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✈ ORD → HEL

CHICAGO → HELSINKI: 9H 14M, 4,424 MILES. WELCOME TO THE LONG GAME.

Flight time
9h 14m
Distance
4,424 mi
Or
7,119 km
Jet lag
8h

Flight from Chicago to Helsinki

From O'Hare (ORD), USA North America  →  Vantaa (HEL), Finland Europe

↔ Flying the other way? Helsinki → Chicago

How long is the flight from Chicago to Helsinki?

A nonstop flight from Chicago (ORD) to Helsinki (HEL) takes about 9 hours 14 minutes, covering a great-circle distance of 4,424 miles (7,119 km). Actual scheduled time varies by airline, routing, and wind — expect ±15 to 30 minutes from this estimate.

Avg flight time

9h 14m

Nonstop, scheduled

Distance

4,424 mi

7,119 km · great-circle

Avg speed

772 km/h

Door-to-door including taxi

Time zones & jet lag

Chicago timezone

UTC-5

America/Chicago

Helsinki timezone

UTC+3

Europe/Helsinki

Time difference

+8h

8 hours ahead

Jet lag (rough)

~8d

Eastward — worse

CO₂ footprint per passenger

Economy class, single passenger. Source: DEFRA 2024 averages.

✈ Flight 1054 kg CO₂
🚗 Car (alone) 1217 kg CO₂
🚆 Train 292 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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