✈ BOM → ORD

16H 9M IN ECONOMY = A FELONY AGAINST YOURSELF. UPGRADE.

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

↔ Flying the other way? Chicago → Mumbai

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.