There are 5 ways to get from Chicago to Ascona by plane or train
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Fly Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport, train
best- Fly from Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) to Milano Malpensa Airport (MXP)ORD - MXP
- Take the train from Malpensa Aeroporto T1 to Mendrisio
- Take the train from Mendrisio to Locarno
14h 15mCHF 252–737Fly Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Zurich Airport, train
cheapest- Fly from Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)ORD - ZRH
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Bellinzona
14h 41mCHF 211–452Fly Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Milan Linate Airport, train
- Fly from Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) to Milan Linate Airport (LIN)ORD - LIN
- Take the train from Monza to Locarno
16h 57mCHF 332–720Fly Chicago Midway International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport, train
- Fly from Chicago Midway International Airport (MDW) to Milano Malpensa Airport (MXP)MDW - MXP
- Take the train from Malpensa Aeroporto T1 to Mendrisio
- Take the train from Mendrisio to Locarno
17h 42mCHF 222–837Fly Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Turin Caselle Airport, train
- Fly from Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) to Turin Caselle Airport (TRN)ORD - TRN
- Take the train from Torino Porta Susa to Milano Centrale
- Take the train from Milano Centrale to Locarno
18h 4mCHF 251–967
Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) to Milano Malpensa Airport (MXP) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Chicago to Ascona is to fly and train which costs SFr 210 - SFr 460 and takes 14h 41m.
The fastest way to get from Chicago to Ascona is to fly and train which takes 14h 15m and costs SFr 250 - SFr 750.
The distance between Chicago and Ascona is 7404 km.
It takes approximately 14h 15m to get from Chicago to Ascona, including transfers.
Ascona is 7h ahead of Chicago. It is currently 9:42 AM in Chicago and 4:42 PM in Ascona.
There are 2703+ hotels available in Ascona.
What companies run services between Chicago, IL, USA and Ascona, Switzerland?
There is no direct connection from Chicago to Ascona. However, you can take the subway to O'Hare, walk to Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) airport, fly to Milano Malpensa Airport (MXP), walk to Malpensa Aeroporto T1, take the train to Mendrisio, take the train to Locarno, walk to Locarno, Piazza Stazione, then take the line 1 bus to Ascona, Centro. Alternatively, you can take the subway to O'Hare, walk to Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) airport, fly to Zurich Airport (ZRH), walk to Zürich Flughafen, take the train to Zürich HB, take the train to Bellinzona, take the train to Locarno, walk to Locarno, Piazza Stazione, then take the line 1 bus to Ascona, Centro.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 170–700
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 190–800
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 190–800
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 180–750
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Zurich Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 190–270
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Zurich Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 190–270
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Milan Linate Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 210–1,000
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Milan Linate Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 14h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 240–1,000
Flights from Chicago Midway International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Detroit, Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 55m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 220–900
Flights from Chicago Midway International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Detroit, Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 40m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 240–1,000
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Turin Caselle Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 230–1,100
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Turin Caselle Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 260–1,100
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 170–700
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 190–800
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 190–800
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 47m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 180–750
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Zurich Airport via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 180–750
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Zurich Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 180–750
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Zurich Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 190–270
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Zurich Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 190–270
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Milan Linate Airport via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 11h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 210–850
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Milan Linate Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 230–1,000
Flights from Chicago Midway International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Detroit, Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 40m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 240–1,000
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Turin Caselle Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 230–950
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 170–700
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Zurich Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 190–750
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Milan Linate Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 210–850
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Milan Linate Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 210–850
Flights from Chicago Midway International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Boston
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 10m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 220–900
Flights from Chicago Midway International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Detroit, Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 210–850
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Turin Caselle Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 55m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 230–950
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Turin Caselle Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 25m
- When
- Wednesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 230–900
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 22m
- When
- Thursday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 170–800
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Zurich Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 180–240
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Milan Linate Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 15m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 210–1,000
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Milan Linate Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 260–1,200
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 170–700
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 160–700
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 47m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 180–750
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Zurich Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 180–750
Flights from Chicago Midway International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Boston, Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 10m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 210–800
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 22m
- When
- Thursday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 170–800
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Zurich Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 180–240
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Milan Linate Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 15m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 210–1,000
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 170–700
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Milan Linate Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 210–850
Flights from Chicago Midway International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Boston
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 10m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 220–900
Flights from Chicago Midway International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Detroit, Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 210–850
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Turin Caselle Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 25m
- When
- Wednesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 230–900
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Zurich Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 190–750
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Milan Linate Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 210–850
Flights from Chicago Midway International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Boston
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 10m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 220–900
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Turin Caselle Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 55m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 230–950
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Turin Caselle Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 25m
- When
- Wednesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 230–900
- Website
- brusselsairlines.com
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 170–700
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 180–750
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Zurich Airport via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 180–750
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Milan Linate Airport via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 11h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 210–850
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 170–700
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 180–750
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Milan Linate Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 10m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 240–900
- Website
- aerlingus.com
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Milan Linate Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 260–1,200
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Turin Caselle Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 5m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 280–1,300
- Website
- airdolomiti.it
Flights from Chicago Midway International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Detroit, Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 55m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 220–900
- Website
- condor.com
Flights from Chicago Midway International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Detroit, Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 15m
- When
- Monday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- CHF 220–900
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Turin Caselle Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 20m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 280–1,300
- Phone
- +41 848 446 688
- Website
- sbb.ch
Train from Malpensa Aeroporto T1 to Mendrisio
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 8m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 24–45
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Mendrisio to Locarno
- Ave. Duration
- 57 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 19–23
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Zürich HB to Bellinzona
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 37m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 35–65
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Milano Centrale to Locarno
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 35–70
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
- Phone
- +39 02 7249 4494
- my-link@trenord.it
- Website
- trenord.it
Train from Malpensa Aeroporto T1 to Mendrisio
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 8m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 4–6
- Website
- https://www.trenord.it/en/
Train from Mendrisio to Locarno
- Ave. Duration
- 57 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 4–6
- Website
- https://www.trenord.it/en/
Train from Monza to Locarno
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 5–7
- Website
- https://www.trenord.it/en/
Train from Milano Centrale to Locarno
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 7–10
- Website
- https://www.trenord.it/en/
- Phone
- +41 58 580 70 70
- info@sob.ch
- Website
- sob.ch
Train from Zürich HB to Bellinzona
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Schedules at
- sob.ch
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Torino Porta Susa to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 18–40
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
- Phone
- +39 06 8937 1892
- Website
- italotreno.it
Train from Torino Porta Susa to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 1m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 15–45
- Website
- https://www.italotreno.it/en
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Torino Porta Susa to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 8–24
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- 1st Class
- CHF 17–24
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