There are 7 ways to get from Brisbane to Chicago by plane, train, or bus
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Fly to Chicago O'Hare International Airport
best- Fly from Brisbane Airport (BNE) to Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD)plane BNE - ORD
21h 8m$715–1,622Fly to Central Illinois Regional Airport At Bloomington-Normal, train
cheapest- Fly from Brisbane Airport (BNE) to Central Illinois Regional Airport At Bloomington-Normal (BMI)plane BNE - BMI
- Take the train from Bloomington-Normal to Chicago Union Stationtrain
27h 36m$497–1,668Fly to South Bend, train
- Fly from Brisbane Airport (BNE) to South Bend (SBN)plane BNE - SBN
- Take the train from South Bend Airport to Van Buren St.train
26h 56m$676–2,232Fly to General Mitchell International Airport, train
- Fly from Brisbane Airport (BNE) to General Mitchell International Airport (MKE)plane BNE - MKE
- Take the train from Milwaukee to Chicago Union Stationtrain
26h 23m$1,437–2,637Fly to Chicago Midway International Airport
- Fly from Brisbane Airport (BNE) to Chicago Midway International Airport (MDW)plane BNE - MDW
23h 20m$565–1,922Fly to University Of Illinois Willard Airport, train
- Fly from Brisbane Airport (BNE) to University Of Illinois Willard Airport (CMI)plane BNE - CMI
- Take the train from Champaign-Urbana to Homewoodtrain
27h 7m$521–1,691Fly to Dane County Regional Airport-Truax Field, bus
- Fly from Brisbane Airport (BNE) to Dane County Regional Airport-Truax Field (MSN)plane BNE - MSN
- Take the bus from 250 N. Lake St - Madison UW Campus to O'Hare International Airport - Terminal 2 Departuresbus
29h 14m$839–2,866
Brisbane Airport (BNE) to Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Brisbane to Chicago is to fly and train which costs $490 - $1,700 and takes 27h 36m.
The fastest way to get from Brisbane to Chicago is to fly which takes 21h 8m and costs $700 - $1,700.
The distance between Brisbane and Chicago is 8983 miles.
It takes approximately 21h 8m to get from Brisbane to Chicago, including transfers.
Chicago is 16h behind Brisbane. It is currently 9:36 AM in Brisbane and 5:36 PM in Chicago.
There are 1304+ hotels available in Chicago.
What companies run services between Brisbane, QLD, Australia and Chicago, IL, USA?
Qantas, American Airlines, and three other airlines fly from Brisbane Airport (BNE) to Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) 5 times a day.
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from Brisbane Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $460–1,600
Flights from Brisbane Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 24m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $360–1,300
Flights from Brisbane Airport to South Bend via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 38m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $650–2,200
Flights from Brisbane Airport to General Mitchell International Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 19m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $950–3,300
Flights from Brisbane Airport to University Of Illinois Willard Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 44m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $470–1,600
Flights from Brisbane Airport to University Of Illinois Willard Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth, Chicago O'Hare International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 37m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $480–1,700
Flights from Brisbane Airport to Central Illinois Regional Airport At Bloomington-Normal via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $470–1,600
Flights from Brisbane Airport to Central Illinois Regional Airport At Bloomington-Normal via Dallas/Ft.Worth, Chicago O'Hare International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 1m
- When
- Tuesday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $480–1,700
Flights from Brisbane Airport to Central Illinois Regional Airport At Bloomington-Normal via Los Angeles, Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 35m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $480–1,600
Flights from Brisbane Airport to Dane County Regional Airport-Truax Field via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 24m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $850–2,900
- Website
- southwest.com
Flights from Brisbane Airport to General Mitchell International Airport via San Francisco, Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 55m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $950–3,200
Flights from Brisbane Airport to Chicago Midway International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 35m
- When
- Tuesday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $550–2,500
Flights from Brisbane Airport to Chicago Midway International Airport via Vancouver, Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $550–2,000
Flights from Brisbane Airport to Chicago Midway International Airport via Los Angeles, Kansas City
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 42m
- When
- Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $550–2,500
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Brisbane Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport via San Francisco
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $350–1,200
Flights from Brisbane Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 34m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $350–1,200
Flights from Brisbane Airport to General Mitchell International Airport via San Francisco, Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 26m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $950–3,200
Flights from Brisbane Airport to Dane County Regional Airport-Truax Field via San Francisco, Chicago O'Hare International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 4m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $850–2,900
Flights from Brisbane Airport to Dane County Regional Airport-Truax Field via San Francisco, Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 8m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $800–2,900
- Website
- qantas.com
Flights from Brisbane Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $460–1,600
Flights from Brisbane Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 24m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $360–1,300
Flights from Brisbane Airport to General Mitchell International Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 19m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $950–3,300
Flights from Brisbane Airport to Dane County Regional Airport-Truax Field via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 24m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $850–2,900
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from Brisbane Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 20m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $350–1,200
Flights from Brisbane Airport to South Bend via Los Angeles, Minneapolis
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 58m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $650–2,200
Flights from Brisbane Airport to Dane County Regional Airport-Truax Field via Los Angeles, Minneapolis
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 25m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $850–2,900
- Website
- aircanada.com
Flights from Brisbane Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport via Vancouver
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 56m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $360–1,300
Flights from Brisbane Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 34m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $350–1,200
- Website
- flyfrontier.com
Flights from Brisbane Airport to Chicago Midway International Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 13m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $550–1,900
- Website
- flybreeze.com
Flights from Brisbane Airport to Dane County Regional Airport-Truax Field via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 30m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $800–2,800
- 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
- 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
- $22–40
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
Train from Champaign-Urbana to Homewood
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 31m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $16–45
- 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
- $13–50
- 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
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