✈ TPE → ORD

15H 1M, 7,444 MI. THE AIRLINE OWES YOU SOMETHING. THEY WON'T GIVE IT.

Flight time
15h 1m
Distance
7,444 mi
Or
11,980 km
Jet lag
13h

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+8

Asia/Taipei

Chicago timezone

UTC-5

America/Chicago

Time difference

-13h

13 hours behind

Jet lag (rough)

~9.1d

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.