Distance from Chicago to Sydney
The great-circle distance between Chicago, United States and Sydney, Australia is 14,874 km (9,242 mi · 8,031 nmi) — the shortest possible route over the Earth's surface, the path aircraft approximately follow.
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 14,874 km · 9,242 mi · 8,031 nmi
- Initial bearing Chicago → Sydney
- 260° (W)
- Initial bearing Sydney → Chicago
- 62° (ENE)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 18 h 09 min
- Time zones
- Chicago UTC-06:00 · Sydney UTC+11:00 (+17 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 1062 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
- 12:32 UTC / 22:38 UTC
- Sydney
- -33.8678, 151.2073
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 18:50 UTC / 08:30 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.