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✈ ORD → CPH

8H 55M IN ECONOMY. PACK MELATONIN. PACK A NECK PILLOW. PACK REGRETS.

Flight time
8h 55m
Distance
4,259 mi
Or
6,854 km
Jet lag
7h

Flight from Chicago to Copenhagen

From O'Hare (ORD), USA North America  →  Kastrup (CPH), Denmark Europe

↔ Flying the other way? Copenhagen → Chicago

How long is the flight from Chicago to Copenhagen?

A nonstop flight from Chicago (ORD) to Copenhagen (CPH) takes about 8 hours 55 minutes, covering a great-circle distance of 4,259 miles (6,854 km). Actual scheduled time varies by airline, routing, and wind — expect ±15 to 30 minutes from this estimate.

Avg flight time

8h 55m

Nonstop, scheduled

Distance

4,259 mi

6,854 km · great-circle

Avg speed

769 km/h

Door-to-door including taxi

Time zones & jet lag

Chicago timezone

UTC-5

America/Chicago

Copenhagen timezone

UTC+2

Europe/Copenhagen

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 1014 kg CO₂
🚗 Car (alone) 1172 kg CO₂
🚆 Train 281 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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