✈ ORD → BER
9H 13M FLIGHT. TWO MOVIES, NO SLEEP, ONE EXISTENTIAL CRISIS.
Flight from Chicago to Berlin
From O'Hare (ORD), USA North America → Brandenburg (BER), Germany Europe
↔ Flying the other way? Berlin → Chicago
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.
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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