✈ ORD → SCL
10H 57M FLIGHT. YOU WILL CRY DURING A ROMCOM. IT'S FINE.
Flight from Chicago to Santiago
From O'Hare (ORD), USA North America → Arturo Merino Benítez (SCL), Chile South America
↔ Flying the other way? Santiago → Chicago
How long is the flight from Chicago to Santiago?
A nonstop flight from Chicago (ORD) to Santiago (SCL) takes about 10 hours 57 minutes, covering a great-circle distance of 5,320 miles (8,561 km). Actual scheduled time varies by airline, routing, and wind — expect ±15 to 30 minutes from this estimate.
Avg flight time
10h 57m
Nonstop, scheduled
Distance
5,320 mi
8,561 km · great-circle
Avg speed
782 km/h
Door-to-door including taxi
Time zones & jet lag
Chicago timezone
UTC-5
America/Chicago
Santiago timezone
UTC-4
America/Santiago
Time difference
+1h
1 hour ahead
Jet lag (rough)
~1d
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.
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