✈ BKK → ORD

17H 8M FLIGHT. YOU WILL FORGET WHAT GRASS LOOKS LIKE.

Flight time
17h 8m
Distance
8,551 mi
Or
13,762 km
Jet lag
12h

Flight from Bangkok to Chicago

From Suvarnabhumi (BKK), Thailand Asia  →  O'Hare (ORD), USA North America

↔ Flying the other way? Chicago → Bangkok

How long is the flight from Bangkok to Chicago?

A nonstop flight from Bangkok (BKK) to Chicago (ORD) takes about 17 hours 8 minutes, covering a great-circle distance of 8,551 miles (13,762 km). Actual scheduled time varies by airline, routing, and wind — expect ±15 to 30 minutes from this estimate.

Avg flight time

17h 8m

Nonstop, scheduled

Distance

8,551 mi

13,762 km · great-circle

Avg speed

803 km/h

Door-to-door including taxi

Time zones & jet lag

Bangkok timezone

UTC+7

Asia/Bangkok

Chicago timezone

UTC-5

America/Chicago

Time difference

-12h

12 hours behind

Jet lag (rough)

~8.4d

Westward — easier

CO₂ footprint per passenger

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

✈ Flight 2037 kg CO₂
🚗 Car (alone) 2353 kg CO₂
🚆 Train 564 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.