✈ MNL → ORD

16H 19M, 8,121 MILES. YOUR ANCESTORS WALKED LESS THAN THIS.

Flight time
16h 19m
Distance
8,121 mi
Or
13,070 km
Jet lag
37h

Flight from Manila to Chicago

From Ninoy Aquino (MNL), Philippines Asia  →  O'Hare (ORD), USA North America

↔ Flying the other way? Chicago → Manila

How long is the flight from Manila to Chicago?

A nonstop flight from Manila (MNL) to Chicago (ORD) takes about 16 hours 19 minutes, covering a great-circle distance of 8,121 miles (13,070 km). Actual scheduled time varies by airline, routing, and wind — expect ±15 to 30 minutes from this estimate.

Avg flight time

16h 19m

Nonstop, scheduled

Distance

8,121 mi

13,070 km · great-circle

Avg speed

801 km/h

Door-to-door including taxi

Time zones & jet lag

Manila timezone

UTC+32

Asia/Manila

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.

✈ Flight 1934 kg CO₂
🚗 Car (alone) 2235 kg CO₂
🚆 Train 536 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.