There are 7 ways to get from Shanghai to Chicago by plane or train
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Fly Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport
best- Fly from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport (SHA) to Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD)plane SHA - ORD
22h 7m$753–1,706Train to Hangzhou Xiaoshan International Airport, fly to Chicago O'Hare International Airport
cheapest- Take the train from Shanghai Hongqiao to Hangzhou Easttrain
- Fly from Hangzhou Xiaoshan International Airport (HGH) to Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD)plane HGH - ORD
25h 9m$404–1,227Fly Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport
- Fly from Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG) to Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD)plane PVG - ORD
20h 24m$610–1,414Fly Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Chicago Midway International Airport
- Fly from Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG) to Chicago Midway International Airport (MDW)plane PVG - MDW
21h$440–1,214Fly Shanghai Pudong International Airport to South Bend, train
- Fly from Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG) to South Bend (SBN)plane PVG - SBN
- Take the train from South Bend Airport to Van Buren St.train
22h 20m$621–2,024Fly Shanghai Pudong International Airport to General Mitchell International Airport, train
- Fly from Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG) to General Mitchell International Airport (MKE)plane PVG - MKE
- Take the train from Milwaukee to Chicago Union Stationtrain
25h$736–2,078Fly Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Kalamazoo-Battle Creek International Airport, train
- Fly from Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG) to Kalamazoo-Battle Creek International Airport (AZO)plane PVG - AZO
- Take the train from Kalamazoo to Chicago Union Stationtrain
23h 55m$460–1,501
Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport (SHA) to Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Shanghai to Chicago is to fly which costs $440 - $1,300 and takes 21h.
The fastest way to get from Shanghai to Chicago is to fly which takes 20h 24m and costs $600 - $1,500.
The distance between Shanghai and Chicago is 7116 miles.
It takes approximately 22h 7m to get from Shanghai to Chicago, including transfers.
Chicago is 13h behind Shanghai. It is currently 10:08 PM in Shanghai and 9:08 AM in Chicago.
There are 1255+ hotels available in Chicago.
What companies run services between Shanghai, China and Chicago, IL, USA?
All Nippon Airways, Japan Airlines, and six other airlines fly from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport (SHA) to Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) every 4 hours.
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport via Tokyo Haneda, Minneapolis
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 29m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $380–1,300
Flights from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport via Tokyo Haneda, Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 46m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $400–1,300
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport via Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 51m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $330–1,100
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 53m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $360–1,200
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport via Seattle
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 8m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $330–1,100
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Chicago Midway International Airport via Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $440–1,500
Flights from Hangzhou Xiaoshan International Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport via Incheon, Minneapolis
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 42m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $390–1,300
Flights from Hangzhou Xiaoshan International Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport via Shanghai Pudong International Airport, Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 26m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $400–1,300
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to South Bend via Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 33m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $600–2,000
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to General Mitchell International Airport via Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $750–2,500
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to General Mitchell International Airport via New York JFK
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 54m
- When
- Tuesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $700–2,000
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Kalamazoo-Battle Creek International Airport via Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 52m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $410–1,400
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport via Tokyo Haneda
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $380–1,300
Flights from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport via Beijing Capital, Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 31m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $330–1,100
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport via San Francisco
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 28m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $350–1,200
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 5m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $360–1,200
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to South Bend via San Francisco, Chicago O'Hare International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 47m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $650–2,200
- Website
- aircanada.com
Flights from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport via Beijing Capital, Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 31m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $330–1,100
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 55m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $340–1,100
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport via Vancouver
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $330–1,100
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $360–1,200
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to South Bend via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 39m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $700–2,300
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to General Mitchell International Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 14m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $850–2,700
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to General Mitchell International Airport via Seattle
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 29m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $750–2,500
- Website
- southwest.com
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Chicago Midway International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 16m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $430–1,600
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Chicago Midway International Airport via Vancouver, Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 5m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $450–1,500
- Website
- koreanair.com
Flights from Hangzhou Xiaoshan International Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport via Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 32h 10m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $390–1,200
Flights from Hangzhou Xiaoshan International Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport via Incheon, Minneapolis
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 2m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $390–1,300
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to General Mitchell International Airport via New York JFK
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 54m
- When
- Tuesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $700–2,000
- Website
- ana.co.jp
Flights from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport via Tokyo Haneda
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $380–4,000
- Website
- jal.com
Flights from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport via Tokyo Haneda
- Ave. Duration
- 35h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $490–1,500
- Website
- alaskaair.com
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to General Mitchell International Airport via Seattle
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 29m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $750–2,500
Train from Shanghai Hongqiao to Hangzhou East
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 7m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $10–19
- Schedules at
- chinahighlights.com
- Adult - 2nd Class
- $10–15
- Adult - 1st Class
- $13–19
- 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
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- amtrak.com
Train from Milwaukee to Chicago Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 29m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $26–55
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
Train from Kalamazoo to Chicago Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 16m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $40–90
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
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