FLIGHT HOP.fyi

✈ HEL → ORD

HELSINKI → CHICAGO: 9H 14M, 4,424 MILES. WELCOME TO THE LONG GAME.

Flight time
9h 14m
Distance
4,424 mi
Or
7,119 km
Jet lag
8h

Flight from Helsinki to Chicago

From Vantaa (HEL), Finland Europe  →  O'Hare (ORD), USA North America

↔ Flying the other way? Chicago → Helsinki

How long is the flight from Helsinki to Chicago?

A nonstop flight from Helsinki (HEL) to Chicago (ORD) takes about 9 hours 14 minutes, covering a great-circle distance of 4,424 miles (7,119 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

4,424 mi

7,119 km · great-circle

Avg speed

772 km/h

Door-to-door including taxi

Time zones & jet lag

Helsinki timezone

UTC+3

Europe/Helsinki

Chicago timezone

UTC-5

America/Chicago

Time difference

-8h

8 hours behind

Jet lag (rough)

~5.6d

Westward — easier

CO₂ footprint per passenger

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

✈ Flight 1054 kg CO₂
🚗 Car (alone) 1217 kg CO₂
🚆 Train 292 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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