Distance from Chicago to Jakarta
The great-circle distance between Chicago, United States and Jakarta, Indonesia is 15,802 km (9,819 mi · 8,532 nmi) — the shortest possible route over the Earth's surface, the path aircraft approximately follow.
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 15,802 km · 9,819 mi · 8,532 nmi
- Initial bearing Chicago → Jakarta
- 336° (NNW)
- Initial bearing Jakarta → Chicago
- 18° (NNE)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 19 h 15 min
- Time zones
- Chicago UTC-05:00 · Jakarta UTC+07:00 (+12 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 777 min — the sun rises later in Chicago
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
- Chicago
- 41.8500, -87.6500
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 11:40 UTC / 23:48 UTC
- Jakarta
- -6.2146, 106.8451
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 22:43 UTC / 10:49 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.