There are 8 ways to get from Canberra to Chicago by plane, bus, or train
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Fly Canberra International Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport
best- Fly from Canberra International Airport (CBR) to Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD)plane CBR - ORD
25h 4m$464–1,609Bus to Sydney International Airport, fly to Chicago O'Hare International Airport
- Take the bus from Canberra to Sydney International Airportbus
- Fly from Sydney International Airport (SYD) to Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD)plane SYD - ORD
24h 52m$835–1,550Fly Canberra International Airport to General Mitchell International Airport, train
- Fly from Canberra International Airport (CBR) to General Mitchell International Airport (MKE)plane CBR - MKE
- Take the train from Milwaukee to Chicago Union Stationtrain
28h 44m$1,322–4,463Fly Canberra International Airport to Chicago Midway International Airport
- Fly from Canberra International Airport (CBR) to Chicago Midway International Airport (MDW)plane CBR - MDW
26h 53m$754–2,609Bus to Sydney International Airport, fly to General Mitchell International Airport, train
- Take the bus from Canberra to Sydney International Airportbus
- Fly from Sydney International Airport (SYD) to General Mitchell International Airport (MKE)plane SYD - MKE
- Take the train from Milwaukee to Chicago Union Stationtrain
28h 11m$1,053–3,504Bus to Sydney International Airport, fly to Chicago Midway International Airport
- Take the bus from Canberra to Sydney International Airportbus
- Fly from Sydney International Airport (SYD) to Chicago Midway International Airport (MDW)plane SYD - MDW
24h 46m$635–2,150Bus to Moruya Airport, fly to Chicago Midway International Airport
- Take the bus from Canberra to Moruya Airportbus
- Fly from Moruya Airport (MYA) to Chicago Midway International Airport (MDW)plane MYA - MDW
28h 18m$980–3,343Bus to Sydney International Airport, fly to Central Illinois Regional Airport At Bloomington-Normal, train
- Take the bus from Canberra to Sydney International Airportbus
- Fly from Sydney International Airport (SYD) to Central Illinois Regional Airport At Bloomington-Normal (BMI)plane SYD - BMI
- Take the train from Bloomington-Normal to Chicago Union Stationtrain
30h 45m$551–1,811
Canberra International Airport (CBR) to Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Canberra to Chicago is to fly which costs $460 - $1,700 and takes 25h 4m.
The fastest way to get from Canberra to Chicago is to bus and fly which takes 24h 46m and costs $600 - $2,200.
The distance between Canberra and Chicago is 9457 miles.
It takes approximately 25h 4m to get from Canberra to Chicago, including transfers.
Chicago is 17h behind Canberra. It is currently 5:00 AM in Canberra and 12:00 PM in Chicago.
There are 1304+ hotels available in Chicago.
What companies run services between Canberra, ACT, Australia and Chicago, IL, USA?
Virgin Australia, United Airlines, and five other airlines fly from Canberra International Airport (CBR) to Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) 5 times a day.
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from Canberra International Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport via Brisbane, Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $600–2,000
Flights from Canberra International Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport via Brisbane, Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 34m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- $470–1,600
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 50m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $480–1,600
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 1m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $370–1,600
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport via San Francisco
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 23m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $480–1,600
Flights from Canberra International Airport to General Mitchell International Airport via Nadi, Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 9m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $1,300–9,500
Flights from Canberra International Airport to General Mitchell International Airport via Brisbane, Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 29m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- $1,300–4,400
Flights from Sydney International Airport to General Mitchell International Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 54m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,300–4,400
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Central Illinois Regional Airport At Bloomington-Normal via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 44m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $600–2,100
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Central Illinois Regional Airport At Bloomington-Normal via Los Angeles, Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 18m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $490–2,100
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Central Illinois Regional Airport At Bloomington-Normal via Dallas/Ft.Worth, Chicago O'Hare International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 36m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $600–2,200
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Central Illinois Regional Airport At Bloomington-Normal via Los Angeles, Chicago O'Hare International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 21m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $490–1,700
- Website
- southwest.com
Flights from Canberra International Airport to General Mitchell International Airport via Brisbane, Los Angeles, St. Louis
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 20m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,600–5,500
Flights from Canberra International Airport to General Mitchell International Airport via Nadi, Los Angeles, St. Louis
- Ave. Duration
- 24h
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $1,300–9,500
Flights from Canberra International Airport to Chicago Midway International Airport via Brisbane, Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 23m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $750–3,200
Flights from Canberra International Airport to Chicago Midway International Airport via Nadi, Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 30m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $800–5,500
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Chicago Midway International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 32m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- $600–2,600
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Chicago Midway International Airport via San Francisco
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 5m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $750–2,600
Flights from Moruya Airport to Chicago Midway International Airport via Sydney International Airport, Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 12m
- When
- Monday to Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $950–3,300
Flights from Moruya Airport to Chicago Midway International Airport via Sydney International Airport, San Francisco
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 55m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $1,200–4,100
- Website
- qantas.com
Flights from Canberra International Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport via Brisbane, Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 1m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- $470–1,600
Flights from Canberra International Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport via Brisbane, Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $600–2,000
Flights from Canberra International Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport via Nadi, Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 25m
- When
- Monday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $490–3,400
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport via San Francisco
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 23m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $480–1,600
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $480–1,600
Flights from Canberra International Airport to General Mitchell International Airport via Brisbane, Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 56m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- $1,300–4,400
Flights from Sydney International Airport to General Mitchell International Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 54m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,300–4,400
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Canberra International Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport via Brisbane, San Francisco
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 55m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- $460–1,600
Flights from Canberra International Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport via Nadi, Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 12m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $490–3,500
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 54m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $370–1,300
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport via San Francisco
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 48m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $370–1,300
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport via Houston
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 53m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $380–1,300
Flights from Sydney International Airport to General Mitchell International Airport via Houston
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 19m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,000–3,600
Flights from Sydney International Airport to General Mitchell International Airport via Los Angeles, Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 37m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $1,000–3,400
- Website
- flyfrontier.com
Flights from Canberra International Airport to Chicago Midway International Airport via Brisbane, Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 11m
- When
- Monday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $750–2,600
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Chicago Midway International Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 7m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- $750–2,600
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Chicago Midway International Airport via Houston
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 39m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $600–2,100
Flights from Moruya Airport to Chicago Midway International Airport via Sydney International Airport, Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 47m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- $1,200–4,100
Flights from Moruya Airport to Chicago Midway International Airport via Sydney International Airport, Houston
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 14m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $950–3,300
- Website
- virginaustralia.com
Flights from Canberra International Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport via Brisbane, San Francisco
- Ave. Duration
- 22h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $460–1,600
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 54m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $370–1,300
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport via San Francisco
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 48m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $370–1,300
- Website
- aircanada.com
Flights from Canberra International Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport via Brisbane, Vancouver
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 11m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- $470–1,600
Flights from Canberra International Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport via Nadi, Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 12m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $490–3,500
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport via Vancouver
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 21m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $380–1,300
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from Canberra International Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport via Brisbane, Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 25m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $460–1,600
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $370–1,300
- Website
- fijiairways.com
Flights from Canberra International Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport via Nadi, Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 25m
- When
- Monday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $490–3,400
- 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
- $18–45
- 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
- $27–65
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
- Phone
- (61) 13 22 51
- enquiries@murrays.com.au
- Website
- murrays.com.au
Bus from Canberra to Sydney International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $35–55
- Schedules at
- murrays.com.au
Bus from Canberra to Moruya Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $27–40
- Schedules at
- murrays.com.au
- Website
- flixbus.com.au
Bus from Canberra to Sydney International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $30–45
- Schedules at
- flixbus.com.au
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