✈ ORD → LIS

8H 25M IN ECONOMY. PACK MELATONIN. PACK A NECK PILLOW. PACK REGRETS.

Flight time
8h 25m
Distance
3,999 mi
Or
6,436 km
Jet lag
6h

Flight from Chicago to Lisbon

From O'Hare (ORD), USA North America  →  Humberto Delgado (LIS), Portugal Europe

↔ Flying the other way? Lisbon → Chicago

How long is the flight from Chicago to Lisbon?

A nonstop flight from Chicago (ORD) to Lisbon (LIS) takes about 8 hours 25 minutes, covering a great-circle distance of 3,999 miles (6,436 km). Actual scheduled time varies by airline, routing, and wind — expect ±15 to 30 minutes from this estimate.

Avg flight time

8h 25m

Nonstop, scheduled

Distance

3,999 mi

6,436 km · great-circle

Avg speed

765 km/h

Door-to-door including taxi

Time zones & jet lag

Chicago timezone

UTC-5

America/Chicago

Lisbon timezone

UTC+1

Europe/Lisbon

Time difference

+6h

6 hours ahead

Jet lag (rough)

~6d

Eastward — worse

CO₂ footprint per passenger

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

✈ Flight 953 kg CO₂
🚗 Car (alone) 1101 kg CO₂
🚆 Train 264 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.