✈ ICN → ORD
13H 17M, 6,537 MI. THE AIRLINE OWES YOU SOMETHING. THEY WON'T GIVE IT.
Flight from Seoul to Chicago
From Incheon (ICN), South Korea Asia → O'Hare (ORD), USA North America
↔ Flying the other way? Chicago → Seoul
How long is the flight from Seoul to Chicago?
A nonstop flight from Seoul (ICN) to Chicago (ORD) takes about 13 hours 17 minutes, covering a great-circle distance of 6,537 miles (10,521 km). Actual scheduled time varies by airline, routing, and wind — expect ±15 to 30 minutes from this estimate.
Avg flight time
13h 17m
Nonstop, scheduled
Distance
6,537 mi
10,521 km · great-circle
Avg speed
793 km/h
Door-to-door including taxi
Time zones & jet lag
Seoul timezone
UTC+9
Asia/Seoul
Chicago timezone
UTC-5
America/Chicago
Time difference
-14h
14 hours behind
Jet lag (rough)
~9.8d
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 Seoul
Nearest destinations
- Seoul → Shanghai
- Seoul → Osaka
- Seoul → Beijing
- Seoul → Tokyo
- Seoul → Taipei
- Seoul → Hong Kong
- Seoul → Manila
- Seoul → Bangkok
- Seoul → Kuala Lumpur
- Seoul → Singapore
Long-haul from Seoul
- Seoul → Buenos Aires
- Seoul → Santiago
- Seoul → São Paulo
- Seoul → Rio de Janeiro
- Seoul → Cape Town
- Seoul → Cancun
- Seoul → Miami
- Seoul → Johannesburg
- Seoul → Mexico City
- Seoul → Atlanta
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