✈ MAD → ORD
8H 47M FROM MADRID TO CHICAGO. JET LAG IS NOW YOUR PERSONALITY.
Flight from Madrid to Chicago
From Barajas (MAD), Spain Europe → O'Hare (ORD), USA North America
↔ Flying the other way? Chicago → Madrid
How long is the flight from Madrid to Chicago?
A nonstop flight from Madrid (MAD) to Chicago (ORD) takes about 8 hours 47 minutes, covering a great-circle distance of 4,191 miles (6,744 km). Actual scheduled time varies by airline, routing, and wind — expect ±15 to 30 minutes from this estimate.
Avg flight time
8h 47m
Nonstop, scheduled
Distance
4,191 mi
6,744 km · great-circle
Avg speed
768 km/h
Door-to-door including taxi
Time zones & jet lag
Madrid timezone
UTC+2
Europe/Madrid
Chicago timezone
UTC-5
America/Chicago
Time difference
-7h
7 hours behind
Jet lag (rough)
~4.9d
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 Madrid
Nearest destinations
- Madrid → Barcelona
- Madrid → Lisbon
- Madrid → Casablanca
- Madrid → Paris
- Madrid → Milan
- Madrid → Zurich
- Madrid → London
- Madrid → Brussels
- Madrid → Rome
- Madrid → Frankfurt
Long-haul from Madrid
- Madrid → Auckland
- Madrid → Sydney
- Madrid → Melbourne
- Madrid → Bali (Denpasar)
- Madrid → Manila
- Madrid → Singapore
- Madrid → Kuala Lumpur
- Madrid → Tokyo
- Madrid → Taipei
- Madrid → Santiago
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