Route · LGA → ORD
Flights from New York to Chicago
The LaGuardia–O'Hare corridor is one of the busiest domestic trunk routes in the United States, covering roughly 1,177 kilometres with a typical block time of just under two hours — enough time to clear a meal service on widebody-configured aircraft but usually operated with single-aisle jets such as the Boeing 737 family and Airbus A320 series. American, Delta, and United dominate the route with multiple daily departures, while Spirit offers a lower-cost option for flexible travellers, and Alaska maintains a smaller presence. A practical note worth flagging: LaGuardia is mid-renovation and gates shift periodically, so allow extra buffer time, and note that Chicago is on Central Time, meaning an early-afternoon departure from New York arrives locally just after noon. Fare patterns tend to favour mid-week travel, with Tuesday and Wednesday departures often running cheaper than Friday or Sunday; shoulder seasons in late January and early September generally yield the most competitive pricing before summer and holiday demand tightens availability.
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Cheapest dates to fly
Live prices · powered by AviasalesThe calendar below pulls live fares from our search partner for New York (LGA) → Chicago (ORD). Use the year… view to spot the cheapest week to fly, the day-of-week patterns most travellers miss, and any shoulder-season dips worth shifting your trip around. Prices refresh every few hours, so what you see is what your booking page should look like a moment later — click any date to jump straight to the fare on Aviasales.
Airlines on this route
6 carriersThe 6 carriers we currently track on the New York–Chicago route, from full-service flag carriers to low-cost competitors. Tap any airline for its full profile,… baggage rules, fleet context, and a live fare search pre-filtered to that carrier — useful if you're loyal to a frequent-flyer programme, want to compare onboard product on the same dates, or are weighing a cheaper one-stop against a pricier nonstop.
Flights from New York to Chicago
Live schedule · powered by AviasalesBelow is the published weekly schedule for nonstop and one-stop services from New York to Chicago — the actual flight numbers, departure and arrival times… your booking page will pull from. Use it to plan around departure preferences (early morning vs late evening), see which carriers fly on which weekdays, or pick a connection that lets you sleep in your own bed before a long-haul leg. Click any row to load it directly in the search.
Airport guides
Quick links into the airport profiles at both ends of the route. Each guide covers terminal layout, the airlines that base hubs at LGA and… ORD, the other routes those airports serve, and the ground-transit options most travellers wish they'd read about before landing — the practical context you only really need to know once you've booked, but want to skim before you do.