Rio de Janeiro (GIG) to Chicago (CHI): 5,307 miles (8,541 km) great-circle, about 11h 05m nonstop by our estimate. Cheapest fare observed: $696 round-trip on airline 0O, with 1 stop, departing June 9, 2026.
$696 round-trip, airline 0O 0O260, departing 2026-06-09 at 07:20, returning 2026-06-24. The recorded itinerary left on a Tuesday, returning on a Wednesday 15 nights later; the fare was observed 45 days before departure. "Book this flight" opens Kiwi.com with the same airline and dates.
At $696, it ranked 17th of the 30 round-trip fares we recorded from GIG (median $649). That is 13.1 cents per great-circle mile (round-trip price over one-way distance), below the GIG median of 19.9 cents across 30 round-trip routes.
Routes from GIG of similar length: Madrid (5,063 mi) at $1334 and Rome (5,699 mi) at $1066.
GIG to CHI is the only one of 30 GIG routes where airline 0O priced cheapest. It is the 11th longest of the 30 routes we track from GIG.
Of 33 departure airports with a fare to Chicago, Rio de Janeiro (GIG) ranked 30th at $696. Lowest: $89 from Atlanta (ATL); highest: $1241 from Nairobi (NBO); 16 nonstop. Cheapest-fare airlines (routes): Frontier (15), Spirit (5), United Airlines (4), American Airlines (2), airline 0O (1) and Alaska Airlines (1), plus 5 more.
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Travelpayouts fares (cheapest per route, observed April 25, 2026); OurAirports coordinates and elevations; IANA zones America/Sao_Paulo, America/Chicago; flight time is our estimate.