✈ DEL → ORD

15H 4M FLIGHT. YOU WILL FORGET WHAT GRASS LOOKS LIKE.

Flight time
15h 4m
Distance
7,471 mi
Or
12,023 km
Jet lag
10.5h

Flight from Delhi to Chicago

From Indira Gandhi (DEL), India Asia  →  O'Hare (ORD), USA North America

How long is the flight from Delhi to Chicago?

A nonstop flight from Delhi (DEL) to Chicago (ORD) takes about 15 hours 4 minutes, covering a great-circle distance of 7,471 miles (12,023 km). Actual scheduled time varies by airline, routing, and wind — expect ±15 to 30 minutes from this estimate.

Avg flight time

15h 4m

Nonstop, scheduled

Distance

7,471 mi

12,023 km · great-circle

Avg speed

798 km/h

Door-to-door including taxi

Time zones & jet lag

Delhi timezone

UTC+5:30

Asia/Kolkata

Chicago timezone

UTC-5

America/Chicago

Time difference

-10.5h

10h 30m behind

Jet lag (rough)

~7.4d

Westward — easier

CO₂ footprint per passenger

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

✈ Flight 1779 kg CO₂
🚗 Car (alone) 2056 kg CO₂
🚆 Train 493 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.