✈ DEL → ORD
15H 4M FLIGHT. YOU WILL FORGET WHAT GRASS LOOKS LIKE.
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.
This flight emits roughly 3.6× the CO₂ of an equivalent train trip and 0.9× a car driven alone over the same distance.