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✈ IST → ORD

11H 13M FLIGHT. YOU WILL CRY DURING A ROMCOM. IT'S FINE.

Flight time
11h 13m
Distance
5,459 mi
Or
8,786 km
Jet lag
8h

Flight from Istanbul to Chicago

From Istanbul Airport (IST), Turkey Europe  →  O'Hare (ORD), USA North America

↔ Flying the other way? Chicago → Istanbul

How long is the flight from Istanbul to Chicago?

A nonstop flight from Istanbul (IST) to Chicago (ORD) takes about 11 hours 13 minutes, covering a great-circle distance of 5,459 miles (8,786 km). Actual scheduled time varies by airline, routing, and wind — expect ±15 to 30 minutes from this estimate.

Avg flight time

11h 13m

Nonstop, scheduled

Distance

5,459 mi

8,786 km · great-circle

Avg speed

784 km/h

Door-to-door including taxi

Time zones & jet lag

Istanbul timezone

UTC+3

Europe/Istanbul

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 1300 kg CO₂
🚗 Car (alone) 1502 kg CO₂
🚆 Train 360 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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