✈ ORD → OTP
10H 43M, 5,201 MI. THE AIRLINE OWES YOU SOMETHING. THEY WON'T GIVE IT.
Flight from Chicago to Bucharest
From O'Hare (ORD), USA North America → Henri Coandă (OTP), Romania Europe
↔ Flying the other way? Bucharest → Chicago
How long is the flight from Chicago to Bucharest?
A nonstop flight from Chicago (ORD) to Bucharest (OTP) takes about 10 hours 43 minutes, covering a great-circle distance of 5,201 miles (8,371 km). Actual scheduled time varies by airline, routing, and wind — expect ±15 to 30 minutes from this estimate.
Avg flight time
10h 43m
Nonstop, scheduled
Distance
5,201 mi
8,371 km · great-circle
Avg speed
781 km/h
Door-to-door including taxi
Time zones & jet lag
Chicago timezone
UTC-5
America/Chicago
Bucharest timezone
UTC+3
Europe/Bucharest
Time difference
+8h
8 hours ahead
Jet lag (rough)
~8d
Eastward — worse
CO₂ footprint per passenger
Economy class, single passenger. Source: DEFRA 2024 averages.
This flight emits roughly 3.6× the CO₂ of an equivalent train trip and 0.9× a car driven alone over the same distance.
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