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Recommended option
Fly Chicago O'Hare to London Heathrow • 10h 46m
£267 - £639
Cheapest option
Fly Chicago O'Hare to Birmingham, train • 14h 3m
£127 - £944
3 alternative options
Fly Chicago O'Hare to London Gatwick, train • 11h 4m
£171 - £677
Fly Chicago Midway to London Heathrow • 12h 58m
£217 - £379
Fly Chicago O'Hare to London City • 13h 20m
£143 - £609
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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 $270 - $480 and takes 12h 58m.
What is the fastest way to get from Chicago to London?
The quickest way to get from Chicago to London is to fly which costs $330 - $800 and takes 10h 46m.
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 46m 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 12:20 AM in Chicago and 6:20 AM in London.
Which airlines fly from Chicago O'Hare Airport to London Heathrow Airport?
British Airways, Aer Lingus, Icelandair and four other airlines offer flights from Chicago O'Hare Airport to London Heathrow Airport.
Where can I stay near London?
There are 8093+ 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 43 min and costs $2 - $5.
Launch map view
- Distance: 3970.7 miles
- Duration: 10h 46m
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 every 30 minutes.
Airlines
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Chicago O'Hare to London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £500 - £1,600
Flights from Chicago O'Hare to London Heathrow via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £410 - £1,200
Flights from Chicago O'Hare to London Gatwick via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £240 - £650
Flights from Chicago O'Hare to London Gatwick via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £200 - £800
Flights from Chicago O'Hare to London City via New York JFK
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 48m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £180 - £650
Flights from Chicago O'Hare to London City via Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 10m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £170 - £750
Flights from Chicago O'Hare to London City via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £140 - £600
Flights from Chicago O'Hare to London City via London Heathrow, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 30m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- £180 - £650
Flights from Chicago O'Hare to London City via London Heathrow, Manchester
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 35m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- £180 - £650
Flights from Chicago O'Hare to London City via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 10m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £190 - £800
Flights from Chicago O'Hare to Birmingham via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £230 - £650
Flights from Chicago O'Hare to Birmingham via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 30m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £200 - £750
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from Chicago O'Hare to London Heathrow via Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 4m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £240 - £1,400
Flights from Chicago O'Hare to London Gatwick via Boston
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £290 - £1,700
Flights from Chicago Midway to London Heathrow via Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 11h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £410 - £2,300
Flights from Chicago Midway to London Heathrow via Minneapolis
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 55m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £440 - £2,500
Flights from Chicago Midway to London Heathrow via Atlanta
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 52m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £470 - £2,800
Flights from Chicago Midway to London Heathrow via Detroit, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £440 - £2,500
Flights from Chicago Midway to London Heathrow via Detroit, Paris CDG
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £440 - £2,600
Flights from Chicago O'Hare to London City via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 50m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £220 - £700
Flights from Chicago O'Hare to Birmingham via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £250 - £800
Flights from Chicago O'Hare to Birmingham via Paris CDG
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £240 - £1,100
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Chicago O'Hare to London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 3m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £550 - £2,200
Flights from Chicago O'Hare to London City via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 58m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £220 - £850
Flights from Chicago O'Hare to Birmingham via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £250 - £1,100
Flights from Chicago O'Hare to Birmingham via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 3m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £250 - £950
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Chicago O'Hare to London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 3m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £550 - £2,200
Flights from Chicago O'Hare to London Heathrow via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 10h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £430 - £1,800
Flights from Chicago O'Hare to London Heathrow via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £410 - £1,200
Flights from Chicago O'Hare to Birmingham via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 3m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £250 - £950
Flights from Chicago O'Hare to Birmingham via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £230 - £650
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Chicago O'Hare to London Heathrow via Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 4m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £240 - £1,400
Flights from Chicago Midway to London Heathrow via Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 11h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £410 - £2,300
Flights from Chicago Midway to London Heathrow via Minneapolis
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 55m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £440 - £2,500
Flights from Chicago Midway to London Heathrow via Atlanta
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 52m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £470 - £2,800
Flights from Chicago Midway to London Heathrow via Detroit, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £440 - £2,500
Flights from Chicago O'Hare to London City via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 50m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £220 - £700
Flights from Chicago O'Hare to Birmingham via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £250 - £800
- Website
- aerlingus.com
Flights from Chicago O'Hare to London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £470 - £1,200
Flights from Chicago O'Hare to London Heathrow via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £410 - £1,200
Flights from Chicago O'Hare to London Gatwick via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £240 - £650
Flights from Chicago O'Hare to London City via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £210 - £600
Flights from Chicago O'Hare to Birmingham via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £230 - £650
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from Chicago O'Hare to London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £500 - £1,600
Flights from Chicago O'Hare to London Gatwick via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 20m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- £200 - £700
Flights from Chicago O'Hare to London City via New York JFK
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 48m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £180 - £650
- Website
- iberia.com
Flights from Chicago O'Hare to London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £500 - £1,600
Flights from Chicago O'Hare to London Gatwick via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £200 - £800
Flights from Chicago O'Hare to Birmingham via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 30m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £200 - £750
- Website
- aircanada.com
Flights from Chicago O'Hare to London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 3m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £550 - £2,200
Flights from Chicago O'Hare to London Heathrow via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 10h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £430 - £1,800
Flights from Chicago O'Hare to Birmingham via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £260 - £900
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Chicago O'Hare to London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 3m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £550 - £2,200
Flights from Chicago O'Hare to London City via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 5m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £230 - £900
Flights from Chicago O'Hare to Birmingham via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 2m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £270 - £1,000
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Chicago O'Hare to London Heathrow via Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 58m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £240 - £1,400
Flights from Chicago Midway to London Heathrow via Atlanta
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 52m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £470 - £2,800
Flights from Chicago Midway to London Heathrow via Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £410 - £2,300
Flights from Chicago Midway to London Heathrow via Detroit, Paris CDG
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £440 - £2,600
Flights from Chicago O'Hare to London City via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 50m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £220 - £700
Flights from Chicago O'Hare to Birmingham via Paris CDG
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £240 - £1,100
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Chicago O'Hare to London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 3m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £550 - £2,200
Flights from Chicago O'Hare to Birmingham via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £320 - £1,000
- Website
- icelandair.com
Flights from Chicago O'Hare to London Heathrow via Reykjavik Keflavik Nas
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £350 - £650
Flights from Chicago O'Hare to London Gatwick via Reykjavik Keflavik Nas
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £260 - £600
- Website
- norwegian.com
Flights from Chicago O'Hare to London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 45m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £160 - £650
- Website
- lot.com
Flights from Chicago O'Hare to London City via Warsaw Chopin
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 40m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £250 - £450
- Website
- flysas.com
Flights from Chicago O'Hare to Birmingham via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 40m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £95 - £800
Train operators
- Website
- southernrailway.com
Train from Gatwick Airport to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 32 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- £9 - £23
- Website
- southernrailway.com
- Schedules at
- southernrailway.com
- 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
- 31 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 13m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- 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
- londonmidland.com
Train from Birmingham International to London Euston
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 46m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £30 - £45
- Website
- londonnorthwesternrailway.co.uk
- Advanced Single
- £18 - £26
- Anytime Day Single
- £30 - £45
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