There are 5 ways to get from Munich to Chicago by plane or train
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Fly Munich International Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport
best- Fly from Munich International Airport (MUC) to Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD)plane MUC - ORD
12h 55m$283–460Fly Munich International Airport to Chicago Midway International Airport
- Fly from Munich International Airport (MUC) to Chicago Midway International Airport (MDW)plane MUC - MDW
16h 9m$433–1,720Train to Salzburg Airport, fly to Chicago O'Hare International Airport
- Take the train from Ostbahnhof to Salzburg Hauptbahnhoftrain
- Fly from Salzburg Airport (SZG) to Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD)plane SZG - ORD
16h 25m$363–897Train to Frankfurt, fly to Chicago O'Hare International Airport
- Take the train from München Hbf to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD)plane FRA - ORD
15h 11m$323–658Fly Munich International Airport to South Bend, train
- Fly from Munich International Airport (MUC) to South Bend (SBN)plane MUC - SBN
- Take the train from South Bend Airport to Van Buren St.train
17h 41m$504–1,930
Munich International Airport (MUC) to Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Munich to Chicago is to fly which costs $280 - $460 and takes 12h 55m.
The fastest way to get from Munich to Chicago is to fly which takes 12h 55m and costs $280 - $460.
The distance between Munich and Chicago is 4584 miles.
It takes approximately 12h 55m to get from Munich to Chicago, including transfers.
Chicago is 7h behind Munich. It is currently 12:53 AM in Munich and 5:53 PM in Chicago.
There are 1246+ hotels available in Chicago.
What companies run services between Munich, Germany and Chicago, IL, USA?
Lufthansa, United Airlines, and two other airlines fly from Munich International Airport (MUC) to Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) every 4 hours.
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Munich International Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $250–1,000
Flights from Munich International Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport via Boston
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 20m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $310–430
Flights from Munich International Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 13h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $250–1,000
Flights from Munich International Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport via Newark
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 14m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $260–1,100
Flights from Munich International Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport via Washington Dulles
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 39m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $260–1,100
Flights from Salzburg Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 12h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $300–1,200
Flights from Frankfurt to Chicago O'Hare International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $220–900
Flights from Frankfurt to Chicago O'Hare International Airport via Montreal
- Ave. Duration
- 12h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $230–900
Flights from Frankfurt to Chicago O'Hare International Airport via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 15m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $230–900
Flights from Frankfurt to Chicago O'Hare International Airport via Washington Dulles
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 26m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $240–950
Flights from Munich International Airport to South Bend via Chicago O'Hare International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 26m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $490–2,300
Flights from Munich International Airport to South Bend via Washington Dulles
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 44m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $500–2,000
- Website
- aircanada.com
Flights from Munich International Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $250–1,000
Flights from Munich International Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 13h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $250–1,000
Flights from Munich International Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport via Newark
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 14m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $260–1,100
Flights from Munich International Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport via Washington Dulles
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 39m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $260–1,100
Flights from Salzburg Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 48m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $300–1,400
Flights from Salzburg Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 12h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $300–1,200
Flights from Frankfurt to Chicago O'Hare International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $220–900
Flights from Frankfurt to Chicago O'Hare International Airport via Montreal
- Ave. Duration
- 12h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $230–900
Flights from Frankfurt to Chicago O'Hare International Airport via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 15m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $230–900
Flights from Frankfurt to Chicago O'Hare International Airport via Washington Dulles
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 26m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $240–950
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Munich International Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $250–1,000
Flights from Salzburg Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 48m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $300–1,400
Flights from Salzburg Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 12h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $300–1,200
Flights from Frankfurt to Chicago O'Hare International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $220–900
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from Munich International Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport via Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 18m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $250–1,000
Flights from Munich International Airport to Chicago Midway International Airport via Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 54m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $420–1,700
Flights from Munich International Airport to Chicago Midway International Airport via Atlanta
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 6m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $490–1,900
Flights from Salzburg Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 15m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $260–1,000
Flights from Frankfurt to Chicago O'Hare International Airport via Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 18m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $230–900
Flights from Munich International Airport to South Bend via Atlanta
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 13m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $550–2,200
Flights from Munich International Airport to South Bend via Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 48m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $480–1,900
- Website
- southwest.com
Flights from Munich International Airport to Chicago Midway International Airport via Charlotte
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $470–2,200
Flights from Munich International Airport to Chicago Midway International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 25m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $550–2,200
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from Salzburg Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 45m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $360–1,500
Flights from Munich International Airport to South Bend via Charlotte
- Ave. Duration
- 15h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $500–2,500
- Website
- flysas.com
Flights from Salzburg Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 15m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $260–1,000
- Website
- aerlingus.com
Flights from Salzburg Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 45m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $360–1,500
- Phone
- +43 1 89900
- meinenachricht@westbahn.at
- Website
- westbahn.at
Train from Ostbahnhof to Salzburg Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 23m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- $30–50
- Website
- https://westbahn.at/en/
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Ostbahnhof to Salzburg Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 32m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- $30–70
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from München Hbf to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 19m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $85–200
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +49 8024 997171
- info@brb.de
- Website
- brb.de
Train from Ostbahnhof to Salzburg Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 42m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $50–90
- Schedules at
- brb.de
- Phone
- +49 30 200 73-0
- kommunikation@transdev.de
- Website
- transdev.de
Train from Ostbahnhof to Salzburg Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 54m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $30–45
- Schedules at
- transdev.de
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- oebb.at
Train from Ostbahnhof to Salzburg Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 41m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $19–45
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/eurocity-intercity
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket?cref=oebb-header
- Phone
- +48 22 322 22 22
- infokraj@intercity.pl
- Website
- intercity.pl
Train from Ostbahnhof to Salzburg Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 41m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $25–60
- Website
- https://www.intercity.pl/en/
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- konzern.oebb.at
Train from Ostbahnhof to Salzburg Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- $40–60
- Website
- https://konzern.oebb.at/en/
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from München Hbf to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 18m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $50–130
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- Phone
- +1 219-926-5744
- Website
- mysouthshoreline.com
Train from South Bend Airport to Van Buren St.
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 1m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- $13–15
- Schedules at
- mysouthshoreline.com
- Adults 14-64
- $13–15
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