Flights from Chicago Airport (ORD) to San Francisco Airport Airport (SFO)

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You have a choice of 26 airline companies when flying from O'Hare International Airport to San Francisco International. The journey time flying from O'Hare International Airport to San Francisco International United States is around 4 Hours 18 Minutes. With the distance covered being 2,964 Km (1,842 Miles). The airport code for O'Hare International Airport is ORD and for San Francisco International it is SFO.

Ticket prices are normally at a premium at weekends and can vary also with the time of day. San Francisco International United States flights may be normally booked months in advance and this may be the best option if you intend to get the best prices from O'Hare International Airport. Flights to San Francisco International United States normally increase in price the nearer the journey date, so it is worth trying to book your tickets in advance if you can.

The time zone at San Francisco International is 8.0 GMT compared to 6.0 GMT at O'Hare International Airport so bare this in mind is you need to make travel arrangements when you arrive at San Francisco International.

Please see below the airlines that fly from O'Hare International Airport (ORD) to San Francisco International (SFO) and the amount of daily flights in operation.

Flights Chart
AirlinerMoTuWeThFrSaSuFirst FlightLast FlightFlights
United Airlines8771097800:3622:15VIEW FLIGHTS
Virgin Australia877887106:3023:13VIEW FLIGHTS
Air New Zealand877887106:3023:13VIEW FLIGHTS
Air Canada877887106:3023:13VIEW FLIGHTS
American Airlines222332308:3020:37VIEW FLIGHTS
Qantas222332008:3023:39VIEW FLIGHTS
Lufthansa222222114:5023:13VIEW FLIGHTS
Emirates222222008:4521:21VIEW FLIGHTS
Jet Linx Aviation111222012:2523:39VIEW FLIGHTS
Qatar Airways100221121:5423:39VIEW FLIGHTS
British Airways011221008:3023:39VIEW FLIGHTS
Brussels Airlines111111015:5019:00VIEW FLIGHTS
Asiana Airlines111111018:0921:21VIEW FLIGHTS
All Nippon Airways111111006:3006:30VIEW FLIGHTS
Singapore Airlines100111121:5422:10VIEW FLIGHTS
Iberia100210121:5423:39VIEW FLIGHTS
Hawaiian Airlines100111121:5422:10VIEW FLIGHTS
Alaska Airlines100111118:5519:00VIEW FLIGHTS
China Southern Airlines110101012:2512:39VIEW FLIGHTS
Austrian Airlines101010015:5019:00VIEW FLIGHTS
Gulf Air000110023:3923:39VIEW FLIGHTS
Fiji Airways010100012:2512:39VIEW FLIGHTS
Air China001001006:3006:30VIEW FLIGHTS
Aer Lingus000110023:3923:39VIEW FLIGHTS
United Express000010016:0016:00VIEW FLIGHTS
Royal Jordanian000010023:3923:39VIEW FLIGHTS

United Airlines offer the most direct flights from O'Hare International Airport to San Francisco International with an average of 56 flights a week. The earliest flights are operated at 00:36 and the latest flights operated at 22:15 and the most common flight numbers are UA1387, UA1577, UA1761 and UA1878

Contact United Airlines at united.com to booking a flight or find up to date information on the flight times.

Below you can see the times of all flights. These flight times do vary so we recommend you look on the appropriate airline website for accurate information for the dates you are departing.

Flights Time In WeekDays
DayFlight TimesFlights
Monday
06:30
AirlineFlightNo
United AirlinesUA1962
Air New ZealandNZ9323
Air CanadaAC5029
All Nippon AirwaysNH7241
Virgin AustraliaVA8094
08:30
AirlineFlightNo
American AirlinesAA1358
QantasQF4682
08:55
AirlineFlightNo
United AirlinesUA1387
Air New ZealandNZ9327
Air CanadaAC5339
Virgin AustraliaVA8093
EmiratesEK6303
10:50
AirlineFlightNo
United AirlinesUA343
12:39
AirlineFlightNo
China Southern AirlinesCZ1636
American AirlinesAA1253
QantasQF3106
Jet Linx AviationJL7549
12:45
AirlineFlightNo
United AirlinesUA1878
Air New ZealandNZ9325
Air CanadaAC5269
Virgin AustraliaVA8088
13:48
AirlineFlightNo
Air New ZealandNZ9320
Air CanadaAC3212
Virgin AustraliaVA8087
14:50
AirlineFlightNo
United AirlinesUA1577
Air New ZealandNZ9326
Air CanadaAC5081
LufthansaLH9178
Virgin AustraliaVA8095
15:50
AirlineFlightNo
United AirlinesUA2409
Air New ZealandNZ9330
Austrian AirlinesOS7717
Air CanadaAC4375
Virgin AustraliaVA8089
Brussels AirlinesSN8819
18:22
AirlineFlightNo
United AirlinesUA1761
18:55
AirlineFlightNo
Alaska AirlinesAS597
20:25
AirlineFlightNo
United AirlinesUA2072
21:21
AirlineFlightNo
Air New ZealandNZ9322
Air CanadaAC5395
Virgin AustraliaVA8090
Asiana AirlinesOZ6304
EmiratesEK6302
21:54
AirlineFlightNo
Singapore AirlinesSQ1357
Hawaiian AirlinesHA6199
IberiaIB7327
Qatar AirwaysQR2167
23:13
AirlineFlightNo
Air New ZealandNZ9334
Air CanadaAC5255
LufthansaLH8778
Virgin AustraliaVA8091
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Tuesday
06:30
AirlineFlightNo
United AirlinesUA1962
Air New ZealandNZ9323
Air CanadaAC5029
All Nippon AirwaysNH7241
Virgin AustraliaVA8094
08:30
AirlineFlightNo
American AirlinesAA1358
British AirwaysBA5508
QantasQF4682
08:55
AirlineFlightNo
United AirlinesUA1387
Air New ZealandNZ9327
Air CanadaAC5339
Virgin AustraliaVA8093
EmiratesEK6303
12:39
AirlineFlightNo
China Southern AirlinesCZ1636
Fiji AirwaysFJ5061
American AirlinesAA1253
QantasQF3106
Jet Linx AviationJL7549
12:45
AirlineFlightNo
United AirlinesUA1878
Air New ZealandNZ9325
Air CanadaAC5269
Virgin AustraliaVA8088
14:35
AirlineFlightNo
United AirlinesUA1577
Air New ZealandNZ9326
Air CanadaAC5081
Virgin AustraliaVA8095
16:02
AirlineFlightNo
United AirlinesUA2409
Air New ZealandNZ9330
Air CanadaAC4375
LufthansaLH9178
Virgin AustraliaVA8089
Brussels AirlinesSN8819
18:22
AirlineFlightNo
United AirlinesUA1761
20:25
AirlineFlightNo
United AirlinesUA2072
Air New ZealandNZ9334
Air CanadaAC5255
Virgin AustraliaVA8091
21:21
AirlineFlightNo
Air New ZealandNZ9322
Air CanadaAC5395
Virgin AustraliaVA8090
Asiana AirlinesOZ6304
EmiratesEK6302
23:13
AirlineFlightNo
LufthansaLH8778
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Wednesday
06:30
AirlineFlightNo
Air ChinaCA7294
United AirlinesUA1962
Air New ZealandNZ9323
Air CanadaAC5029
All Nippon AirwaysNH7241
Virgin AustraliaVA8094
08:30
AirlineFlightNo
American AirlinesAA1358
British AirwaysBA5508
QantasQF4682
08:45
AirlineFlightNo
United AirlinesUA1387
Air New ZealandNZ9327
Air CanadaAC5339
Virgin AustraliaVA8086
EmiratesEK6303
12:39
AirlineFlightNo
American AirlinesAA1253
QantasQF3106
Jet Linx AviationJL7549
12:45
AirlineFlightNo
United AirlinesUA1878
Air New ZealandNZ9325
Air CanadaAC5269
Virgin AustraliaVA8088
14:35
AirlineFlightNo
United AirlinesUA1577
Air New ZealandNZ9326
Air CanadaAC5081
Virgin AustraliaVA8095
16:02
AirlineFlightNo
United AirlinesUA2409
Air New ZealandNZ9330
Austrian AirlinesOS7717
Air CanadaAC4375
LufthansaLH9178
Virgin AustraliaVA8089
Brussels AirlinesSN8819
18:22
AirlineFlightNo
United AirlinesUA1761
20:25
AirlineFlightNo
United AirlinesUA2072
21:21
AirlineFlightNo
Air New ZealandNZ9322
Air CanadaAC5395
Virgin AustraliaVA8090
Asiana AirlinesOZ6304
EmiratesEK6302
23:13
AirlineFlightNo
Air New ZealandNZ9334
Air CanadaAC5255
LufthansaLH8778
Virgin AustraliaVA8091
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Thursday
06:30
AirlineFlightNo
United AirlinesUA2027
Air New ZealandNZ9327
Air CanadaAC5339
All Nippon AirwaysNH7241
Virgin AustraliaVA8093
08:31
AirlineFlightNo
American AirlinesAA1125
British AirwaysBA5508
QantasQF4682
08:45
AirlineFlightNo
United AirlinesUA1387
Air New ZealandNZ9324
Air CanadaAC5573
Virgin AustraliaVA8086
10:35
AirlineFlightNo
United AirlinesUA343
Air New ZealandNZ9320
Air CanadaAC3212
Virgin AustraliaVA8087
EmiratesEK6303
12:25
AirlineFlightNo
China Southern AirlinesCZ1636
Fiji AirwaysFJ5061
American AirlinesAA1253
QantasQF3106
Jet Linx AviationJL7549
12:45
AirlineFlightNo
United AirlinesUA1878
Air New ZealandNZ9325
Air CanadaAC5269
Virgin AustraliaVA8088
14:25
AirlineFlightNo
United AirlinesUA1577
Air New ZealandNZ9326
Air CanadaAC5081
Virgin AustraliaVA8095
16:00
AirlineFlightNo
United AirlinesUA2409
18:09
AirlineFlightNo
United AirlinesUA1761
Air New ZealandNZ9322
Air CanadaAC5395
Virgin AustraliaVA8090
Asiana AirlinesOZ6304
EmiratesEK6302
19:00
AirlineFlightNo
United AirlinesUA3361
Air New ZealandNZ9330
Air CanadaAC4375
Alaska AirlinesAS597
LufthansaLH9178
Virgin AustraliaVA8089
Brussels AirlinesSN8819
20:05
AirlineFlightNo
United AirlinesUA2364
Air New ZealandNZ9334
Air CanadaAC5255
LufthansaLH8778
Virgin AustraliaVA8091
20:37
AirlineFlightNo
American AirlinesAA1453
22:10
AirlineFlightNo
Singapore AirlinesSQ1357
Hawaiian AirlinesHA6199
IberiaIB7327
Qatar AirwaysQR2167
22:15
AirlineFlightNo
United AirlinesUA3916
23:39
AirlineFlightNo
Aer LingusEI7369
British AirwaysBA5322
IberiaIB4069
Qatar AirwaysQR2512
Gulf AirGF6444
QantasQF3168
Jet Linx AviationJL7551
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Friday
00:36
AirlineFlightNo
United AirlinesUA3916
06:30
AirlineFlightNo
United AirlinesUA2027
Air New ZealandNZ9324
Air CanadaAC5573
All Nippon AirwaysNH7241
Virgin AustraliaVA8086
08:31
AirlineFlightNo
American AirlinesAA1125
British AirwaysBA5508
QantasQF4682
08:45
AirlineFlightNo
United AirlinesUA1387
Air New ZealandNZ9327
Air CanadaAC5339
Virgin AustraliaVA8093
10:35
AirlineFlightNo
United AirlinesUA343
Air New ZealandNZ9320
Air CanadaAC3212
Virgin AustraliaVA8087
EmiratesEK6303
12:25
AirlineFlightNo
American AirlinesAA1253
QantasQF3106
Jet Linx AviationJL7549
12:45
AirlineFlightNo
United AirlinesUA1878
Air New ZealandNZ9325
Air CanadaAC5269
Virgin AustraliaVA8088
14:25
AirlineFlightNo
United AirlinesUA1577
Air New ZealandNZ9326
Air CanadaAC5081
Virgin AustraliaVA8095
16:00
AirlineFlightNo
United AirlinesUA2409
United ExpressUA5196
18:09
AirlineFlightNo
United AirlinesUA1761
Air New ZealandNZ9322
Air CanadaAC5395
Virgin AustraliaVA8090
Asiana AirlinesOZ6304
EmiratesEK6302
19:00
AirlineFlightNo
Air New ZealandNZ9330
Austrian AirlinesOS7717
Air CanadaAC4375
Alaska AirlinesAS597
LufthansaLH9178
Virgin AustraliaVA8089
Brussels AirlinesSN8819
20:05
AirlineFlightNo
United AirlinesUA2364
Air New ZealandNZ9334
Air CanadaAC5255
LufthansaLH8778
Virgin AustraliaVA8091
20:37
AirlineFlightNo
American AirlinesAA1453
22:10
AirlineFlightNo
Singapore AirlinesSQ1357
Hawaiian AirlinesHA6199
IberiaIB7327
Qatar AirwaysQR2167
23:39
AirlineFlightNo
Aer LingusEI7369
British AirwaysBA5322
Qatar AirwaysQR2512
Royal JordanianRJ7581
Gulf AirGF6444
QantasQF3168
Jet Linx AviationJL7551
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Saturday
06:30
AirlineFlightNo
Air ChinaCA7293
United AirlinesUA2027
Air New ZealandNZ9327
Air CanadaAC5339
All Nippon AirwaysNH7241
Virgin AustraliaVA8086
08:45
AirlineFlightNo
United AirlinesUA1387
Air New ZealandNZ9324
Air CanadaAC5573
Virgin AustraliaVA8093
EmiratesEK6303
09:40
AirlineFlightNo
American AirlinesAA2418
British AirwaysBA6996
QantasQF3325
Jet Linx AviationJL7551
10:55
AirlineFlightNo
United AirlinesUA343
Air New ZealandNZ9320
Air CanadaAC3212
Virgin AustraliaVA8087
12:25
AirlineFlightNo
China Southern AirlinesCZ1636
American AirlinesAA1253
QantasQF3106
Jet Linx AviationJL7549
13:03
AirlineFlightNo
United AirlinesUA1878
Air New ZealandNZ9325
Air CanadaAC5269
Virgin AustraliaVA8088
16:00
AirlineFlightNo
United AirlinesUA2409
Air New ZealandNZ9330
Air CanadaAC4375
LufthansaLH9178
Virgin AustraliaVA8089
Brussels AirlinesSN8819
18:09
AirlineFlightNo
United AirlinesUA1761
Air New ZealandNZ9322
Air CanadaAC5395
Virgin AustraliaVA8090
Asiana AirlinesOZ6304
EmiratesEK6302
19:00
AirlineFlightNo
Alaska AirlinesAS597
20:05
AirlineFlightNo
United AirlinesUA2364
Air New ZealandNZ9334
Air CanadaAC5255
LufthansaLH8778
Virgin AustraliaVA8091
22:10
AirlineFlightNo
Singapore AirlinesSQ1357
Hawaiian AirlinesHA6199
Qatar AirwaysQR2167
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Sunday
06:30
AirlineFlightNo
United AirlinesUA2027
08:31
AirlineFlightNo
American AirlinesAA1125
08:45
AirlineFlightNo
United AirlinesUA1387
10:45
AirlineFlightNo
United AirlinesUA343
12:25
AirlineFlightNo
American AirlinesAA1253
12:45
AirlineFlightNo
United AirlinesUA1878
14:25
AirlineFlightNo
United AirlinesUA1577
16:00
AirlineFlightNo
United AirlinesUA2409
18:09
AirlineFlightNo
United AirlinesUA1761
19:00
AirlineFlightNo
Alaska AirlinesAS597
20:05
AirlineFlightNo
United AirlinesUA2364
20:37
AirlineFlightNo
American AirlinesAA1453
22:10
AirlineFlightNo
Singapore AirlinesSQ1357
Hawaiian AirlinesHA6199
IberiaIB7327
Qatar AirwaysQR2167
22:59
AirlineFlightNo
Air New ZealandNZ9334
Air CanadaAC5255
LufthansaLH8778
Virgin AustraliaVA8091
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Alternatively, there are other routes that depart O'Hare International Airport and arrive at San Francisco International or other nearby airports. The table below gives you a summary of these.

Alternative Direct Routes
RouteStopsDistanceFlying Time
Chicago Midway to San Francisco02,977 km (1,850 miles)4 Hours 19 Minutes
Rockford Greater Rockford to San Francisco02,865 km (1,780 miles)4 Hours 11 Minutes

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Flight Price FAQ - Chicago (ORD) to San Francisco (SFO)

DIRECT United
What is the cheapest direct flight one way from Chicago ORD to San Francisco SFO?
The cheapest direct flight one way from Chicago ORD to San Francisco SFO is £70.72 ($89 €85.37)
£70.72
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What is the cheapest direct return flight from Chicago ORD to San Francisco SFO?
The cheapest direct return flight from Chicago ORD to San Francisco SFO is £142.24 ($179 €171.71)
£142.24
$179 | €171.71
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1+ STOP(S)
What is the cheapest flight one way from Chicago ORD to San Francisco SFO?
The cheapest flight one way from Chicago ORD to San Francisco SFO is £50.86 ($64 €61.39)
£50.86
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What is the cheapest return flight from Chicago ORD to San Francisco SFO?
The cheapest return flight from Chicago ORD to San Francisco SFO is £103.30 ($130 €124.70)
£103.30
$130 | €124.70
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Flight Info FAQ - Chicago (ORD) to San Francisco (SFO)

Who flies from Chicago to San Francisco?
The following airlines fly from Chicago (ORD) to San Francisco (SFO): Aer Lingus, Air Canada, Air China, Air New Zealand, Alaska Airlines, All Nippon Airways, American Airlines, Asiana Airlines, Austrian Airlines, British Airways, Brussels Airlines, China Southern Airlines, Emirates, Fiji Airways, Gulf Air, Hawaiian Airlines, Iberia, Jet Linx Aviation, Lufthansa, Qantas, Qatar Airways, Royal Jordanian, Singapore Airlines, United Airlines, United Express, Virgin Australia.
How far is the flight from Chicago to San Francisco?
The flight from Chicago to San Francisco is 2,964KM or 1,842 miles.
How long does the flight from Chicago to San Francisco to take?
The flight from Chicago to San Francisco takes 4 Hours 18 Minutes.

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