There are 5 ways to get from Chicago to London by plane or train
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Recommended option
Fly Chicago O'Hare to London Heathrow • 10h 36m
£264 - £638
4 alternative options
Fly Chicago O'Hare to London Gatwick, train • 11h 4m
£264 - £631
Fly Chicago Midway to London Heathrow • 12h 28m
£264 - £1,238
Fly Chicago O'Hare to London City • 13h 10m
£313 - £708
Fly Chicago O'Hare to Birmingham, train • 14h 2m
£442 - £1,478
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 and train which costs $340 - $850 and takes 11h 4m.
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 $340 - $850 and takes 10h 36m.
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 36m 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 30m.
What is the time difference between Chicago and London?
London is 6h ahead of Chicago. It is currently 5:42 PM in Chicago and 11:42 PM in London.
Which airlines fly from Chicago O'Hare Airport to London Heathrow Airport?
British Airways, Aer Lingus, United Airlines and three other airlines offer flights from Chicago O'Hare Airport to London Heathrow Airport.
Where can I stay near London?
There are 6973+ 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 43m and costs $2 - $5.
Launch map view
- Distance: 3970.7 miles
- Duration: 10h 36m
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 42m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £550 - £1,700
Flights from Chicago O'Hare to London Heathrow via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £550 - £1,500
Flights from Chicago O'Hare to London Gatwick via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £550 - £1,400
Flights from Chicago O'Hare to London Gatwick via Paris CDG
- Ave. Duration
- 11h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £900 - £2,000
Flights from Chicago O'Hare to London City via New York JFK
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 10m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £500 - £1,800
Flights from Chicago O'Hare to London City via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 15m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £2,200 - £5,500
Flights from Chicago O'Hare to London City via London Heathrow, Manchester
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 45m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- £500 - £1,800
Flights from Chicago O'Hare to London City via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 14h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £2,200 - £5,500
Flights from Chicago O'Hare to London City via Dublin, Edinburgh
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 25m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £600 - £1,500
Flights from Chicago O'Hare to Birmingham via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £500 - £1,600
Flights from Chicago O'Hare to Birmingham via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 50m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £410 - £1,700
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from Chicago O'Hare to London Heathrow via Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 10h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £600 - £2,000
Flights from Chicago Midway to London Heathrow via Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 1m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £500 - £1,200
Flights from Chicago Midway to London Heathrow via Atlanta
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 57m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £500 - £1,200
Flights from Chicago Midway to London Heathrow via Minneapolis
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 39m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £500 - £1,200
Flights from Chicago Midway to London Heathrow via Boston
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 35m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- £500 - £1,200
Flights from Chicago Midway to London Heathrow via Detroit, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 42m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £500 - £1,200
Flights from Chicago O'Hare to London City via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 50m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- £900 - £1,800
Flights from Chicago O'Hare to Birmingham via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £500 - £2,500
Flights from Chicago O'Hare to Birmingham via Paris CDG
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £490 - £2,500
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Chicago O'Hare to London Heathrow via Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 10h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £600 - £2,000
Flights from Chicago Midway to London Heathrow via Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 1m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £500 - £1,200
Flights from Chicago Midway to London Heathrow via Atlanta
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 57m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £500 - £1,200
Flights from Chicago Midway to London Heathrow via Minneapolis
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 39m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £500 - £1,200
Flights from Chicago Midway to London Heathrow via Boston
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 35m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- £500 - £1,200
Flights from Chicago Midway to London Heathrow via Detroit, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 42m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £500 - £1,200
Flights from Chicago O'Hare to London City via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 50m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- £900 - £1,800
Flights from Chicago O'Hare to Birmingham via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £500 - £2,500
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Chicago O'Hare to London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £650 - £1,700
Flights from Chicago O'Hare to London City via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 10m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £650 - £2,000
Flights from Chicago O'Hare to Birmingham via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 56m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £430 - £2,100
Flights from Chicago O'Hare to Birmingham via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £490 - £2,500
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from Chicago O'Hare to London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 42m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £550 - £1,700
Flights from Chicago O'Hare to London Gatwick via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 58m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £500 - £1,400
Flights from Chicago O'Hare to London City via New York JFK
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 10m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £500 - £1,800
- Website
- aerlingus.com
Flights from Chicago O'Hare to London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 47m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £500 - £1,500
Flights from Chicago O'Hare to London Heathrow via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £550 - £1,500
Flights from Chicago O'Hare to London Gatwick via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £550 - £1,400
Flights from Chicago O'Hare to London City via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 32m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £600 - £1,500
Flights from Chicago O'Hare to Birmingham via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £500 - £1,600
- Website
- iberia.com
Flights from Chicago O'Hare to London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 42m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £550 - £1,700
Flights from Chicago O'Hare to London Gatwick via Paris CDG
- Ave. Duration
- 11h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £900 - £2,000
Flights from Chicago O'Hare to Birmingham via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 50m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £410 - £1,700
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Chicago O'Hare to London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £650 - £1,700
Flights from Chicago O'Hare to London Heathrow via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £600 - £1,600
Flights from Chicago O'Hare to Birmingham via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £500 - £1,600
Flights from Chicago O'Hare to Birmingham via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 56m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £430 - £2,100
- Website
- aircanada.com
Flights from Chicago O'Hare to London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £650 - £1,700
Flights from Chicago O'Hare to London Heathrow via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 13m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £600 - £1,600
Flights from Chicago O'Hare to Birmingham via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 2m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £410 - £1,900
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Chicago O'Hare to London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £650 - £1,700
Flights from Chicago O'Hare to London City via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 5m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £600 - £1,600
Flights from Chicago O'Hare to Birmingham via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 2m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £410 - £1,900
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Chicago O'Hare to London Heathrow via Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 50m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £600 - £2,000
Flights from Chicago Midway to London Heathrow via Atlanta
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 57m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £500 - £1,200
Flights from Chicago Midway to London Heathrow via Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 42m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £500 - £1,200
Flights from Chicago Midway to London Heathrow via Boston
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 35m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- £500 - £1,200
Flights from Chicago O'Hare to London City via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 50m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- £900 - £1,800
Flights from Chicago O'Hare to Birmingham via Paris CDG
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £490 - £2,500
- Website
- norwegian.com
Flights from Chicago O'Hare to London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 45m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £240 - £1,100
- Website
- icelandair.com
Flights from Chicago O'Hare to London Gatwick via Reykjavik Keflavik Nas
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 15m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- £400 - £1,600
- 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
- £800 - £1,100
- Website
- flysas.com
Flights from Chicago O'Hare to Birmingham via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 50m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £410 - £1,400
Train operators
- Website
- southernrailway.com
Train from Gatwick Airport to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 32m
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- £12 - £18
- Website
- southernrailway.com
- Schedules at
- southernrailway.com
- Schedules at
- ojp.nationalrail.co.uk
- Phone
- +44 345 850 1530
- customerservices@gatwickexpress.com
- Website
- gatwickexpress.com
Train from Gatwick Airport to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 30m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- £18 - £28
- Website
- gatwickexpress.com
- Phone
- 0344 556 5650
- Website
- virgintrains.co.uk
Train from Birmingham International to London Euston
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £45 - £75
- Website
- virgintrains.co.uk
- Advanced Single
- £30 - £45
- Anytime Day Single
- £45 - £75
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- Phone
- +44 121 634 2040
- comments@londonmidland.com
- Website
- londonmidland.com
Train from Birmingham International to London Euston
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 56m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £30 - £45
- Website
- wmtrains.co.uk
- Advanced Single
- £18 - £26
- Anytime Day Single
- £30 - £45
London Midland train
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London Midland train
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London Midland train
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London Midland train
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First class interior
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Train interior
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Birmingham International
Source: Wikipedia
London Euston
Source: Wikipedia
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