There are 5 ways to get from Chicago to Kos by plane, car ferry, or ferry
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Fly Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Kos
best- Fly from Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) to Kos (KGS)plane ORD - KGS
18h 13m€304–1,007Fly Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Milas–Bodrum Airport, ferry
cheapest- Fly from Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) to Milas–Bodrum Airport (BJV)plane ORD - BJV
- Take the ferry from Port of Bodrum to Port of Kosferry
19h 25m€285–999Fly Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Rhodes International Airport, car ferry
- Fly from Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) to Rhodes International Airport (RHO)plane ORD - RHO
- Take the car ferry from Port of Rhodes to Port of Koscarferry
19h 33m€303–947Fly Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Kalymnos, ferry
- Fly from Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) to Kalymnos (JKL)plane ORD - JKL
- Take the ferry from Port of Kalymnos to Port of Kosferry
32h 46m€449–1,629Fly Chicago Midway International Airport to Kos
- Fly from Chicago Midway International Airport (MDW) to Kos (KGS)plane MDW - KGS
19h 51m€404–1,407
Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) to Kos (KGS) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Chicago to Kos is to fly and car ferry which costs €300 - €950 and takes 19h 33m.
The fastest way to get from Chicago to Kos is to fly which takes 18h 13m and costs €300 - €1100.
The distance between Chicago and Kos is 9110 km.
It takes approximately 18h 13m to get from Chicago to Kos, including transfers.
Kos is 8h ahead of Chicago. It is currently 1:43 PM in Chicago and 9:43 PM in Kos.
There are 1250+ hotels available in Kos.
What companies run services between Chicago, IL, USA and Kos, Greece?
Lufthansa, Airbus France, and eight other airlines fly from Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) to Kos (KGS) once daily.
- Website
- skyexpress.gr
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Kos via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 10m
- When
- Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €280–1,100
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Rhodes International Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 25m
- When
- Thursday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- €260–1,000
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Kalymnos via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 10m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €430–1,600
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Kalymnos via Athens, Kos
- Ave. Duration
- 33h 15m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €430–1,600
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Kalymnos via Milan Malpensa, Kos
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 20m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €430–1,600
Flights from Chicago Midway International Airport to Kos via Boston, Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 50m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €390–1,500
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Kos via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 55m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €310–1,200
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Rhodes International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 40m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €290–1,200
Flights from Chicago Midway International Airport to Kos via Boston, Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 45m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €430–1,700
Flights from Chicago Midway International Airport to Kos via Detroit, Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 13m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €380–1,500
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Kos via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 35m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €300–1,000
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Rhodes International Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 40m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €290–950
- Website
- en.aegeanair.com
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Rhodes International Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €260–1,000
Flights from Chicago Midway International Airport to Kos via Detroit, Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 13m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €380–1,500
- Website
- turkishairlines.com
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Milas–Bodrum Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €280–1,000
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Milas–Bodrum Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 10m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €270–950
Flights from Chicago Midway International Airport to Kos via Boston, Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 10m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €400–1,400
- Website
- sunexpress.com
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Milas–Bodrum Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 15m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €290–1,200
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Milas–Bodrum Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 15m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €260–1,000
- Website
- brusselsairlines.com
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Kos via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 50m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €280–1,100
- Website
- neosair.it
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Kos via Milan Malpensa
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 20m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €280–1,100
- Website
- condor.com
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Kos via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 20m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €280–1,100
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Kos via Naples
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 55m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €280–1,100
- Website
- ita-airways.com
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Rhodes International Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 45m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €280–900
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Rhodes International Airport via Naples
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 45m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €270–1,000
- Website
- flyulendo.com
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Rhodes International Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 55m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €270–1,000
- Website
- ajet.com
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Milas–Bodrum Airport via Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 20m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €360–1,100
- Website
- tui.nl
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Milas–Bodrum Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 45m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €260–1,000
- Website
- airbus.com
Flights from Chicago Midway International Airport to Kos via Detroit, Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 13m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €380–1,500
- Phone
- +30 22410 70590
- info@12ne.gr
- Website
- 12ne.gr
Car ferry from Port of Rhodes to Port of Kos
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €22–40
- Website
- https://www.12ne.gr/en
- Phone
- +30 21 0620 6427
- info@saos.gr
- Website
- saos.gr
Car ferry from Port of Rhodes to Port of Kos
- Ave. Duration
- 7h
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €20
- Website
- https://saos.gr/en/
Ferry from Port of Bodrum to Port of Kos
- Ave. Duration
- 30 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €25
- Website
- https://www.yesilmarmarislines.com/
- Phone
- +90 252 612 99 19
- info@skymarineferries.com.tr
- Website
- skymarineferries.com.tr
Ferry from Port of Bodrum to Port of Kos
- Ave. Duration
- 30 min
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €8–18
- Website
- https://www.skymarineferries.com.tr/en
- Phone
- +90 533 739 00 00
- info@bodrumexpresslines.com
- Website
- bodrumexpresslines.com
Ferry from Port of Bodrum to Port of Kos
- Ave. Duration
- 45 min
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €25–40
- Website
- https://www.bodrumexpresslines.com/en
- Phone
- +30 22430 29612
- anek@anekalymnou.gr
- Website
- anekalymnou.gr
Ferry from Port of Kalymnos to Port of Kos
- Ave. Duration
- 30 min
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €4–8
- Schedules at
- anekalymnou.gr
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