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Fly Chicago O'Hare to London Heathrow • 10h 44m
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Fly Chicago Midway to London Heathrow • 12h 33m
Fly Chicago O'Hare to London City • 13h 9m
Fly Chicago O'Hare to Bristol, train • 14h 37m
Chicago O'Hare (ORD) to London Heathrow (LHR) flights
The flight time between Chicago O'Hare (ORD) and London Heathrow (LHR) is around 10h 5m and covers a distance of around 3965 miles. This includes an average layover time of around 1h 7m. Services are operated by American Airlines, British Airways, United Airlines and others. Typically 228 flights run weekly, although weekend and holiday schedules can vary so check in advance.
228
Weekly Planes
10h 5m
Average Duration
£283
Cheapest Price
United States → United Kingdom
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Questions & Answers
What is the cheapest way to get from Chicago to London?
The cheapest way to get from Chicago to London is to fly which costs $330 - $1,100 and takes 10h 44m.
What is the fastest way to get from Chicago to London?
The fastest way to get from Chicago to London is to fly which takes 10h 44m and costs $330 - $1,100.
How far is it from Chicago to London?
The distance between Chicago and London is 3971 miles.
How long does it take to get from Chicago to London?
It takes approximately 10h 44m to get from Chicago to London, including transfers.
How long is the flight from Chicago to London?
The quickest flight from Chicago O'Hare Airport to London Heathrow Airport is the direct flight which takes 7h 40m.
What is the time difference between Chicago and London?
London is 6h ahead of Chicago. It is currently 04:18 in Chicago and 10:18 in London.
Which airlines fly from Chicago O'Hare Airport to London Heathrow Airport?
British Airways, Delta, American Airlines and three other airlines offer flights from Chicago O'Hare Airport to London Heathrow Airport.
Where can I stay near London?
There are 6102+ hotels available in London. Prices start at £75 per night.
How do I get to Chicago O'Hare (ORD) Airport from Chicago?
The best way to get from Chicago to Chicago O'Hare Airport is to subway which takes 42 min and costs $1 - $5.
Launch map view
- Distance: 3970.7 miles
- Duration: 10h 44m
What companies run services between Chicago, IL, USA and London, England?
American Airlines, British Airways and nine other airlines fly from Chicago to London Paddington hourly.
Airlines
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Chicago O'Hare to London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 47m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £500 - £2,100
Flights from Chicago O'Hare to London Heathrow via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 2m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £410 - £2,300
Flights from Chicago O'Hare to London City via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 18m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £420 - £1,600
Flights from Chicago O'Hare to London City via London Heathrow, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 10m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- £500 - £2,100
Flights from Chicago O'Hare to London City via Dublin, Edinburgh
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- £480 - £1,700
Flights from Chicago O'Hare to London Gatwick via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 12h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £490 - £1,100
Flights from Chicago O'Hare to London Gatwick via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £750 - £1,900
Flights from Chicago O'Hare to London Gatwick via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £800 - £1,800
Flights from Chicago O'Hare to Birmingham via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £390 - £1,200
Flights from Chicago O'Hare to Birmingham via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £330 - £1,300
Flights from Chicago O'Hare to Bristol via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 47m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £400 - £1,300
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Chicago O'Hare to London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £450 - £2,000
Flights from Chicago Midway to London Heathrow via Boston
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 40m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £290 - £950
Flights from Chicago Midway to London Heathrow via Washington Dulles
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 15m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- £300 - £1,000
Flights from Chicago O'Hare to London City via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 6m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £460 - £1,600
Flights from Chicago O'Hare to London City via Munich, Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 15m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £500 - £1,800
Flights from Chicago O'Hare to Birmingham via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £370 - £1,200
Flights from Chicago O'Hare to Birmingham via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £340 - £1,100
Flights from Chicago O'Hare to Bristol via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £360 - £1,200
Flights from Chicago O'Hare to Bristol via Munich, Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 55m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £380 - £1,200
- Website
- aerlingus.com
Flights from Chicago O'Hare to London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £500 - £1,900
Flights from Chicago O'Hare to London Heathrow via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 2m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £410 - £2,300
Flights from Chicago O'Hare to London City via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £480 - £1,700
Flights from Chicago O'Hare to London Gatwick via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 12h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £490 - £1,100
Flights from Chicago O'Hare to Birmingham via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £390 - £1,200
Flights from Chicago O'Hare to Bristol via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 47m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £400 - £1,300
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Chicago O'Hare to London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £450 - £2,000
Flights from Chicago O'Hare to London Heathrow via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £450 - £2,200
Flights from Chicago O'Hare to London Heathrow via Boston
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £450 - £2,000
Flights from Chicago Midway to London Heathrow via Boston
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 40m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £290 - £950
Flights from Chicago Midway to London Heathrow via Washington Dulles
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 15m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- £300 - £1,000
Flights from Chicago O'Hare to Birmingham via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £340 - £1,100
- Website
- aircanada.com
Flights from Chicago O'Hare to London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £450 - £2,000
Flights from Chicago O'Hare to London Heathrow via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £450 - £2,200
Flights from Chicago Midway to London Heathrow via Boston
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 40m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £290 - £950
Flights from Chicago Midway to London Heathrow via Washington Dulles
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 15m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- £300 - £1,000
Flights from Chicago O'Hare to Birmingham via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £340 - £1,100
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from Chicago O'Hare to London Heathrow via Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 3m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £280 - £1,200
Flights from Chicago Midway to London Heathrow via Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 23m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £310 - £1,300
Flights from Chicago Midway to London Heathrow via Minneapolis
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £340 - £1,400
Flights from Chicago Midway to London Heathrow via Atlanta
- Ave. Duration
- 13h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £370 - £1,500
Flights from Chicago O'Hare to London City via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £500 - £2,500
Flights from Chicago O'Hare to Birmingham via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £320 - £1,200
Flights from Chicago O'Hare to Birmingham via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 55m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £330 - £1,300
Flights from Chicago O'Hare to Bristol via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £330 - £1,300
- Website
- iberia.com
Flights from Chicago O'Hare to London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 47m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £500 - £2,100
Flights from Chicago O'Hare to London Gatwick via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £750 - £1,900
Flights from Chicago O'Hare to London Gatwick via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £800 - £1,800
Flights from Chicago O'Hare to Birmingham via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £330 - £1,300
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Chicago O'Hare to London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £450 - £2,000
Flights from Chicago Midway to London Heathrow via Boston
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 40m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £290 - £950
Flights from Chicago Midway to London Heathrow via Washington Dulles
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 15m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- £300 - £1,000
Flights from Chicago O'Hare to London City via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 55m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £500 - £1,800
Flights from Chicago O'Hare to Birmingham via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 5m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £350 - £1,200
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Chicago O'Hare to London Heathrow via Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 3m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £280 - £1,200
Flights from Chicago Midway to London Heathrow via Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 23m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £310 - £1,300
Flights from Chicago Midway to London Heathrow via Minneapolis
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £340 - £1,400
Flights from Chicago Midway to London Heathrow via Atlanta
- Ave. Duration
- 13h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £370 - £1,500
Flights from Chicago O'Hare to Birmingham via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 55m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £330 - £1,300
Flights from Chicago O'Hare to Bristol via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £330 - £1,300
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Chicago Midway to London Heathrow via Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 23m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £310 - £1,300
Flights from Chicago Midway to London Heathrow via Minneapolis
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £340 - £1,400
Flights from Chicago Midway to London Heathrow via Atlanta
- Ave. Duration
- 13h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £370 - £1,500
Flights from Chicago O'Hare to London City via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £500 - £2,500
Flights from Chicago O'Hare to Birmingham via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £320 - £1,200
Flights from Chicago O'Hare to Bristol via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £330 - £1,300
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from Chicago O'Hare to London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 47m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £500 - £2,100
- Website
- jetblue.com
Flights from Chicago O'Hare to London Gatwick via Boston
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 15m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £300 - £1,000
Flights from Chicago O'Hare to London Gatwick via New York JFK
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £300 - £1,100
- Website
- westjet.com
Flights from Chicago O'Hare to London Gatwick via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £290 - £1,200
- Website
- icelandair.com
Flights from Chicago O'Hare to London Gatwick via Reykjavik Keflavik Nas
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £550 - £1,200
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Chicago O'Hare to Bristol via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 5m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- £280 - £950
Train operators
- Phone
- +44 3451 27 29 20
- Website
- southernrailway.com
Train from Gatwick Airport to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 34 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- £9 - £23
- Website
- Southern Service
- Schedules at
- Southern Service
- Schedules at
- ojp.nationalrail.co.uk
- Anytime Standard
- £9 - £13
- Anytime 1st Class
- £17 - £23
Comuter train
theguardian.com
First class interior
Southern Railway
London to Brighton standard carridge
happyrail.com
Exterior of Southern Railways train
Wiki Commons
Southern Railways train
Wiki Commons
Southern Railways train
Wiki Commons
Southern Railways train
Wiki Commons
Train interior
Wiki Commons
London Victoria
Wikipedia
- Phone
- +44 345 850 1530
- customerservices@gatwickexpress.com
- Website
- gatwickexpress.com
Train from Gatwick Airport to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 29 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £12 - £18
- Website
- gatwickexpress.com
- Anytime Standard
- £12 - £18
- Phone
- 0344 556 5650
- Website
- avantiwestcoast.co.uk
Train from Birmingham International to London Euston
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 17m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £35 - £140
- Website
- avantiwestcoast.co.uk
- Anytime Day Single
- £35 - £55
- Anytime Day Single 1st Class
- £100 - £140
Train exterior
BBC
Mark 3AO interior
Wikipedia
Pendolino train interior
The Man in Seat 61...
Avanti West Coast train
avantiwestcoast.co.uk
Avanti West Coast Pendolinos
avantiwestcoast.co.uk
Avanti West Coast high speed trains
avantiwestcoast.co.uk
First class carriage
PeterSkuce
Standard class carriage
PeterSkuce
Birmingham International
Wikipedia
London Euston
Wikipedia
- Phone
- +44 121 634 2040
- comments@londonmidland.com
- Website
- londonnorthwesternrailway.co.uk
Train from Birmingham International to London Euston
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 46m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £39 - £44
- Website
- londonnorthwesternrailway.co.uk
- Advanced Single/Anytime Advance
- £7 - £11
- Anytime Day Single
- £39 - £44
- Phone
- +44 3457 000 125
- gwr.feedback@gwr.com
- Website
- gwr.com
Train from Bristol Temple Meads to London Paddington
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 38m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £40 - £55
- Website
- First Great Western Service
- Anytime Day
- £40 - £55
- Anytime Day 1st Class
- £70 - £100
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