Distance from Chicago to Los Angeles
Chicago (United States) and Los Angeles (United States) are 2,802 km apart — that's 1,741 miles or 1,513 nautical miles, measured along the great circle (the shortest path over the Earth's surface).
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 2,802 km · 1,741 mi · 1,513 nmi
- Initial bearing Chicago → Los Angeles
- 262° (W)
- Initial bearing Los Angeles → Chicago
- 63° (ENE)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 3 h 57 min
- Time zones
- Chicago UTC-06:00 · Los Angeles UTC-08:00 (-2 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 108 min — the sun rises earlier in Chicago
Flight time is a cruise-speed approximation (no routing/wind); driving distance depends on roads and is typically 20–40% longer than great-circle.
The two cities
- Chicago
- 41.8500, -87.6500
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 12:32 UTC / 22:38 UTC
- Los Angeles
- 34.0522, -118.2437
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 14:20 UTC / 00:55 UTC
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Distances here are straight-line (great-circle). Road routes typically run 1.2–1.4× longer — here's why, with the visual.