✈ ORD → ZRH
9H 14M FROM CHICAGO TO ZURICH. JET LAG IS NOW YOUR PERSONALITY.
Flight from Chicago to Zurich
From O'Hare (ORD), USA North America → Zurich Airport (ZRH), Switzerland Europe
↔ Flying the other way? Zurich → Chicago
How long is the flight from Chicago to Zurich?
A nonstop flight from Chicago (ORD) to Zurich (ZRH) takes about 9 hours 14 minutes, covering a great-circle distance of 4,431 miles (7,131 km). Actual scheduled time varies by airline, routing, and wind — expect ±15 to 30 minutes from this estimate.
Avg flight time
9h 14m
Nonstop, scheduled
Distance
4,431 mi
7,131 km · great-circle
Avg speed
772 km/h
Door-to-door including taxi
Time zones & jet lag
Chicago timezone
UTC-5
America/Chicago
Zurich timezone
UTC+2
Europe/Zurich
Time difference
+7h
7 hours ahead
Jet lag (rough)
~7d
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.
Flights from Chicago
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- Chicago → Toronto
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Long-haul from Chicago
- Chicago → Bali (Denpasar)
- Chicago → Melbourne
- Chicago → Singapore
- Chicago → Kuala Lumpur
- Chicago → Sydney
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Flights to Zurich
Nearest origins
- Milan → Zurich
- Munich → Zurich
- Frankfurt → Zurich
- Paris → Zurich
- Brussels → Zurich
- Prague → Zurich
- Amsterdam → Zurich
- Vienna → Zurich
- Berlin → Zurich
- Rome → Zurich
Long-haul to Zurich
- Auckland → Zurich
- Sydney → Zurich
- Melbourne → Zurich
- Bali (Denpasar) → Zurich
- Santiago → Zurich
- Buenos Aires → Zurich
- Manila → Zurich
- Singapore → Zurich
- Kuala Lumpur → Zurich
- Mexico City → Zurich