Distance from Chicago to Hong Kong
Flying the shortest possible route, Hong Kong lies 12,539 km (7,791 miles, 6,770 nautical miles) from Chicago — the great-circle distance between their coordinates.
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 12,539 km · 7,791 mi · 6,770 nmi
- Initial bearing Chicago → Hong Kong
- 338° (NNW)
- Initial bearing Hong Kong → Chicago
- 17° (NNE)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 15 h 25 min
- Time zones
- Chicago UTC-05:00 · Hong Kong UTC+08:00 (+13 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 774 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
- 10:52 UTC / 01:02 UTC
- Hong Kong
- 22.2783, 114.1747
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 21:59 UTC / 11:01 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.