Flights from Chicago to Los Angeles – Direct & connecting routes
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ORD to LAX – All flight route options from Chicago O Hare International, Illinois, USA to Los Angeles International, California, USA. These flights are operated by 10 different airlines. Fly non-stop or choose from 34 different connecting flights. The shortest flight time is 4 hours and 28 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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Chicago to Los Angeles flights
There are over 38 airlines and as many as 1395 flights every week to this destination. You can fly non-stop to Los Angeles (LAX) from Chicago (ORD) with American Airlines, Spirit Airlines, United Airlines or Frontier Airlines but if a stopover option suits you better you can choose to fly via Tucson, Aspen or any other of the 34 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 10:00 pm. You can also catch a transit flight via Tucson or El Paso. American Airlines is a member of the air alliance OneWorld.
With Frontier Airlines
You can fly non-stop every weekday except Mondays and Mondays with departure times at 06:10 or 06:20. You also have the option to do a transit flight via Denver.
Distance & flight times: Chicago O'Hare to LAX
The shortest flight time between ORD and LAX is 4 hours and 32 minutes.
Via | Total flight time | Layover time | Distance |
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Direct | 4h 32m | - | 1750 miles (2816 km) |
TUS Tucson | 5h 59m | 36m | 1895 miles (3049 km) |
ASE Aspen | 6h 5m | 56m | 1756 miles (2825 km) |
ELP El Paso | 6h 14m | 38m | 1958 miles (3150 km) |
ABQ Albuquerque | 6h 21m | 51m | 1800 miles (2896 km) |
STL Saint Louis | 6h 33m | 54m | 1856 miles (2986 km) |
DSM Des Moines | 6h 35m | 1h 27m | 1751 miles (2817 km) |
IND Indianapolis | 6h 40m | 1h 52m | 1998 miles (3215 km) |
PHX Phoenix | 6h 40m | 2h 27m | 1816 miles (2922 km) |
DEN Denver | 6h 45m | 1h 17m | 1756 miles (2825 km) |
XNA Bentonville | 6h 45m | 1h 40m | 1899 miles (3055 km) |
SMF Sacramento | 7h 5m | 1h 5m | 2162 miles (3479 km) |
MSP Minneapolis | 7h 8m | 1h 24m | 1876 miles (3018 km) |
SAN San Diego | 7h 15m | 2h 0m | 1838 miles (2957 km) |
SLC Salt Lake City | 7h 19m | 1h 5m | 1846 miles (2970 km) |
DFW Dallas | 7h 29m | 1h 53m | 2045 miles (3290 km) |
OMA Omaha | 7h 30m | 40m | 1752 miles (2819 km) |
BOI Boise | 7h 41m | 1h 40m | 2119 miles (3409 km) |
LAS Las Vegas | 7h 43m | 1h 48m | 1756 miles (2825 km) |
MCI Kansas City | 7h 45m | 2h 58m | 1771 miles (2850 km) |
BZN Bozeman | 7h 45m | 2h 59m | 2096 miles (3372 km) |
MEM Memphis | 7h 56m | 2h 8m | 2118 miles (3408 km) |
SFO San Francisco | 8h 1m | 1h 52m | 2190 miles (3524 km) |
DAL Dallas | 8h 10m | 2h 40m | 2052 miles (3302 km) |
RNO Reno | 8h 10m | 2h 5m | 2069 miles (3329 km) |
JAC Jackson | 8h 15m | 2h 44m | 1953 miles (3142 km) |
TUL Tulsa | 8h 24m | 2h 58m | 1875 miles (3017 km) |
OKC Oklahoma City | 8h 25m | 2h 50m | 1887 miles (3036 km) |
SAT San Antonio | 8h 35m | 2h 41m | 2263 miles (3641 km) |
DTW Detroit | 8h 35m | 2h 22m | 2221 miles (3574 km) |
AUS Austin | 8h 40m | 2h 41m | 2229 miles (3586 km) |
BNA Nashville | 8h 49m | 2h 56m | 2214 miles (3562 km) |
MSO Missoula | 8h 50m | 2h 21m | 2265 miles (3644 km) |
SJC San Jose | 12h 33m | 2h 39m | 2144 miles (3450 km) |
SBA Santa Barbara | 12h 45m | 2h 18m | 1898 miles (3054 km) |

