There are 7 ways to get from Chicago to Oban by plane, bus, or train
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Fly Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Edinburgh Airport, bus, train
best- Fly from Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane ORD - EDI
- Take the bus from Airport to Buchanan Bus Stationbus
- Take the train from Glasgow Queen Street to Obantrain
15h 52m£321–707Fly Chicago Midway International Airport to Edinburgh Airport, bus, train
cheapest- Fly from Chicago Midway International Airport (MDW) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane MDW - EDI
- Take the bus from Airport to Buchanan Bus Stationbus
- Take the train from Glasgow Queen Street to Obantrain
17h 25m£201–757Fly Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Glasgow Airport, bus, train
- Fly from Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) to Glasgow Airport (GLA)plane ORD - GLA
- Take the bus from Terminal Building to Public Toiletsbus
- Take the train from Crianlarich to Obantrain
16h 16m£269–636Fly Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Inverness Dalcross Airport, bus
- Fly from Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) to Inverness Dalcross Airport (INV)plane ORD - INV
- Take the bus from Drum Green to Filling Stationbus
- Take the bus from Bus Station to Highland Theatrebus
19h 51m£235–843Fly Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Dundee Riverside Airport, train
- Fly from Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) to Dundee Riverside Airport (DND)plane ORD - DND
- Take the train from Dundee to Glasgow Queen Streettrain
- Take the train from Glasgow Queen Street to Obantrain
20h 54m£238–902Fly Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Newcastle, train
- Fly from Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) to Newcastle (NCL)plane ORD - NCL
- Take the train from Newcastle to Edinburgh Waverleytrain
- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to Glasgow Queen Streettrain
- Take the train from Glasgow Queen Street to Obantrain
20h 14m£219–853Fly Chicago Midway International Airport to Glasgow Airport, bus, train
- Fly from Chicago Midway International Airport (MDW) to Glasgow Airport (GLA)plane MDW - GLA
- Take the bus from Terminal Building to Public Toiletsbus
- Take the train from Crianlarich to Obantrain
17h 55m£209–736
Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Chicago to Oban is to fly and bus and train which costs £320 - £750 and takes 15h 52m.
The fastest way to get from Chicago to Oban is to fly and bus and train which takes 15h 52m and costs £320 - £750.
The distance between Chicago and Oban is 3877 miles.
It takes approximately 15h 52m to get from Chicago to Oban, including transfers.
Oban is 6h ahead of Chicago. It is currently 8:22 AM in Chicago and 2:22 PM in Oban.
There are 487+ hotels available in Oban.
What companies run services between Chicago, IL, USA and Oban, Argyll and Bute, Scotland?
There is no direct connection from Chicago to Oban. However, you can take the subway to O'Hare, walk to Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) airport, fly to Edinburgh Airport (EDI), walk to Airport, take the bus to Buchanan Bus Station, walk to Glasgow Queen Street, then take the train to Oban. Alternatively, you can take the subway to O'Hare, walk to Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) airport, fly to Glasgow Airport (GLA), walk to Terminal Building, take the bus to Public Toilets, walk to Crianlarich, then take the train to Oban.
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 10h
- When
- Wednesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- £170–750
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £150–700
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Glasgow Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 18m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £150–750
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Glasgow Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 13h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £170–750
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Inverness Dalcross Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £210–950
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Dundee Riverside Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 11m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £200–950
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Dundee Riverside Airport via Dublin, London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £200–800
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Dundee Riverside Airport via Toronto, London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 50m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- £200–800
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Newcastle via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £160–800
Flights from Chicago Midway International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Philadelphia
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £180–700
Flights from Chicago Midway International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Cleveland, Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 55m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £220–950
Flights from Chicago Midway International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Pittsburgh, Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 12h
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £220–1,000
Flights from Chicago Midway International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Hartford, Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 25m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday
- Estimated price
- £220–1,000
Flights from Chicago Midway International Airport to Glasgow Airport via Cleveland, Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 55m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £230–1,000
Flights from Chicago Midway International Airport to Glasgow Airport via Philadelphia, Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £190–1,000
Flights from Chicago Midway International Airport to Glasgow Airport via Pittsburgh, Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 12h
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £230–1,000
Flights from Chicago Midway International Airport to Glasgow Airport via Hartford, Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 25m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday
- Estimated price
- £230–1,000
Flights from Chicago Midway International Airport to Glasgow Airport via Boston, Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £230–1,000
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £150–700
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Glasgow Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 18m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £150–750
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Inverness Dalcross Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £210–950
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Newcastle via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £160–800
Flights from Chicago Midway International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Philadelphia
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £180–700
- Website
- aerlingus.com
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 10h
- When
- Wednesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- £170–750
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Glasgow Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 13h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £170–750
Flights from Chicago Midway International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Cleveland, Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 55m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £220–950
Flights from Chicago Midway International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Pittsburgh, Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 12h
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £220–1,000
Flights from Chicago Midway International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Hartford, Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 25m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday
- Estimated price
- £220–1,000
Flights from Chicago Midway International Airport to Glasgow Airport via Cleveland, Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 55m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £230–1,000
Flights from Chicago Midway International Airport to Glasgow Airport via Philadelphia, Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £190–1,000
Flights from Chicago Midway International Airport to Glasgow Airport via Pittsburgh, Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 12h
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £230–1,000
Flights from Chicago Midway International Airport to Glasgow Airport via Hartford, Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 25m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday
- Estimated price
- £230–1,000
Flights from Chicago Midway International Airport to Glasgow Airport via Boston, Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £230–1,000
- Website
- icelandair.com
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Reykjavik Keflavik Nas
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 30m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £280–430
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Glasgow Airport via Reykjavik Keflavik Nas
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 25m
- When
- Tuesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- £160–650
Flights from Chicago Midway International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Detroit, Reykjavik Keflavik Nas
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 32m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £170–700
Flights from Chicago Midway International Airport to Glasgow Airport via Detroit, Reykjavik Keflavik Nas
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 27m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £180–700
Flights from Chicago Midway International Airport to Glasgow Airport via Pittsburgh, Reykjavik Keflavik Nas
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 30m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £220–850
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £160–600
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Glasgow Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 30m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £160–650
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Inverness Dalcross Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 27m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £220–850
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Newcastle via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 11h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £180–700
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 45m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £150–600
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Glasgow Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 30m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £160–650
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Inverness Dalcross Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 27m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £220–850
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Newcastle via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £170–650
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £130–550
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Glasgow Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 14h
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £190–750
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Newcastle via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 15m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- £200–800
- Website
- loganair.co.uk
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Dundee Riverside Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £200–800
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Dundee Riverside Airport via Toronto, London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 50m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- £200–800
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £130–550
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Glasgow Airport via Newark
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 55m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £140–550
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Newcastle via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 40m
- When
- Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £180–700
- Website
- jetblue.com
Flights from Chicago Midway International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Boston
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 40m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- £180–700
- Phone
- +44 344 811 0141
- Website
- scotrail.co.uk
Train from Glasgow Queen Street to Oban
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 6m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £20–40
- Website
- https://www.scotrail.co.uk/
Train from Crianlarich to Oban
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £17–18
- Website
- https://www.scotrail.co.uk/
Train from Dundee to Glasgow Queen Street
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £14–55
- Website
- https://www.scotrail.co.uk/
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Glasgow Queen Street
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- £17–18
- Website
- https://www.scotrail.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 345 722 5333
- customers@lner.co.uk
- Website
- lner.co.uk
Train from Newcastle to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 23m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £20–40
- Website
- https://www.lner.co.uk/
Train from Newcastle to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £28–40
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 345 600 1671
- tpecustomer.relations@tpexpress.co.uk
- Website
- tpexpress.co.uk
Train from Newcastle to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 44m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £8–22
- Website
- https://www.tpexpress.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 330 060 0500
- enquiry@sleeper.scot
- Website
- sleeper.scot
Train from Newcastle to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 42m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- £60–80
- Website
- https://www.sleeper.scot/
- Sleeper Berth Classic
- £210–230
- Sleeper Seat
- £60–80
- Sleeper Berth Club Solo
- £240–290
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Glasgow Queen Street
- Ave. Duration
- 57 min
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- £60–75
- Website
- https://www.sleeper.scot/
- Sleeper Berth Classic
- £210–230
- Sleeper Seat
- £60–75
- Sleeper Berth Club Solo
- £230–260
- Phone
- 0800 031 8542
- Passengerassistance@lumo.co.uk.
- Website
- lumo.co.uk
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Glasgow Queen Street
- Ave. Duration
- 53 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £17–18
- Website
- https://www.lumo.co.uk/
- Phone
- 0141 352 4444
- info@citylink.co.uk
- Website
- citylink.co.uk
Bus from Airport to Buchanan Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 58 min
- Frequency
- Every 5 minutes
- Estimated price
- £9–13
- Website
- https://www.citylink.co.uk/
Bus from Terminal Building to Public Toilets
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 23m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £10–14
- Website
- https://www.citylink.co.uk/
Bus from Drum Green to Filling Station
- Ave. Duration
- 48 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £3–5
- Website
- https://www.citylink.co.uk/
- Phone
- 0141 352 4444
- enquiries@megabus.com
- Website
- uk.megabus.com
Bus from Airport to Buchanan Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 2m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £9–13
- Website
- https://uk.megabus.com
- Phone
- +44 (0)131 510 4007
- ride@ember.to
- Website
- ember.to
Bus from Terminal Building to Public Toilets
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 21m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Website
- https://www.ember.to/
- Phone
- 01586 552319
- enquiries@westcoastmotors.co.uk
- Website
- westcoastmotors.co.uk
Bus from Bus Station to Highland Theatre
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 32m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- £6–10
- Website
- https://www.westcoastmotors.co.uk/
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