There are 8 ways to get from Auckland to Chicago by plane, train, or bus
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Fly to Chicago O'Hare International Airport
best- Fly from Auckland (AKL) to Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD)AKL - ORD
21h 2m$957–2,812Fly to Central Illinois Regional Airport At Bloomington-Normal, train
cheapest- Fly from Auckland (AKL) to Central Illinois Regional Airport At Bloomington-Normal (BMI)AKL - BMI
- Take the train from Bloomington-Normal to Chicago Union Station
28h 5m$444–1,728Fly to South Bend, train
- Fly from Auckland (AKL) to South Bend (SBN)AKL - SBN
- Take the train from South Bend Airport to Van Buren St.
25h 26m$568–2,022Fly to General Mitchell International Airport, train
- Fly from Auckland (AKL) to General Mitchell International Airport (MKE)AKL - MKE
- Take the train from Milwaukee to Chicago Union Station
24h 38m$829–3,032Fly to University Of Illinois Willard Airport, train
- Fly from Auckland (AKL) to University Of Illinois Willard Airport (CMI)AKL - CMI
- Take the train from Champaign-Urbana to Chicago Union Station
26h 45m$462–1,610Fly to Chicago Midway International Airport
- Fly from Auckland (AKL) to Chicago Midway International Airport (MDW)AKL - MDW
22h 7m$467–1,612Fly to Dane County Regional Airport-Truax Field, bus
- Fly from Auckland (AKL) to Dane County Regional Airport-Truax Field (MSN)AKL - MSN
- Take the bus from 250 N. Lake St - Madison UW Campus to O'Hare International Airport - Terminal 2 Departures
25h 35m$731–2,556Fly to Peoria International Airport, bus, train
- Fly from Auckland (AKL) to Peoria International Airport (PIA)AKL - PIA
- Take the bus from Peoria to Bloomington/Normal
- Take the train from Bloomington-Normal to Chicago Union Station
28h 38m$467–1,773
Auckland (AKL) to Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Auckland to Chicago is to fly and train which costs $440 - $1,800 and takes 28h 5m.
The fastest way to get from Auckland to Chicago is to fly which takes 21h 2m and costs $950 - $2,900.
The distance between Auckland and Chicago is 8277 miles.
It takes approximately 21h 2m to get from Auckland to Chicago, including transfers.
Chicago is 19h behind Auckland. It is currently 7:07 PM in Auckland and 12:07 AM in Chicago.
There are 1245+ hotels available in Chicago.
What companies run services between Auckland, New Zealand and Chicago, IL, USA?
American Airlines, Air New Zealand, and four other airlines fly from Auckland (AKL) to Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) every 4 hours.
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Auckland to Chicago O'Hare International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $340–1,200
Flights from Auckland to Chicago O'Hare International Airport via Houston
- Ave. Duration
- 18h
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $350–1,200
Flights from Auckland to Chicago O'Hare International Airport via San Francisco
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $350–1,200
Flights from Auckland to South Bend via Houston, Chicago O'Hare International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 55m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $550–2,000
Flights from Auckland to South Bend via San Francisco, Chicago O'Hare International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 16m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $550–2,000
Flights from Auckland to South Bend via Los Angeles, Chicago O'Hare International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 10m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $550–2,000
Flights from Auckland to South Bend via Dallas/Ft.Worth, Chicago O'Hare International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $550–2,000
Flights from Auckland to General Mitchell International Airport via Houston
- Ave. Duration
- 22h
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $850–3,000
Flights from Auckland to General Mitchell International Airport via Los Angeles, Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $800–2,900
Flights from Auckland to Dane County Regional Airport-Truax Field via Houston, Chicago O'Hare International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 18m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $700–2,600
Flights from Auckland to Dane County Regional Airport-Truax Field via Los Angeles, Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 53m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $700–2,500
Flights from Auckland to Dane County Regional Airport-Truax Field via San Francisco, Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 8m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $700–2,500
Flights from Auckland to Peoria International Airport via Los Angeles, Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $420–1,500
Flights from Auckland to Peoria International Airport via San Francisco, Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 57m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $430–1,500
Flights from Auckland to Peoria International Airport via San Francisco, Chicago O'Hare International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 49m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $440–1,500
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from Auckland to Chicago O'Hare International Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 24m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $340–1,200
Flights from Auckland to Chicago O'Hare International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 43m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $340–1,200
Flights from Auckland to Chicago O'Hare International Airport via New York JFK
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 56m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,700
Flights from Auckland to South Bend via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 52m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $550–2,000
Flights from Auckland to General Mitchell International Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $850–2,900
Flights from Auckland to University Of Illinois Willard Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 7m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $420–1,500
Flights from Auckland to University Of Illinois Willard Airport via Los Angeles, Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 47m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $430–1,500
Flights from Auckland to University Of Illinois Willard Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth, Chicago O'Hare International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 13m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $430–1,500
Flights from Auckland to Central Illinois Regional Airport At Bloomington-Normal via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 39m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $420–1,500
Flights from Auckland to Central Illinois Regional Airport At Bloomington-Normal via Los Angeles, Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 14m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $430–1,500
Flights from Auckland to Central Illinois Regional Airport At Bloomington-Normal via Los Angeles, Chicago O'Hare International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 14m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $430–1,500
Flights from Auckland to Central Illinois Regional Airport At Bloomington-Normal via Dallas/Ft.Worth, Chicago O'Hare International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 44m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $430–1,500
Flights from Auckland to Dane County Regional Airport-Truax Field via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $700–2,500
Flights from Auckland to Peoria International Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $420–1,500
- Website
- airnewzealand.com
Flights from Auckland to Chicago O'Hare International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $340–1,200
Flights from Auckland to Chicago O'Hare International Airport via Houston
- Ave. Duration
- 18h
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $350–1,200
Flights from Auckland to Chicago O'Hare International Airport via San Francisco
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $350–1,200
Flights from Auckland to South Bend via Dallas/Ft.Worth, Chicago O'Hare International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $550–2,000
Flights from Auckland to General Mitchell International Airport via Houston
- Ave. Duration
- 22h
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $850–3,000
Flights from Auckland to Dane County Regional Airport-Truax Field via Houston, Chicago O'Hare International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 18m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $700–2,600
Flights from Auckland to Peoria International Airport via San Francisco, Chicago O'Hare International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 49m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $440–1,500
- Website
- aircanada.com
Flights from Auckland to Chicago O'Hare International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $340–1,200
Flights from Auckland to Chicago O'Hare International Airport via San Francisco
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $350–1,200
Flights from Auckland to Chicago O'Hare International Airport via Vancouver
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 41m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $360–1,300
Flights from Auckland to Dane County Regional Airport-Truax Field via Los Angeles, Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 53m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $700–2,500
Flights from Auckland to Dane County Regional Airport-Truax Field via San Francisco, Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 8m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $700–2,500
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from Auckland to Chicago O'Hare International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $340–1,200
Flights from Auckland to South Bend via San Francisco, Minneapolis
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 44m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- $550–2,000
Flights from Auckland to General Mitchell International Airport via New York JFK
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 28m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $950–3,300
Flights from Auckland to Dane County Regional Airport-Truax Field via Los Angeles, Minneapolis
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 19m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $700–2,500
- Website
- southwest.com
Flights from Auckland to General Mitchell International Airport via Los Angeles, Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 45m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $800–2,900
Flights from Auckland to General Mitchell International Airport via Los Angeles, St. Louis
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 20m
- When
- Wednesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $850–3,000
Flights from Auckland to Chicago Midway International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $460–1,600
- Website
- flyfrontier.com
Flights from Auckland to Chicago Midway International Airport via Houston
- Ave. Duration
- 20h
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $460–1,600
- Website
- flybreeze.com
Flights from Auckland to Dane County Regional Airport-Truax Field via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 17h
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $700–2,500
- Phone
- +1 219-926-5744
- Website
- mysouthshoreline.com
Train from South Bend Airport to Van Buren St.
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 1m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- $13–15
- Schedules at
- mysouthshoreline.com
- Adults 14-64
- $13–15
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak
Contact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- amtrak.com
Train from Milwaukee to Chicago Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 29m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $22–45
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
Train from Champaign-Urbana to Chicago Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 36m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $19–80
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
Train from Bloomington-Normal to Chicago Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 19m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $18–220
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
- Phone
- +1 608-752-5407
- vangalder@coachusa.com
- Website
- coachusa.com
Bus from 250 N. Lake St - Madison UW Campus to O'Hare International Airport - Terminal 2 Departures
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $20–40
- Website
- https://www.coachusa.com/van-galder-bus-company
- Phone
- +1 (319) 753-2864
- info@burlingtontrailways.com
- Website
- burlingtontrailways.com
Bus from Peoria to Bloomington/Normal
- Ave. Duration
- 45 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $23–45
- Website
- https://burlingtontrailways.com
- Saver Fares
- $23–35
- Flexible Fares
- $30–45
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