✈ BUD → ORD
BUDAPEST → CHICAGO: 10H, 4,827 MILES. WELCOME TO THE LONG GAME.
Flight from Budapest to Chicago
From Ferenc Liszt (BUD), Hungary Europe → O'Hare (ORD), USA North America
↔ Flying the other way? Chicago → Budapest
How long is the flight from Budapest to Chicago?
A nonstop flight from Budapest (BUD) to Chicago (ORD) takes about 10 hours, covering a great-circle distance of 4,827 miles (7,769 km). Actual scheduled time varies by airline, routing, and wind — expect ±15 to 30 minutes from this estimate.
Avg flight time
10h
Nonstop, scheduled
Distance
4,827 mi
7,769 km · great-circle
Avg speed
777 km/h
Door-to-door including taxi
Time zones & jet lag
Budapest timezone
UTC+2
Europe/Budapest
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.
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 Budapest
Nearest destinations
- Budapest → Vienna
- Budapest → Prague
- Budapest → Warsaw
- Budapest → Munich
- Budapest → Bucharest
- Budapest → Berlin
- Budapest → Zurich
- Budapest → Milan
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- Budapest → Rome
Long-haul from Budapest
- Budapest → Auckland
- Budapest → Sydney
- Budapest → Melbourne
- Budapest → Santiago
- Budapest → Buenos Aires
- Budapest → Bali (Denpasar)
- Budapest → Mexico City
- Budapest → São Paulo
- Budapest → Los Angeles
- Budapest → Rio de Janeiro
More flights to North America
Flights to Chicago
Nearest origins
- Toronto → Chicago
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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
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