✈ KUL → ORD
18H 33M FLIGHT. YOU WILL FORGET WHAT GRASS LOOKS LIKE.
Flight from Kuala Lumpur to Chicago
From KLIA (KUL), Malaysia Asia → O'Hare (ORD), USA North America
↔ Flying the other way? Chicago → Kuala Lumpur
How long is the flight from Kuala Lumpur to Chicago?
A nonstop flight from Kuala Lumpur (KUL) to Chicago (ORD) takes about 18 hours 33 minutes, covering a great-circle distance of 9,289 miles (14,949 km). Actual scheduled time varies by airline, routing, and wind — expect ±15 to 30 minutes from this estimate.
Avg flight time
18h 33m
Nonstop, scheduled
Distance
9,289 mi
14,949 km · great-circle
Avg speed
806 km/h
Door-to-door including taxi
Time zones & jet lag
Kuala Lumpur timezone
UTC+32
Asia/Kuala_Lumpur
Chicago timezone
UTC-5
America/Chicago
Time difference
-37h
37 hours behind
Jet lag (rough)
~25.9d
Westward — easier
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.
Flights from Kuala Lumpur
- Kuala Lumpur → Singapore
- Kuala Lumpur → Bangkok
- Kuala Lumpur → Bali (Denpasar)
- Kuala Lumpur → Manila
- Kuala Lumpur → Hong Kong
- Kuala Lumpur → Taipei
- Kuala Lumpur → Mumbai
- Kuala Lumpur → Shanghai
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- Kuala Lumpur → Beijing
- Kuala Lumpur → Seoul
- Kuala Lumpur → Osaka
- Kuala Lumpur → Tokyo
- Kuala Lumpur → Dubai
- Kuala Lumpur → Abu Dhabi
- Kuala Lumpur → Doha
- Kuala Lumpur → Melbourne
- Kuala Lumpur → Sydney
- Kuala Lumpur → Nairobi
- Kuala Lumpur → Tel Aviv
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