There are 8 ways to get from Chicago to Craiova by plane, bus, or train
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Fly to Bucharest Otopeni, bus
best- Fly from Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) to Bucharest Otopeni (OTP)plane ORD - OTP
- Take the bus from Bucharest Otopeni Airport to Craiova Benzinaria Petrombus
16h 38m$404–1,628Fly to Cluj-Napoca, bus, train
cheapest- Fly from Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) to Cluj-Napoca (CLJ)plane ORD - CLJ
- Take the bus from Cluj-Napoca to Alba Iuliabus
- Take the train from Alba Iulia to Craiovatrain
24h 41m$314–1,144Fly to Craiova Airport
- Fly from Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) to Craiova Airport (CRA)plane ORD - CRA
20h 59m$438–1,613Fly to Sibiu, train
- Fly from Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) to Sibiu (SBZ)plane ORD - SBZ
- Take the train from Sibiu to Craiovatrain
21h 47m$416–1,531Fly to Timișoara Traian Vuia International Airport, train
- Fly from Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) to Timișoara Traian Vuia International Airport (TSR)plane ORD - TSR
- Take the train from Timișoara Est to Craiovatrain
23h$636–1,042Fly to Belgrade Nikola Tesla Airport, bus, train
- Fly from Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) to Belgrade Nikola Tesla Airport (BEG)plane ORD - BEG
- Take the bus from Beograd, Autobuska stanica to Tekijabus
- Take the train from Orşova to Craiovatrain
22h 52m$384–517Fly to Sofia Airport, train
- Fly from Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) to Sofia Airport (SOF)plane ORD - SOF
- Take the train from Sofia to Vidintrain
- Take the train from Vidin to Craiovatrain
25h 32m$316–738Fly to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport, train
- Fly from Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport (BUD)plane ORD - BUD
- Take the train from Ferihegy to Szolnoktrain
- Take the train from Szolnok to Craiovatrain
27h 7m$464–1,369
Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) to Bucharest Otopeni (OTP) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Chicago to Craiova is to fly and train which costs $310 - $750 and takes 25h 32m.
The fastest way to get from Chicago to Craiova is to fly and bus which takes 16h 38m and costs $400 - $1,700.
The distance between Chicago and Craiova is 8638 km.
It takes approximately 16h 38m to get from Chicago to Craiova, including transfers.
Craiova is 8h ahead of Chicago. It is currently 12:30 AM in Chicago and 8:30 AM in Craiova.
There are 864+ hotels available in Craiova.
What companies run services between Chicago, IL, USA and Craiova, Romania?
American Airlines, Ulendo Airlink, and four other airlines fly from Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) to Craiova Airport (CRA) once daily.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 45m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $390–460
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $390–460
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Sibiu via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $390–1,700
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Sibiu via Frankfurt, Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 2m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $390–1,700
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Timișoara Traian Vuia International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 1m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $300–1,300
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Cluj-Napoca via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $280–1,300
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Belgrade Nikola Tesla Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 12h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $280–1,200
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Belgrade Nikola Tesla Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $310–1,200
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Sofia Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 52m
- When
- Tuesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- $240–950
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Sofia Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $290–460
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 42m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $220–950
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 57m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $220–950
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 10m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $260–900
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 45m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $390–460
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $390–460
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Sibiu via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $390–1,500
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Sibiu via Frankfurt, Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 2m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $390–1,700
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Timișoara Traian Vuia International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $300–1,200
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Cluj-Napoca via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 40m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $280–1,100
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Belgrade Nikola Tesla Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $310–1,200
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Sofia Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 30m
- When
- Wednesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $270–900
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Sofia Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 30m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $290–460
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Sofia Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $290–460
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 42m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $220–950
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 57m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $220–950
- Website
- flyulendo.com
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Craiova Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 18h
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $430–1,600
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Craiova Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 19h
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $440–1,700
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Craiova Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 21m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $440–1,700
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Craiova Airport via Munich, Bologna
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 25m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $430–1,600
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Timișoara Traian Vuia International Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 35m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $320–1,200
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Cluj-Napoca via Milan Malpensa
- Ave. Duration
- 12h
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $290–1,100
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 10m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $260–900
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Sibiu via Brussels, Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 30m
- When
- Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $390–1,500
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Belgrade Nikola Tesla Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 10m
- When
- Wednesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $310–1,000
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Sofia Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 30m
- When
- Wednesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $270–900
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 45m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $240–800
- Website
- hisky.aero
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 50m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $320–1,000
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Timișoara Traian Vuia International Airport via Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 20h
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $430–1,400
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Cluj-Napoca via Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 30m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $400–1,300
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Belgrade Nikola Tesla Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 5m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $280–1,100
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Sofia Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $240–950
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $220–850
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Belgrade Nikola Tesla Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 30m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $280–1,100
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Sofia Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 40m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $240–950
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 50m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $220–850
- Website
- lot.com
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Warsaw Chopin
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 45m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $240–900
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Cluj-Napoca via Warsaw Chopin
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 25m
- When
- Wednesday to Friday
- Estimated price
- $280–1,100
- Website
- turkishairlines.com
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Timișoara Traian Vuia International Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 35m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $360–1,300
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Timișoara Traian Vuia International Airport via Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 45m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $430–1,400
- Website
- animawings.com
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Craiova Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 10m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $470–1,700
- Website
- tarom.ro
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Timișoara Traian Vuia International Airport via Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 45m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $430–1,400
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Cluj-Napoca via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 25m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $280–1,100
- Website
- airserbia.com
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Belgrade Nikola Tesla Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 40m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $350–1,100
- Website
- air.bg
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Sofia Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 55m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $240–950
- Website
- brusselsairlines.com
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 5m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $220–850
- Phone
- 0219521
- petitii@cfrcalatori.ro
- Website
- cfrcalatori.ro
Train from Sibiu to Craiova
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 6m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $22–25
- Website
- https://www.cfrcalatori.ro/en/
Train from Timișoara Est to Craiova
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 49m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $32–36
- Website
- https://www.cfrcalatori.ro/en/
Train from Alba Iulia to Craiova
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 42m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $27–30
- Website
- https://www.cfrcalatori.ro/en/
Train from Orşova to Craiova
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 38m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $14–16
- Website
- https://www.cfrcalatori.ro/en/
Train from Vidin to Craiova
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 13m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $13–15
- Website
- https://www.cfrcalatori.ro/en/
- Phone
- +35929311111
- onlineticket@bdz.bg
- Website
- bdz.bg
Train from Sofia to Vidin
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $9–16
- Website
- https://www.bdz.bg/en
- 2nd Class
- $9–14
- 1st Class
- $13–16
- Phone
- +36 (1) 3 49 49 49
- info@mavcsoport.hu
- Website
- jegy.mav.hu
Train from Ferihegy to Szolnok
- Ave. Duration
- 57 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $4–6
- Website
- https://jegy.mav.hu/
Train from Szolnok to Craiova
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 52m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $26–31
- Website
- https://jegy.mav.hu/
Train from Ferihegy to Szolnok
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $18–26
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/
- Phone
- +4-021-312.03.45
- Website
- comantotrans.autogari.ro
Bus from Bucharest Otopeni Airport to Craiova Benzinaria Petrom
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $12–23
- Schedules at
- comantotrans.autogari.ro
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Cluj-Napoca to Alba Iulia
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $5–9
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +381 (12) 538 400
- office@litas.rs
- Website
- litas.rs
Bus from Beograd, Autobuska stanica to Tekija
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 32m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $12–27
- Schedules at
- litas.rs
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