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✈ ORD → BCN

9H 12M FROM CHICAGO TO BARCELONA. JET LAG IS NOW YOUR PERSONALITY.

Flight time
9h 12m
Distance
4,408 mi
Or
7,094 km
Jet lag
7h

Flight from Chicago to Barcelona

From O'Hare (ORD), USA North America  →  El Prat (BCN), Spain Europe

↔ Flying the other way? Barcelona → Chicago

How long is the flight from Chicago to Barcelona?

A nonstop flight from Chicago (ORD) to Barcelona (BCN) takes about 9 hours 12 minutes, covering a great-circle distance of 4,408 miles (7,094 km). Actual scheduled time varies by airline, routing, and wind — expect ±15 to 30 minutes from this estimate.

Avg flight time

9h 12m

Nonstop, scheduled

Distance

4,408 mi

7,094 km · great-circle

Avg speed

771 km/h

Door-to-door including taxi

Time zones & jet lag

Chicago timezone

UTC-5

America/Chicago

Barcelona timezone

UTC+2

Europe/Madrid

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 1050 kg CO₂
🚗 Car (alone) 1213 kg CO₂
🚆 Train 291 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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