There are 6 ways to get from Chicago to Busan by plane, train, or bus
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Fly Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Busan / Gimhae International Airport
best- Fly from Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) to Busan / Gimhae International Airport (PUS)plane ORD - PUS
20h 12m₩905,255–2,609,309Fly Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Incheon International Airport, bus, train
cheapest- Fly from Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) to Incheon International Airport (ICN)plane ORD - ICN
- Take the bus from Incheon Int'l Airport T1 to Gwangmyeong Station Exit 4bus
- Take the train from Gwangmyeong Station to Busan Stationtrain
21h 27m₩762,755–2,215,509Fly Chicago Midway International Airport to Busan / Gimhae International Airport
- Fly from Chicago Midway International Airport (MDW) to Busan / Gimhae International Airport (PUS)plane MDW - PUS
22h 45m₩1,105,255–4,109,309Fly Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Daegu International Airport, train
- Fly from Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) to Daegu International Airport (TAE)plane ORD - TAE
- Take the train from Dongdaegu Station to Busan Stationtrain
21h 10m₩1,020,255–3,760,509Train to South Bend, fly to Busan / Gimhae International Airport
- Take the train from Van Buren St. to South Bend Airporttrain
- Fly from South Bend (SBN) to Busan / Gimhae International Airport (PUS)plane SBN - PUS
23h 41m₩1,121,665–4,223,436Fly Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Gimpo International Airport, train
- Fly from Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) to Gimpo International Airport (GMP)plane ORD - GMP
- Take the train from Gwangmyeong Station to Busan Stationtrain
24h 33m₩1,062,755–2,614,509
Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) to Busan / Gimhae International Airport (PUS) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Chicago to Busan is to fly which costs ₩900,000 - ₩2700,000 and takes 20h 12m.
The fastest way to get from Chicago to Busan is to fly which takes 20h 12m and costs ₩900,000 - ₩2700,000.
The distance between Chicago and Busan is 10685 km.
It takes approximately 20h 12m to get from Chicago to Busan, including transfers.
Busan is 14h ahead of Chicago. It is currently 3:58 PM in Chicago and 5:58 AM in Busan.
There are 942+ hotels available in Busan.
What companies run services between Chicago, IL, USA and Busan, South Korea?
Korean Air, Japan Airlines, and three other airlines fly from Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) to Busan / Gimhae International Airport (PUS) 5 times a day.
Airlines
- Website
- koreanair.com
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Busan / Gimhae International Airport via Incheon International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₩700,000–2,800,000
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Busan / Gimhae International Airport via Minneapolis, Incheon International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 40m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₩700,000–2,600,000
Flights from Chicago Midway International Airport to Busan / Gimhae International Airport via Detroit, Incheon International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₩1,100,000–4,200,000
Flights from Chicago Midway International Airport to Busan / Gimhae International Airport via Minneapolis, Incheon International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₩1,100,000–4,100,000
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Daegu International Airport via Incheon International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₩1,000,000–4,100,000
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Daegu International Airport via Minneapolis, Incheon International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 50m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₩1,000,000–3,700,000
Flights from South Bend to Busan / Gimhae International Airport via Detroit, Incheon International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₩1,100,000–4,200,000
Flights from South Bend to Busan / Gimhae International Airport via Minneapolis, Incheon International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₩1,100,000–4,200,000
Flights from South Bend to Busan / Gimhae International Airport via Chicago O'Hare International Airport, Incheon International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 23m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₩1,100,000–4,500,000
Flights from South Bend to Busan / Gimhae International Airport via Washington Dulles, Incheon International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₩1,200,000–4,900,000
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Incheon International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₩550,000–2,300,000
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Busan / Gimhae International Airport via Incheon International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₩700,000–2,800,000
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Busan / Gimhae International Airport via Minneapolis, Incheon International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 40m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₩700,000–2,600,000
Flights from Chicago Midway International Airport to Busan / Gimhae International Airport via Detroit, Incheon International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₩1,100,000–4,200,000
Flights from Chicago Midway International Airport to Busan / Gimhae International Airport via Minneapolis, Incheon International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₩1,100,000–4,100,000
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Daegu International Airport via Incheon International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₩1,000,000–4,100,000
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Daegu International Airport via Minneapolis, Incheon International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 50m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₩1,000,000–3,700,000
Flights from South Bend to Busan / Gimhae International Airport via Detroit, Incheon International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₩1,100,000–4,200,000
Flights from South Bend to Busan / Gimhae International Airport via Minneapolis, Incheon International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₩1,100,000–4,200,000
Flights from South Bend to Busan / Gimhae International Airport via Chicago O'Hare International Airport, Incheon International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 23m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₩1,100,000–4,500,000
Flights from South Bend to Busan / Gimhae International Airport via Washington Dulles, Incheon International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₩1,200,000–4,900,000
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Incheon International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₩550,000–2,300,000
- Website
- jal.com
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Busan / Gimhae International Airport via Tokyo Narita
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₩950,000–3,300,000
Flights from Chicago Midway International Airport to Busan / Gimhae International Airport via Seattle, Tokyo Narita
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 55m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- ₩1,500,000–5,500,000
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Incheon International Airport via Tokyo Narita
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₩750,000–2,800,000
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Incheon International Airport via Tokyo Haneda
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₩750,000–2,800,000
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Gimpo International Airport via Tokyo Haneda
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₩750,000–2,600,000
- Website
- evaair.com
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Busan / Gimhae International Airport via Taiwan Taoyuan
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₩900,000–2,800,000
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Incheon International Airport via Taiwan Taoyuan
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₩750,000–2,300,000
- Website
- jinair.com
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Busan / Gimhae International Airport via Tokyo Narita
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₩950,000–3,300,000
Flights from South Bend to Busan / Gimhae International Airport via Chicago O'Hare International Airport, Tokyo Narita
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 43m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₩1,000,000–15,000,000
Flights from South Bend to Busan / Gimhae International Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth, Tokyo Narita
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 31m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₩1,300,000–4,700,000
- Website
- ana.co.jp
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Incheon International Airport via Tokyo Haneda
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₩550,000–7,500,000
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Gimpo International Airport via Tokyo Haneda
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 7m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₩500,000–7,500,000
Train operators
- Phone
- +82 1599 7777
- Website
- letskorail.com
Train from Dongdaegu Station to Busan Station
- Ave. Duration
- 52 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- ₩15,000–42,600
- Website
- https://www.letskorail.com/ebizbf/EbizbfForeign_pr16100.do?gubun=1
- Economy
- ₩15,000–22,000
- First Class
- ₩21,000–30,000
- Economy Class
- ₩42,600
Train from Gwangmyeong Station to Busan Station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 29m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- ₩43,000–90,000
- Website
- https://www.letskorail.com/ebizbf/EbizbfForeign_pr16100.do?gubun=1
- Economy
- ₩43,000–60,000
- First Class
- ₩60,000–90,000
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- Phone
- +82 1800 1472
- Website
- srail.or.kr
Train from Dongdaegu Station to Busan Station
- Ave. Duration
- 46 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- ₩18,000–39,000
- Website
- https://www.srail.or.kr/main.do?language=EN
- Standard Class
- ₩18,000–39,000
- First Class
- ₩27,000–38,000
- Phone
- +82 1599 7777
- Website
- korail.com
Train from Dongdaegu Station to Busan Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 29m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- ₩8,620–8,660
- Website
- https://www.korail.com/global/eng/main
- Economy Class
- ₩8,620–8,660
- Phone
- +1 219-926-5744
- Website
- mysouthshoreline.com
Train from Van Buren St. to South Bend Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 4m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ₩20,000–22,000
- Schedules at
- mysouthshoreline.com
- Adults 14-64
- ₩20,000–22,000
Bus operators
- Phone
- +82 1544 7788
- Website
- korail.com
Bus from Incheon Int'l Airport T1 to Gwangmyeong Station Exit 4
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- ₩16,000
- Schedules at
- korail.com
- Phone
- +82 2 2664-9898
- Website
- airportlimousine.co.kr
Bus from Incheon Int'l Airport T1 to Gwangmyeong Station Exit 4
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 8m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- ₩16,000–17,500
- Schedules at
- airportlimousine.co.kr
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