✈ ORD → BOS
CHICAGO → BOSTON: 2H 49M. SHORT ENOUGH TO SKIP THE MOVIE.
Flight from Chicago to Boston
From O'Hare (ORD), USA North America → Logan (BOS), USA North America
↔ Flying the other way? Boston → Chicago
How long is the flight from Chicago to Boston?
A nonstop flight from Chicago (ORD) to Boston (BOS) takes about 2 hours 49 minutes, covering a great-circle distance of 864 miles (1,391 km). Actual scheduled time varies by airline, routing, and wind — expect ±15 to 30 minutes from this estimate.
Avg flight time
2h 49m
Nonstop, scheduled
Distance
864 mi
1,391 km · great-circle
Avg speed
494 km/h
Door-to-door including taxi
Time zones & jet lag
Chicago timezone
UTC-5
America/Chicago
Boston timezone
UTC-4
America/New_York
Time difference
+1h
1 hour ahead
Jet lag (rough)
~1d
Eastward — worse
CO₂ footprint per passenger
Economy class, single passenger. Source: DEFRA 2024 averages.
This flight emits roughly 3.8× the CO₂ of an equivalent train trip and 0.9× a car driven alone over the same distance.
Flights from Chicago
Nearest destinations
- Chicago → Toronto
- Chicago → Atlanta
- Chicago → New York
- Chicago → Dallas
- Chicago → Miami
- Chicago → Cancun
- Chicago → Las Vegas
- Chicago → Mexico City
- Chicago → Seattle
- Chicago → Los Angeles
Long-haul from Chicago
- Chicago → Bali (Denpasar)
- Chicago → Melbourne
- Chicago → Singapore
- Chicago → Kuala Lumpur
- Chicago → Sydney
- Chicago → Johannesburg
- Chicago → Bangkok
- Chicago → Cape Town
- Chicago → Auckland
- Chicago → Manila
More flights to North America
Flights to Boston
Nearest origins
- New York → Boston
- Toronto → Boston
- Atlanta → Boston
- Miami → Boston
- Dallas → Boston
- Cancun → Boston
- Mexico City → Boston
- Las Vegas → Boston
- Seattle → Boston
- Vancouver → Boston
Long-haul to Boston
- Melbourne → Boston
- Sydney → Boston
- Bali (Denpasar) → Boston
- Singapore → Boston
- Kuala Lumpur → Boston
- Auckland → Boston
- Bangkok → Boston
- Manila → Boston
- Hong Kong → Boston
- Johannesburg → Boston