✈ ORD → OSL

8H 30M FROM CHICAGO TO OSLO. JET LAG IS NOW YOUR PERSONALITY.

Flight time
8h 30m
Distance
4,042 mi
Or
6,505 km
Jet lag
7h

Flight from Chicago to Oslo

From O'Hare (ORD), USA North America  →  Gardermoen (OSL), Norway Europe

How long is the flight from Chicago to Oslo?

A nonstop flight from Chicago (ORD) to Oslo (OSL) takes about 8 hours 30 minutes, covering a great-circle distance of 4,042 miles (6,505 km). Actual scheduled time varies by airline, routing, and wind — expect ±15 to 30 minutes from this estimate.

Avg flight time

8h 30m

Nonstop, scheduled

Distance

4,042 mi

6,505 km · great-circle

Avg speed

766 km/h

Door-to-door including taxi

Time zones & jet lag

Chicago timezone

UTC-5

America/Chicago

Oslo timezone

UTC+2

Europe/Oslo

Time difference

+7h

7 hours ahead

Jet lag (rough)

~7d

Eastward — worse

CO₂ footprint per passenger

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

✈ Flight 963 kg CO₂
🚗 Car (alone) 1112 kg CO₂
🚆 Train 267 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.