✈ ORD → BER

CHICAGO → BERLIN: 9H 13M, 4,415 MILES. WELCOME TO THE LONG GAME.

Flight time
9h 13m
Distance
4,415 mi
Or
7,106 km
Jet lag
7h

Flight from Chicago to Berlin

From O'Hare (ORD), USA North America  →  Brandenburg (BER), Germany Europe

How long is the flight from Chicago to Berlin?

A nonstop flight from Chicago (ORD) to Berlin (BER) takes about 9 hours 13 minutes, covering a great-circle distance of 4,415 miles (7,106 km). Actual scheduled time varies by airline, routing, and wind — expect ±15 to 30 minutes from this estimate.

Avg flight time

9h 13m

Nonstop, scheduled

Distance

4,415 mi

7,106 km · great-circle

Avg speed

772 km/h

Door-to-door including taxi

Time zones & jet lag

Chicago timezone

UTC-5

America/Chicago

Berlin timezone

UTC+2

Europe/Berlin

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 1052 kg CO₂
🚗 Car (alone) 1215 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.