Chicago to Las Vegas (ORD–LAS): distance and flight time

Flight time each way

ORD → LAS

4 h 10 min

Estimated gate-to-gate scheduled time. Initial heading 263° (W).

Leave Chicago Sat 7 Nov, 10:00 local → arrive Las Vegas Sat 7 Nov, 12:10 local.

LAS → ORD

3 h 35 min

Estimated gate-to-gate scheduled time. Initial heading 66° (ENE).

Leave Las Vegas Sat 7 Nov, 10:00 local → arrive Chicago Sat 7 Nov, 15:35 local.

LAS-bound flights are the slower direction by about 35 minutes in our estimate: the route runs mostly east–west through latitudes where the prevailing westerly winds at cruise height are strong, so heading east rides a tailwind and heading west fights a headwind. How we estimate it.

Distance

Great-circle distance	2,432 km · 1,511 mi · 1,313 nmi
Initial heading	263° (W) from ORD; 66° (ENE) from LAS
Farthest from the equator	42.0°N
Crosses	neither the equator nor the 180th meridian
Share of the longest possible trip	12% of the 20,015 km to the far side of the Earth

Time zones and jet lag

ORD	America/Chicago — UTC−5 now; UTC−6 standard time, UTC−5 during daylight saving time
LAS	America/Los_Angeles — UTC−7 now; UTC−8 standard time, UTC−7 during daylight saving time
Difference	Las Vegas is 2 hours behind Chicago today.

Jet lag, flying ORD → LAS. Your body clock has to move 2 hours 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

ORD Chicago O'Hare International AirportChicago, United States · longest runway 13,000 ft3,962 m

LAS Harry Reid International AirportLas Vegas, United States · longest runway 14,835 ft4,522 m

More routes from ORD and LAS

ORDMSP Chicago – Minneapolis 537 km334 mi · 1 h 45 min JFKORD New York – Chicago 1,188 km738 mi · 2 h 35 min IAHORD Houston – Chicago 1,491 km926 mi · 2 h 40 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 LAXLAS Los Angeles – Las Vegas 380 km236 mi · 1 h 25 min PHXLAS Phoenix – Las Vegas 411 km256 mi · 1 h 35 min SFOLAS San Francisco – Las Vegas 665 km413 mi · 1 h 45 min DENLAS Denver – Las Vegas 1,009 km627 mi · 2 h 20 min DFWLAS Dallas–Fort Worth – Las Vegas 1,695 km1,053 mi · 3 h 10 min JFKLAS New York – Las Vegas 3,609 km2,243 mi · 5 h 40 min

Routes of a similar length

MIABOG Miami – Bogotá 2,435 km1,513 mi · 3 h 50 min LHRATH London – Athens 2,427 km1,508 mi · 3 h 35 min DXBCAI Dubai – Cairo 2,417 km1,502 mi · 4 h LIMSCL Lima – Santiago 2,462 km1,530 mi · 3 h 50 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).

ORD Chicago ⇄ LAS Las Vegas