Flights Chicago → Los Angeles
ORD → LAX
Route overview
This flight route connects Chicago to Los Angeles, featuring a mix of aircraft types including the Boeing 737 and Airbus A320 models. With an on-time performance rate of 74%, flights experience an average delay of 18.4 minutes, based on a total of 1551 recorded flights. The destination airport, which opened in 1926, serves over 76 million passengers annually.
Your rights on this US flight (DOT)
US flights have no statutory cash compensation for delays. Under the US DOT rules, if your flight is cancelled or significantly changed and you decline rebooking, you're owed an automatic refund of the unused ticket. The tarmac-delay limit is 3 hours (domestic) / 4 hours (international). Amenities for controllable delays depend on each airline's contract of carriage.
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The Chicago (ORD) → Los Angeles (LAX) route is operated by American Airlines, Alaska Airlines, Spirit Airlines, United Airlines. Across 2059 flights monitored in recent months, 73% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 20 minutes. The cancellation rate is 2.87%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 21.9/100 (medium), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. At Los Angeles the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes (main cause: atfm). Departing from Chicago the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to Los Angeles: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Chicago (ORD) to Los Angeles (LAX) heads west for about 2,802 km, a flight time of roughly 3h 55m.
Departures from Chicago on this leg cluster in the overnight window: about 36% of ORD-LAX flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Chicago the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Los Angeles it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 2,059 tracked ORD-LAX flights, 73% left on time with an average delay of 20 min and a 2.9% cancellation rate.
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Airline punctuality on this route
| Airline | On-time | Average delay | Cancellations |
|---|---|---|---|
| United Airlines (UA) | 74% | 10 min | 6.9% |
| American Airlines (AA) | 74% | 16 min | 3.0% |
| Spirit Airlines (NK) | 74% | 10 min | 1.5% |
| Alaska Airlines (AS) | 67% | 10 min | 11.9% |
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Frequently asked questions about ORD-LAX
On the Chicago (ORD) -> Los Angeles (LAX) route, on-time performance is 73% with an average delay of 20 minutes, based on 2059 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Chicago-Los Angeles is 2.87% across 2059 monitored flights.
The route is operated by 4 airlines: American Airlines, Alaska Airlines, Spirit Airlines, United Airlines.
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US flights have no statutory cash compensation for delays. Under US DOT rules, if the airline cancels or significantly changes your flight and you decline rebooking, you're owed an automatic refund of the unused ticket. The tarmac-delay limit is 3 hours (domestic) / 4 hours (international). Meals or hotels for controllable delays depend on each airline's contract of carriage.
