✈ ORD → ICN

13H 17M FLIGHT. YOU WILL CRY DURING A ROMCOM. IT'S FINE.

Flight time
13h 17m
Distance
6,537 mi
Or
10,521 km
Jet lag
14h

Flight from Chicago to Seoul

From O'Hare (ORD), USA North America  →  Incheon (ICN), South Korea Asia

↔ Flying the other way? Seoul → Chicago

How long is the flight from Chicago to Seoul?

A nonstop flight from Chicago (ORD) to Seoul (ICN) takes about 13 hours 17 minutes, covering a great-circle distance of 6,537 miles (10,521 km). Actual scheduled time varies by airline, routing, and wind — expect ±15 to 30 minutes from this estimate.

Avg flight time

13h 17m

Nonstop, scheduled

Distance

6,537 mi

10,521 km · great-circle

Avg speed

793 km/h

Door-to-door including taxi

Time zones & jet lag

Chicago timezone

UTC-5

America/Chicago

Seoul timezone

UTC+9

Asia/Seoul

Time difference

+14h

14 hours ahead

Jet lag (rough)

~14d

Eastward — worse

CO₂ footprint per passenger

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

✈ Flight 1557 kg CO₂
🚗 Car (alone) 1799 kg CO₂
🚆 Train 431 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.