✈ ORD → SCL

10H 57M FLIGHT. YOU WILL CRY DURING A ROMCOM. IT'S FINE.

Flight time
10h 57m
Distance
5,320 mi
Or
8,561 km
Jet lag
1h

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.

✈ Flight 1267 kg CO₂
🚗 Car (alone) 1464 kg CO₂
🚆 Train 351 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.