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✈ ORD → IST

11H 13M, 5,459 MI. THE AIRLINE OWES YOU SOMETHING. THEY WON'T GIVE IT.

Flight time
11h 13m
Distance
5,459 mi
Or
8,786 km
Jet lag
8h

Flight from Chicago to Istanbul

From O'Hare (ORD), USA North America  →  Istanbul Airport (IST), Turkey Europe

↔ Flying the other way? Istanbul → Chicago

How long is the flight from Chicago to Istanbul?

A nonstop flight from Chicago (ORD) to Istanbul (IST) takes about 11 hours 13 minutes, covering a great-circle distance of 5,459 miles (8,786 km). Actual scheduled time varies by airline, routing, and wind — expect ±15 to 30 minutes from this estimate.

Avg flight time

11h 13m

Nonstop, scheduled

Distance

5,459 mi

8,786 km · great-circle

Avg speed

784 km/h

Door-to-door including taxi

Time zones & jet lag

Chicago timezone

UTC-5

America/Chicago

Istanbul timezone

UTC+3

Europe/Istanbul

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 1300 kg CO₂
🚗 Car (alone) 1502 kg CO₂
🚆 Train 360 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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