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✈ ORD → TLV

CHICAGO → TEL AVIV IN 12H 34M. CONSIDER BUSINESS CLASS. NO, REALLY.

Flight time
12h 34m
Distance
6,166 mi
Or
9,924 km
Jet lag
8h

Flight from Chicago to Tel Aviv

From O'Hare (ORD), USA North America  →  Ben Gurion (TLV), Israel Middle East

↔ Flying the other way? Tel Aviv → Chicago

How long is the flight from Chicago to Tel Aviv?

A nonstop flight from Chicago (ORD) to Tel Aviv (TLV) takes about 12 hours 34 minutes, covering a great-circle distance of 6,166 miles (9,924 km). Actual scheduled time varies by airline, routing, and wind — expect ±15 to 30 minutes from this estimate.

Avg flight time

12h 34m

Nonstop, scheduled

Distance

6,166 mi

9,924 km · great-circle

Avg speed

790 km/h

Door-to-door including taxi

Time zones & jet lag

Chicago timezone

UTC-5

America/Chicago

Tel Aviv timezone

UTC+3

Asia/Jerusalem

Time difference

+8h

8 hours ahead

Jet lag (rough)

~8d

Eastward — worse

CO₂ footprint per passenger

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

✈ Flight 1469 kg CO₂
🚗 Car (alone) 1697 kg CO₂
🚆 Train 407 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.

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