✈ ATH → ORD
11H 12M IN A METAL TUBE. 5,450 MILES. EARN THE LEG.
Flight from Athens to Chicago
From Eleftherios Venizelos (ATH), Greece Europe → O'Hare (ORD), USA North America
↔ Flying the other way? Chicago → Athens
How long is the flight from Athens to Chicago?
A nonstop flight from Athens (ATH) to Chicago (ORD) takes about 11 hours 12 minutes, covering a great-circle distance of 5,450 miles (8,771 km). Actual scheduled time varies by airline, routing, and wind — expect ±15 to 30 minutes from this estimate.
Avg flight time
11h 12m
Nonstop, scheduled
Distance
5,450 mi
8,771 km · great-circle
Avg speed
784 km/h
Door-to-door including taxi
Time zones & jet lag
Athens timezone
UTC+3
Europe/Athens
Chicago timezone
UTC-5
America/Chicago
Time difference
-8h
8 hours behind
Jet lag (rough)
~5.6d
Westward — easier
CO₂ footprint per passenger
Economy class, single passenger. Source: DEFRA 2024 averages.
This flight emits roughly 3.6× the CO₂ of an equivalent train trip and 0.9× a car driven alone over the same distance.
Flights from Athens
Nearest destinations
- Athens → Istanbul
- Athens → Bucharest
- Athens → Rome
- Athens → Cairo
- Athens → Budapest
- Athens → Tel Aviv
- Athens → Vienna
- Athens → Munich
- Athens → Milan
- Athens → Prague
Long-haul from Athens
- Athens → Auckland
- Athens → Sydney
- Athens → Melbourne
- Athens → Santiago
- Athens → Buenos Aires
- Athens → Mexico City
- Athens → Los Angeles
- Athens → San Francisco
- Athens → Las Vegas
- Athens → Bali (Denpasar)
More flights to North America
Flights to Chicago
Nearest origins
- Toronto → Chicago
- Atlanta → Chicago
- New York → Chicago
- Dallas → Chicago
- Boston → Chicago
- Miami → Chicago
- Cancun → Chicago
- Las Vegas → Chicago
- Mexico City → Chicago
- Seattle → Chicago
Long-haul to Chicago
- Bali (Denpasar) → Chicago
- Melbourne → Chicago
- Singapore → Chicago
- Kuala Lumpur → Chicago
- Sydney → Chicago
- Johannesburg → Chicago
- Bangkok → Chicago
- Cape Town → Chicago
- Auckland → Chicago
- Manila → Chicago