Route · US

Los Angeles to Chicago

2 operators run this water, from 4 h 01.

Getting from Los Angeles to Chicago

Somewhere to stay in Chicago partner Left luggage in Chicago Everywhere from Los Angeles Everywhere from Chicago

Every way across

One row per operator and speed. Where a service is sold as fast and its average does not clear 45 km/h, the word appears in quotation marks — the boat is fast craft, the crossing is not.

AirTran Airways, Southwest Airlines LAX → MDW 2812 km non-stop 738 73H 73W in the air 5 h 31 est. rate not held 700 km/h average

Alaska Airlines, American Airlines LAX → ORD 2802 km non-stop 319 320 738 in the air 5 h 30 est. rate not held 700 km/h average

Other ways to reach Chicago

If this crossing does not suit, these quays also reach Chicago without a change. It is the question a single-route page cannot answer about itself and an atlas can.

Milwaukee – Chicago 38 min American Airlines

South Bend – Chicago 40 min United Airlines

Madison – Chicago 43 min American Airlines

Bloomington/Normal – Chicago 44 min American Airlines

Muskegon – Chicago 44 min United Airlines

Kalamazoo – Chicago 45 min American Airlines

Grand Rapids – Chicago 46 min American Airlines

Peoria – Chicago 46 min American Airlines

Savoy – Chicago 46 min American Airlines

Moline – Chicago 47 min American Airlines

And other ways to reach Los Angeles

Glendale Amtrak – Los Angeles 12 min Amtrak

Van Nuys – Los Angeles 23 min Amtrak

Burbank Amtrak – Los Angeles 27 min Amtrak

Fullerton Amtrak Station – Los Angeles 29 min Amtrak

Pomona Amtrak – Los Angeles 41 min Amtrak

Santa Barbara – Los Angeles 41 min United Airlines

Bakersfield – Los Angeles 43 min United Airlines

Palm Springs – Los Angeles 43 min United Airlines

San Diego – Los Angeles 43 min Alaska Airlines

San Luis Obispo – Los Angeles 49 min United Airlines

Where else these quays go

Also from Los Angeles

Aguascalientes · Albuquerque · Amsterdam · Anchorage · Aspen · Atlanta · Auckland · Austin · Bakersfield · Baltimore · Beijing · Belize City · Boise · Boston

Also from Chicago

Abu Dhabi · Akron · Albany · Albuquerque · Allentown/Bethlehem · Amman · Amsterdam · Anchorage · Appleton · Asheville · Atlanta · Austin · Baltimore · Birmingham

Which months this runs

Season not heldwe can say when we looked, not which months run

Our records for the Los Angeles–Chicago crossing were read on 11 August 2026 and describe the network as it ran that week. We hold no month-by-month variation, so this page cannot tell you whether a crossing runs in February.

If you are travelling well outside August 2026, confirm with the operator before you plan around it.

What we do not know

No fares. Not for this crossing, not for any crossing, not for any mode.

No departure times. No rate is held for this pair either, so we cannot say how often it runs.