Cheapest€225.52
- Delta Air Lines DA659206:144h 4m10:18Los Angeles LAXChicago MDW
Door to door 7h 14mCO2 710.0 kgChanges 0Fixed, no changes
Los Angeles to Chicago flight
Flights from Los Angeles to Chicago start at €268.59 and take 7h 12m at their fastest.
Check dates and fares
Fares and seats move by the day. Price Los Angeles to Chicago on the date you actually want, rather than on the date this page was built.
The Flights from Los Angeles to Chicago starts at €268.59 and takes 7h 12m door to door, run by 6 operators over 2,886 km, with around 48 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 30 days before departure.
- 7h 12mDoor to door
- 4h 2mMoving
- €268.59 to €483.94From
- 06:14 to 20:53First and last departure
- 48Per day
- 710.0 kgCO2
First and last are taken from the services we sell on 29 September 2026. The return direction keeps its own timetable and is not these times reversed.
€268.59 to €483.94 for one passenger across the 14 departure dates priced here. The low end is one day, not every day. Worked out from this corridor rather than held for anybody. The operator sets the price on the day.
Fares by date
What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.
Typical fares
- about €483.94Mon14
- about €422.58Tue15
- about €437.33Wed16
- about €478.04Thu17
- about €417.86Fri18
- about €439.10Sat19
- about €396.62Sun20
- about €273.90Mon21
- about €268.59Tue22
- about €288.06Wed23
- about €362.99Thu24
- about €333.49Fri25
- about €341.75Sat26
- about €323.46Sun27
Based on what this route has cost recently. The operator sets the price on the day, and the live fare is confirmed when you book.
The cheapest and the fastest on 29 September 2026
Fastest€266.23
- United Airlines UA260012:014h 2m16:03Los Angeles LAXChicago MDW
Door to door 7h 12mCO2 710.0 kgChanges 0Fixed, no changes
Airlines
| Operator | From |
|---|---|
 American Airlines | €232.01 |
 Delta Air Lines | €225.52 |
| United Airlines | €227.88 |
 Southwest Airlines | €232.01 |
 Frontier Airlines | €230.24 |
 Singapore Airlines | €229.65 |
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When to book Los Angeles to Chicago
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €279.8090 days
- €228.4760 days
- €192.4845 days
- €181.2730 days
- €247.9421 days
- €323.4614 days
- €396.627 days
- €437.333 days
- €483.941 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €181.27.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 167 percent. The dearest point is €483.94, 1 days out.
- What that means
- Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 30 days before departure. Waiting from here has usually cost money on this corridor rather than saved it.
Which departure day costs least
Median cheapest fare for each weekday, taken across the next three weeks of real prices.
- €323.46Sun
- €273.90Mon
- €268.59Tue
- €288.06Wed
- €362.99Thu
- €333.49Fri
- €341.75Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
Los Angeles
Air
- LAX
Chicago
Air
- ORD
- MDW
What the journey actually looks like
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 2,886 km against 2,802 km in a straight line, a detour of 3 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
- First and last departure
- The first service of the day leaves Los Angeles at 06:14 and the last at 20:53, across 48 departures The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.
Questions about Los Angeles to Chicago
The questions people actually ask about this journey, answered from the same prices and times the page above is built on rather than written once and left to go stale.
How long does the Flight from Los Angeles to Chicago take?
The Flight from Los Angeles to Chicago takes 7h 12m door to door, of which 4h 2m is spent moving. The route runs 2,886 km. The difference between the two times is reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end, which every time on this page includes.
How much does the Flight from Los Angeles to Chicago cost?
The Flight from Los Angeles to Chicago starts at €268.59 for one passenger, as of 13 September 2026. A typical fare is €276.56. Both are the total including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee, so the price here is the price at checkout.
Who runs the Flight from Los Angeles to Chicago?
6 operators run the Flight from Los Angeles to Chicago: American Airlines, Delta Air Lines, United Airlines, Southwest Airlines, Frontier Airlines. Between them they file around 48 departures a day. The operator table on this page compares them on fare, journey time, cruising speed, fare conditions and what is provided on board.
Which terminal does the Flight from Los Angeles to Chicago use?
The Flight from Los Angeles to Chicago leaves from Los Angeles LAX and arrives at Chicago MDW. Allow about 3h 10m for reaching the departure terminal and leaving the arrival one. That time is already inside every door to door figure quoted on this page.
When should I book the Flight from Los Angeles to Chicago?
Fares for the Flight from Los Angeles to Chicago bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €181.27. The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time across the window is 167 percent, measured on 13 September 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Flight from Los Angeles to Chicago produce?
The Flight from Los Angeles to Chicago produces about 710.0 kg of CO2 per passenger over 2886 km, which works out at roughly 246 grams per passenger kilometre. That figure is for the whole journey and for one traveller, not for the vehicle.
Where these numbers come from
Places, coordinates, operators, which operator serves which pair, and every distance on this page are real and come from open data. Where a corridor has a filed timetable the departure times are real too, and ferry fares are the prices the operators publish themselves.
Observed service A carrier record shows this named operator serving this named pair, and we carry that through unchanged.
Where no operator publishes a fare for a corridor, the price here is our own estimate, worked out from the real distance and the real operator through a fare curve that follows lead time, day of the week and season. It tells you roughly what the journey costs. It is not a seat anyone has agreed to sell, and the payment step will not take it.
Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon
- On this page
- Every figure above was computed for Los Angeles to Chicago on 13 September 2026: 2886 km of route against 2802 km in a straight line, 48 services a day, 6 operators a cheapest fare of €268.59, and 7h 12m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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