✈ CDG → ORD
8H 41M FLIGHT. TWO MOVIES, NO SLEEP, ONE EXISTENTIAL CRISIS.
Flight from Paris to Chicago
From Charles de Gaulle (CDG), France Europe → O'Hare (ORD), USA North America
↔ Flying the other way? Chicago → Paris
How long is the flight from Paris to Chicago?
A nonstop flight from Paris (CDG) to Chicago (ORD) takes about 8 hours 41 minutes, covering a great-circle distance of 4,141 miles (6,665 km). Actual scheduled time varies by airline, routing, and wind — expect ±15 to 30 minutes from this estimate.
Avg flight time
8h 41m
Nonstop, scheduled
Distance
4,141 mi
6,665 km · great-circle
Avg speed
767 km/h
Door-to-door including taxi
Time zones & jet lag
Paris timezone
UTC+2
Europe/Paris
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 Paris
Nearest destinations
- Paris → Brussels
- Paris → London
- Paris → Amsterdam
- Paris → Frankfurt
- Paris → Zurich
- Paris → Manchester
- Paris → Milan
- Paris → Munich
- Paris → Dublin
- Paris → Prague
Long-haul from Paris
- Paris → Auckland
- Paris → Sydney
- Paris → Melbourne
- Paris → Bali (Denpasar)
- Paris → Santiago
- Paris → Buenos Aires
- Paris → Manila
- Paris → Singapore
- Paris → Kuala Lumpur
- Paris → Taipei
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