Cheapest€516.98
- Emirates E252406:219h 4m15:25Chicago ORDAmsterdam AMS
Door to door 12h 14mCO2 1007.7 kgChanges 0Fixed, no changes
Chicago to Amsterdam flight
Flights from Chicago to Amsterdam start at €620.23 and take 12h 7m at their fastest.
The Flights from Chicago to Amsterdam starts at €620.23 and takes 12h 7m door to door, run by 6 operators over 6,809 km, with around 42 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 45 days before departure.
- 12h 7mDoor to door
- 8h 57mMoving
- €620.23From
- 1007.7 kgCO2
The cheapest and the fastest on 29 September 2026
Two journeys we can sell today, with the service number each operator files them under.
Fastest€535.86
- Emirates E862320:338h 57m05:30Chicago ORDAmsterdam AMS
Door to door 12h 7mCO2 1007.7 kgChanges 0Fixed, no changes
Airlines
Speed, flexibility and what is on board. Nothing here is a rating, because we have not earned one.
| Operator | From | Fastest |
|---|---|---|
 Emirates | €516.98 | 12h 7m |
 KLM Royal Dutch Airlines | €542.94 | 12h 7m |
 Martinair | €535.86 | 12h 6m |
 Qatar Airways | €544.12 | 12h 6m |
 Singapore Airlines | €550.02 | 12h 6m |
| United Airlines | €529.96 | 12h 8m |
That is the travelling done. What happens after you walk out into Amsterdam is not something we sell.
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When to book Chicago to Amsterdam
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €617.8790 days
- €415.5060 days
- €414.9145 days
- €422.5830 days
- €621.4121 days
- €674.5114 days
- €794.877 days
- €774.813 days
- €1,147.691 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 45 days ahead, at €414.91.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 177 percent. The dearest point is €1,147.69, 1 days out.
- What that means
- Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 45 days before departure. Waiting from here has usually cost money on this corridor rather than saved it.
Which departure day costs least
Median cheapest fare for each weekday, taken across the next three weeks of real prices.
- €738.23Sun
- €646.19Mon
- €620.23Tue
- €665.66Wed
- €853.87Thu
- €774.81Fri
- €674.51Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
The stations, airports and ports each mode on this corridor actually uses.
Chicago
Air
- ORD
- MDW
Amsterdam
Air
- AMS
What the journey actually looks like
Direct or connecting, how far the route really runs, and what happens when a connection is missed.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 6,809 km against 6,611 km in a straight line, a detour of 3 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
- First and last departure
- The first service of the day leaves Chicago at 06:21 and the last at 20:37, across 42 departures. The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.
Questions about Chicago to Amsterdam
The questions people actually ask about this journey, answered from the same prices and times the page above is built on rather than written once and left to go stale.
How long does the Flight from Chicago to Amsterdam take?
The Flight from Chicago to Amsterdam takes 12h 7m door to door, of which 8h 57m is spent moving. The route runs 6,809 km. The difference between the two times is reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end, which every time on this page includes.
How much does the Flight from Chicago to Amsterdam cost?
The Flight from Chicago to Amsterdam starts at €620.23 for one passenger, checked on 12 September 2026. A typical fare is €628.79. Both are the total including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee, so the price here is the price at checkout.
Who runs the Flight from Chicago to Amsterdam?
6 operators run the Flight from Chicago to Amsterdam: Emirates, KLM Royal Dutch Airlines, Martinair, Qatar Airways, Singapore Airlines. Between them they file around 42 departures a day. The operator table on this page compares them on fare, journey time, cruising speed, fare conditions and what is provided on board.
Which terminal does the Flight from Chicago to Amsterdam use?
The Flight from Chicago to Amsterdam leaves from Chicago ORD and arrives at Amsterdam AMS. Allow about 3h 10m for reaching the departure terminal and leaving the arrival one. That time is already inside every door to door figure quoted on this page.
When should I book the Flight from Chicago to Amsterdam?
Fares for the Flight from Chicago to Amsterdam bottom out around 45 days ahead, at €414.91. The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time across the window is 177 percent, measured on 12 September 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Flight from Chicago to Amsterdam produce?
The Flight from Chicago to Amsterdam produces about 1007.7 kg of CO2 per passenger over 6809 km, which works out at roughly 148 grams per passenger kilometre. That figure is for the whole journey and for one traveller, not for the vehicle.
Where these numbers come from
Observed service A carrier record shows this named operator serving this named pair, and we carry that through unchanged.
Schedules, seat counts and fares are generated by our own model until the supplier contracts are signed. Places, coordinates, operators, which operator serves which pair, and every distance are real. We would rather say that on every page than let a modelled number pass for a filed one.
Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon
- On this page
- Every figure above was computed for Chicago to Amsterdam on 12 September 2026: 6809 km of route against 6611 km in a straight line, 42 services a day, 6 operators, a cheapest fare of €620.23, and 12h 7m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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A car waiting when you land in Amsterdam
Settled in advance, so the ride into Amsterdam costs what it said it would rather than what the rank says.
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