There are 6 ways to get from Chicago to Austria by plane or train
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Fly to Vienna International Airport
best- Fly from Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) to Vienna International Airport (VIE)ORD - VIE
12h 2m€238–482Fly to Salzburg Airport
- Fly from Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) to Salzburg Airport (SZG)ORD - SZG
13h 42m€274–658Fly to Innsbruck Airport
- Fly from Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) to Innsbruck Airport (INN)ORD - INN
14h 9m€242–1,204Fly to Graz
- Fly from Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) to Graz (GRZ)ORD - GRZ
14h 40m€345–1,307Fly to Munich International Airport, train
- Fly from Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) to Munich International Airport (MUC)ORD - MUC
- Take the train from Ostbahnhof to Salzburg Hauptbahnhof
13h 30m€245–707Fly to Zurich Airport, train
- Fly from Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)ORD - ZRH
- Take the train from Zuerich Hb to Innsbruck Hauptbahnhof
16h 17m€285–623
Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) to Vienna International Airport (VIE) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Chicago to Austria is to fly which costs €230 - €490 and takes 12h 2m.
The fastest way to get from Chicago to Austria is to fly which takes 12h 2m and costs €230 - €490.
The distance between Chicago and Austria is 7615 km.
It takes approximately 12h 2m to get from Chicago to Austria, including transfers.
Austria is 7h ahead of Chicago. It is currently 4:33 PM in Chicago and 11:33 PM in Austria.
There are 4692+ hotels available in Austria.
What companies run services between Chicago, IL, USA and Austria?
Austrian Airlines, Lufthansa, and three other airlines fly from Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) to Vienna International Airport (VIE) 5 times a day.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Vienna International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 10m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €240–380
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Salzburg Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 22m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €340–1,300
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Salzburg Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 10m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €310–1,200
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Graz via Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 22m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €340–1,500
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Graz via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €340–1,300
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 27m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €230–850
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Munich International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 12m
- When
- Monday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €260–500
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €200–750
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Zurich Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 25m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €200–460
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Zurich Airport via Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 30m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €200–460
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Vienna International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 45m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €250–600
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Vienna International Airport via Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €210–800
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Vienna International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 55m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €240–380
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Innsbruck Airport via Vienna International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 10m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €410–1,400
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Graz via Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 50m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €380–1,500
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 27m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €230–850
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Munich International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 50m
- When
- Monday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €260–500
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 47m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €200–750
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Zurich Airport via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €200–800
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Zurich Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 25m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €200–460
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Zurich Airport via Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 30m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €200–460
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Vienna International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 45m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €250–600
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Vienna International Airport via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 40m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €210–800
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Vienna International Airport via Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €210–800
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Innsbruck Airport via Vienna International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 10m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €410–1,400
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Innsbruck Airport via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 14h
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €350–1,300
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Innsbruck Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 30m
- When
- Friday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €300–1,000
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Graz via Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 45m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €350–1,300
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Graz via Vienna International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 14h
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €380–1,300
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Graz via Brussels, Vienna International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 25m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €350–1,300
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Munich International Airport via Vienna International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 5m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €290–600
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €200–750
- Website
- brusselsairlines.com
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Vienna International Airport via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 40m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €210–800
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Innsbruck Airport via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 14h
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €350–1,300
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €200–750
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Zurich Airport via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €200–800
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Vienna International Airport via Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €210–800
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Graz via Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 45m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €350–1,300
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 47m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €200–750
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Vienna International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 12h
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €200–800
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Innsbruck Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 40m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €350–1,300
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Munich International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 45m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €230–850
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
- €200–800
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Salzburg Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 20m
- When
- Thursday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- €310–1,400
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Innsbruck Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 17m
- When
- Thursday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- €350–1,600
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Vienna International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €210–800
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Munich International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 40m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €230–900
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Zurich Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 55m
- When
- Thursday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- €200–750
- Website
- aerlingus.com
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Munich International Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 15m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €320–700
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Zurich Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €230–600
- Website
- icelandair.com
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Salzburg Airport via Reykjavik Keflavik Nas
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 20m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €380–1,300
- Website
- flysas.com
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Salzburg Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 45m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €260–900
- Website
- iberia.com
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Innsbruck Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 45m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €470–2,000
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Ostbahnhof to Salzburg Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 32m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €22–50
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +49 30 200730
- post@transdev.de
- Website
- transdev.de
Train from Ostbahnhof to Salzburg Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 38m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €26–40
- Schedules at
- transdev.de
- Phone
- +49 8024 997171
- info@brb.de
- Website
- brb.de
Train from Ostbahnhof to Salzburg Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 38m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €30–45
- Schedules at
- brb.de
- Phone
- +43 1 89900
- meinenachricht@westbahn.at
- Website
- westbahn.at
Train from Ostbahnhof to Salzburg Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 23m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €14–55
- Website
- https://westbahn.at/en/
- Phone
- +48 22 322 22 22
- infokraj@intercity.pl
- Website
- intercity.pl
Train from Ostbahnhof to Salzburg Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 41m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €22–50
- Website
- https://www.intercity.pl/en/
Train from Ostbahnhof to Salzburg Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 24m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €25–40
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/railjet
- *
- €25–40
Train from Zuerich Hb to Innsbruck Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 31m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €40–65
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/railjet
- *
- €40–65
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- konzern.oebb.at
Train from Ostbahnhof to Salzburg Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €35–55
- Website
- https://konzern.oebb.at/en/
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- oebb.at
Train from Ostbahnhof to Salzburg Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 41m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €30–50
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/eurocity-intercity
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket?cref=oebb-header
- Phone
- +43 51717
- Website
- nightjet.com
Train from Ostbahnhof to Salzburg Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- €28–260
- Website
- https://www.nightjet.com/en/#/home
- Sleeper Carriage
- €255–260
- Couchette Carriage
- €120–150
- Seating Carriage
- €28–35
- Phone
- +41 848 446 688
- Website
- sbb.ch
Train from Zuerich Hb to Innsbruck Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 31m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €90–170
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
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