✈ BER → ORD

BERLIN → CHICAGO: 9H 13M, 4,415 MILES. WELCOME TO THE LONG GAME.

Flight time
9h 13m
Distance
4,415 mi
Or
7,106 km
Jet lag
7h

Flight from Berlin to Chicago

From Brandenburg (BER), Germany Europe  →  O'Hare (ORD), USA North America

↔ Flying the other way? Chicago → Berlin

How long is the flight from Berlin to Chicago?

A nonstop flight from Berlin (BER) to Chicago (ORD) takes about 9 hours 13 minutes, covering a great-circle distance of 4,415 miles (7,106 km). Actual scheduled time varies by airline, routing, and wind — expect ±15 to 30 minutes from this estimate.

Avg flight time

9h 13m

Nonstop, scheduled

Distance

4,415 mi

7,106 km · great-circle

Avg speed

772 km/h

Door-to-door including taxi

Time zones & jet lag

Berlin timezone

UTC+2

Europe/Berlin

Chicago timezone

UTC-5

America/Chicago

Time difference

-7h

7 hours behind

Jet lag (rough)

~4.9d

Westward — easier

CO₂ footprint per passenger

Economy class, single passenger. Source: DEFRA 2024 averages.

✈ Flight 1052 kg CO₂
🚗 Car (alone) 1215 kg CO₂
🚆 Train 291 kg CO₂

This flight emits roughly 3.6× the CO₂ of an equivalent train trip and 0.9× a car driven alone over the same distance.