Connect in the morning. The same one-hour layover misses 3% of the time at 7 am and barely half the time at 6 pm.
Nonstops
Nonstop details →| Southwest | MDW | BUR | 4h 25m | 81% | 0.6% | 322 | Flying now |
| United | ORD | LAX | 4h 35m | 78% | 0.6% | 3,387 | Flying now |
| Southwest | MDW | LGB | 4h 20m | 77% | 1.8% | 284 | Flying now |
| United | ORD | SNA | 4h 37m | 77% | 0.3% | 1,041 | Flying now |
| Delta | ORD | LAX | 4h 32m | 75% | 0.0% | 151 | Flying now |
| American | ORD | SNA | 4h 28m | 75% | 1.8% | 1,148 | Flying now |
| Southwest | MDW | ONT | 4h 15m | 71% | 1.1% | 360 | Flying now |
| Southwest | MDW | LAX | 4h 30m | 70% | 0.9% | 1,298 | Flying now |
| American | ORD | LAX | 4h 35m | 70% | 2.0% | 3,062 | Flying now |
| Frontier | ORD | LAX | 4h 44m | 65% | 4.6% | 237 | Flying now |
| United | ORD | ONT | 4h 31m | 62% | 1.4% | 290 | Flying now |
| Spirit | ORD | LAX | 4h 30m | 75% | 4.3% | 186 | Not flying now |
Best connections, one ticket
Ranked by chance you reach Los Angeles area on time. Total trip = scheduled departure to arrival, layover included (Los Angeles is 2 h behind Chicago). Layovers up to 4 hours. Pick a connection for the details.
| AmericanDetails → | ORD 09:40 → TUL 11:44AA 4135 · flown by Envoy | 3h 37m Tulsa | TUL 15:21 → LAX 16:55AA 6366 · flown by SkyWest | 9h 15m | 100% | 97% |
| AmericanDetails → | ORD 08:16 → OKC 10:34AA 6204 · flown by SkyWest | 3h 48m Oklahoma City | OKC 14:22 → LAX 15:39AA 6272 · flown by SkyWest | 9h 23m | 100% | 96% |
| SouthwestDetails → | MDW 05:20 → PHX 06:55WN 2858 | 2h 55m Phoenix | PHX 09:50 → BUR 11:15WN 4549 | 7h 55m | 100% | 95% |
| UnitedDetails → | ORD 13:30 → PHX 15:19UA 455 | 3h 35m Phoenix | PHX 18:54 → LAX 20:31UA 4722 · flown by SkyWest | 9h 01m | 99% | 95% |
| AmericanDetails → | ORD 10:30 → OMA 12:20AA 3971 · flown by Envoy | 3h 26m Omaha | OMA 15:46 → LAX 17:25AA 6278 · flown by SkyWest | 8h 55m | 100% | 94% |
| SouthwestDetails → | MDW 07:30 → LAS 09:20WN 347 | 2h 15m Las Vegas | LAS 11:35 → LGB 12:45WN 2260 | 7h 15m | 100% | 94% |
| AlaskaDetails → | ORD 14:12 → PDX 16:47AS 325 | 3h 12m Portland | PDX 19:59 → SNA 22:30AS 518 | 10h 18m | 98% | 93% |
| UnitedDetails → | ORD 07:11 → LAS 09:19UA 574 | 1h 26m Las Vegas | LAS 10:45 → LAX 12:05UA 203 | 6h 54m | 99% | 92% |
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| AmericanDetails → | ORD 14:59 → DFW 17:36AA 2257 | 1h 14m Dallas-Fort Worth | DFW 18:50 → ONT 19:59AA 2236 | 7h 00m | 69% | 40% |
| AmericanDetails → | ORD 15:15 → DEN 17:00AA 1734 | 1h 12m Denver | DEN 18:12 → LAX 19:53AA 4958 · flown by SkyWest | 6h 38m | 67% | 35% |
| AmericanDetails → | ORD 11:04 → SFO 13:45AA 2550 | 2h 19m San Francisco | SFO 16:04 → LAX 17:45AA 6221 · flown by SkyWest | 8h 41m | 74% | 34% |
Same layover, different day-part
How often the first flight arrives too late to connect (45 min minimum), for one-ticket layovers of 45–80 minutes.
Delays build through the day, so an afternoon first leg eats the layover. A short connection is fine early in the morning and a gamble later on.
Mixing airlines
| United UA 5614 ORD 09:03 → OKC American AA 6272 OKC 14:22 → LAX Connection details → |
2h 42m | 8h 36m | 97% | 94% |
| Southwest WN 680 MDW 10:00 → TUL American AA 6366 TUL 15:21 → LAX Connection details → |
3h 31m | 8h 55m | 100% | 94% |
| Southwest WN 3752 MDW 10:05 → SJC Delta DL 3822 SJC 16:30 → LAX Connection details → |
4h 00m | 9h 51m | 100% | 93% |
Rank all connections, any airlines →
Regional partners count as the airline that sells them: SkyWest flying Delta Connection is one Delta ticket.
About this data: US DOT on-time records, Aug 2025 – Jul 2026, all US airlines; regional flights count under the airline that sells them. Schedules (which flights and connections exist, and their times) are as of Jun 6 – Jul 31, 2026; seasonal flights outside that window aren’t ranked. Rebuilt monthly. JSON