✈ ORD → SIN

18H 40M, 9,352 MILES. YOUR ANCESTORS WALKED LESS THAN THIS.

Flight time
18h 40m
Distance
9,352 mi
Or
15,050 km
Jet lag
13h

Flight from Chicago to Singapore

From O'Hare (ORD), USA North America  →  Changi (SIN), Singapore Asia

↔ Flying the other way? Singapore → Chicago

How long is the flight from Chicago to Singapore?

A nonstop flight from Chicago (ORD) to Singapore (SIN) takes about 18 hours 40 minutes, covering a great-circle distance of 9,352 miles (15,050 km). Actual scheduled time varies by airline, routing, and wind — expect ±15 to 30 minutes from this estimate.

Avg flight time

18h 40m

Nonstop, scheduled

Distance

9,352 mi

15,050 km · great-circle

Avg speed

806 km/h

Door-to-door including taxi

Time zones & jet lag

Chicago timezone

UTC-5

America/Chicago

Singapore timezone

UTC+8

Asia/Singapore

Time difference

+13h

13 hours ahead

Jet lag (rough)

~13d

Eastward — worse

CO₂ footprint per passenger

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

✈ Flight 2227 kg CO₂
🚗 Car (alone) 2574 kg CO₂
🚆 Train 617 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.