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✈ BRU → ORD

8H 42M FLIGHT. TWO MOVIES, NO SLEEP, ONE EXISTENTIAL CRISIS.

Flight time
8h 42m
Distance
4,148 mi
Or
6,676 km
Jet lag
7h

Flight from Brussels to Chicago

From Zaventem (BRU), Belgium Europe  →  O'Hare (ORD), USA North America

↔ Flying the other way? Chicago → Brussels

How long is the flight from Brussels to Chicago?

A nonstop flight from Brussels (BRU) to Chicago (ORD) takes about 8 hours 42 minutes, covering a great-circle distance of 4,148 miles (6,676 km). Actual scheduled time varies by airline, routing, and wind — expect ±15 to 30 minutes from this estimate.

Avg flight time

8h 42m

Nonstop, scheduled

Distance

4,148 mi

6,676 km · great-circle

Avg speed

768 km/h

Door-to-door including taxi

Time zones & jet lag

Brussels timezone

UTC+2

Europe/Brussels

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 988 kg CO₂
🚗 Car (alone) 1142 kg CO₂
🚆 Train 274 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.

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