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On Cheapflightsplus.com you will find 27 direct and 369 connecting flights from Chicago to Los Angeles. You can compare airfare deals from 10 airlines and multiple travel sites from $38, book and save on cheap plane tickets and last minute offers. Also check out CHI-LAX flight schedule to find best flight time, convenient departure and arrival airports.

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Best Flights from Chicago to Los Angeles Today

Take a look at the list of non stop flights and flights with layovers from Chicago to Los Angeles with the lowest price of $38. The fastest direct flight takes 4h 22m and the fastest connecting – 5h 52m.

Price	Departure	Arrival	Flight Duration	Airline	Flight
from $38 Find flight	06:45 Chicago O'Hare International	09:07 Los Angeles Los Angeles Int.	4h 22m	Spirit Airlines	NK467
from $38 Find flight	08:00 Chicago O'Hare International	10:26 Los Angeles Los Angeles Int.	4h 26m	Spirit Airlines	NK3016
from $45 Find flight	07:42 Chicago O'Hare International	10:09 Los Angeles Los Angeles Int.	4h 27m	Spirit Airlines	NK2544
from $45 Find flight	06:40 Chicago O'Hare International	09:08 Los Angeles Los Angeles Int.	4h 28m	Spirit Airlines	NK1104
from $45 Find flight	19:49 Chicago O'Hare International	22:20 Los Angeles Los Angeles Int.	4h 31m	Spirit Airlines	NK2191
from $45 Find flight	18:20 Chicago O'Hare International	20:53 Los Angeles Los Angeles Int.	4h 33m	Spirit Airlines	NK1117
from $53 Find flight	06:20 Chicago O'Hare International	08:46 Los Angeles Los Angeles Int.	4h 26m	Frontier Airlines	F92445
from $110 Find flight	07:10 Chicago O'Hare International	09:37 Los Angeles Los Angeles Int.	4h 27m	United Airlines	UA2361
from $63 Find flight	15:21 Chicago O'Hare International	20:08 Los Angeles Los Angeles Int.	6h 47m layover 1h 31m - Las Vegas	Spirit Airlines	NK188 NK1495
from $63 Find flight	06:00 Chicago O'Hare International	12:53 Los Angeles Los Angeles Int.	8h 53m layover 2h 18m - Atlanta	Spirit Airlines	NK1195 NK835
from $63 Find flight	06:00 Chicago O'Hare International	18:02 Los Angeles Los Angeles Int.	14h 2m layover 7h 28m - Atlanta	Spirit Airlines	NK1195 NK803
from $70 Find flight	15:51 Chicago O'Hare International	20:16 Los Angeles Los Angeles Int.	6h 25m layover 1h 7m - Las Vegas	Spirit Airlines	NK1270 NK1551
from $70 Find flight	15:36 Chicago O'Hare International	21:28 Los Angeles Los Angeles Int.	7h 52m layover 2h 11m - Nashville	Spirit Airlines	NK1184 NK1036
from $70 Find flight	15:51 Chicago O'Hare International	22:50 Los Angeles Los Angeles Int.	8h 59m layover 3h 45m - Las Vegas	Spirit Airlines	NK1270 NK1657
from $73 Find flight	06:00 Chicago O'Hare International	11:03 Los Angeles Los Angeles Int.	7h 3m layover 1h 48m - Las Vegas	Spirit Airlines	NK183 NK711
from $75 Find flight	21:56 Chicago O'Hare International	19:52+1 день Los Angeles Los Angeles Int.	23h 56m layover 18h 21m - Las Vegas	Frontier Airlines	F92145 F91183

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*Departure and arrival times - local. Prices indicated for one-way flights. Information updated on June 03, 2025

Flight Schedule Chicago (Illinois) to Los Angeles (California)

Full flight schedule will help you in detecting at what time planes fly from Chicago to Los Angeles. You can also specify the concrete flights and airlines on the route and how long the flight actually is. Use the calendar for today, tomorrow or other specific date as some flights are available only on certain days of the week.

Departure	Flight Details	Flight Duration	Price
06:00 — 08:29	06:00 — 08:29 UA1262 United Airlines Chicago — Los Angeles	4h 29m	Find flight from$119
06:00 — 08:29	06:00 — 08:29 UA1253 United Airlines Chicago — Los Angeles	4h 29m	Find flight from$123
06:10 — 08:39	06:10 — 08:39 UA1224 United Airlines Chicago — Los Angeles	4h 29m	Find flight from$111
06:20 — 08:46	06:20 — 08:46 F92445 Frontier Airlines Chicago — Los Angeles	4h 26m	Find flight from$53
06:40 — 09:08	06:40 — 09:08 NK1104 Spirit Airlines Chicago — Los Angeles	4h 28m	Find flight from$45
06:45 — 09:07	06:45 — 09:07 NK467 Spirit Airlines Chicago — Los Angeles	4h 22m	Find flight from$38
07:10 — 09:37	07:10 — 09:37 UA2361 United Airlines Chicago — Los Angeles	4h 27m	Find flight from$110
07:10 — 09:37	07:10 — 09:37 UA1571 United Airlines Chicago — Los Angeles	4h 27m	Find flight from$111
07:42 — 10:09	07:42 — 10:09 NK2544 Spirit Airlines Chicago — Los Angeles	4h 27m	Find flight from$45
08:00 — 10:26	08:00 — 10:26 NK3016 Spirit Airlines Chicago — Los Angeles	4h 26m	Find flight from$38
08:50 — 11:19	08:50 — 11:19 UA1044 United Airlines Chicago — Los Angeles	4h 29m	Find flight from$110
10:55 — 13:26	10:55 — 13:26 UA1584 United Airlines Chicago — Los Angeles	4h 31m	Find flight from$110
13:05 — 15:34	13:05 — 15:34 UA1363 United Airlines Chicago — Los Angeles	4h 29m	Find flight from$110
15:35 — 18:03	15:35 — 18:03 UA576 United Airlines Chicago — Los Angeles	4h 28m	Find flight from$123
15:40 — 18:08	15:40 — 18:08 UA2124 United Airlines Chicago — Los Angeles	4h 28m	Find flight from$110
16:10 — 18:33	16:10 — 18:33 UA2331 United Airlines Chicago — Los Angeles	4h 23m	Find flight from$111
16:35 — 19:03	16:35 — 19:03 UA2053 United Airlines Chicago — Los Angeles	4h 28m	Find flight from$110
16:50 — 19:21	16:50 — 19:21 UA1983 United Airlines Chicago — Los Angeles	4h 31m	Find flight from$111
18:15 — 20:47	18:15 — 20:47 UA1967 United Airlines Chicago — Los Angeles	4h 32m	Find flight from$111
18:15 — 20:47	18:15 — 20:47 UA2056 United Airlines Chicago — Los Angeles	4h 32m	Find flight from$119
18:20 — 20:53	18:20 — 20:53 NK1117 Spirit Airlines Chicago — Los Angeles	4h 33m	Find flight from$45
19:40 — 22:10	19:40 — 22:10 UA2155 United Airlines Chicago — Los Angeles	4h 30m	Find flight from$111
19:49 — 22:20	19:49 — 22:20 NK2191 Spirit Airlines Chicago — Los Angeles	4h 31m	Find flight from$45
20:10 — 22:45	20:10 — 22:45 UA1084 United Airlines Chicago — Los Angeles	4h 35m	Find flight from$110
20:20 — 22:55	20:20 — 22:55 UA2738 United Airlines Chicago — Los Angeles	4h 35m	Find flight from$111
21:25 — 23:58	21:25 — 23:58 UA2378 United Airlines Chicago — Los Angeles	4h 33m	Find flight from$110
21:40 — 00:13 +1 day	21:40 — 00:13 UA1936 United Airlines Chicago — Los Angeles	4h 33m	Find flight from$123
05:05 — 17:39	05:05 — 09:06 NK2 Spirit Airlines Chicago — Miami 5h 43m stop 14:49 — 17:39 NK2758 Spirit Airlines Miami — Los Angeles	14h 34m including layover	Find flight from$70
05:40 — 09:57	07:00 — 08:49 F91483 Frontier Airlines Chicago — Denver 55m stop 09:42 — 11:19 F92341 Frontier Airlines Denver — Los Angeles	6h 17m including layover	Find flight from$84
07:09 — 20:16	07:09 — 09:07 NK1033 Spirit Airlines Chicago — Las Vegas 9h 52m stop 18:59 — 20:16 NK1551 Spirit Airlines Las Vegas — Los Angeles	15h 7m including layover	Find flight from$70
09:55 — 17:39	09:55 — 14:02 NK2187 Spirit Airlines Chicago — Miami 47m stop 14:49 — 17:39 NK2758 Spirit Airlines Miami — Los Angeles	9h 44m including layover	Find flight from$70
10:33 — 23:26	10:33 — 13:19 NK2440 Spirit Airlines Chicago — Baltimore 7h 25m stop 20:44 — 23:26 NK2598 Spirit Airlines Baltimore — Los Angeles	14h 53m including layover	Find flight from$70
10:43 — 20:20	10:00 — 13:06 NK2708 Spirit Airlines Chicago — Atlanta 4h 37m stop 17:57 — 19:48 NK2406 Spirit Airlines Atlanta — Los Angeles	11h 37m including layover	Find flight from$70
11:00 — 20:08	11:00 — 12:56 NK183 Spirit Airlines Chicago — Las Vegas 5h 51m stop 18:47 — 20:08 NK1495 Spirit Airlines Las Vegas — Los Angeles	11h 8m including layover	Find flight from$63
11:21 — 22:11	11:21 — 13:51 NK1633 Spirit Airlines Chicago — Dallas 6h 56m stop 20:47 — 22:11 NK1020 Spirit Airlines Dallas — Los Angeles	12h 50m including layover	Find flight from$70
12:05 — 19:54	12:05 — 14:39 AS891 Alaska Airlines Chicago — Seattle 2h 26m stop 17:05 — 19:54 AS1464 Alaska Airlines Seattle — Los Angeles	9h 49m including layover	Find flight from$86
12:45 — 22:30	12:45 — 15:29 NK2576 Spirit Airlines Chicago — Houston 5h 19m stop 20:48 — 22:30 NK2168 Spirit Airlines Houston — Los Angeles	11h 45m including layover	Find flight from$70
15:21 — 20:08	15:21 — 17:16 NK188 Spirit Airlines Chicago — Las Vegas 1h 31m stop 18:47 — 20:08 NK1495 Spirit Airlines Las Vegas — Los Angeles	6h 47m including layover	Find flight from$63
15:36 — 21:28	15:36 — 17:05 NK1184 Spirit Airlines Chicago — Nashville 2h 11m stop 19:16 — 21:28 NK1036 Spirit Airlines Nashville — Los Angeles	7h 52m including layover	Find flight from$70
16:26 — 23:41	16:26 — 18:47 NK2168 Spirit Airlines Chicago — New Orleans 2h 38m stop 21:25 — 23:41 NK1804 Spirit Airlines New Orleans — Los Angeles	9h 15m including layover	Find flight from$70
16:30 — 00:25 +1 day	16:30 — 19:13 NK1339 Spirit Airlines Chicago — Houston 3h 49m stop 23:02 — 00:25 NK2395 Spirit Airlines Houston — Los Angeles	9h 55m including layover	Find flight from$73
19:01 — 00:25 +1 day	19:01 — 20:45 F91227 Frontier Airlines Chicago — Denver 2h 10m stop 22:55 — 00:25 F94345 Frontier Airlines Denver — Los Angeles	7h 24m including layover	Find flight from$88
20:53 — 07:06 +1 day	20:53 — 23:40 NK1150 Spirit Airlines Chicago — Houston 6h 5m stop 05:45 — 07:06 NK801 Spirit Airlines Houston — Los Angeles	12h 13m including layover	Find flight from$73
21:02 — 09:35 +1 day	21:02 — 23:07 NK2179 Spirit Airlines Chicago — Las Vegas 9h 7m stop 08:14 — 09:35 NK2684 Spirit Airlines Las Vegas — Los Angeles	14h 33m including layover	Find flight from$74
21:40 — 08:24 +1 day	21:40 — 00:29 NK1180 Spirit Airlines Chicago — Houston 6h 16m stop 06:45 — 08:24 NK1200 Spirit Airlines Houston — Los Angeles	12h 44m including layover	Find flight from$70
22:15 — 06:59 +1 day	21:02 — 23:07 NK2179 Spirit Airlines Chicago — Las Vegas 5h 26m stop 05:35 — 06:51 NK2071 Spirit Airlines Las Vegas — Los Angeles	10h 44m including layover	Find flight from$70
22:15 — 21:23 +1 day	21:02 — 23:07 NK2179 Spirit Airlines Chicago — Las Vegas 19h 47m stop 19:56 — 21:15 NK2508 Spirit Airlines Las Vegas — Los Angeles	25h 8m including layover	Find flight from$81

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*Departure and arrival times - local. Updated on June 3, 2025

Flight Information

Below we will explain in detail what the flights cost on the destination from Chicago to Los Angeles depends on and how to choose the most interesting flight option for you.

Distance between Chicago and Los Angeles is 2823 miles. Time difference between the cities is 2h. Airplanes depart 05:00 to 22:15 from 7 Chicago airports and arrive 05:00 to 22:15 to 2 Los Angeles airports. Average flight time is 4h 29m.

The fastest flight 4h 22m
Average flight time 4h 29m
The earliest flight 05:00
The latest flight 22:15
Distance 1755 ml

The cheapest months to travel to Los Angeles are august (from 51 $), october (from 61 $), july (from 61 $).

The most expensive months are january (from 288 $), december (from 154 $), april (from 97 $).

What is the lowest airfare Chicago to Los Angeles?

The cheapest plane ticket found by our users is $38. This airfare is for economy class on one-way NK3016 flight by Spirit Airlines for August 27, 2025 which leaves O'Hare International in Chicago at 08:00 am and arrives at Los Angeles Los Angeles Int. at 10:26.

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Popular Airlines on the Route

The flight Chicago — Los Angeles is served by 10 regular airlines and 4 low-cost airlines. Most of the flights on this route are operated by Frontier Airlines - 16 departures per week at the price of from $ 53 . And the most expensive tickets are offered by Alaska Airlines airline - from $ 7716.

Direct flights

There are 27 nonstop flights on the route. The fastest direct flight is NK467 by Spirit Airlines takes 4h 22m and the cheapest is NK3016 by Spirit Airlines for $38.

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Connecting Flights

There are 369 flights with layovers on the route. The fastest connecting flight is UA1920 by United Airlines takes 5h 52m and the cheapest is NK3016 by Spirit Airlines for $63.

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AS - Alaska Airlines

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SY - Sun Country Airlines

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TK - Turkish Airlines

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HA - Hawaiian Airlines

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LF - flynordic

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UA - United Airlines

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NK - Spirit Airlines

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G4 - Allegiant Air

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Airports

You can fly from Chicago to Los Angeles from 7 airports (O'Hare International, Midway, Dupage County, Chicago FSS, Merrill C Meigs (closed), Pal-Waukee, Chicago NAS).

Chicago airports

O'Hare International-ORD

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Midway-MDW

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Los Angeles airports

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Airplanes

There are flights to Los Angeles from Chicago by 10 airlines that use 0 aircraft brands. They range from huge modern airplanes to small-sized.

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