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✈ ORD → AMS

CHICAGO → AMSTERDAM: 8H 37M, 4,109 MILES. WELCOME TO THE LONG GAME.

Flight time
8h 37m
Distance
4,109 mi
Or
6,613 km
Jet lag
7h

Flight from Chicago to Amsterdam

From O'Hare (ORD), USA North America  →  Schiphol (AMS), Netherlands Europe

↔ Flying the other way? Amsterdam → Chicago

How long is the flight from Chicago to Amsterdam?

A nonstop flight from Chicago (ORD) to Amsterdam (AMS) takes about 8 hours 37 minutes, covering a great-circle distance of 4,109 miles (6,613 km). Actual scheduled time varies by airline, routing, and wind — expect ±15 to 30 minutes from this estimate.

Avg flight time

8h 37m

Nonstop, scheduled

Distance

4,109 mi

6,613 km · great-circle

Avg speed

767 km/h

Door-to-door including taxi

Time zones & jet lag

Chicago timezone

UTC-5

America/Chicago

Amsterdam timezone

UTC+2

Europe/Amsterdam

Time difference

+7h

7 hours ahead

Jet lag (rough)

~7d

Eastward — worse

CO₂ footprint per passenger

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

✈ Flight 979 kg CO₂
🚗 Car (alone) 1131 kg CO₂
🚆 Train 271 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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