There are 5 ways to get from Chicago to Moorea by plane, car ferry, or train
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Fly Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Fa'A'Ā International Airport, car ferry
best- Fly from Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) to Fa'A'Ā International Airport (PPT)ORD - PPT
- Take the car ferry from Papeete Ferry Terminal to Moorea
17h 48m$854–2,515Fly Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Moorea-Temae Airport
cheapest- Fly from Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) to Moorea-Temae Airport (MOZ)ORD - MOZ
18h 11m$312–1,105Fly Chicago Midway International Airport to Moorea-Temae Airport
- Fly from Chicago Midway International Airport (MDW) to Moorea-Temae Airport (MOZ)MDW - MOZ
21h 31m$372–1,405Fly Chicago Midway International Airport to Fa'A'Ā International Airport, car ferry
- Fly from Chicago Midway International Airport (MDW) to Fa'A'Ā International Airport (PPT)MDW - PPT
- Take the car ferry from Papeete Ferry Terminal to Moorea
18h 19m$554–2,215Train to Lambert–St. Louis International Airport, fly to Fa'A'Ā International Airport, car ferry
- Take the train from Chicago Union Station to St. Louis
- Fly from Lambert–St. Louis International Airport (STL) to Fa'A'Ā International Airport (PPT)STL - PPT
- Take the car ferry from Papeete Ferry Terminal to Moorea
22h 36m$797–3,224
Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) to Fa'A'Ā International Airport (PPT) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Chicago to Moorea is to fly which costs $310 - $1,100 and takes 18h 11m.
The fastest way to get from Chicago to Moorea is to fly and car ferry which takes 17h 48m and costs $850 - $2,600.
The distance between Chicago and Moorea is 9209 km.
It takes approximately 17h 48m to get from Chicago to Moorea, including transfers.
Moorea is 4h behind Chicago. It is currently 8:01 PM in Chicago and 4:01 PM in Moorea.
There are 510+ hotels available in Moorea.
What companies run services between Chicago, IL, USA and Moorea, French Polynesia?
Southwest Airlines, Air Tahiti Nui, and three other airlines fly from Chicago Midway International Airport (MDW) to Moorea-Temae Airport (MOZ) twice daily.
Airlines
- Website
- airtahitinui.com
Flights from Chicago Midway International Airport to Moorea-Temae Airport via Los Angeles, Fa'A'Ā International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 25m
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $370–3,100
Flights from Chicago Midway International Airport to Moorea-Temae Airport via San Francisco, Fa'A'Ā International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 30m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $480–1,400
Flights from Chicago Midway International Airport to Moorea-Temae Airport via Seattle, Fa'A'Ā International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 15m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $800–3,100
Flights from Chicago Midway International Airport to Moorea-Temae Airport via Kansas City, Los Angeles, Fa'A'Ā International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 42m
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $370–1,400
Flights from Chicago Midway International Airport to Moorea-Temae Airport via Denver, Los Angeles, Fa'A'Ā International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 38m
- When
- Tuesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $370–1,400
Flights from Chicago Midway International Airport to Moorea-Temae Airport via Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Fa'A'Ā International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 7m
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $370–3,100
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Moorea-Temae Airport via Los Angeles, Fa'A'Ā International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 25m
- When
- Friday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $310–2,600
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Moorea-Temae Airport via Seattle, Fa'A'Ā International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 22m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $650–2,600
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Moorea-Temae Airport via San Francisco, Fa'A'Ā International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 15m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $320–1,200
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Moorea-Temae Airport via Denver, Los Angeles, Fa'A'Ā International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 56m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $600–2,600
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Moorea-Temae Airport via Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Fa'A'Ā International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 30m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $600–2,600
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Fa'A'Ā International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 28m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $950–4,100
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Fa'A'Ā International Airport via Denver, Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 36m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $950–4,100
Flights from Chicago Midway International Airport to Fa'A'Ā International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 2m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,100–4,800
Flights from Chicago Midway International Airport to Fa'A'Ā International Airport via Seattle
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 20m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,200–4,900
Flights from Chicago Midway International Airport to Fa'A'Ā International Airport via Denver, Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 25m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,100–4,800
Flights from Chicago Midway International Airport to Fa'A'Ā International Airport via Kansas City, Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 20m
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,100–4,800
Flights from Chicago Midway International Airport to Fa'A'Ā International Airport via Las Vegas, Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,100–4,800
Flights from Chicago Midway International Airport to Fa'A'Ā International Airport via Albuquerque, Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 25m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $1,100–4,800
Flights from Lambert–St. Louis International Airport to Fa'A'Ā International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 2m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,500–7,000
Flights from Lambert–St. Louis International Airport to Fa'A'Ā International Airport via Phoenix, Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 40m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,500–7,000
- Website
- airtahitinui.com
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Fa'A'Ā International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 28m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $950–4,100
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Fa'A'Ā International Airport via Seattle
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 27m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,000–4,100
Flights from Chicago Midway International Airport to Fa'A'Ā International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 2m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,100–4,800
Flights from Chicago Midway International Airport to Fa'A'Ā International Airport via Seattle
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 20m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,200–4,900
Flights from Chicago Midway International Airport to Fa'A'Ā International Airport via Denver, Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 25m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,100–4,800
Flights from Chicago Midway International Airport to Fa'A'Ā International Airport via Kansas City, Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 20m
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,100–4,800
Flights from Chicago Midway International Airport to Fa'A'Ā International Airport via Las Vegas, Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,100–4,800
Flights from Chicago Midway International Airport to Fa'A'Ā International Airport via Albuquerque, Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 25m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $1,100–4,800
Flights from Lambert–St. Louis International Airport to Fa'A'Ā International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 2m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,500–7,000
- Website
- alaskaair.com
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Fa'A'Ā International Airport via Seattle
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 27m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,000–4,100
Flights from Chicago Midway International Airport to Fa'A'Ā International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 2m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,100–4,800
Flights from Chicago Midway International Airport to Fa'A'Ā International Airport via Seattle
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 20m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,200–4,900
Flights from Chicago Midway International Airport to Fa'A'Ā International Airport via Denver, Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 25m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,100–4,800
Flights from Chicago Midway International Airport to Fa'A'Ā International Airport via Kansas City, Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 20m
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,100–4,800
Flights from Chicago Midway International Airport to Fa'A'Ā International Airport via Las Vegas, Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,100–4,800
Flights from Chicago Midway International Airport to Fa'A'Ā International Airport via Albuquerque, Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 25m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $1,100–4,800
Flights from Lambert–St. Louis International Airport to Fa'A'Ā International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 2m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,500–7,000
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Fa'A'Ā International Airport via San Francisco
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 35m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,800
Flights from Chicago Midway International Airport to Fa'A'Ā International Airport via San Francisco
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 25m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $600–2,100
Flights from Lambert–St. Louis International Airport to Fa'A'Ā International Airport via San Francisco
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 59m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $800–2,900
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Fa'A'Ā International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 18m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $490–1,800
Flights from Chicago Midway International Airport to Fa'A'Ā International Airport via Denver, Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 15m
- When
- Monday to Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $550–2,100
Flights from Lambert–St. Louis International Airport to Fa'A'Ā International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $750–2,800
- Website
- frenchbee.com
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Fa'A'Ā International Airport via San Francisco
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 55m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $600–1,800
Flights from Chicago Midway International Airport to Fa'A'Ā International Airport via San Francisco
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 55m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $750–2,100
Flights from Lambert–St. Louis International Airport to Fa'A'Ā International Airport via San Francisco
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 50m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,000–2,900
Train operators
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak
Contact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- amtrak.com
Train from Chicago Union Station to St. Louis
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 46m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $40–320
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
Ferry operators
- Phone
- +689 40 50 57 57
- contact@aremiti.net
- Website
- aremiti.pf
Car ferry from Papeete Ferry Terminal to Moorea
- Ave. Duration
- 25 min
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $9–17
- Schedules at
- aremiti.pf
- Passenger (Adult)
- $17
- Passenger (Child)
- $9
- Passenger (Senior)
- $14
- Vehicle
- $35–80
- Phone
- 689 40 500 350
- info@terevau.pf
- Website
- terevau.pf
Car ferry from Papeete Ferry Terminal to Moorea
- Ave. Duration
- 30 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $3–110
- Website
- https://www.terevau.pf/
- Passenger
- $14
- Moto Scooter
- $11–70
- Bicycles
- $3
- Vehicle
- $45–110
- Phone
- +689 40 46 11 80
- contact@vaearai.pf
- Website
- vaearai.com
Car ferry from Papeete Ferry Terminal to Moorea
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $2–70
- Schedules at
- vaearai.com
- Adult one way
- $13
- Child (2-12 years) one way
- $7
- Vehicle
- $35–70
- Bicycle
- $2
- Motorbike/Scooter
- $10
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