There are 5 ways to get from Budapest to Chicago by plane or train
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Fly Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport
best- Fly from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport (BUD) to Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD)BUD - ORD
16h 10m$437–762Fly Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to Chicago Midway International Airport
cheapest- Fly from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport (BUD) to Chicago Midway International Airport (MDW)BUD - MDW
15h 56m$297–1,112Train to Vienna International Airport, fly to Chicago O'Hare International Airport
- Take the train from Budapest-Kelenfoeld to Wien Hbf
- Fly from Vienna International Airport (VIE) to Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD)VIE - ORD
15h 34m$304–645Fly Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to General Mitchell International Airport, train
- Fly from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport (BUD) to General Mitchell International Airport (MKE)BUD - MKE
- Take the train from Milwaukee to Chicago Union Station
20h 23m$469–1,632Train to Košice International Airport, fly to Chicago O'Hare International Airport
- Take the train from Budapest-Keleti to Kosice
- Fly from Košice International Airport (KSC) to Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD)KSC - ORD
19h 9m$367–1,324
Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport (BUD) to Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Budapest to Chicago is to train and fly which costs $300 - $650 and takes 15h 34m.
The fastest way to get from Budapest to Chicago is to train and fly which takes 15h 34m and costs $300 - $650.
The distance between Budapest and Chicago is 4884 miles.
It takes approximately 16h 10m to get from Budapest to Chicago, including transfers.
Chicago is 7h behind Budapest. It is currently 2:36 PM in Budapest and 7:36 AM in Chicago.
There are 1245+ hotels available in Chicago.
What companies run services between Budapest, Hungary and Chicago, IL, USA?
Air Canada, American Airlines, and four other airlines fly from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport (BUD) to Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) 5 times a day.
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 53m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $220–850
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $220–850
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $220–800
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 5m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $300–700
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport via Newark
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $300–700
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 13m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $220–850
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport via Boston
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 34m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $300–700
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport via Washington Dulles
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $300–700
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to General Mitchell International Airport via Munich, Chicago O'Hare International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 31m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $550–2,300
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to General Mitchell International Airport via Frankfurt, Chicago O'Hare International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $550–2,300
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to General Mitchell International Airport via Copenhagen, Chicago O'Hare International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 28m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $440–1,500
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to General Mitchell International Airport via Vienna International Airport, Chicago O'Hare International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 17m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $600–2,000
- Website
- aircanada.com
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 53m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $220–850
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $220–850
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $220–800
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 13m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $220–850
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport via Montreal
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 10m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $300–700
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to General Mitchell International Airport via Frankfurt, Chicago O'Hare International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 24m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $550–2,300
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to General Mitchell International Airport via Munich, Chicago O'Hare International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $550–2,000
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to General Mitchell International Airport via Copenhagen, Chicago O'Hare International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 28m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $440–1,500
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to General Mitchell International Airport via Vienna International Airport, Chicago O'Hare International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 17m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $600–2,000
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport via Philadelphia
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $230–850
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $280–1,100
Flights from Košice International Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 5m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $350–1,800
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 50m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $220–800
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to Chicago Midway International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 56m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $290–1,100
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to Chicago Midway International Airport via Munich, Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 31m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $300–1,100
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to Chicago Midway International Airport via Frankfurt, Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 46m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $330–1,300
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to Chicago Midway International Airport via Dublin, Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 16m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $300–1,100
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 50m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $220–800
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to Chicago Midway International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 56m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $290–1,100
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to Chicago Midway International Airport via Munich, Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 31m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $300–1,100
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to Chicago Midway International Airport via Frankfurt, Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 46m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $330–1,300
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to Chicago Midway International Airport via Dublin, Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 16m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $300–1,100
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $220–850
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $220–800
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to General Mitchell International Airport via Munich, Chicago O'Hare International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 31m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $550–2,300
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to General Mitchell International Airport via Vienna International Airport, Chicago O'Hare International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 17m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $600–2,000
- Website
- aerlingus.com
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $280–1,100
Flights from Košice International Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 5m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $350–1,800
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $220–850
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $220–800
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 5m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $300–700
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport via Washington Dulles
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $300–700
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $220–800
Flights from Košice International Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $370–1,300
- Website
- lot.com
Flights from Košice International Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport via Warsaw Chopin
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 50m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $350–1,300
- Website
- airindia.in
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 55m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $210–600
- Website
- southwest.com
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to Chicago Midway International Airport via Philadelphia
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 45m
- When
- Wednesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $310–1,200
- Phone
- +36 (1) 3 49 49 49
- info@mavcsoport.hu
- Website
- jegy.mav.hu
Train from Budapest-Kelenfoeld to Wien Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $12–15
- Website
- https://jegy.mav.hu/
Train from Budapest-Keleti to Kosice
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 49m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $13–16
- Website
- https://jegy.mav.hu/
Train from Budapest-Kelenfoeld to Wien Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $40–70
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/railjet
- *
- $40–65
- Phone
- +420 222 222 221
- info@regiojet.cz
- Website
- regiojet.com
Train from Budapest-Kelenfoeld to Wien Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 34m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $10–35
- Website
- https://regiojet.com/
- 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
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