There are 4 ways to get from Chicago to Murmansk by plane, bus, or train
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Fly Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Kirkenes Airport, bus
best- Fly from Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) to Kirkenes Airport (KKN)plane ORD - KKN
- Take the bus from Kirkenes Airport to Zapolyarnybus
- Take the bus from Zapolyarny to Murmansk Bus stationbus
23h 2mFly Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Ivalo, bus
- Fly from Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) to Ivalo (IVL)plane ORD - IVL
- Take the bus from Ivalo Airport to Kirkenes Airportbus
- Take the bus from Kirkenes Airport to Zapolyarnybus
- Take the bus from Zapolyarny to Murmansk Bus stationbus
25h 45mTrain to General Mitchell International Airport, fly to Kirkenes Airport, bus
- Take the train from Chicago Union Station to Milwaukeetrain
- Fly from General Mitchell International Airport (MKE) to Kirkenes Airport (KKN)plane MKE - KKN
- Take the bus from Kirkenes Airport to Zapolyarnybus
- Take the bus from Zapolyarny to Murmansk Bus stationbus
26h 49mFly Chicago Midway International Airport to Kirkenes Airport, bus
- Fly from Chicago Midway International Airport (MDW) to Kirkenes Airport (KKN)plane MDW - KKN
- Take the bus from Kirkenes Airport to Zapolyarnybus
- Take the bus from Zapolyarny to Murmansk Bus stationbus
28h 36m
Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) to Kirkenes Airport (KKN) flights
Questions & Answers
The distance between Chicago and Murmansk is 6873 km.
It takes approximately 23h 2m to get from Chicago to Murmansk, including transfers.
Murmansk is 9h ahead of Chicago. It is currently 7:47 AM in Chicago and 4:47 PM in Murmansk.
What companies run services between Chicago, IL, USA and Murmansk, Russia?
There is no direct connection from Chicago to Murmansk. However, you can take the subway to O'Hare, walk to Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) airport, fly to Kirkenes Airport (KKN), walk to Kirkenes Airport, take the bus to Zapolyarny, then take the bus to Murmansk Bus station. Alternatively, you can take the subway to O'Hare, walk to Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) airport, fly to Ivalo (IVL), walk to Ivalo Airport, take the bus to Kirkenes Airport, take the bus to Zapolyarny, then take the bus to Murmansk Bus station.
- Website
- norwegian.com
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Kirkenes Airport via Copenhagen, Oslo
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 20m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- ₽21,000–65,000
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Kirkenes Airport via Edinburgh, Oslo
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 55m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- ₽25,000–100,000
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Kirkenes Airport via Reykjavik Keflavik Nas, Oslo
- Ave. Duration
- 17h
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- ₽29,000–100,000
Flights from General Mitchell International Airport to Kirkenes Airport via New York JFK, Oslo
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₽38,000–120,000
Flights from General Mitchell International Airport to Kirkenes Airport via Newark, Oslo
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 31m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₽38,000–120,000
Flights from General Mitchell International Airport to Kirkenes Airport via Detroit, Reykjavik Keflavik Nas, Oslo
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 37m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- ₽45,000–170,000
Flights from Chicago Midway International Airport to Kirkenes Airport via Newark, Oslo
- Ave. Duration
- 21h
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₽30,000–95,000
Flights from Chicago Midway International Airport to Kirkenes Airport via Minneapolis, Reykjavik Keflavik Nas, Oslo
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 18m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- ₽37,000–150,000
Flights from Chicago Midway International Airport to Kirkenes Airport via Detroit, Reykjavik Keflavik Nas, Oslo
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 4m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- ₽35,000–140,000
Flights from Chicago Midway International Airport to Kirkenes Airport via Philadelphia, Edinburgh, Oslo
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 45m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- ₽38,000–150,000
Flights from Chicago Midway International Airport to Kirkenes Airport via Baltimore, Reykjavik Keflavik Nas, Oslo
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 15m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- ₽43,000–150,000
- Website
- finnair.com
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Kirkenes Airport via Helsinki, Ivalo
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 5m
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₽25,000–75,000
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Ivalo via Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 25m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₽25,000–80,000
Flights from General Mitchell International Airport to Kirkenes Airport via Chicago O'Hare International Airport, Helsinki, Ivalo
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 10m
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₽45,000–140,000
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Ivalo via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 45m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- ₽34,000–110,000
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Ivalo via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 15m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- ₽33,000–130,000
- Website
- flysas.com
Flights from General Mitchell International Airport to Kirkenes Airport via New York JFK, Oslo
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 50m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₽38,000–120,000
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak
Contact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- amtrak.com
Train from Chicago Union Station to Milwaukee
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 29m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- ₽1,700–2,800
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
- Phone
- +7 (8152) 400-205
- borodinbus@mail.ru
- Website
- borodinbus.com
Bus from Kirkenes Airport to Zapolyarny
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 36m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Website
- https://borodinbus.com/
- Schedules at
- https://borodinbus.com/transit
- Website
- route51.ru
Bus from Zapolyarny to Murmansk Bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 26m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- ₽300
- Schedules at
- route51.ru
- Phone
- +358 40 179 6069
- sales@visitinari.fi
- Website
- visitinari.fi
Bus from Ivalo Airport to Kirkenes Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- ₽37,000–40,000
- Schedules at
- visitinari.fi
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