There are 7 ways to get from Chicago to Lindau by plane or train
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Fly Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Zurich Airport, train
best- Fly from Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane ORD - ZRH
- Take the train from Zürich Flughafen to Bregenztrain
14h 20m€243–535Fly Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Munich International Airport, train
- Fly from Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) to Munich International Airport (MUC)plane ORD - MUC
- Take the train from Flughafen München to Pasingtrain
- Take the train from Pasing to Lindau-Inseltrain
15h 41m€281–464Fly Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Stuttgart Airport, train
- Fly from Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) to Stuttgart Airport (STR)plane ORD - STR
- Take the train from Hauptbahnhof to Friedrichsh. Stadtbahnhoftrain
17h 29m€275–1,047Fly Chicago Midway International Airport to Zurich Airport, train
- Fly from Chicago Midway International Airport (MDW) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane MDW - ZRH
- Take the train from Zürich Flughafen to Bregenztrain
16h 29m€343–1,335Fly Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Frankfurt, train
- Fly from Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) to Frankfurt (FRA)plane ORD - FRA
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Ulm Hauptbahnhoftrain
- Take the train from Ulm Hauptbahnhof to Friedrichsh. Stadtbahnhoftrain
16h 28m€279–556Fly Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport, train
- Fly from Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) to Milano Malpensa Airport (MXP)plane ORD - MXP
- Take the train from Malpensa Aeroporto T1 to Luganotrain
- Take the train from Lugano to Zürich HBtrain
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Bregenztrain
19h 13m€389–1,033Fly Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Saint Gallen-Altenrhein Airport
- Fly from Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) to Saint Gallen-Altenrhein Airport (ACH)plane ORD - ACH
18h 49m€387–1,426
Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) to Zurich Airport (ZRH) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Chicago to Lindau is to fly and train which costs €240 - €550 and takes 14h 20m.
The fastest way to get from Chicago to Lindau is to fly and train which takes 14h 20m and costs €240 - €550.
The distance between Chicago and Lindau is 7287 km.
It takes approximately 14h 20m to get from Chicago to Lindau, including transfers.
Lindau is 6h ahead of Chicago. It is currently 12:11 PM in Chicago and 6:11 PM in Lindau.
There are 2623+ hotels available in Lindau.
What companies run services between Chicago, IL, USA and Lindau, Bavaria, Germany?
Austrian Airlines, People's Viennaline, and four other airlines fly from Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) to Saint Gallen-Altenrhein Airport (ACH) once daily.
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €190–800
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Zurich Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €220–320
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Zurich Airport via Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 40m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- €220–320
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €220–900
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Munich International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €270–370
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Munich International Airport via Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €270–330
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Stuttgart Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 48m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €230–1,100
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Stuttgart Airport via Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €240–1,200
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Stuttgart Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €230–950
Flights from Chicago Midway International Airport to Zurich Airport via Boston
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €300–1,200
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 31m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €180–750
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Frankfurt via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €180–750
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €170–700
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 12h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €190–850
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 12h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €200–850
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €190–800
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Zurich Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €190–800
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Zurich Airport via Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 40m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- €220–320
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €220–900
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Munich International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €270–370
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Stuttgart Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 48m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €230–1,100
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Stuttgart Airport via Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €240–1,200
Flights from Chicago Midway International Airport to Zurich Airport via Detroit, Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 7m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €290–1,400
Flights from Chicago Midway International Airport to Zurich Airport via Boston, Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 20m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €330–1,400
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 31m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €180–750
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Frankfurt via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €180–750
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Frankfurt via Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €280–600
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €170–700
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 12h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €190–850
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 12h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €200–850
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €190–800
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Munich International Airport via Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €270–330
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Stuttgart Airport via Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 7m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €240–950
Flights from Chicago Midway International Airport to Zurich Airport via Boston
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €300–1,200
Flights from Chicago Midway International Airport to Zurich Airport via Detroit, Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €290–1,200
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €170–700
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 12h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €180–700
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Zurich Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €190–800
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Zurich Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 5m
- When
- Thursday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- €190–800
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Munich International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €220–900
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Munich International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €220–900
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Stuttgart Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 55m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €230–950
Flights from Chicago Midway International Airport to Zurich Airport via Detroit, Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 5m
- When
- Thursday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- €280–1,200
Flights from Chicago Midway International Airport to Zurich Airport via Boston, Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 40m
- When
- Tuesday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €290–1,200
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Frankfurt via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €180–750
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Frankfurt via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €190–800
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €170–700
- Website
- peoples.ch
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Saint Gallen-Altenrhein Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 40m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €380–1,400
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Saint Gallen-Altenrhein Airport via Frankfurt, Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 42m
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €350–1,600
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Saint Gallen-Altenrhein Airport via Munich International Airport, Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 20m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €390–1,700
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Saint Gallen-Altenrhein Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle, Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 50m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €350–1,400
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Saint Gallen-Altenrhein Airport via Brussels, Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 5m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €350–1,400
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Saint Gallen-Altenrhein Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 40m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €350–1,400
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Zurich Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 5m
- When
- Thursday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- €190–800
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Munich International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €220–900
Flights from Chicago Midway International Airport to Zurich Airport via Detroit, Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 5m
- When
- Thursday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- €280–1,200
Flights from Chicago Midway International Airport to Zurich Airport via Boston, Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 40m
- When
- Tuesday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €290–1,200
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Frankfurt via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €190–800
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €170–700
- Website
- aerlingus.com
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Zurich Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €250–420
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Munich International Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €270–1,200
Flights from Chicago Midway International Airport to Zurich Airport via Hartford, Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 5m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €350–1,500
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Frankfurt via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €250–310
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Zurich Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €190–800
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Munich International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €220–900
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Stuttgart Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 55m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €230–950
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Frankfurt via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €180–750
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Stuttgart Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 55m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- €240–950
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Frankfurt via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €180–750
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €190–800
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Munich International Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €300–490
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €170–700
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Stuttgart Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 55m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- €240–950
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Frankfurt via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 20m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €180–750
- Phone
- +41 848 446 688
- Website
- sbb.ch
Train from Zürich Flughafen to Bregenz
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 17m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €40–120
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Lugano to Zürich HB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 53m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €60–180
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Zürich HB to Bregenz
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 28m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €40–130
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Flughafen München to Pasing
- Ave. Duration
- 49 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- €9–15
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Pasing to Lindau-Insel
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 33m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €40–65
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +49 821 899 825 44
- servus@arverio.de
- Website
- arverio-by.de
Train from Pasing to Lindau-Insel
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 23m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Schedules at
- arverio-by.de
- Phone
- +49 731 1550-0
- servicecenter@dbregiobus-rab.de
- Website
- meine-rab.de
Train from Hauptbahnhof to Friedrichsh. Stadtbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €24–30
- Schedules at
- meine-rab.de
Train from Ulm Hauptbahnhof to Friedrichsh. Stadtbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €14–18
- Schedules at
- meine-rab.de
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Hauptbahnhof to Friedrichsh. Stadtbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 19m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €30–80
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Frankfurt to Ulm Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 4m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €45–110
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Ulm Hauptbahnhof to Friedrichsh. Stadtbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 1m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €18–45
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from Frankfurt to Ulm Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €28–70
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- Phone
- +39 02 7249 4494
- my-link@trenord.it
- Website
- trenord.it
Train from Malpensa Aeroporto T1 to Lugano
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €6–8
- Website
- https://www.trenord.it/en/
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