$158 Find Cheap Flights from Los Angeles to Chicago

Your flight ticket price will generally be cheaper if you fly to Chicago on a Monday and more expensive on a Saturday. On your return trip to Los Angeles, you should consider flying back on a Tuesday, and avoid Fridays for better deals.

The cheapest month for flights from Los Angeles to Chicago O'Hare Intl Airport is September, where tickets cost $383 (return) on average. On the other hand, the most expensive months are June and February, where the average cost of round-trip tickets is $566 and $563 respectively.

No, with an average price for the route of $518, prices are generally cheapest when you fly direct.

To get a below average price on the flight from Los Angeles to Chicago O'Hare Intl Airport, you should book around 3 weeks before departure, which saves you about 33% compared to booking last minute. For the absolute cheapest price, our data suggests you should book 5 weeks before departure.

In the past 3 days, the cheapest return tickets from Los Angeles to Chicago were found on Delta ($318) and United Airlines ($319).

Los Angeles and Chicago are connected by different airlines. The airlines that fly that route the most regularly are American Airlines (69 flights per week), United Airlines (68 flights per week), and Delta (20 flights per week).

Weekly flights between Los Angeles and Chicago historically see delays in approximately 11% of cases, with the average delay over the past year being 182 minutes.

Typically, flights leaving in the morning tend to face fewer delays, whereas flights in the evening have historically encountered delays more often.

Statistically, Wednesday is the day of the week with the fewest delays on this flight route, while Sunday has typically experienced more delays than other days.

Based on our data, United Airlines have experienced the fewest delays on this route in the past 12 months, with only about 8% of their flights encountering any delays.

There are 2 cabin class options for the route. These are Business and Economy. Perform a search on KAYAK to find the latest prices and availability for all cabin fares, which differ across airlines.

Each day, there are between 20 and 23 direct flights that take off from Los Angeles and land in Chicago O'Hare Intl Airport, with an average flight time of 4h 18m. The most common departure time is 17:00 and most flights take off in the morning. Each week, there are 157 flights. The most frequent day of departure is Monday, when 15% of all weekly flights depart. The fewest flights depart on a Saturday.