7h 50m | 1h 32m | 2190 miles (3524 km) |
DEN Denver | 8h 2m | 2h 39m | 1756 miles (2825 km) |
CVG Cincinnati | 8h 2m | - | - |
AUS Austin | 8h 3m | 45m | 2229 miles (3586 km) |
BNA Nashville | 8h 13m | 2h 20m | 2214 miles (3562 km) |
OAK Oakland | 8h 15m | - | - |
SJC San Jose | 8h 18m | 2h 4m | 2144 miles (3450 km) |
MCI Kansas City | 8h 19m | 2h 23m | 1771 miles (2850 km) |
OKC Oklahoma City | 8h 21m | - | - |
SUN Sun Valley | 8h 29m | 1h 47m | 2045 miles (3290 km) |
MEM Memphis | 8h 38m | 2h 36m | 2118 miles (3408 km) |
MSO Missoula | 8h 40m | 1h 56m | 2265 miles (3644 km) |
SAT San Antonio | 8h 42m | 2h 3m | 2263 miles (3641 km) |
BZN Bozeman | 8h 48m | - | - |
RNO Reno | 8h 48m | - | - |
DTW Detroit | 8h 55m | 2h 19m | 2221 miles (3574 km) |
SDF Louisville | 8h 55m | 2h 37m | 2136 miles (3437 km) |
BOI Boise | 9h 0m | 2h 46m | 2119 miles (3409 km) |
MKE Milwaukee | 10h 52m | - | - |


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