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ATL Atlanta ⇄ ORD Chicago

Hartsfield Jackson Atlanta International Airport (United States) and Chicago O'Hare International Airport (United States): great-circle distance, estimated scheduled flight time each way, time difference and jet lag.

Distance976 km607 mi527 nautical miles
ATL → ORD2 h 10 minestimated block time
ORD → ATL2 h 10 minestimated block time
Clock change−1 hChicago vs Atlanta, today
Great-circle route from Atlanta (ATL) to Chicago (ORD)ATLAtlantaORDChicago
The shortest path over the Earth’s surface (great circle), drawn on a Natural Earth projection. Real flight paths bend around weather, winds and closed airspace.

Flight time each way

ATL → ORD

2 h 10 min

Estimated gate-to-gate scheduled time. Initial heading 343° (NNW).

Leave Atlanta Sat 7 Nov, 10:00 local → arrive Chicago Sat 7 Nov, 11:10 local.

ORD → ATL

2 h 10 min

Estimated gate-to-gate scheduled time. Initial heading 161° (SSE).

Leave Chicago Sat 7 Nov, 10:00 local → arrive Atlanta Sat 7 Nov, 13:10 local.

The two directions differ by 4 minutes in our estimate: this route runs mostly north–south, so the prevailing westerly winds make little difference. How we estimate it.

Distance

Great-circle distance976 km · 607 mi · 527 nmi
Initial heading343° (NNW) from ATL; 161° (SSE) from ORD
Farthest from the equator42.0°N
Crossesneither the equator nor the 180th meridian
Share of the longest possible trip5% of the 20,015 km to the far side of the Earth

Time zones and jet lag

ATLAmerica/New_York — UTC−4 now; UTC−5 standard time, UTC−4 during daylight saving time
ORDAmerica/Chicago — UTC−5 now; UTC−6 standard time, UTC−5 during daylight saving time
DifferenceChicago is 1 hour behind Atlanta today.

Jet lag, flying ATL → ORD. Your body clock has to move 1 hour later, like a westward trip. A shift this small rarely causes much jet lag; most people feel normal within a day or so. Flying the other way, the shift is reversed.

General information, not medical advice.

The two airports

ATL Hartsfield Jackson Atlanta International AirportAtlanta, United States · longest runway 12,390 ft3,776 m ORD Chicago O'Hare International AirportChicago, United States · longest runway 13,000 ft3,962 m

More routes from ATL and ORD

ATLCLT Atlanta – Charlotte 365 km227 mi · 1 h 25 min ATLDFW Atlanta – Dallas–Fort Worth 1,175 km730 mi · 2 h 30 min ATLBOS Atlanta – Boston 1,521 km945 mi · 2 h 40 min LAXATL Los Angeles – Atlanta 3,126 km1,942 mi · 4 h 15 min ATLFRA Atlanta – Frankfurt 7,409 km4,604 mi · 8 h 50 min ATLJNB Atlanta – Johannesburg 13,583 km8,440 mi · 15 h 55 min ORDMSP Chicago – Minneapolis 537 km334 mi · 1 h 45 min DFWORD Dallas–Fort Worth – Chicago 1,291 km802 mi · 2 h 25 min ORDMCO Chicago – Orlando 1,620 km1,007 mi · 2 h 50 min SEAORD Seattle – Chicago 2,762 km1,716 mi · 3 h 55 min ORDLHR Chicago – London 6,344 km3,942 mi · 7 h 45 min ORDICN Chicago – Seoul 10,519 km6,536 mi · 13 h 30 min

Routes of a similar length

LHRCPH London – Copenhagen 979 km609 mi · 2 h 05 min SINHKT Singapore – Phuket 980 km609 mi · 2 h 10 min CGKDPS Jakarta – Bali (Denpasar) 983 km611 mi · 2 h 10 min DENPHX Denver – Phoenix 968 km601 mi · 2 h 15 min

Need a different pair? The flight-time calculator works for any two of 3,245 airports. Not covered: which airlines fly this route, schedules, fares and live status — that data is proprietary and we don’t guess it.

Photos on airport pages are credited there. Estimates are rounded to 5 minutes; typical error about 13 minutes (validation).