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Connecting flights – when to change flights in Chicago

The largest airport in Chicago, O’Hare International Airport, is a popular pitstop when it comes to connecting flights. But on which routes is this the optimal connecting airport to choose to minimize your flight time? We have got the answer!

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If you are traveling between two cities that lack the possibility of direct flights, there are usually a number of different connecting options to choose from. But how do you find the best one? At Flightroutes.com we have created guides to help you find the right connecting airport to be able to travel as conveniently and fast as possible. On this page you find all routes where O’Hare International Airport in Chicago is the best airport to choose.

List of flights where Chicago is the fastest connection airport

If you want to know when to pick O’Hare International Airport, we recommend that you take a look at the following list. Here you can find the routes where Flightroutes.com have determined this specific airport to be the best connecting one. The routes have been chosen based on the following criteria:

  • O’Hare International Airport is the fastest flight option by more than 15 minutes compared to a second option.
  • It's a connecting flight with one stop.
  • Both legs are flown by the same airline.
  • There are at least two possible connecting airports for this trip.

This list was updated on July 2025

From London to Des Moines
13 hours and 21 minutes
14 hours and 9 minutes
From Springfield to London
12 hours and 14 minutes
12 hours and 33 minutes
13 hours and 7 minutes
From Tampa to Paris
11 hours and 43 minutes
12 hours and 6 minutes
12 hours and 40 minutes
From London to Cedar Rapids
13 hours and 20 minutes
13 hours and 41 minutes
14 hours and 46 minutes
From London to Tulsa
13 hours and 20 minutes
13 hours and 50 minutes
13 hours and 55 minutes
From London to Green Bay
12 hours and 42 minutes
13 hours and 38 minutes
14 hours and 17 minutes
From Memphis to Paris
11 hours and 32 minutes
12 hours and 4 minutes
12 hours and 15 minutes
From Austin to Barcelona
12 hours and 25 minutes
12 hours and 52 minutes
12 hours and 52 minutes
From Amsterdam to Kansas City
12 hours and 36 minutes
12 hours and 54 minutes
13 hours and 13 minutes
From Wichita to London
12 hours and 5 minutes
12 hours and 25 minutes
12 hours and 30 minutes
From Edinburgh to Dallas
12 hours and 57 minutes
13 hours and 20 minutes
13 hours and 35 minutes
From Amsterdam to Memphis
12 hours and 39 minutes
13 hours and 5 minutes
13 hours and 23 minutes
From London to Springfield
13 hours and 21 minutes
13 hours and 48 minutes
13 hours and 51 minutes
From Middletown to Las Vegas
7 hours and 23 minutes
7 hours and 25 minutes
7 hours and 43 minutes
From San Antonio to Madrid
11 hours and 59 minutes
13 hours and 2 minutes
13 hours and 7 minutes
From Amsterdam to Des Moines
12 hours and 49 minutes
13 hours and 6 minutes
13 hours and 27 minutes
From Albuquerque to Paris
12 hours and 30 minutes
12 hours and 50 minutes
13 hours and 35 minutes
From Cleveland to Springfield
4 hours and 41 minutes
4 hours and 43 minutes
5 hours and 24 minutes
From Amsterdam to Omaha
12 hours and 36 minutes
13 hours and 39 minutes
13 hours and 46 minutes
From Tucson to Paris
13 hours and 15 minutes
14 hours and 32 minutes
From Salt Lake City to Barcelona
13 hours and 1 minutes
13 hours and 30 minutes
13 hours and 31 minutes
From Dallas to Brussels
11 hours and 50 minutes
12 hours and 10 minutes
12 hours and 20 minutes
From Saint Louis to Green Bay
3 hours and 28 minutes
4 hours and 7 minutes
4 hours and 26 minutes
From Philadelphia to Calgary
7 hours and 8 minutes
7 hours and 55 minutes
From Saint Louis to Traverse City
4 hours and 12 minutes
4 hours and 18 minutes
5 hours and 10 minutes
From Calgary to Knoxville
6 hours and 5 minutes
6 hours and 35 minutes
6 hours and 52 minutes
From Toronto to Asheville
4 hours and 41 minutes
4 hours and 59 minutes
5 hours and 29 minutes
From Bentonville to Amsterdam
11 hours and 20 minutes
12 hours and 6 minutes
12 hours and 11 minutes
From Madrid to Minneapolis
13 hours and 15 minutes
13 hours and 55 minutes
14 hours and 5 minutes
From Toronto to Huntsville
4 hours and 57 minutes
5 hours and 20 minutes
5 hours and 37 minutes
From Louisville to Calgary
6 hours and 42 minutes
7 hours and 32 minutes
8 hours and 18 minutes
From Jacksonville to Vancouver
8 hours and 25 minutes
8 hours and 42 minutes
8 hours and 47 minutes
From Wichita to Lexington
4 hours and 35 minutes
4 hours and 54 minutes
5 hours and 14 minutes
From Toronto to Dayton
5 hours and 41 minutes
5 hours and 58 minutes
From Kansas City to Barcelona
11 hours and 48 minutes
12 hours and 13 minutes
12 hours and 25 minutes
From Moline to Toronto
5 hours and 16 minutes
5 hours and 18 minutes
From Columbus to Springfield
4 hours and 39 minutes
4 hours and 58 minutes
5 hours and 42 minutes
From Madrid to New Orleans
13 hours and 43 minutes
14 hours and 15 minutes
14 hours and 36 minutes
From Seattle to Lexington
6 hours and 55 minutes
7 hours and 44 minutes
From Memphis to Rome
11 hours and 59 minutes
12 hours and 20 minutes
12 hours and 21 minutes
From Memphis to Madison
4 hours and 15 minutes
4 hours and 51 minutes
5 hours and 7 minutes
From Toronto to Moline
5 hours and 37 minutes
6 hours and 7 minutes
From Tucson to Amsterdam
13 hours and 25 minutes
13 hours and 44 minutes
From San Diego to Edinburgh
13 hours and 44 minutes
14 hours and 40 minutes
14 hours and 50 minutes
From Denver to Sao Paulo
14 hours and 15 minutes
14 hours and 40 minutes
14 hours and 46 minutes
From Santa Ana to Barcelona
14 hours and 2 minutes
14 hours and 27 minutes
14 hours and 35 minutes
From Kansas City to Traverse City
4 hours and 25 minutes
4 hours and 30 minutes
5 hours and 10 minutes
From New York to Moline
4 hours and 42 minutes
5 hours and 23 minutes
5 hours and 41 minutes
From Toronto to Peoria
5 hours and 34 minutes
5 hours and 47 minutes
From Grand Rapids to Dublin
10 hours and 12 minutes
10 hours and 43 minutes
11 hours and 10 minutes
From Cincinnati to Cedar Rapids
4 hours and 3 minutes
4 hours and 9 minutes
4 hours and 33 minutes
From London to Peoria
12 hours and 49 minutes
13 hours and 11 minutes
14 hours and 2 minutes
From Indianapolis to Little Rock
4 hours and 18 minutes
4 hours and 18 minutes
5 hours and 9 minutes
From Des Moines to Amsterdam
10 hours and 55 minutes
12 hours and 13 minutes
12 hours and 40 minutes
From Saint Louis to Madison
3 hours and 48 minutes
4 hours and 6 minutes
From Pittsburgh to Appleton
4 hours and 15 minutes
4 hours and 22 minutes
4 hours and 59 minutes
From Santa Ana to Middletown
7 hours and 11 minutes
7 hours and 12 minutes
7 hours and 35 minutes
From Huntsville to Montreal
5 hours and 24 minutes
5 hours and 52 minutes
6 hours and 6 minutes
From Bentonville to Cleveland
4 hours and 32 minutes
4 hours and 53 minutes
5 hours and 1 minutes
From Sioux Falls to London
12 hours and 23 minutes
12 hours and 54 minutes
12 hours and 55 minutes
From Tulsa to Fargo
4 hours and 58 minutes
5 hours and 21 minutes
5 hours and 38 minutes
From Bentonville to Madrid
11 hours and 23 minutes
12 hours and 3 minutes
12 hours and 51 minutes
From Columbus to Fargo
4 hours and 40 minutes
5 hours and 16 minutes
5 hours and 31 minutes
From Oklahoma City to Montreal
5 hours and 59 minutes
6 hours and 48 minutes
7 hours and 3 minutes
From Washington to Moline
4 hours and 51 minutes
4 hours and 57 minutes
5 hours and 16 minutes
From Salt Lake City to Edinburgh
12 hours and 43 minutes
13 hours
13 hours and 35 minutes
From Milwaukee to Rome
11 hours and 44 minutes
12 hours and 3 minutes
12 hours and 15 minutes
From Moline to Birmingham
4 hours and 27 minutes
4 hours and 39 minutes
5 hours and 1 minutes
From Des Moines to Lexington
4 hours and 17 minutes
4 hours and 24 minutes
5 hours and 37 minutes
From Moline to Washington
3 hours and 56 minutes
4 hours and 29 minutes
5 hours and 14 minutes
From Springfield to Buffalo
4 hours and 36 minutes
4 hours and 50 minutes
5 hours and 15 minutes
From Peoria to Toronto
5 hours and 28 minutes
5 hours and 33 minutes
From Madison to Des Moines
4 hours and 1 minutes
4 hours and 2 minutes
4 hours and 51 minutes
From Grand Rapids to Wichita
4 hours and 51 minutes
5 hours and 4 minutes
5 hours and 36 minutes
From New York to Peoria
5 hours and 16 minutes
5 hours and 27 minutes
5 hours and 46 minutes
From Milwaukee to Grand Rapids
4 hours and 1 minutes
4 hours and 9 minutes
From Paris to Tulsa
13 hours and 20 minutes
14 hours and 7 minutes
14 hours and 34 minutes
From Philadelphia to Aspen
6 hours and 22 minutes
6 hours and 48 minutes
7 hours and 18 minutes
From Lexington to Springfield
4 hours and 40 minutes
4 hours and 50 minutes
5 hours and 45 minutes
From Tulsa to Amsterdam
11 hours and 41 minutes
12 hours and 37 minutes
13 hours and 4 minutes
From Springfield to Frankfurt
12 hours and 35 minutes
13 hours and 5 minutes
13 hours and 12 minutes
From Springfield to Montreal
5 hours and 20 minutes
5 hours and 55 minutes
6 hours and 34 minutes
From Madison to Cincinnati
3 hours and 52 minutes
4 hours and 2 minutes
4 hours and 40 minutes
From Bentonville to Pittsburgh
4 hours and 35 minutes
4 hours and 52 minutes
5 hours and 11 minutes
From Omaha to Frankfurt
12 hours and 16 minutes
12 hours and 44 minutes
12 hours and 47 minutes
From Montreal to Springfield
5 hours and 44 minutes
6 hours and 20 minutes
8 hours and 5 minutes
From Grand Rapids to Milwaukee
3 hours and 55 minutes
4 hours and 17 minutes
From Dayton to Toronto
5 hours and 51 minutes
6 hours and 4 minutes
From Pittsburgh to Cedar Rapids
4 hours and 8 minutes
4 hours and 10 minutes
4 hours and 33 minutes
From Boston to Moline
5 hours and 39 minutes
5 hours and 45 minutes
6 hours and 41 minutes
From Tulsa to Paris
11 hours and 41 minutes
12 hours and 35 minutes
13 hours and 15 minutes
From Springfield to Lexington
4 hours and 16 minutes
4 hours and 29 minutes
4 hours and 55 minutes
From Tulsa to Toronto
5 hours and 12 minutes
5 hours and 56 minutes
6 hours and 2 minutes
From Appleton to Louisville
3 hours and 40 minutes
4 hours and 5 minutes
4 hours and 31 minutes
From Moline to New York
4 hours and 57 minutes
5 hours and 7 minutes
5 hours and 44 minutes
From Boston to Peoria
5 hours and 25 minutes
5 hours and 35 minutes
6 hours and 24 minutes
From Greenville to Vancouver
7 hours and 35 minutes
8 hours and 4 minutes
8 hours and 14 minutes
From Amsterdam to Fort Wayne
11 hours and 52 minutes
13 hours and 43 minutes
14 hours and 21 minutes
From Mexico City to Pittsburgh
7 hours and 38 minutes
8 hours and 4 minutes
8 hours and 6 minutes
From New York to Flint
5 hours and 36 minutes
5 hours and 48 minutes

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