There are 6 ways to get from Chicago to London by plane or train
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Fly Chicago O'Hare International Airport to London Heathrow Airport
best- Fly from Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) to London Heathrow Airport (LHR)plane ORD - LHR
10h 44m£242–689Fly Chicago O'Hare International Airport to London Gatwick Airport, train
cheapest- Fly from Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) to London Gatwick Airport (LGW)plane ORD - LGW
- Take the train from Gatwick Airport to London Victoriatrain
13h 25m£145–584Fly Chicago O'Hare International Airport to London City Airport
- Fly from Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) to London City Airport (LCY)plane ORD - LCY
12h 59m£304–1,408Fly Chicago Midway International Airport to London Heathrow Airport
- Fly from Chicago Midway International Airport (MDW) to London Heathrow Airport (LHR)plane MDW - LHR
12h 47m£422–939Fly Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Birmingham Airport, train
- Fly from Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) to Birmingham Airport (BHX)plane ORD - BHX
- Take the train from Birmingham International to London Eustontrain
13h 48m£263–644Fly Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Bristol Airport, train
- Fly from Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) to Bristol Airport (BRS)plane ORD - BRS
- Take the train from Bristol Temple Meads to London Paddingtontrain
15h 12m£364–557
Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) to London Heathrow Airport (LHR) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Chicago to London is to fly which costs £240 - £700 and takes 10h 44m.
The fastest way to get from Chicago to London is to fly which takes 10h 44m and costs £240 - £700.
The distance between Chicago and London is 3998 miles.
It takes approximately 10h 44m to get from Chicago to London, including transfers.
London is 5h ahead of Chicago. It is currently 3:15 PM in Chicago and 8:15 PM in London.
There are 21100+ hotels available in London.
What companies run services between Chicago, IL, USA and London, England?
British Airways, American Airlines, and five other airlines fly from Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) to London Heathrow Airport (LHR) every 2 hours.
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to London Heathrow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 48m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £150–700
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 2m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £220–330
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to London City Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 23m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £200–1,100
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to London City Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 11m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £240–1,000
Flights from Chicago Midway International Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Pittsburgh
- Ave. Duration
- 10h
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £240–950
Flights from Chicago Midway International Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Baltimore
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 10m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £240–950
Flights from Chicago Midway International Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Philadelphia
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £230–950
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Birmingham Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £220–420
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Bristol Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 47m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £160–750
- Website
- aerlingus.com
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to London Heathrow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 52m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £260–700
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 2m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £220–330
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to London City Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 23m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £200–1,100
Flights from Chicago Midway International Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Pittsburgh
- Ave. Duration
- 10h
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £240–950
Flights from Chicago Midway International Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Baltimore
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 10m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £240–950
Flights from Chicago Midway International Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Philadelphia
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £240–950
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Birmingham Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £130–550
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Bristol Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 47m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £160–750
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to London Heathrow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 48m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £150–700
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 2m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £220–330
Flights from Chicago Midway International Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Pittsburgh
- Ave. Duration
- 10h
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £240–950
Flights from Chicago Midway International Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Baltimore
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 10m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £240–950
Flights from Chicago Midway International Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Philadelphia
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £230–950
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Birmingham Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 45m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- £130–550
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £160–700
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £160–700
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to London City Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 45m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £210–900
Flights from Chicago Midway International Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 12h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £220–900
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to London Gatwick Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 10h
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- £140–600
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Birmingham Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 5m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £140–600
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Birmingham Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £140–600
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Bristol Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 10h
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £150–600
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to London Heathrow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 18m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £150–650
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to London City Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 12h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £260–1,100
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Birmingham Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 36m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £150–750
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to London Heathrow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 18m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £150–650
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to London City Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £240–950
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Birmingham Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 47m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £150–750
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £160–700
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to London City Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 45m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £210–900
Flights from Chicago Midway International Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 12h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £220–900
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Birmingham Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 5m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £140–600
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Bristol Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 10h
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £150–600
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to London Gatwick Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 23m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £130–750
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Bristol Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 35m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £130–550
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Bristol Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 30m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £190–750
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to London Heathrow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 18m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £150–650
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to London City Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £240–950
- Website
- icelandair.com
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Reykjavik Keflavik Nas
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £190–650
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to London Gatwick Airport via Reykjavik Keflavik Nas
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £170–650
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £160–700
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to London Gatwick Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 10h
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- £140–600
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Birmingham Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £140–600
- Website
- flysas.com
Flights from Chicago Midway International Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 12h
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £220–900
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Birmingham Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 40m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £130–500
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Bristol Airport via Reykjavik Keflavik Nas
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £130–550
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Bristol Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 35m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- £140–600
- Website
- jetblue.com
Flights from Chicago Midway International Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Boston
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £230–950
- Phone
- +44 3451 27 29 20
- Website
- southernrailway.com
Train from Gatwick Airport to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 32 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- £13–28
- Website
- https://www.southernrailway.com/
- Phone
- +44 345 850 1530
- Website
- gatwickexpress.com
Train from Gatwick Airport to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 31 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £19–30
- Website
- https://www.gatwickexpress.com/
- Phone
- +44 345 528 0253
- Website
- avantiwestcoast.co.uk
Train from Birmingham International to London Euston
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 8m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £35–65
- Website
- https://www.avantiwestcoast.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 333 311 0039
- [email protected]
- Website
- westmidlandsrailway.co.uk
Train from Birmingham International to London Euston
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 4m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- £35–90
- Website
- https://www.westmidlandsrailway.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 330 060 0500
- [email protected]
- Website
- sleeper.scot
Train from Birmingham International to London Euston
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 26m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- £21–35
- Website
- https://www.sleeper.scot/
- Phone
- +44 3457 000 125
- [email protected]
- Website
- gwr.com
Train from Bristol Temple Meads to London Paddington
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 38m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £50–100
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
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