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✈ ORD → GIG

CHICAGO → RIO DE JANEIRO IN 10H 55M. CONSIDER BUSINESS CLASS. NO, REALLY.

Flight time
10h 55m
Distance
5,307 mi
Or
8,541 km
Jet lag
2h

Flight from Chicago to Rio de Janeiro

From O'Hare (ORD), USA North America  →  Galeão (GIG), Brazil South America

↔ Flying the other way? Rio de Janeiro → Chicago

How long is the flight from Chicago to Rio de Janeiro?

A nonstop flight from Chicago (ORD) to Rio de Janeiro (GIG) takes about 10 hours 55 minutes, covering a great-circle distance of 5,307 miles (8,541 km). Actual scheduled time varies by airline, routing, and wind — expect ±15 to 30 minutes from this estimate.

Avg flight time

10h 55m

Nonstop, scheduled

Distance

5,307 mi

8,541 km · great-circle

Avg speed

782 km/h

Door-to-door including taxi

Time zones & jet lag

Chicago timezone

UTC-5

America/Chicago

Rio de Janeiro timezone

UTC-3

America/Sao_Paulo

Time difference

+2h

2 hours ahead

Jet lag (rough)

~2d

Eastward — worse

CO₂ footprint per passenger

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

✈ Flight 1264 kg CO₂
🚗 Car (alone) 1461 kg CO₂
🚆 Train 350 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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