FLIGHT HOP.fyi

✈ HKG → ORD

15H 40M FROM HONG KONG TO CHICAGO. THIS IS NOT TRAVEL. THIS IS ENDURANCE.

Flight time
15h 40m
Distance
7,781 mi
Or
12,523 km
Jet lag
13h

Flight from Hong Kong to Chicago

From Hong Kong International (HKG), Hong Kong Asia  →  O'Hare (ORD), USA North America

↔ Flying the other way? Chicago → Hong Kong

How long is the flight from Hong Kong to Chicago?

A nonstop flight from Hong Kong (HKG) to Chicago (ORD) takes about 15 hours 40 minutes, covering a great-circle distance of 7,781 miles (12,523 km). Actual scheduled time varies by airline, routing, and wind — expect ±15 to 30 minutes from this estimate.

Avg flight time

15h 40m

Nonstop, scheduled

Distance

7,781 mi

12,523 km · great-circle

Avg speed

800 km/h

Door-to-door including taxi

Time zones & jet lag

Hong Kong timezone

UTC+8

Asia/Hong_Kong

Chicago timezone

UTC-5

America/Chicago

Time difference

-13h

13 hours behind

Jet lag (rough)

~9.1d

Westward — easier

CO₂ footprint per passenger

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

✈ Flight 1853 kg CO₂
🚗 Car (alone) 2141 kg CO₂
🚆 Train 513 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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