✈ TPE → ORD

15H 1M FLIGHT. YOU WILL CRY DURING A ROMCOM. IT'S FINE.

Flight time
15h 1m
Distance
7,444 mi
Or
11,980 km
Jet lag
37h

Flight from Taipei to Chicago

From Taoyuan (TPE), Taiwan Asia  →  O'Hare (ORD), USA North America

↔ Flying the other way? Chicago → Taipei

How long is the flight from Taipei to Chicago?

A nonstop flight from Taipei (TPE) to Chicago (ORD) takes about 15 hours 1 minutes, covering a great-circle distance of 7,444 miles (11,980 km). Actual scheduled time varies by airline, routing, and wind — expect ±15 to 30 minutes from this estimate.

Avg flight time

15h 1m

Nonstop, scheduled

Distance

7,444 mi

11,980 km · great-circle

Avg speed

798 km/h

Door-to-door including taxi

Time zones & jet lag

Taipei timezone

UTC+32

Asia/Taipei

Chicago timezone

UTC-5

America/Chicago

Time difference

-37h

37 hours behind

Jet lag (rough)

~25.9d

Westward — easier

CO₂ footprint per passenger

Economy class, single passenger. Source: DEFRA 2024 averages.

✈ Flight 1773 kg CO₂
🚗 Car (alone) 2049 kg CO₂
🚆 Train 491 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.