There are 5 ways to get from Heidelberg to Chicago by train or plane
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Train to Frankfurt, fly to Chicago O'Hare International Airport
best- Take the train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD)plane FRA - ORD
13h 14m$455–1,008Train to Stuttgart Airport, fly to Chicago O'Hare International Airport
- Take the train from Heidelberg, Hauptbahnhof to Hauptbahnhoftrain
- Fly from Stuttgart Airport (STR) to Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD)plane STR - ORD
15h 23m$526–858Train to Frankfurt, fly to Chicago Midway International Airport
- Take the train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Chicago Midway International Airport (MDW)plane FRA - MDW
16h 3m$485–1,558Train, train to Munich International Airport, fly to Chicago O'Hare International Airport
- Take the train from Heidelberg, Hauptbahnhof to Hauptbahnhoftrain
- Take the train from Hauptbahnhof to München Hbftrain
- Fly from Munich International Airport (MUC) to Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD)plane MUC - ORD
16h 46m$479–1,384Train, train to Zurich Airport, fly to Chicago O'Hare International Airport
- Take the train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Basel SBBtrain
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Zürich HBtrain
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD)plane ZRH - ORD
17h 17m$504–1,070
Frankfurt (FRA) to Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Heidelberg to Chicago is to train and fly which costs $500 - $900 and takes 15h 23m.
The fastest way to get from Heidelberg to Chicago is to train and fly which takes 13h 14m and costs $450 - $1,100.
The distance between Heidelberg and Chicago is 4430 miles.
It takes approximately 13h 14m to get from Heidelberg to Chicago, including transfers.
Chicago is 7h behind Heidelberg. It is currently 1:12 AM in Heidelberg and 6:12 PM in Chicago.
There are 989+ hotels available in Chicago.
What companies run services between Heidelberg, Germany and Chicago, IL, USA?
There is no direct connection from Heidelberg to Chicago. However, you can take the train to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof, take the train to Frankfurt, walk to Frankfurt (FRA) airport, fly to Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD), walk to O'Hare, then take the subway to Jackson-Blue. Alternatively, you can take the train to Hauptbahnhof, take the train to Flughafen/Messe, walk to Stuttgart Airport (STR) airport, fly to Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD), walk to O'Hare, then take the subway to Jackson-Blue.
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Chicago O'Hare International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 16m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $340–1,600
Flights from Frankfurt to Chicago O'Hare International Airport via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $340–1,300
Flights from Frankfurt to Chicago O'Hare International Airport via Montreal
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 58m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $350–1,300
Flights from Frankfurt to Chicago O'Hare International Airport via Washington Dulles
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $370–1,400
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $350–1,700
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport via Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 30m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $370–1,400
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 25m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- $350–1,300
Flights from Munich International Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 33m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $370–1,800
Flights from Munich International Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 9m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $380–1,400
Flights from Munich International Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport via Newark
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 43m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $390–1,500
Flights from Munich International Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport via Washington Dulles
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $400–1,500
Flights from Zurich Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 53m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $360–1,600
Flights from Zurich Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $370–1,400
Flights from Zurich Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport via Washington Dulles
- Ave. Duration
- 14h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $390–1,500
- Website
- aircanada.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Chicago O'Hare International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 16m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $340–1,600
Flights from Frankfurt to Chicago O'Hare International Airport via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $340–1,300
Flights from Frankfurt to Chicago O'Hare International Airport via Montreal
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 58m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $350–1,300
Flights from Frankfurt to Chicago O'Hare International Airport via Washington Dulles
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $370–1,400
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $350–1,700
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 25m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- $350–1,300
Flights from Munich International Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 33m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $370–1,800
Flights from Munich International Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 9m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $380–1,400
Flights from Munich International Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport via Newark
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 43m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $390–1,500
Flights from Munich International Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport via Washington Dulles
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $400–1,500
Flights from Zurich Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $370–1,400
Flights from Zurich Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport via Washington Dulles
- Ave. Duration
- 14h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $390–1,500
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Chicago O'Hare International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 16m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $340–1,600
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $350–1,700
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport via Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 30m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $370–1,400
Flights from Munich International Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 33m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $370–1,800
Flights from Zurich Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $360–1,400
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Chicago O'Hare International Airport via Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 29m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $350–1,300
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 30m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- $350–1,300
Flights from Frankfurt to Chicago Midway International Airport via Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 33m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $410–1,600
Flights from Frankfurt to Chicago Midway International Airport via Atlanta
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 29m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $490–1,800
Flights from Frankfurt to Chicago Midway International Airport via Minneapolis
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 26m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $550–1,500
Flights from Munich International Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport via Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 29m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $380–1,400
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Chicago O'Hare International Airport via Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 29m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $350–1,300
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 30m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- $350–1,300
Flights from Frankfurt to Chicago Midway International Airport via Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 33m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $410–1,600
Flights from Frankfurt to Chicago Midway International Airport via Atlanta
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 29m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $490–1,800
Flights from Frankfurt to Chicago Midway International Airport via Minneapolis
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 26m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $550–1,500
Flights from Munich International Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport via Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 29m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $380–1,400
- Website
- southwest.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Chicago Midway International Airport via Boston
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 32m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $470–2,000
Flights from Frankfurt to Chicago Midway International Airport via Philadelphia
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 40m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $550–1,500
Flights from Frankfurt to Chicago Midway International Airport via Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 5m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $500–2,000
Flights from Frankfurt to Chicago Midway International Airport via St. Louis
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 15m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $550–2,200
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport via Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $440–1,600
Flights from Zurich Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 53m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $360–1,600
- Website
- flysas.com
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 13h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $400–1,700
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport via Philadelphia
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 44m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $390–1,400
- Website
- icelandair.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport via Reykjavik Keflavik Nas
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 25m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $420–900
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $15–40
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Heidelberg, Hauptbahnhof to Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 39 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $19–50
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Hauptbahnhof to München Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 46m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $50–120
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 21m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $50–130
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 31 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $9–21
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
Train from Hauptbahnhof to München Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 57m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $29–70
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
Train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $30–75
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- Phone
- +43 1 89900
- meinenachricht@westbahn.at
- Website
- westbahn.at
Train from Hauptbahnhof to München Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 24m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $50–95
- Website
- https://westbahn.at/en/
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- sncf-connect.com
Train from Hauptbahnhof to München Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 26m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $55–90
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- oebb.at
Train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 59m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $65–110
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/eurocity-intercity
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket
- Phone
- +41 848 446 688
- Website
- sbb.ch
Train from Basel SBB to Zürich HB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- $35–110
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
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