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ORD Chicago ⇄ CUN Cancún

Chicago O'Hare International Airport (United States) and Cancún International Airport (Mexico): great-circle distance, estimated scheduled flight time each way, time difference and jet lag.

Distance2,330 km1,448 mi1,258 nautical miles
ORD → CUN3 h 40 minestimated block time
CUN → ORD3 h 45 minestimated block time
Clock change±0 hCancún vs Chicago, today
Great-circle route from Chicago (ORD) to Cancún (CUN)ORDChicagoCUNCancún
The shortest path over the Earth’s surface (great circle), drawn on a Natural Earth projection. Real flight paths bend around weather, winds and closed airspace.

Flight time each way

ORD → CUN

3 h 40 min

Estimated gate-to-gate scheduled time. Initial heading 177° (S).

Leave Chicago Sat 7 Nov, 10:00 local → arrive Cancún Sat 7 Nov, 14:40 local.

CUN → ORD

3 h 45 min

Estimated gate-to-gate scheduled time. Initial heading 358° (N).

Leave Cancún Sat 7 Nov, 10:00 local → arrive Chicago Sat 7 Nov, 12:45 local.

The two directions differ by 1 minute in our estimate: this route runs mostly north–south, so the prevailing westerly winds make little difference. How we estimate it.

Distance

Great-circle distance2,330 km · 1,448 mi · 1,258 nmi
Initial heading177° (S) from ORD; 358° (N) from CUN
Farthest from the equator42.0°N
Crossesneither the equator nor the 180th meridian
Share of the longest possible trip12% of the 20,015 km to the far side of the Earth

Time zones and jet lag

ORDAmerica/Chicago — UTC−5 now; UTC−6 standard time, UTC−5 during daylight saving time
CUNAmerica/Cancun — UTC−5 now; UTC−5 all year (no daylight saving time)
DifferenceCancún is on the same clock as Chicago today; +1 h in January and ±0 h in July because daylight saving time starts and ends on different dates (or not at all).

Jet lag, flying ORD → CUN. No time-zone change, so no jet lag from the clock — only the usual tiredness of travel.

General information, not medical advice.

The two airports

ORD Chicago O'Hare International AirportChicago, United States · longest runway 13,000 ft3,962 m CUN Cancún International AirportCancún, Mexico · longest runway 11,483 ft3,500 m

More routes from ORD and CUN

ORDMSP Chicago – Minneapolis 537 km334 mi · 1 h 45 min JFKORD New York – Chicago 1,188 km738 mi · 2 h 35 min IAHORD Houston – Chicago 1,491 km926 mi · 2 h 40 min SEAORD Seattle – Chicago 2,762 km1,716 mi · 3 h 55 min ORDLHR Chicago – London 6,344 km3,942 mi · 7 h 45 min ORDICN Chicago – Seoul 10,519 km6,536 mi · 13 h 30 min MIACUN Miami – Cancún 855 km531 mi · 2 h 05 min IAHCUN Houston – Cancún 1,307 km812 mi · 2 h 30 min JFKCUN New York – Cancún 2,506 km1,557 mi · 4 h YULCUN Montreal – Cancún 2,969 km1,845 mi · 4 h 35 min MADCUN Madrid – Cancún 7,960 km4,946 mi · 11 h FRACUN Frankfurt – Cancún 8,605 km5,347 mi · 11 h 40 min

Routes of a similar length

SEAANC Seattle – Anchorage 2,326 km1,445 mi · 3 h 50 min MEXTIJ Mexico City – Tijuana 2,301 km1,430 mi · 3 h 50 min BNEAKL Brisbane – Auckland 2,295 km1,426 mi · 3 h 30 min LHRRAK London – Marrakesh 2,294 km1,426 mi · 3 h 45 min

Need a different pair? The flight-time calculator works for any two of 3,245 airports. Not covered: which airlines fly this route, schedules, fares and live status — that data is proprietary and we don’t guess it.

Photos on airport pages are credited there. Estimates are rounded to 5 minutes; typical error about 13 minutes (validation).