✈ MUC → ORD
MUNICH → CHICAGO: 9H 24M, 4,517 MILES. WELCOME TO THE LONG GAME.
Flight from Munich to Chicago
From Munich Airport (MUC), Germany Europe → O'Hare (ORD), USA North America
↔ Flying the other way? Chicago → Munich
How long is the flight from Munich to Chicago?
A nonstop flight from Munich (MUC) to Chicago (ORD) takes about 9 hours 24 minutes, covering a great-circle distance of 4,517 miles (7,270 km). Actual scheduled time varies by airline, routing, and wind — expect ±15 to 30 minutes from this estimate.
Avg flight time
9h 24m
Nonstop, scheduled
Distance
4,517 mi
7,270 km · great-circle
Avg speed
773 km/h
Door-to-door including taxi
Time zones & jet lag
Munich timezone
UTC+2
Europe/Berlin
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 Munich
Nearest destinations
- Munich → Zurich
- Munich → Prague
- Munich → Frankfurt
- Munich → Vienna
- Munich → Milan
- Munich → Berlin
- Munich → Budapest
- Munich → Brussels
- Munich → Amsterdam
- Munich → Paris
Long-haul from Munich
- Munich → Auckland
- Munich → Sydney
- Munich → Melbourne
- Munich → Santiago
- Munich → Bali (Denpasar)
- Munich → Buenos Aires
- Munich → Manila
- Munich → Singapore
- Munich → São Paulo
- Munich → Mexico City
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