Direct Flights from Chicago to Little Rock
Little Rock · Arkansas
Nonstop service from ORD to LIT on American, United. Here's the schedule at a glance — plus what to do once you land.
How rare is this nonstop?
17 cities have a nonstop to Little Rock, Chicago among them.
How long to go to Little Rock for, from Chicago
1h 35m in the air, 553 miles — a Friday-evening departure still leaves you most of the evening in Little Rock. Two nights works.
With roughly 6 departures a day, you are not tied to one flight: if a meeting overruns or the weather turns, there is another one behind it.
About Little Rock
Little Rock is the capital and the largest city of the state of Arkansas. Little Rock is a cultural, economic, government, and transportation center within Arkansas and the American South. Several cultural institutions are in Little Rock, along with hiking, boating, and other outdoor recreational opportunities. Little Rock's history is available through history museums, historic districts or neighborhoods.
Summary from Wikivoyage (CC BY-SA).
Top things to do in Little Rock
- The William J. Clinton Presidential Library and Museum is the presidential library of Bill Clinton, who served as the 42nd president of the United States from 1993 to 2001.
- The Cathedral of Saint Andrew is the seat of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Little Rock in Little Rock, Arkansas, in the United States. It is located on South Louisiana Street in that city.
- The Little Rock Zoo was founded in 1924 and is located in Little Rock, Arkansas, United States. It is home to more than 400 animals representing over 200 species, and covers an area of 33 acres (13 ha).
- The Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts (AMFA), formerly known as the Arkansas Arts Center, is an art museum located in MacArthur Park, Little Rock, Arkansas.
- Pinnacle Mountain State Park is a 2,356-acre state park located in Pulaski County, Arkansas just outside of Little Rock.
- The Old State House, formerly called the Arkansas State House, is the oldest surviving state capitol building west of the Mississippi River.
- Trinity Episcopal Cathedral is an historic church building at 310 West 17th Street in Little Rock, Arkansas, United States.
- Camp Nelson Confederate Cemetery is a historic cemetery located near Cabot in northern Lonoke County, Arkansas and is near the site of a Confederate military camp Camp Hope, where 1,500 Confederate soldiers died during a…
- Cadron Settlement Park is a 150-acre public park located in Conway, Arkansas. It is operated by the city of Conway under a lease from the Corps of Engineers.
- The Bayou Meto Battlefield, also known as Reed's Bridge Battlefield Heritage Park, is an American Civil War battlefield in Jacksonville, Arkansas.
- The Arkansas Inland Maritime Museum is a maritime museum located at 120 Riverfront Park Drive, North Little Rock, Arkansas which opened on May 15, 2005.
- Wildwood Park for the Arts is a developing botanical garden and center for the arts located in western Little Rock, Arkansas's Chenal Valley.
Attraction descriptions from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA); place data from Wikidata (CC0).
Little Rock weather, compared with Chicago
13° warmer than Chicago on average across the year, on daytime highs:
- January
- Little Rock 50°F · Chicago 31°F · 18° warmer
- April
- Little Rock 73°F · Chicago 59°F · 14° warmer
- July
- Little Rock 92°F · Chicago 84°F · 8° warmer
- October
- Little Rock 74°F · Chicago 62°F · 11° warmer
Average daily highs, 1991–2020 station normals from Meteostat (CC BY 4.0), measured at the nearest weather station to each city.
Planning a trip to Little Rock
- Best time to visit
- The best time to visit Little Rock is March–May and October–November, when daytime highs are a comfortable 62–80°F.
- How long to stay
- Little Rock rewards a longer visit — a full week lets you explore its many sights, from Clinton Presidential Center, Cathedral of St. Andrew (Little Rock, Arkansas), and Little Rock Zoo and beyond.
Frequently asked questions
- Is there a direct flight from Chicago to Little Rock?
- Yes — you can fly nonstop from Chicago (ORD) to Little Rock (LIT) on American, United.
- Which airlines fly nonstop from Chicago to Little Rock?
- American, United fly nonstop between Chicago (ORD) and Little Rock (LIT).
- How many nonstop flights are there from Chicago to Little Rock?
- There are about 6 nonstop departures per day (roughly 42 per week) from Chicago to Little Rock.
- How far is Little Rock from Chicago?
- Little Rock is about 553 miles from Chicago by air.
- What is there to do in Little Rock?
- Popular things to do include Clinton Presidential Center, Cathedral of St. Andrew (Little Rock, Arkansas), Little Rock Zoo, Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts, and more.
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