✈ FCO → ORD
9H 58M FLIGHT. TWO MOVIES, NO SLEEP, ONE EXISTENTIAL CRISIS.
Flight from Rome to Chicago
From Fiumicino (FCO), Italy Europe → O'Hare (ORD), USA North America
↔ Flying the other way? Chicago → Rome
How long is the flight from Rome to Chicago?
A nonstop flight from Rome (FCO) to Chicago (ORD) takes about 9 hours 58 minutes, covering a great-circle distance of 4,811 miles (7,742 km). Actual scheduled time varies by airline, routing, and wind — expect ±15 to 30 minutes from this estimate.
Avg flight time
9h 58m
Nonstop, scheduled
Distance
4,811 mi
7,742 km · great-circle
Avg speed
777 km/h
Door-to-door including taxi
Time zones & jet lag
Rome timezone
UTC+2
Europe/Rome
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 Rome
Nearest destinations
- Rome → Milan
- Rome → Zurich
- Rome → Munich
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- Rome → Budapest
- Rome → Barcelona
- Rome → Prague
- Rome → Frankfurt
- Rome → Athens
- Rome → Paris
Long-haul from Rome
- Rome → Auckland
- Rome → Sydney
- Rome → Melbourne
- Rome → Santiago
- Rome → Bali (Denpasar)
- Rome → Buenos Aires
- Rome → Manila
- Rome → Mexico City
- Rome → Los Angeles
- Rome → San Francisco
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Flights to Chicago
Nearest origins
- Toronto → Chicago
- Atlanta → Chicago
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- 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