There are 6 ways to get from Salzburg to Chicago by plane or train
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Fly Salzburg Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport
best- Fly from Salzburg Airport (SZG) to Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD)plane SZG - ORD
14h 31m$285–759Train to Munich International Airport, fly to Chicago O'Hare International Airport
- Take the train from Salzburg Hbf to Muenchen Osttrain
- Fly from Munich International Airport (MUC) to Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD)plane MUC - ORD
15h 3m$324–534Train to Linz Airport, fly to Chicago O'Hare International Airport
- Take the train from Salzburg Hauptbahnhof to Linz Hauptbahnhoftrain
- Fly from Linz Airport (LNZ) to Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD)plane LNZ - ORD
16h 38m$393–1,461Train to Munich International Airport, fly to Chicago Midway International Airport
- Take the train from Salzburg Hbf to Muenchen Osttrain
- Fly from Munich International Airport (MUC) to Chicago Midway International Airport (MDW)plane MUC - MDW
17h 47m$334–1,294Train, train to Vienna International Airport, fly to Chicago O'Hare International Airport
- Take the train from Salzburg Hbf to St.Poelten Hbftrain
- Take the train from St.Poelten Hbf to Flughafen Wientrain
- Fly from Vienna International Airport (VIE) to Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD)plane VIE - ORD
16h 5m$371–633Train to Zurich Airport, fly to Chicago O'Hare International Airport
- Take the train from Salzburg Hbf to Zuerich Flughafentrain
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD)plane ZRH - ORD
19h 8m$379–588
Salzburg Airport (SZG) to Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) flights
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Salzburg to Chicago is to train and fly which costs $320 - $550 and takes 15h 3m.
The fastest way to get from Salzburg to Chicago is to fly which takes 14h 31m and costs $280 - $800.
The distance between Salzburg and Chicago is 4635 miles.
It takes approximately 14h 31m to get from Salzburg to Chicago, including transfers.
Chicago is 6h behind Salzburg. It is currently 4:05 AM in Salzburg and 10:05 PM in Chicago.
There are 1130+ hotels available in Chicago.
What companies run services between Salzburg, Austria and Chicago, IL, USA?
Lufthansa, United Airlines, and seven other airlines fly from Salzburg Airport (SZG) to Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) 3 times a day.
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Salzburg Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 28m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $310–1,300
Flights from Munich International Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 42m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $230–850
Flights from Munich International Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport via Washington Dulles
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 44m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $240–900
Flights from Munich International Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport via Newark
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 1m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $240–900
Flights from Munich International Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 8m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $230–900
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 5m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $330–420
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 8m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $220–850
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport via Boston
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 57m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $330–420
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport via Newark
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 59m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $330–420
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport via Washington Dulles
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 34m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $330–420
Flights from Zurich Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $200–750
Flights from Zurich Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $200–800
Flights from Zurich Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport via Washington Dulles
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 9m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $210–800
- Website
- aircanada.com
Flights from Salzburg Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 28m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $310–1,300
Flights from Munich International Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 42m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $230–850
Flights from Munich International Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 3m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $230–900
Flights from Munich International Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport via Washington Dulles
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 44m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $240–900
Flights from Munich International Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport via Newark
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 1m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $240–900
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 8m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $220–850
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport via Montreal
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 6m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $330–420
Flights from Zurich Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $200–800
Flights from Zurich Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport via Montreal
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $330–450
Flights from Zurich Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport via Washington Dulles
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 9m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $210–800
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Salzburg Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 28m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $310–1,300
Flights from Munich International Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 42m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $230–850
Flights from Linz Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $370–1,400
Flights from Zurich Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 10h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $200–750
- Website
- southwest.com
Flights from Munich International Airport to Chicago Midway International Airport via Charlotte
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 10m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $380–1,400
Flights from Munich International Airport to Chicago Midway International Airport via Boston
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 35m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $350–1,300
Flights from Munich International Airport to Chicago Midway International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 37m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $410–1,600
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from Salzburg Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 5m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $310–1,200
Flights from Salzburg Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 50m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $280–750
Flights from Munich International Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport via Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 15h
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $230–900
Flights from Munich International Airport to Chicago Midway International Airport via Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 30m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $310–1,200
Flights from Munich International Airport to Chicago Midway International Airport via Atlanta
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 33m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $360–1,300
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 5m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $330–420
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport via Washington Dulles
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 34m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $330–420
Flights from Zurich Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 10h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $200–750
Flights from Zurich Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport via Washington Dulles
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 9m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $210–800
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Salzburg Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 5m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $320–1,200
Flights from Salzburg Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 50m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $360–1,600
Flights from Linz Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport via London Stansted, Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 30m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $410–1,900
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from Salzburg Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 50m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $360–1,600
Flights from Linz Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport via London Stansted, Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 30m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $410–1,900
Flights from Zurich Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport via Philadelphia
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 18m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $210–800
- Website
- aerlingus.com
Flights from Salzburg Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 50m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $360–1,600
Flights from Linz Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport via London Stansted, Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 30m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $410–1,900
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $200–750
- Website
- flysas.com
Flights from Salzburg Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 50m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $280–750
- Phone
- +49 30 200 73-0
- [email protected]
- Website
- Transdev GmbH
Train from Salzburg Hbf to Muenchen Ost
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $29–45
- Schedules at
- Transdev GmbH
Train from Salzburg Hbf to Muenchen Ost
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $29–45
- Schedules at
- Transdev GmbH
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Salzburg Hbf to Muenchen Ost
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 34m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $27–60
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Salzburg Hbf to Muenchen Ost
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 34m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $27–60
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Salzburg Hbf to St.Poelten Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 18m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- $45–110
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from St.Poelten Hbf to Flughafen Wien
- Ave. Duration
- 57 min
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- $15–35
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
- Phone
- +43 1 89900
- [email protected]
- Website
- Westbahn
Train from Salzburg Hbf to Muenchen Ost
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 43m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $30–55
- Website
- Westbahn
Train from Salzburg Hauptbahnhof to Linz Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 12m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $28–45
- Website
- Westbahn
Train from Salzburg Hbf to Muenchen Ost
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 43m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $30–55
- Website
- Westbahn
Train from Salzburg Hbf to St.Poelten Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 2m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $55–90
- Website
- Westbahn
- Phone
- +32 70 79 79 79
- Website
- Belgian Railways
Train from Salzburg Hbf to Muenchen Ost
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 51m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $28–45
- Website
- Belgian Railways
Train from Salzburg Hbf to Muenchen Ost
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 51m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $28–45
- Website
- Belgian Railways
- Phone
- +43 (0)5 1717
- Website
- Railjet
Train from Salzburg Hbf to Muenchen Ost
- *
- $28–45
Train from Salzburg Hauptbahnhof to Linz Hauptbahnhof
- *
- $25–40
Train from Salzburg Hbf to Muenchen Ost
- *
- $28–45
Train from Salzburg Hbf to St.Poelten Hbf
- *
- $40–65
Train from St.Poelten Hbf to Flughafen Wien
- *
- $19–29
Train from Salzburg Hbf to Zuerich Flughafen
- *
- $75–120
- Phone
- +43 (0) 5 1717
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
Train from Salzburg Hbf to Muenchen Ost
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 56m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $37–42
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
Train from Salzburg Hauptbahnhof to Linz Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 14m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $32–37
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
Train from Salzburg Hbf to Muenchen Ost
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 56m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $37–42
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
Train from Salzburg Hbf to St.Poelten Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 8m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $60–75
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
- Phone
- +420 221 111 122
- [email protected]
- Website
- Czech Railways (ČD)
Train from Salzburg Hbf to Muenchen Ost
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 41m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $15–22
- Website
- Czech Railways (ČD)
Train from Salzburg Hbf to Muenchen Ost
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 41m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $15–22
- Website
- Czech Railways (ČD)
- Phone
- +43 (0) 5 1717
- Website
- ÖBB Intercity
Train from Salzburg Hbf to Muenchen Ost
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 41m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $17–35
- Website
- ÖBB Intercity
- Website
- ÖBB Intercity
Train from Salzburg Hbf to Muenchen Ost
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 41m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $17–35
- Website
- ÖBB Intercity
- Website
- ÖBB Intercity
Train from Salzburg Hbf to St.Poelten Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 24m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $29–55
- Website
- ÖBB Intercity
- Website
- ÖBB Intercity
Train from St.Poelten Hbf to Flughafen Wien
- Ave. Duration
- 51 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $9–18
- Website
- ÖBB Intercity
- Website
- ÖBB Intercity
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- Österreichische Bundesbahnen
Train from Salzburg Hauptbahnhof to Linz Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $35–55
- Website
- Österreichische Bundesbahnen
Train from Salzburg Hbf to St.Poelten Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $60–90
- Website
- Österreichische Bundesbahnen
- Phone
- _AUSTRIAN_RAILWAYS_(ÖBB)
- Website
- Austrian Railways
Train from Salzburg Hauptbahnhof to Linz Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 26m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $27–45
- Website
- Austrian Railways
Train from Salzburg Hbf to St.Poelten Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 14m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $50–90
- Website
- Austrian Railways
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Salzburg Hauptbahnhof to Linz Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 17m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $15–29
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Salzburg Hbf to St.Poelten Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 11m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $30–60
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
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