✈ BOS → ORD
2H 49M FROM BOSTON TO CHICAGO. PACK A BOOK YOU WON'T FINISH.
Flight from Boston to Chicago
From Logan (BOS), USA North America → O'Hare (ORD), USA North America
↔ Flying the other way? Chicago → Boston
How long is the flight from Boston to Chicago?
A nonstop flight from Boston (BOS) to Chicago (ORD) takes about 2 hours 49 minutes, covering a great-circle distance of 864 miles (1,391 km). Actual scheduled time varies by airline, routing, and wind — expect ±15 to 30 minutes from this estimate.
Avg flight time
2h 49m
Nonstop, scheduled
Distance
864 mi
1,391 km · great-circle
Avg speed
494 km/h
Door-to-door including taxi
Time zones & jet lag
Boston timezone
UTC-4
America/New_York
Chicago timezone
UTC-5
America/Chicago
Time difference
-1h
1 hour behind
Jet lag (rough)
~0.7d
Westward — easier
CO₂ footprint per passenger
Economy class, single passenger. Source: DEFRA 2024 averages.
This flight emits roughly 3.8× the CO₂ of an equivalent train trip and 0.9× a car driven alone over the same distance.
Flights from Boston
Nearest destinations
- Boston → New York
- Boston → Toronto
- Boston → Atlanta
- Boston → Miami
- Boston → Dallas
- Boston → Cancun
- Boston → Mexico City
- Boston → Las Vegas
- Boston → Seattle
- Boston → Vancouver
Long-haul from Boston
- Boston → Melbourne
- Boston → Sydney
- Boston → Bali (Denpasar)
- Boston → Singapore
- Boston → Kuala Lumpur
- Boston → Auckland
- Boston → Bangkok
- Boston → Manila
- Boston → Hong Kong
- Boston → Johannesburg
More flights to North America
Flights to Chicago
Nearest origins
- Toronto → Chicago
- Atlanta → Chicago
- New York → Chicago
- Dallas → Chicago
- Miami → Chicago
- Cancun → Chicago
- Las Vegas → Chicago
- Mexico City → Chicago
- Seattle → Chicago
- Los Angeles → 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