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✈ ORD → KUL

18H 33M FLIGHT. YOU WILL FORGET WHAT GRASS LOOKS LIKE.

Flight time
18h 33m
Distance
9,289 mi
Or
14,949 km
Jet lag
13h

Flight from Chicago to Kuala Lumpur

From O'Hare (ORD), USA North America  →  KLIA (KUL), Malaysia Asia

↔ Flying the other way? Kuala Lumpur → Chicago

How long is the flight from Chicago to Kuala Lumpur?

A nonstop flight from Chicago (ORD) to Kuala Lumpur (KUL) takes about 18 hours 33 minutes, covering a great-circle distance of 9,289 miles (14,949 km). Actual scheduled time varies by airline, routing, and wind — expect ±15 to 30 minutes from this estimate.

Avg flight time

18h 33m

Nonstop, scheduled

Distance

9,289 mi

14,949 km · great-circle

Avg speed

806 km/h

Door-to-door including taxi

Time zones & jet lag

Chicago timezone

UTC-5

America/Chicago

Kuala Lumpur timezone

UTC+8

Asia/Kuala_Lumpur

Time difference

+13h

13 hours ahead

Jet lag (rough)

~13d

Eastward — worse

CO₂ footprint per passenger

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

✈ Flight 2212 kg CO₂
🚗 Car (alone) 2556 kg CO₂
🚆 Train 613 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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