Distance from Bangkok to Chicago
The great-circle distance between Bangkok, Thailand and Chicago, United States is 13,776 km (8,560 mi · 7,438 nmi) — the shortest possible route over the Earth's surface, the path aircraft approximately follow.
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 13,776 km · 8,560 mi · 7,438 nmi
- Initial bearing Bangkok → Chicago
- 7° (N)
- Initial bearing Chicago → Bangkok
- 350° (N)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 16 h 52 min
- Time zones
- Bangkok UTC+07:00 · Chicago UTC-05:00 (-12 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 708 min — the sun rises earlier in Bangkok
Flight time is a cruise-speed approximation (no routing/wind); driving distance depends on roads and is typically 20–40% longer than great-circle.
The two cities
- Bangkok
- 13.7540, 100.5014
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 23:05 UTC / 11:44 UTC
- Chicago
- 41.8500, -87.6500
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 10:52 UTC / 01:02 UTC
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Distances here are straight-line (great-circle). Road routes typically run 1.2–1.4× longer — here's why, with the visual.