✈ DXB → ORD
14H 37M IN A METAL TUBE. 7,233 MILES. EARN THE LEG.
Flight from Dubai to Chicago
From Dubai International (DXB), UAE Middle East → O'Hare (ORD), USA North America
↔ Flying the other way? Chicago → Dubai
How long is the flight from Dubai to Chicago?
A nonstop flight from Dubai (DXB) to Chicago (ORD) takes about 14 hours 37 minutes, covering a great-circle distance of 7,233 miles (11,641 km). Actual scheduled time varies by airline, routing, and wind — expect ±15 to 30 minutes from this estimate.
Avg flight time
14h 37m
Nonstop, scheduled
Distance
7,233 mi
11,641 km · great-circle
Avg speed
797 km/h
Door-to-door including taxi
Time zones & jet lag
Dubai timezone
UTC+4
Asia/Dubai
Chicago timezone
UTC-5
America/Chicago
Time difference
-9h
9 hours behind
Jet lag (rough)
~6.3d
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.
Flights from Dubai
Nearest destinations
- Dubai → Abu Dhabi
- Dubai → Doha
- Dubai → Mumbai
- Dubai → Tel Aviv
- Dubai → Delhi
- Dubai → Cairo
- Dubai → Istanbul
- Dubai → Athens
- Dubai → Bucharest
- Dubai → Nairobi
Long-haul from Dubai
- Dubai → Santiago
- Dubai → Mexico City
- Dubai → Auckland
- Dubai → Buenos Aires
- Dubai → Cancun
- Dubai → Los Angeles
- Dubai → Las Vegas
- Dubai → San Francisco
- Dubai → Dallas
- Dubai → Miami
More flights to North America
Flights to Chicago
Nearest origins
- Toronto → Chicago
- Atlanta → Chicago
- New York → Chicago
- Dallas → Chicago
- Boston → Chicago
- Miami → Chicago
- Cancun → Chicago
- Las Vegas → Chicago
- Mexico City → Chicago
- Seattle → Chicago
Long-haul to Chicago
- Bali (Denpasar) → Chicago
- Melbourne → Chicago
- Singapore → Chicago
- Kuala Lumpur → Chicago
- Sydney → Chicago
- Johannesburg → Chicago
- Bangkok → Chicago
- Cape Town → Chicago
- Auckland → Chicago
- Manila → Chicago