✈ AKL → ORD
16H 27M FROM AUCKLAND TO CHICAGO. THIS IS NOT TRAVEL. THIS IS ENDURANCE.
Flight from Auckland to Chicago
From Auckland Airport (AKL), New Zealand Oceania → O'Hare (ORD), USA North America
↔ Flying the other way? Chicago → Auckland
How long is the flight from Auckland to Chicago?
A nonstop flight from Auckland (AKL) to Chicago (ORD) takes about 16 hours 27 minutes, covering a great-circle distance of 8,192 miles (13,183 km). Actual scheduled time varies by airline, routing, and wind — expect ±15 to 30 minutes from this estimate.
Avg flight time
16h 27m
Nonstop, scheduled
Distance
8,192 mi
13,183 km · great-circle
Avg speed
802 km/h
Door-to-door including taxi
Time zones & jet lag
Auckland timezone
UTC+12
Pacific/Auckland
Chicago timezone
UTC-5
America/Chicago
Time difference
-17h
17 hours behind
Jet lag (rough)
~11.9d
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 Auckland
Nearest destinations
- Auckland → Sydney
- Auckland → Melbourne
- Auckland → Bali (Denpasar)
- Auckland → Manila
- Auckland → Singapore
- Auckland → Kuala Lumpur
- Auckland → Tokyo
- Auckland → Taipei
- Auckland → Osaka
- Auckland → Hong Kong
Long-haul from Auckland
- Auckland → Lisbon
- Auckland → Madrid
- Auckland → Casablanca
- Auckland → Barcelona
- Auckland → Paris
- Auckland → Milan
- Auckland → Rome
- Auckland → Zurich
- Auckland → London
- Auckland → Brussels
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