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✈ EDI → ORD

7H 51M FLIGHT. TWO MOVIES, NO SLEEP, ONE EXISTENTIAL CRISIS.

Flight time
7h 51m
Distance
3,702 mi
Or
5,957 km
Jet lag
6h

Flight from Edinburgh to Chicago

From Edinburgh Airport (EDI), United Kingdom Europe  →  O'Hare (ORD), USA North America

↔ Flying the other way? Chicago → Edinburgh

How long is the flight from Edinburgh to Chicago?

A nonstop flight from Edinburgh (EDI) to Chicago (ORD) takes about 7 hours 51 minutes, covering a great-circle distance of 3,702 miles (5,957 km). Actual scheduled time varies by airline, routing, and wind — expect ±15 to 30 minutes from this estimate.

Avg flight time

7h 51m

Nonstop, scheduled

Distance

3,702 mi

5,957 km · great-circle

Avg speed

760 km/h

Door-to-door including taxi

Time zones & jet lag

Edinburgh timezone

UTC+1

Europe/London

Chicago timezone

UTC-5

America/Chicago

Time difference

-6h

6 hours behind

Jet lag (rough)

~4.2d

Westward — easier

CO₂ footprint per passenger

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

✈ Flight 882 kg CO₂
🚗 Car (alone) 1019 kg CO₂
🚆 Train 244 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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