✈ ORD → CDG
CHICAGO → PARIS: 8H 41M, 4,141 MILES. WELCOME TO THE LONG GAME.
Flight from Chicago to Paris
From O'Hare (ORD), USA North America → Charles de Gaulle (CDG), France Europe
↔ Flying the other way? Paris → Chicago
How long is the flight from Chicago to Paris?
A nonstop flight from Chicago (ORD) to Paris (CDG) takes about 8 hours 41 minutes, covering a great-circle distance of 4,141 miles (6,665 km). Actual scheduled time varies by airline, routing, and wind — expect ±15 to 30 minutes from this estimate.
Avg flight time
8h 41m
Nonstop, scheduled
Distance
4,141 mi
6,665 km · great-circle
Avg speed
767 km/h
Door-to-door including taxi
Time zones & jet lag
Chicago timezone
UTC-5
America/Chicago
Paris timezone
UTC+2
Europe/Paris
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)
- Chicago → Melbourne
- Chicago → Singapore
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Flights to Paris
Nearest origins
- Brussels → Paris
- London → Paris
- Amsterdam → Paris
- Frankfurt → Paris
- Zurich → Paris
- Manchester → Paris
- Milan → Paris
- Munich → Paris
- Dublin → Paris
- Prague → Paris
Long-haul to Paris
- Auckland → Paris
- Sydney → Paris
- Melbourne → Paris
- Bali (Denpasar) → Paris
- Santiago → Paris
- Buenos Aires → Paris
- Manila → Paris
- Singapore → Paris
- Kuala Lumpur → Paris
- Taipei → Paris