There are 5 ways to get from Geneva to Normal by plane, train, or bus
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Fly Geneva International Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport, train
best- Fly from Geneva International Airport (GVA) to Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD)GVA - ORD
- Take the train from Chicago Union Station to Bloomington-Normal
15h 49m$290–971Fly Geneva International Airport to Central Illinois Regional Airport At Bloomington-Normal
cheapest- Fly from Geneva International Airport (GVA) to Central Illinois Regional Airport At Bloomington-Normal (BMI)GVA - BMI
14h 32m$285–1,026Fly Geneva International Airport to Peoria International Airport, bus
- Fly from Geneva International Airport (GVA) to Peoria International Airport (PIA)GVA - PIA
- Take the bus from Peoria to Bloomington/Normal
16h 54m$308–1,073Fly Geneva International Airport to University Of Illinois Willard Airport, bus
- Fly from Geneva International Airport (GVA) to University Of Illinois Willard Airport (CMI)GVA - CMI
- Take the bus from Champaign Intermodal Trans Ctr to Bloomington
16h 23m$320–1,101Train to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport, fly to Chicago O'Hare International Airport, train
- Take the train from Geneve to Lyon Part Dieu
- Fly from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport (LYS) to Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD)LYS - ORD
- Take the train from Chicago Union Station to Bloomington-Normal
20h 15m$506–891
Geneva International Airport (GVA) to Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Geneva to Normal is to fly and train which costs $290 - $1,000 and takes 15h 49m.
The fastest way to get from Geneva to Normal is to fly which takes 14h 32m and costs $280 - $1,100.
The distance between Geneva and Normal is 4553 miles.
It takes approximately 15h 49m to get from Geneva to Normal, including transfers.
Normal is 7h behind Geneva. It is currently 7:08 AM in Geneva and 12:08 AM in Normal.
There are 44+ hotels available in Normal.
What companies run services between Geneva, Switzerland and Normal, IL, USA?
Air France, American Airlines, and five other airlines fly from Geneva International Airport (GVA) to Central Illinois Regional Airport At Bloomington-Normal (BMI) 3 times a day.
Transport is disrupted due to the Russia-Ukraine war. Read more
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 33m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $220–1,000
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Peoria International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle, Chicago O'Hare International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 11m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $280–1,100
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Peoria International Airport via Dublin, Chicago O'Hare International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 26m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $280–1,100
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Central Illinois Regional Airport At Bloomington-Normal via Paris Charles de Gaulle, Chicago O'Hare International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 13m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $280–1,100
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Central Illinois Regional Airport At Bloomington-Normal via Amsterdam Schiphol, Chicago O'Hare International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 15m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $290–1,100
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Central Illinois Regional Airport At Bloomington-Normal via Frankfurt, Chicago O'Hare International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 27m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $320–1,300
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Central Illinois Regional Airport At Bloomington-Normal via Dublin, Chicago O'Hare International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 52m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $280–1,100
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Central Illinois Regional Airport At Bloomington-Normal via Brussels, Chicago O'Hare International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 25m
- When
- Tuesday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $280–1,100
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Central Illinois Regional Airport At Bloomington-Normal via Munich, Chicago O'Hare International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 44m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $330–1,300
Flights from Geneva International Airport to University Of Illinois Willard Airport via Frankfurt, Chicago O'Hare International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 17m
- When
- Tuesday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $320–1,300
Flights from Geneva International Airport to University Of Illinois Willard Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle, Chicago O'Hare International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $280–1,100
Flights from Geneva International Airport to University Of Illinois Willard Airport via Munich, Chicago O'Hare International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $330–1,300
Flights from Geneva International Airport to University Of Illinois Willard Airport via Dublin, Chicago O'Hare International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 50m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $280–1,100
Flights from Geneva International Airport to University Of Illinois Willard Airport via Brussels, Chicago O'Hare International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 12m
- When
- Tuesday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $280–1,100
Flights from Geneva International Airport to University Of Illinois Willard Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Chicago O'Hare International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 30m
- When
- Monday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $290–1,100
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 42m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $220–1,100
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $220–850
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport via Newark
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 49m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $230–850
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport via Montreal
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 5m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $220–850
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport via Washington Dulles
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 11m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $230–850
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Peoria International Airport via Frankfurt, Chicago O'Hare International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 2m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $290–1,300
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Peoria International Airport via Brussels, Chicago O'Hare International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 3m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $280–1,100
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Peoria International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Chicago O'Hare International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 30m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $290–1,100
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Peoria International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle, Chicago O'Hare International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $280–1,100
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 10m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- $230–850
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport via Montreal
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 5m
- When
- Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $220–850
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 33m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $220–1,000
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Peoria International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle, Chicago O'Hare International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 11m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $280–1,100
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Peoria International Airport via Dublin, Chicago O'Hare International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 26m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $280–1,100
Flights from Geneva International Airport to University Of Illinois Willard Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle, Chicago O'Hare International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $280–1,100
Flights from Geneva International Airport to University Of Illinois Willard Airport via Munich, Chicago O'Hare International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $330–1,300
Flights from Geneva International Airport to University Of Illinois Willard Airport via Dublin, Chicago O'Hare International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 50m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $280–1,100
Flights from Geneva International Airport to University Of Illinois Willard Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Chicago O'Hare International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 30m
- When
- Monday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $290–1,100
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 42m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $220–1,100
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Peoria International Airport via Munich, Chicago O'Hare International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 48m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $300–1,300
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Peoria International Airport via Frankfurt, Chicago O'Hare International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 18m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $290–1,300
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Peoria International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Chicago O'Hare International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 30m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $290–1,100
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Peoria International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle, Chicago O'Hare International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $280–1,100
- Website
- aircanada.com
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport via Newark
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 49m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $230–850
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport via Montreal
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 5m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $220–850
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport via Washington Dulles
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 11m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $230–850
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 10m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- $230–850
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport via Montreal
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 5m
- When
- Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $220–850
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $220–850
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 40m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $230–850
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $220–850
- Website
- aerlingus.com
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 5m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $270–1,200
- Website
- brusselsairlines.com
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 10m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- $230–850
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 40m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $230–850
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak
Contact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- amtrak.com
Train from Chicago Union Station to Bloomington-Normal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 58m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $17–70
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- sncf-connect.com
Train from Geneve to Lyon Part Dieu
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- $45–100
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- track.effiliation.com
Train from Geneve to Lyon Part Dieu
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 8m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $29–40
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
- Phone
- +1 (319) 753-2864
- info@burlingtontrailways.com
- Website
- burlingtontrailways.com
Bus from Peoria to Bloomington/Normal
- Ave. Duration
- 45 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $23–45
- Website
- https://burlingtontrailways.com
- Saver Fares
- $23–35
- Flexible Fares
- $30–45
Bus from Champaign Intermodal Trans Ctr to Bloomington
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $25–50
- Website
- https://burlingtontrailways.com
- Saver Fares
- $25–40
- Flexible Fares
- $30–50
Rome2Rio's guide to Greyhound USA
Contact Details
- Phone
- +1 214-849-8100
- ifsr@greyhound.com
- Website
- greyhound.com
Bus from Champaign Intermodal Trans Ctr to Bloomington
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $17–45
- Website
- https://www.greyhound.com/
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