Chicago to Los Angeles.
Distance
1,511 nm
great circle
Flight time
3h 25m
heavy jet
light jet 3h 45m
Nonstop cabins
5 of 7
no fuel stop
Smallest nonstop
Light Jet
3h 45m
1,511 nautical miles from Chicago Executive to Van Nuys. 5 of our seven cabin classes make it without a fuel stop. The other 2 cabins can fly it with one, and dispatch will say so up front.
What flies it
Block time is gate to gate. Each row is cruise plus 21 minutes for taxi, climb and approach. At 1,511 nautical miles range comes before cabin preference. The quickest cabin that holds it without stopping is a heavy jet at 3h 25m. A light jet holds it nonstop at 3h 45m, 20 minutes behind the heavy jet. Nonstop is judged against 85 percent of the low end of each category range band rather than a brochure maximum.
| Cabin | Passengers | Time | PWK to VNY |
|---|---|---|---|
| Heavy Jet | 10 to 14 | 3h 25m | Nonstop |
| Super Midsize | 8 to 10 | 3h 30m | Nonstop |
| Midsize Jet | 8 to 9 | 3h 40m | Nonstop |
| Super Light Jet | 7 to 9 | 3h 40m | Nonstop |
| Light Jet | 6 to 8 | 3h 45m | Nonstop |
| Twin Turboprop | 6 to 9 | 5h 10m | One fuel stop |
| Single Turboprop | 6 to 9 | 5h 20m | One fuel stop |
The cabins that stop here are Twin Turboprop and Single Turboprop. The times above are air time, so add roughly forty minutes on the ground for the fuel stop. Moving up one cabin class removes it, and we will lay out both.
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