✈ ORD → BRU

8H 42M. CHICAGO TO BRUSSELS. YOUR BACK WILL FILE A COMPLAINT.

Flight time
8h 42m
Distance
4,148 mi
Or
6,676 km
Jet lag
7h

Flight from Chicago to Brussels

From O'Hare (ORD), USA North America  →  Zaventem (BRU), Belgium Europe

↔ Flying the other way? Brussels → Chicago

How long is the flight from Chicago to Brussels?

A nonstop flight from Chicago (ORD) to Brussels (BRU) takes about 8 hours 42 minutes, covering a great-circle distance of 4,148 miles (6,676 km). Actual scheduled time varies by airline, routing, and wind — expect ±15 to 30 minutes from this estimate.

Avg flight time

8h 42m

Nonstop, scheduled

Distance

4,148 mi

6,676 km · great-circle

Avg speed

768 km/h

Door-to-door including taxi

Time zones & jet lag

Chicago timezone

UTC-5

America/Chicago

Brussels timezone

UTC+2

Europe/Brussels

Time difference

+7h

7 hours ahead

Jet lag (rough)

~7d

Eastward — worse

CO₂ footprint per passenger

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

✈ Flight 988 kg CO₂
🚗 Car (alone) 1142 kg CO₂
🚆 Train 274 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.