✈ BOM → ORD

16H 9M, 8,042 MILES. YOUR ANCESTORS WALKED LESS THAN THIS.

Flight time
16h 9m
Distance
8,042 mi
Or
12,943 km
Jet lag
10.5h

Flight from Mumbai to Chicago

From Chhatrapati Shivaji (BOM), India Asia  →  O'Hare (ORD), USA North America

How long is the flight from Mumbai to Chicago?

A nonstop flight from Mumbai (BOM) to Chicago (ORD) takes about 16 hours 9 minutes, covering a great-circle distance of 8,042 miles (12,943 km). Actual scheduled time varies by airline, routing, and wind — expect ±15 to 30 minutes from this estimate.

Avg flight time

16h 9m

Nonstop, scheduled

Distance

8,042 mi

12,943 km · great-circle

Avg speed

801 km/h

Door-to-door including taxi

Time zones & jet lag

Mumbai timezone

UTC+5:30

Asia/Kolkata

Chicago timezone

UTC-5

America/Chicago

Time difference

-10.5h

10h 30m behind

Jet lag (rough)

~7.4d

Westward — easier

CO₂ footprint per passenger

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

✈ Flight 1916 kg CO₂
🚗 Car (alone) 2213 kg CO₂
🚆 Train 531 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.