✈ ORD → MAD
CHICAGO → MADRID: 8H 47M, 4,191 MILES. WELCOME TO THE LONG GAME.
Flight from Chicago to Madrid
From O'Hare (ORD), USA North America → Barajas (MAD), Spain Europe
↔ Flying the other way? Madrid → Chicago
How long is the flight from Chicago to Madrid?
A nonstop flight from Chicago (ORD) to Madrid (MAD) takes about 8 hours 47 minutes, covering a great-circle distance of 4,191 miles (6,744 km). Actual scheduled time varies by airline, routing, and wind — expect ±15 to 30 minutes from this estimate.
Avg flight time
8h 47m
Nonstop, scheduled
Distance
4,191 mi
6,744 km · great-circle
Avg speed
768 km/h
Door-to-door including taxi
Time zones & jet lag
Chicago timezone
UTC-5
America/Chicago
Madrid timezone
UTC+2
Europe/Madrid
Time difference
+7h
7 hours ahead
Jet lag (rough)
~7d
Eastward — worse
CO₂ footprint per passenger
Economy class, single passenger. Source: DEFRA 2024 averages.
This flight emits roughly 3.6× the CO₂ of an equivalent train trip and 0.9× a car driven alone over the same distance.
Flights from Chicago
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Long-haul from Chicago
- Chicago → Bali (Denpasar)
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Flights to Madrid
Nearest origins
- Barcelona → Madrid
- Lisbon → Madrid
- Casablanca → Madrid
- Paris → Madrid
- Milan → Madrid
- Zurich → Madrid
- London → Madrid
- Brussels → Madrid
- Rome → Madrid
- Frankfurt → Madrid
Long-haul to Madrid
- Auckland → Madrid
- Sydney → Madrid
- Melbourne → Madrid
- Bali (Denpasar) → Madrid
- Manila → Madrid
- Singapore → Madrid
- Kuala Lumpur → Madrid
- Tokyo → Madrid
- Taipei → Madrid
- Santiago → Madrid