Flight Routes from Chicago to Los Angeles

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Here you can compare cheap flights from Chicago (CHI) to Los Angeles (LAX) for one-way or return trips. The following offers were searched for and found on idealo during the last few days. Or start your own flight search to Los Angeles. Prices and availability may change at any time.

Flight schedule from Chicago (CHI) to Los Angeles (LAX)

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      Tips and tricks to help you find cheap flights from Chicago to Los Angeles

      Favorite airline: Spirit Airlines
      Most travelers looking for flights on the route from Chicago to Los Angeles decide to book flights with Spirit Airlines.
      Spirit Airlines
      46 %
      Sun Country Airlines
      22 %
      United Airlines
      12 %
      Cheapest weekday: Saturday
      Choosing the right day of the week is worthwhile as prices of flights on this route are cheapest on Saturday.
      Stopover flights are the cheapest connection
      Direct flights on this route are $104.00 more expensive on average than flights with a stopover.
      non stop flight
      1 stop
      04h 46min
      06h 50min
      208 $
      104 $
      Favourite connection: via Minneapolis
      31 % of booked tickets on this route are for flights with a transfer in Minneapolis.
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      1 stopover Minneapolis - St. Paul International Airport, MN
      16h 23min, from 263 $
      31 %
      Direct flights
      04h 46min, from 208 $
      30 %
      1 stopover Las Vegas - McCarran International Airport, NV
      06h 50min, from 104 $
      23 %

      Useful information about the flight from Chicago to Los Angeles

      Flights from Chicago to Los Angeles

      Flights from Chicago to Los Angeles It takes about 4 hours from the time you leave the windy streets of Chicago (CHI) to reach the star studded ones of Los Angeles (LAX). In that short flight time you will have only covered 2800 miles, yet you will have entered a whole new world. Not only a world of glitz and glamor, but given the massive size of LAX airport, it could quite possible qualify as its own world . Airlines offering a direct route include: United, American, Virgin American, Spirit, Alaska, US Airways, Southwest, averaging around 25 a day.

      Cheap Tickets

      The best way to save money on your air ticket is by taking a connecting flight, which can shave $30 to $100 off the price. Be sure to take the usual precautions when searching for a low cost flight: making sure to avoid holidays, weekends and of course, try to book far in advance.

      Destination Los Angeles

      Los Angeles is well known to be expansive. This is great,. However, travelers should take care when choosing which of the 5 airports in the Greater los Angeles area to fly to. LAX, the most populr, is also the largest  - and this means that there are frequent traffic jams on the way from airport to downtown. However, neither does public transport seem like a real alternative. There is no train service directly from the airport but buses run to the Metro Green line at Aviation Station. Cabs into downtown LA will cost around $45.00, taking half an hour if traffic is good. in the rush hour, traffic can be painfully slow and the ride will cost a lot more. Hollywood and Disneyland are the city's saving grace and make up for all these inconveniences.

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      Flight information: Chicago - Los Angeles

      Flight duration min. 04:30 / max. 11:25
      Return flight duration min. 03:50/ max. 07:15
      Distance 2826 km
      Flights per week 323
      Departure airport Airport Chicago-IL, all airports (CHI)
      Arrival airport Airport Los Angeles International Airport, CA (LAX)
      Destination country Flights to United States
      Departure airport - Destination country Chicago-IL, all airports - United States