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ORD Chicago ⇄ PHX Phoenix

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

Distance2,313 km1,437 mi1,249 nautical miles
ORD → PHX3 h 55 minestimated block time
PHX → ORD3 h 25 minestimated block time
Clock change−2 hPhoenix vs Chicago, today
Great-circle route from Chicago (ORD) to Phoenix (PHX)ORDChicagoPHXPhoenix
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

ORD → PHX

3 h 55 min

Estimated gate-to-gate scheduled time. Initial heading 254° (WSW).

Leave Chicago Sat 7 Nov, 10:00 local → arrive Phoenix Sat 7 Nov, 12:55 local.

PHX → ORD

3 h 25 min

Estimated gate-to-gate scheduled time. Initial heading 59° (ENE).

Leave Phoenix Sat 7 Nov, 10:00 local → arrive Chicago Sat 7 Nov, 14:25 local.

PHX-bound flights are the slower direction by about 30 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 distance2,313 km · 1,437 mi · 1,249 nmi
Initial heading254° (WSW) from ORD; 59° (ENE) from PHX
Farthest from the equator42.0°N
Crossesneither the equator nor the 180th meridian
Share of the longest possible trip12% of the 20,015 km to the far side of the Earth

Time zones and jet lag

ORDAmerica/Chicago — UTC−5 now; UTC−6 standard time, UTC−5 during daylight saving time
PHXAmerica/Phoenix — UTC−7 now; UTC−7 all year (no daylight saving time)
DifferencePhoenix is 2 hours behind Chicago today; −1 h in January and −2 h in July because daylight saving time starts and ends on different dates (or not at all).

Jet lag, flying ORD → PHX. 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 PHX Phoenix Sky Harbor International AirportPhoenix, United States · longest runway 11,489 ft3,502 m

More routes from ORD and PHX

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 PHXLAS Phoenix – Las Vegas 411 km256 mi · 1 h 35 min LAXPHX Los Angeles – Phoenix 595 km370 mi · 1 h 40 min DENPHX Denver – Phoenix 968 km601 mi · 2 h 15 min

Routes of a similar length

MEXTIJ Mexico City – Tijuana 2,301 km1,430 mi · 3 h 50 min SEAANC Seattle – Anchorage 2,326 km1,445 mi · 3 h 50 min BNEAKL Brisbane – Auckland 2,295 km1,426 mi · 3 h 30 min LHRRAK London – Marrakesh 2,294 km1,426 mi · 3 h 45 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).