✈ VIE → ORD

9H 46M. VIENNA TO CHICAGO. YOUR BACK WILL FILE A COMPLAINT.

Flight time
9h 46m
Distance
4,702 mi
Or
7,567 km
Jet lag
7h

Flight from Vienna to Chicago

From Vienna International (VIE), Austria Europe  →  O'Hare (ORD), USA North America

How long is the flight from Vienna to Chicago?

A nonstop flight from Vienna (VIE) to Chicago (ORD) takes about 9 hours 46 minutes, covering a great-circle distance of 4,702 miles (7,567 km). Actual scheduled time varies by airline, routing, and wind — expect ±15 to 30 minutes from this estimate.

Avg flight time

9h 46m

Nonstop, scheduled

Distance

4,702 mi

7,567 km · great-circle

Avg speed

775 km/h

Door-to-door including taxi

Time zones & jet lag

Vienna timezone

UTC+2

Europe/Vienna

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.

✈ Flight 1120 kg CO₂
🚗 Car (alone) 1294 kg CO₂
🚆 Train 310 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.