There are 7 ways to get from Chicago to Arad by plane, train, or bus
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Fly to Oradea International Airport, train
best- Fly from Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) to Oradea International Airport (OMR)plane ORD - OMR
- Take the train from Oradea to Aradtrain
18h 54m$492–1,429Fly to Vienna International Airport, train
cheapest- Fly from Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) to Vienna International Airport (VIE)plane ORD - VIE
- Take the train from Wien Hbf to Budapest-Keletitrain
- Take the train from Budapest-Keleti to Aradtrain
20h 5m$412–708Fly to Timișoara Traian Vuia International Airport, bus
- Fly from Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) to Timișoara Traian Vuia International Airport (TSR)plane ORD - TSR
- Take the bus from Timişoara to Arad, Autogara Transdarabus
17h 44m$448–1,514Fly to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport, train
- Fly from Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport (BUD)plane ORD - BUD
- Take the train from Ferihegy to Szolnoktrain
- Take the train from Szolnok to Aradtrain
18h 21m$444–922Fly to Debrecen International Airport, train
- Fly from Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) to Debrecen International Airport (DEB)plane ORD - DEB
- Take the train from Debrecen to Szolnoktrain
- Take the train from Szolnok to Aradtrain
18h 36m$684–2,251Fly to Cluj-Napoca, bus, train
- Fly from Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) to Cluj-Napoca (CLJ)plane ORD - CLJ
- Take the bus from Cluj-Napoca to Alba Iuliabus
- Take the train from Alba Iulia to Aradtrain
20h 8m$482–1,345Fly to Belgrade Nikola Tesla Airport, train
- Fly from Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) to Belgrade Nikola Tesla Airport (BEG)plane ORD - BEG
- Take the train from Novi Beograd to Suboticatrain
- Take the train from Subotica to Szegedtrain
- Take the train from Szeged to Bekescsabatrain
- Take the train from Bekescsaba to Aradtrain
21h 35m$512–1,160
Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) to Oradea International Airport (OMR) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Chicago to Arad is to fly and train which costs $410 - $750 and takes 20h 5m.
The fastest way to get from Chicago to Arad is to fly and bus which takes 17h 44m and costs $440 - $1,600.
The distance between Chicago and Arad is 8106 km.
It takes approximately 18h 54m to get from Chicago to Arad, including transfers.
Arad is 8h ahead of Chicago. It is currently 11:46 AM in Chicago and 7:46 PM in Arad.
There are 370+ hotels available in Arad.
What companies run services between Chicago, IL, USA and Arad, Romania?
There is no direct connection from Chicago to Arad. However, you can take the subway to O'Hare, walk to Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) airport, fly to Oradea International Airport (OMR), take the taxi to Oradea, then take the train to Arad. Alternatively, you can take the subway to O'Hare, walk to Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) airport, fly to Timișoara Traian Vuia International Airport (TSR), walk to Aeroportul Internațional, take the bus to Gara de Nord, walk to Timişoara, then take the bus to Arad, Autogara Transdara.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Oradea International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 14h
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $440–1,500
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Oradea International Airport via Frankfurt, Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 30m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $440–1,500
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Timișoara Traian Vuia International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 11m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $440–1,700
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $310–1,100
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $310–1,100
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Debrecen International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 52m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $650–2,300
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Debrecen International Airport via Frankfurt, Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 55m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $650–2,300
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Debrecen International Airport via Zurich, Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 5m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $600–2,100
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Debrecen International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 30m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $600–2,100
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Debrecen International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle, Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 50m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $600–2,100
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Cluj-Napoca via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 40m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday, and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $460–1,600
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Vienna International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 30m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $410–480
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Vienna International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $300–1,100
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Belgrade Nikola Tesla Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $400–1,400
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Belgrade Nikola Tesla Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $400–1,400
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Timișoara Traian Vuia International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 42m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $440–1,700
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $310–1,100
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $310–1,100
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Cluj-Napoca via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 40m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday, and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $460–1,600
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Vienna International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 55m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $380–550
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Vienna International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 14h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $410–480
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Belgrade Nikola Tesla Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $400–1,400
- Website
- lot.com
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Oradea International Airport via Warsaw Chopin
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 7m
- When
- Saturday, Sunday, and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $470–1,400
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Cluj-Napoca via Warsaw Chopin
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $480–1,400
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Vienna International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 15m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $290–900
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Vienna International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 55m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $380–550
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Vienna International Airport via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $300–1,100
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Belgrade Nikola Tesla Airport via Vienna International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 5m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $380–1,200
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $280–1,000
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Vienna International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $300–1,100
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Belgrade Nikola Tesla Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $370–1,300
- Website
- turkishairlines.com
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Timișoara Traian Vuia International Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 30m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $550–1,700
- Website
- flyulendo.com
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Timișoara Traian Vuia International Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 47m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $470–1,600
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $280–1,000
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Belgrade Nikola Tesla Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $360–1,300
- Website
- brusselsairlines.com
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 10m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $280–1,000
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Vienna International Airport via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $300–1,100
- Website
- animawings.com
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Timișoara Traian Vuia International Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 40m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,800
- Website
- flysas.com
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 55m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $230–800
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Cluj-Napoca via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 40m
- When
- Wednesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $450–1,300
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Cluj-Napoca via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 55m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $500–2,000
- Website
- airserbia.com
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Belgrade Nikola Tesla Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 40m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $460–1,100
- Phone
- 0219521
- Website
- cfrcalatori.ro
Train from Oradea to Arad
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 24m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $13–15
- Website
- https://www.cfrcalatori.ro/en/
Train from Debrecen to Szolnok
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 26m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $13–14
- Website
- https://www.cfrcalatori.ro/en/
Train from Alba Iulia to Arad
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $20–22
- Website
- https://www.cfrcalatori.ro/en/
- Phone
- +36 (1) 3 49 49 49
- [email protected]
- Website
- jegy.mav.hu
Train from Ferihegy to Szolnok
- Ave. Duration
- 57 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- $4–6
- Website
- https://jegy.mav.hu/
Train from Szolnok to Arad
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 19m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $8–10
- Website
- https://jegy.mav.hu/
Train from Debrecen to Szolnok
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- $6–8
- Website
- https://jegy.mav.hu/
Train from Szolnok to Arad
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 19m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $8–10
- Website
- https://jegy.mav.hu/
Train from Budapest-Keleti to Arad
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 41m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $13–16
- Website
- https://jegy.mav.hu/
Train from Subotica to Szeged
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- $3–4
- Website
- https://jegy.mav.hu/
Train from Szeged to Bekescsaba
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 42m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $5–7
- Website
- https://jegy.mav.hu/
Train from Bekescsaba to Arad
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 7m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $3–4
- Website
- https://jegy.mav.hu/
- Phone
- _AUSTRIAN_RAILWAYS_(ÖBB)
- Website
- oebb.at
Train from Ferihegy to Szolnok
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $20–40
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/
Train from Szolnok to Arad
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 29m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $35–70
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/
Train from Debrecen to Szolnok
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 16m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $29–55
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/
Train from Szolnok to Arad
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 29m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $35–70
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/
Train from Bekescsaba to Arad
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 27m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $13–25
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/
- Phone
- +43 (0) 5 1717
- Website
- oebb.at
Train from Wien Hbf to Budapest-Keleti
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $65–120
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/eurocity-intercity
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket
- Phone
- +43 (0)5 1717
- Website
- oebb.at
Train from Wien Hbf to Budapest-Keleti
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 53m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $45–70
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/railjet
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket
- *
- $45–70
- Phone
- +381 11 360 28 99
- [email protected]
- Website
- srbijavoz.rs
Train from Novi Beograd to Subotica
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $7–12
- Schedules at
- srbijavoz.rs
- Rail 2nd Class
- $7–8
- 1st Class
- $9–12
- Phone
- +382 20 441 197
- [email protected]
- Website
- zpcg.me
Train from Novi Beograd to Subotica
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 28m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $9–19
- Website
- https://zpcg.me/en
- Second Class
- $9–10
- First Class
- $17–19
- Phone
- +4-0745-267.686
- Website
- vertrantis.autogari.ro
Bus from Timişoara to Arad, Autogara Transdara
- Ave. Duration
- 45 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $4–7
- Schedules at
- vertrantis.autogari.ro
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- [email protected]
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.fr
Bus from Cluj-Napoca to Alba Iulia
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $10–18
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +4 0250 997
- Website
- normandiatransport.com
Bus from Cluj-Napoca to Alba Iulia
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Schedules at
- normandia.autogari.ro
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