There are 7 ways to get from Palermo to Chicago by plane, bus, train, or shuttle
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Fly Palermo Airport to Chicago Midway International Airport
best- Fly from Palermo Airport (PMO) to Chicago Midway International Airport (MDW)plane PMO - MDW
20h 34m$376–1,411Shuttle to Trapani Airport, fly to Chicago O'Hare International Airport
cheapest- Take a shuttle bus from Lazio Municipio to Trapani Birgi Airport
- Fly from Trapani Airport (TPS) to Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD)plane TPS - ORD
24h 21m$345–1,318Fly Palermo Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport
- Fly from Palermo Airport (PMO) to Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD)plane PMO - ORD
16h 48m$356–711Bus to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport, fly to Chicago O'Hare International Airport
- Take the bus from Palermo Via Tommaso Fazello to Catania Fontanarossa Airport Departure Terminalbus
- Fly from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA) to Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD)plane CTA - ORD
17h 47m$405–728Fly Palermo Airport to South Bend, train
- Fly from Palermo Airport (PMO) to South Bend (SBN)plane PMO - SBN
- Take the train from South Bend Airport to Van Buren St.train
21h 12m$447–1,621Fly Palermo Airport to Detroit, train
- Fly from Palermo Airport (PMO) to Detroit (DTW)plane PMO - DTW
- Take the train from Dearborn to Chicago Union Stationtrain
22h 20m$491–1,238Train, train to Vincenzo Magliocco Airport, fly to Chicago O'Hare International Airport
- Take the train from Palermo Centrale to Caltanissetta Xirbitrain
- Take the train from Caltanissetta Xirbi to Comisotrain
- Fly from Vincenzo Magliocco Airport (CIY) to Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD)plane CIY - ORD
20h 37m$355–1,052
Palermo Airport (PMO) to Chicago Midway International Airport (MDW) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Palermo to Chicago is to fly which costs $350 - $750 and takes 16h 48m.
The fastest way to get from Palermo to Chicago is to fly which takes 16h 48m and costs $350 - $750.
The distance between Palermo and Chicago is 5065 miles.
It takes approximately 20h 34m to get from Palermo to Chicago, including transfers.
Chicago is 7h behind Palermo. It is currently 7:52 AM in Palermo and 12:52 AM in Chicago.
There are 1252+ hotels available in Chicago.
What companies run services between Palermo, Italy and Chicago, IL, USA?
ITA Airways, Delta, and two other airlines fly from Palermo Airport (PMO) to Chicago Midway International Airport (MDW) once daily.
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Palermo Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport via Newark
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 11m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $270–1,100
Flights from Palermo Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport via Milan Malpensa
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 5m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $270–1,000
Flights from Palermo Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 40m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $270–1,000
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport via Milan Malpensa
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 30m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $240–900
Flights from Palermo Airport to South Bend via Rome, Chicago O'Hare International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 59m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $440–1,800
Flights from Palermo Airport to South Bend via Milan Malpensa, Chicago O'Hare International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 45m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $440–1,600
Flights from Trapani Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport via Venice, Montreal
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 15m
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $340–1,300
Flights from Trapani Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport via Porto, Montreal
- Ave. Duration
- 33h
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $330–1,300
Flights from Palermo Airport to Detroit via Newark
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 5m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $340–1,300
Flights from Vincenzo Magliocco Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport via Milan Malpensa
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 20m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $300–1,100
Flights from Vincenzo Magliocco Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport via Rome, Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 38m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $300–1,200
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from Palermo Airport to Chicago Midway International Airport via Rome, Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 9m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- $370–1,400
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport via New York JFK
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $250–950
Flights from Palermo Airport to South Bend via New York JFK, Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 30m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $650–1,800
Flights from Palermo Airport to South Bend via Amsterdam Schiphol, Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 45m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- $440–1,600
Flights from Palermo Airport to South Bend via Rome, Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 25m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $430–1,600
Flights from Palermo Airport to Detroit via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 13h
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $330–1,300
Flights from Palermo Airport to Detroit via New York JFK
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 25m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,400
- Website
- aircanada.com
Flights from Palermo Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport via Milan Malpensa
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 5m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $270–1,000
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport via Montreal
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 20m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $240–900
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport via Milan Malpensa
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 30m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $240–900
Flights from Trapani Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport via Venice, Montreal
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 15m
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $340–1,300
Flights from Trapani Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport via Porto, Montreal
- Ave. Duration
- 33h
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $330–1,300
Flights from Vincenzo Magliocco Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport via Milan Malpensa
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 20m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $300–1,100
Flights from Vincenzo Magliocco Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport via Rome, Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 38m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $300–1,200
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Palermo Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport via Milan Malpensa
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 5m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $270–1,000
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 25m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $250–850
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport via Milan Malpensa
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 30m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $240–900
Flights from Vincenzo Magliocco Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport via Milan Malpensa
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 20m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $300–1,100
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from Palermo Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport via New York JFK
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 17m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $420–1,200
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 5m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $240–900
- Website
- ethiopianairlines.com
Flights from Trapani Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 50m
- When
- Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $490–1,400
Flights from Vincenzo Magliocco Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $440–1,200
- Website
- southwest.com
Flights from Palermo Airport to Chicago Midway International Airport via Rome, Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $370–1,400
- Website
- aerlingus.com
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 40m
- When
- Wednesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $240–900
- Website
- ita-airways.com
Flights from Vincenzo Magliocco Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 13h
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $320–1,000
- 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
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- amtrak.com
Train from Dearborn to Chicago Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 48m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $45–130
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Palermo Centrale to Caltanissetta Xirbi
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 29m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $10–15
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Caltanissetta Xirbi to Comiso
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 12m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $11–17
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- 800 21 10 20
- saisautolineeweb@gmail.com
- Website
- saisautolinee.it
Bus from Palermo Via Tommaso Fazello to Catania Fontanarossa Airport Departure Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $13–19
- Schedules at
- saisautolinee.it
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Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Palermo Via Tommaso Fazello to Catania Fontanarossa Airport Departure Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $12–23
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- customerservices@terravision.eu
- Website
- terravision.eu
Shuttle from Lazio Municipio to Trapani Birgi Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 39m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $13
- Website
- https://www.terravision.eu/
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