✈ OTP → ORD
10H 43M, 5,201 MI. THE AIRLINE OWES YOU SOMETHING. THEY WON'T GIVE IT.
Flight from Bucharest to Chicago
From Henri Coandă (OTP), Romania Europe → O'Hare (ORD), USA North America
↔ Flying the other way? Chicago → Bucharest
How long is the flight from Bucharest to Chicago?
A nonstop flight from Bucharest (OTP) to Chicago (ORD) takes about 10 hours 43 minutes, covering a great-circle distance of 5,201 miles (8,371 km). Actual scheduled time varies by airline, routing, and wind — expect ±15 to 30 minutes from this estimate.
Avg flight time
10h 43m
Nonstop, scheduled
Distance
5,201 mi
8,371 km · great-circle
Avg speed
781 km/h
Door-to-door including taxi
Time zones & jet lag
Bucharest timezone
UTC+3
Europe/Bucharest
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 Bucharest
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- Bucharest → Istanbul
- Bucharest → Budapest
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- Bucharest → Prague
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- Bucharest → Berlin
- Bucharest → Milan
Long-haul from Bucharest
- Bucharest → Auckland
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- Bucharest → Melbourne
- Bucharest → Santiago
- Bucharest → Buenos Aires
- Bucharest → Mexico City
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Flights to Chicago
Nearest origins
- Toronto → Chicago
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- Miami → Chicago
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- 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