Direct Flights from Chicago to Napoli
Napoli · Italy
Nonstop service from ORD to NAP on American. Here's the schedule at a glance — plus what to do once you land.
How rare is this nonstop?
Only 4 cities have a nonstop to Napoli, so this is a route worth knowing about — most travelers connect to get there.
How long to go to Napoli for, from Chicago
10h 20m in the air, 4,933 miles. Give Napoli a week: the first day goes to the journey and the jet lag, whatever you intend.
About Napoli

Naples in Italy is an ancient port on the Mediterranean sea. With just short of a million citizens, is the third most populous municipality. Metropolitan Naples is one of Italy's largest metropolitan areas, at three million citizens.
Summary from Wikivoyage (CC BY-SA).
Top things to do in Napoli
- Pompeii was a city in what is now the municipality of Pompei, near Naples, in the Campania region of Italy.
- Herculaneum is an ancient Roman town located in the modern-day comune of Ercolano, Campania, Italy. Herculaneum was buried under a massive pyroclastic flow in the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD.
- Poggiomarino is a comune (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Naples in the Italian region Campania, located about 25 km (16 mi) east of Naples.
- The Royal Palace of Caserta is a former royal palace in Caserta, Campania, 35 kilometres (22 mi) north of Naples in southern Italy, constructed by the House of Bourbon-Two Sicilies as their main residence as Kings of Nap…
- Cumae was the first ancient Greek colony of Magna Graecia on the mainland of Italy and was founded by settlers from Euboea in the 8th century BCE.
- The Real Teatro di San Carlo, as originally named by the Bourbon monarchy but today known simply as the Teatro (di) San Carlo, is a historic opera house in Naples, Italy, connected to the Royal Palace and adjacent to the…
- The Blue Grotto is a sea cave on the coast of the island of Capri, southern Italy.
- The National Archaeological Museum of Naples is an important Italian archaeological museum.
- The Museo di Capodimonte or National Museum of Capodimonte is an art museum occupying the Palace of Capodimonte, a grand 18th-century Bourbon palazzo in Naples, Italy.
- Castel Nuovo, often called Maschio Angioino, is a medieval castle located in front of Piazza Municipio and the city hall in central Naples, Campania, Italy.
- Oplontis is an ancient Roman archaeological site, located in the town of Torre Annunziata, south of Naples in the Campania region of southern Italy.
- Stabiae was an ancient city situated near the modern town of Castellammare di Stabia and approximately 4.5 km southwest of Pompeii.
Attraction descriptions from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA); place data from Wikidata (CC0).
Napoli weather, compared with Chicago
11° warmer than Chicago on average across the year, on daytime highs:
- January
- Napoli 56°F · Chicago 31°F · 24° warmer
- April
- Napoli 68°F · Chicago 59°F · 9° warmer
- July
- Napoli 87°F · Chicago 84°F · 3° warmer
- October
- Napoli 73°F · Chicago 62°F · 10° warmer
Napoli is the steadier of the two, moving 32° between its coldest and warmest months where Chicago moves 53°.
Daily highs averaged from Meteostat station records (CC BY 4.0), measured at each city's airport.
Planning a trip to Napoli
- Best time to visit
- The best time to visit Napoli is March–June and September–November, when daytime highs are a comfortable 61–81°F.
- How long to stay
- Napoli rewards a longer visit — a full week lets you explore its many sights, from Pompeii, Herculaneum, and Poggiomarino and beyond.
Frequently asked questions
- Is there a direct flight from Chicago to Napoli?
- Yes — you can fly nonstop from Chicago (ORD) to Napoli (NAP) on American.
- Which airlines fly nonstop from Chicago to Napoli?
- American flies nonstop between Chicago (ORD) and Napoli (NAP).
- How far is Napoli from Chicago?
- Napoli is about 4,933 miles from Chicago by air.
- Is there a direct flight from Chicago to Italy?
- Yes — Napoli (NAP) has nonstop service from Chicago on American, making it a nonstop gateway to Italy.
- What is there to do in Napoli?
- Popular things to do include Pompeii, Herculaneum, Poggiomarino, Royal Palace of Caserta, and more.
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