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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 January 2025

From Phoenix to Amsterdam
12 hours and 55 minutes
13 hours and 20 minutes
14 hours
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From Tulsa to London
12 hours and 5 minutes
12 hours and 21 minutes
12 hours and 50 minutes
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From Houston to Madrid
11 hours and 46 minutes
12 hours and 55 minutes
13 hours and 5 minutes
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From London to Fort Wayne
12 hours and 55 minutes
13 hours and 2 minutes
13 hours and 35 minutes
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From Amsterdam to Kansas City
13 hours and 3 minutes
13 hours and 32 minutes
13 hours and 40 minutes
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From Oklahoma City to London
11 hours and 59 minutes
12 hours and 37 minutes
13 hours
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From Toronto to Dayton
5 hours and 46 minutes
6 hours
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From Knoxville to Madison
3 hours and 57 minutes
4 hours and 38 minutes
4 hours and 56 minutes
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From London to Tulsa
14 hours
14 hours and 24 minutes
14 hours and 32 minutes
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From Knoxville to Milwaukee
3 hours and 52 minutes
4 hours and 31 minutes
4 hours and 51 minutes
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From New York to Moline
5 hours and 13 minutes
5 hours and 15 minutes
6 hours and 12 minutes
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From Fort Wayne to London
11 hours and 46 minutes
12 hours and 15 minutes
12 hours and 37 minutes
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From Cancun to Appleton
6 hours and 56 minutes
7 hours and 54 minutes
8 hours and 13 minutes
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From Amsterdam to Grand Rapids
12 hours and 9 minutes
13 hours and 1 minutes
13 hours and 13 minutes
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From Kansas City to Lexington
4 hours and 19 minutes
4 hours and 33 minutes
5 hours and 6 minutes
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From Milwaukee to Montreal
4 hours and 41 minutes
5 hours and 14 minutes
5 hours and 16 minutes
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From Springfield to London
12 hours and 24 minutes
12 hours and 30 minutes
12 hours and 39 minutes
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From Lexington to Bentonville
4 hours and 54 minutes
4 hours and 55 minutes
5 hours and 10 minutes
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From Oklahoma City to Montreal
5 hours and 45 minutes
6 hours and 7 minutes
7 hours and 2 minutes
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From London to Madison
12 hours and 28 minutes
13 hours and 4 minutes
13 hours and 28 minutes
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From Amsterdam to Madison
12 hours and 17 minutes
13 hours and 4 minutes
13 hours and 9 minutes
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From Cedar Rapids to London
11 hours and 40 minutes
12 hours and 20 minutes
12 hours and 53 minutes
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From Toronto to Moline
5 hours and 34 minutes
5 hours and 38 minutes
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From Toronto to Asheville
4 hours and 38 minutes
5 hours and 23 minutes
5 hours and 59 minutes
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From Knoxville to Wichita
5 hours and 6 minutes
5 hours and 16 minutes
5 hours and 40 minutes
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From London to Moline
12 hours and 46 minutes
12 hours and 50 minutes
14 hours and 52 minutes
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From Amsterdam to Omaha
12 hours and 52 minutes
13 hours and 31 minutes
14 hours and 4 minutes
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From Toronto to Peoria
4 hours and 39 minutes
5 hours and 47 minutes
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From London to Springfield
13 hours and 50 minutes
14 hours and 9 minutes
14 hours and 28 minutes
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From Washington to Moline
4 hours and 54 minutes
4 hours and 59 minutes
5 hours and 21 minutes
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From Omaha to Paris
11 hours and 21 minutes
11 hours and 35 minutes
12 hours and 45 minutes
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From Grand Rapids to Amsterdam
10 hours and 35 minutes
10 hours and 55 minutes
11 hours and 35 minutes
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From Milwaukee to Des Moines
4 hours and 6 minutes
4 hours and 32 minutes
4 hours and 51 minutes
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From Calgary to Philadelphia
6 hours and 41 minutes
6 hours and 59 minutes
7 hours and 27 minutes
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From Madison to New Orleans
4 hours and 35 minutes
5 hours and 3 minutes
5 hours and 45 minutes
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From Milwaukee to Grand Rapids
3 hours and 59 minutes
4 hours and 13 minutes
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From Indianapolis to Traverse City
3 hours and 53 minutes
4 hours and 11 minutes
4 hours and 48 minutes
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From San Diego to Syracuse
6 hours and 49 minutes
7 hours and 13 minutes
7 hours and 16 minutes
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From Des Moines to London
11 hours and 21 minutes
12 hours and 35 minutes
12 hours and 45 minutes
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From Saint Louis to Green Bay
3 hours and 51 minutes
4 hours and 13 minutes
4 hours and 35 minutes
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From Moline to Toronto
5 hours and 29 minutes
5 hours and 39 minutes
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From Richmond to Springfield
5 hours and 11 minutes
5 hours and 16 minutes
5 hours and 33 minutes
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From Bentonville to Dayton
4 hours and 18 minutes
4 hours and 25 minutes
5 hours and 9 minutes
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From New York to Moline
5 hours and 2 minutes
5 hours and 18 minutes
5 hours and 46 minutes
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From Wichita to Cincinnati
4 hours and 29 minutes
4 hours and 45 minutes
5 hours and 17 minutes
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From Madison to Indianapolis
3 hours and 25 minutes
3 hours and 43 minutes
4 hours and 23 minutes
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From Kansas City to Huntsville
4 hours and 28 minutes
4 hours and 39 minutes
4 hours and 55 minutes
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From Dayton to Toronto
5 hours and 37 minutes
5 hours and 59 minutes
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From Kansas City to Louisville
4 hours and 13 minutes
4 hours and 16 minutes
4 hours and 42 minutes
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From Seattle to Rochester
6 hours and 50 minutes
7 hours and 40 minutes
7 hours and 56 minutes
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From London to Traverse City
12 hours and 52 minutes
13 hours and 40 minutes
14 hours and 44 minutes
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From Appleton to New York
4 hours and 46 minutes
5 hours and 1 minutes
5 hours and 21 minutes
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From Indianapolis to Appleton
3 hours and 34 minutes
4 hours and 9 minutes
4 hours and 26 minutes
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From Kansas City to Syracuse
4 hours and 18 minutes
4 hours and 52 minutes
4 hours and 54 minutes
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From Philadelphia to Moline
4 hours and 45 minutes
5 hours and 18 minutes
6 hours and 2 minutes
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From Phoenix to Athens
14 hours and 55 minutes
15 hours and 20 minutes
16 hours and 25 minutes
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From Kansas City to Traverse City
4 hours and 12 minutes
4 hours and 18 minutes
4 hours and 36 minutes
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From New York to Peoria
5 hours and 15 minutes
5 hours and 39 minutes
5 hours and 58 minutes
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From Springfield to New York
5 hours and 19 minutes
5 hours and 25 minutes
5 hours and 42 minutes
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From Saint Louis to Indianapolis
3 hours and 53 minutes
4 hours and 4 minutes
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From Little Rock to Cincinnati
4 hours and 16 minutes
4 hours and 25 minutes
4 hours and 42 minutes
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From Milwaukee to Dayton
3 hours and 42 minutes
4 hours and 35 minutes
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From Moline to New York
4 hours and 49 minutes
5 hours and 11 minutes
5 hours and 44 minutes
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From Kansas City to Dayton
4 hours and 10 minutes
4 hours and 17 minutes
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From Amsterdam to Fort Wayne
12 hours and 7 minutes
12 hours and 59 minutes
14 hours and 13 minutes
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From Springfield to Boston
5 hours and 28 minutes
5 hours and 29 minutes
5 hours and 52 minutes
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From Omaha to Amsterdam
11 hours and 48 minutes
12 hours and 20 minutes
12 hours and 40 minutes
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From Cancun to Madison
6 hours and 57 minutes
7 hours and 50 minutes
8 hours and 5 minutes
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From Kansas City to Greensboro/High Point
4 hours and 24 minutes
4 hours and 47 minutes
4 hours and 49 minutes
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From Monterrey to New York
7 hours and 13 minutes
8 hours and 4 minutes
8 hours and 14 minutes
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From Boston to Springfield
6 hours and 13 minutes
6 hours and 26 minutes
6 hours and 46 minutes
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From Cancun to South Bend
6 hours and 52 minutes
7 hours and 7 minutes
7 hours and 34 minutes
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From Indianapolis to Saint Louis
3 hours and 59 minutes
4 hours and 17 minutes
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From San Francisco to Rochester
7 hours and 32 minutes
7 hours and 47 minutes
7 hours and 52 minutes
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From Kansas City to Fort Wayne
4 hours and 6 minutes
4 hours and 18 minutes
4 hours and 42 minutes
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From Milwaukee to Moline
3 hours and 58 minutes
4 hours and 20 minutes
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From Toronto to Bozeman
7 hours and 18 minutes
7 hours and 43 minutes
8 hours and 6 minutes
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From Appleton to Saint Louis
4 hours and 7 minutes
4 hours and 21 minutes
4 hours and 39 minutes
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From Nashville to Fort Wayne
4 hours and 21 minutes
4 hours and 27 minutes
5 hours and 28 minutes
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From Madison to Saint Louis
3 hours and 48 minutes
4 hours and 1 minutes
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From Indianapolis to Little Rock
4 hours and 21 minutes
4 hours and 26 minutes
5 hours and 7 minutes
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From Green Bay to Saint Louis
4 hours and 9 minutes
4 hours and 19 minutes
4 hours and 52 minutes
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From Knoxville to Moline
4 hours and 22 minutes
4 hours and 25 minutes
5 hours and 20 minutes
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From San Diego to Dayton
6 hours and 30 minutes
6 hours and 52 minutes
7 hours and 3 minutes
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From Rochester to San Diego
7 hours and 46 minutes
8 hours and 4 minutes
8 hours and 10 minutes
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From Grand Rapids to Milwaukee
3 hours and 19 minutes
3 hours and 36 minutes
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From Greenville to Cedar Rapids
4 hours and 2 minutes
4 hours and 51 minutes
5 hours and 21 minutes
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From Fort Wayne to Kansas City
4 hours and 23 minutes
4 hours and 24 minutes
5 hours and 47 minutes
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From Bentonville to Cincinnati
4 hours and 13 minutes
4 hours and 34 minutes
4 hours and 54 minutes
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From Tulsa to Paris
11 hours and 10 minutes
12 hours and 15 minutes
12 hours and 42 minutes
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From Madison to Dayton
3 hours and 31 minutes
5 hours and 1 minutes
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From Knoxville to Cedar Rapids
4 hours and 29 minutes
4 hours and 40 minutes
5 hours and 17 minutes
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From Grand Rapids to Dayton
3 hours and 48 minutes
4 hours and 52 minutes
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From Bentonville to Munich
12 hours and 23 minutes
13 hours and 8 minutes
13 hours and 13 minutes
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From Saint Louis to Madison
3 hours and 45 minutes
4 hours
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From Washington to Peoria
4 hours and 49 minutes
4 hours and 57 minutes
5 hours and 31 minutes
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From Boston to Tucson
7 hours and 56 minutes
8 hours and 19 minutes
8 hours and 24 minutes
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From Milwaukee to Traverse City
3 hours and 55 minutes
4 hours and 14 minutes
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From Rome to Memphis
13 hours and 50 minutes
15 hours and 1 minutes
15 hours and 11 minutes
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From Milwaukee to Cedar Rapids
3 hours and 42 minutes
4 hours and 1 minutes
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