✈ ORD → TPE
15H 1M FLIGHT. YOU WILL CRY DURING A ROMCOM. IT'S FINE.
Flight from Chicago to Taipei
From O'Hare (ORD), USA North America → Taoyuan (TPE), Taiwan Asia
How long is the flight from Chicago to Taipei?
A nonstop flight from Chicago (ORD) to Taipei (TPE) takes about 15 hours 1 minutes, covering a great-circle distance of 7,444 miles (11,980 km). Actual scheduled time varies by airline, routing, and wind — expect ±15 to 30 minutes from this estimate.
Avg flight time
15h 1m
Nonstop, scheduled
Distance
7,444 mi
11,980 km · great-circle
Avg speed
798 km/h
Door-to-door including taxi
Time zones & jet lag
Chicago timezone
UTC-5
America/Chicago
Taipei timezone
UTC+8
Asia/Taipei
Time difference
+13h
13 hours ahead
Jet lag (rough)
~13d
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.