✈ ORD → MEX
3H 59M FROM CHICAGO TO MEXICO CITY. THAT'S A WORK SHIFT.
Flight from Chicago to Mexico City
From O'Hare (ORD), USA North America → Benito Juárez (MEX), Mexico North America
↔ Flying the other way? Mexico City → Chicago
How long is the flight from Chicago to Mexico City?
A nonstop flight from Chicago (ORD) to Mexico City (MEX) takes about 3 hours 59 minutes, covering a great-circle distance of 1,689 miles (2,718 km). Actual scheduled time varies by airline, routing, and wind — expect ±15 to 30 minutes from this estimate.
Avg flight time
3h 59m
Nonstop, scheduled
Distance
1,689 mi
2,718 km · great-circle
Avg speed
682 km/h
Door-to-door including taxi
Time zones & jet lag
Chicago timezone
UTC-5
America/Chicago
Mexico City timezone
UTC-6
America/Mexico_City
Time difference
-1h
1 hour behind
Jet lag (rough)
~0.7d
Westward — easier
CO₂ footprint per passenger
Economy class, single passenger. Source: DEFRA 2024 averages.
This flight emits roughly 3× the CO₂ of an equivalent train trip and 0.7× a car driven alone over the same distance.
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Flights to Mexico City
- Cancun → Mexico City
- Dallas → Mexico City
- Miami → Mexico City
- Atlanta → Mexico City
- Las Vegas → Mexico City
- Los Angeles → Mexico City
- San Francisco → Mexico City
- Toronto → Mexico City
- New York → Mexico City
- Boston → Mexico City
- Seattle → Mexico City
- Vancouver → Mexico City
- Santiago → Mexico City
- Buenos Aires → Mexico City
- São Paulo → Mexico City
- Rio de Janeiro → Mexico City
- Dublin → Mexico City
- Edinburgh → Mexico City
- Lisbon → Mexico City
- Manchester → Mexico City