Cheap Flights from Chicago, IL to Frankfurt from $171

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On Cheapflightsplus.com you will find 8 direct and 981 connecting flights from Chicago to Frankfurt. You can compare airfare deals from 27 airlines and multiple travel sites from $171, book and save on cheap plane tickets and last minute offers. Also check out CHI-FRA flight schedule to find best flight time, convenient departure and arrival airports.

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Best Flights from Chicago to Frankfurt Today

Take a look at the list of non stop flights and flights with layovers from Chicago to Frankfurt with the lowest price of $171. The fastest direct flight takes 8h 20m and the fastest connecting – 10h 35m.

Price	Departure	Arrival	Flight Duration	Airline	Flight
from $281 Find flight	16:00 Chicago O'Hare International	07:20+1 день Frankfurt Frankfurt Int.	8h 20m	Lufthansa	LH431
from $351 Find flight	16:00 Chicago O'Hare International	07:20+1 день Frankfurt Frankfurt Int.	8h 20m	United Airlines	UA8837
from $405 Find flight	18:30 Chicago O'Hare International	09:55+1 день Frankfurt Frankfurt Int.	8h 25m	Lufthansa	LH9151
from $171 Find flight	19:25 Chicago O'Hare International	13:00+1 день Frankfurt Frankfurt Int.	10h 35m layover 0h 40m - Reykjavik	Icelandair	FI852 FI520
from $171 Find flight	22:15 Chicago O'Hare International	16:05+1 день Frankfurt Frankfurt Int.	10h 50m layover 1h 0m - Reykjavik	Icelandair	FI856 FI522
from $178 Find flight	22:15 Chicago O'Hare International	13:00+2 дня Frankfurt Frankfurt Int.	31h 45m layover 22h 0m - Reykjavik	Icelandair	FI856 FI520
from $180 Find flight	22:15 Chicago O'Hare International	06:00+2 дня Frankfurt Frankfurt Int.	24h 45m layover 15h 5m - Reykjavik	Icelandair	FI856 FI524
from $255 Find flight	18:15 Chicago O'Hare International	22:20+1 день Frankfurt Frankfurt Int.	21h 5m layover 10h 0m - Lisbon	TAP Portugal	TP244 TP574
from $271 Find flight	19:15 Chicago O'Hare International	14:40+1 день Frankfurt Frankfurt Int.	12h 25m layover 2h 25m - Copenhagen	SAS	SK944 SK675
from $204 Find flight	17:10 Chicago O'Hare International	09:30+3 дня Frankfurt Frankfurt Int.	57h 20m layover 21h 52m - New York 24h 35m - London	Spirit Airlines	NK328 Z0702 BA902
from $208 Find flight	20:12 Chicago O'Hare International	09:30+3 дня Frankfurt Frankfurt Int.	54h 18m layover 18h 49m - New York 24h 35m - London	Spirit Airlines	NK919 Z0702 BA902
from $222 Find flight	19:39 Chicago O'Hare International	09:30+3 дня Frankfurt Frankfurt Int.	54h 51m layover 21h 8m - Orlando 20h 45m - London	Spirit Airlines	NK507 Z0784 BA902
from $225 Find flight	20:12 Chicago O'Hare International	19:30+2 дня Frankfurt Frankfurt Int.	40h 18m layover 18h 49m - New York 10h 35m - London	Spirit Airlines	NK919 Z0702 BA8738
from $228 Find flight	19:25 Chicago O'Hare International	18:55+1 день Frankfurt Frankfurt Int.	16h 30m layover 0h 55m - Reykjavik 4h 35m - Berlin	Icelandair	FI852 FI528 DE4094
from $230 Find flight	18:18 Chicago O'Hare International	13:00+2 дня Frankfurt Frankfurt Int.	35h 42m layover 23h 32m - Minneapolis 0h 45m - Reykjavik	Sun Country Airlines	SY262 FI656 FI520
from $233 Find flight	19:39 Chicago O'Hare International	22:25+2 дня Frankfurt Frankfurt Int.	43h 46m layover 21h 8m - Orlando 9h 35m - London	Spirit Airlines	NK507 Z0784 BA916

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*Departure and arrival times - local. Prices indicated for one-way flights. Information updated on June 05, 2025

Flight Schedule Chicago (Illinois) to Frankfurt

Full flight schedule will help you in detecting at what time planes fly from Chicago to Frankfurt. You can also specify the concrete flights and airlines on the route and how long the flight actually is. Use the calendar for today, tomorrow or other specific date as some flights are available only on certain days of the week.

Departure	Flight Details	Flight Duration	Price
15:10 — 06:30 +1 day	15:10 — 06:30 UA944 United Airlines Chicago — Frankfurt	8h 20m	Find flight from$355
15:10 — 06:30 +1 day	15:10 — 06:30 LH9153 Lufthansa Chicago — Frankfurt	8h 20m	Find flight from$422
16:00 — 07:20 +1 day	16:00 — 07:20 LH431 Lufthansa Chicago — Frankfurt	8h 20m	Find flight from$281
16:00 — 07:20 +1 day	16:00 — 07:20 UA8837 United Airlines Chicago — Frankfurt	8h 20m	Find flight from$351
18:30 — 09:55 +1 day	18:30 — 09:55 UA907 United Airlines Chicago — Frankfurt	8h 25m	Find flight from$351
18:30 — 09:55 +1 day	18:30 — 09:55 LH9151 Lufthansa Chicago — Frankfurt	8h 25m	Find flight from$405
22:30 — 14:05 +1 day	22:30 — 14:05 LH433 Lufthansa Chicago — Frankfurt	8h 35m	Find flight from$291
22:30 — 14:05 +1 day	22:30 — 14:05 UA8835 United Airlines Chicago — Frankfurt	8h 35m	Find flight from$351
18:15 — 22:20 +1 day	18:15 — 08:15 TP244 TAP Portugal Chicago — Lisbon 10h stop 18:15 — 22:20 TP574 TAP Portugal Lisbon — Frankfurt	21h 5m including layover	Find flight from$255
19:25 — 13:00 +1 day	19:25 — 06:40 FI852 Icelandair Chicago — Reykjavik 40m stop 07:20 — 13:00 FI520 Icelandair Reykjavik — Frankfurt	10h 35m including layover	Find flight from$171
19:25 — 16:05 +1 day	19:25 — 06:40 FI852 Icelandair Chicago — Reykjavik 3h 40m stop 10:30 — 16:20 FI522 Icelandair Reykjavik — Frankfurt	13h 40m including layover	Find flight from$171
22:15 — 16:05 +1 day	22:15 — 09:20 FI856 Icelandair Chicago — Reykjavik 1h stop 10:30 — 16:20 FI522 Icelandair Reykjavik — Frankfurt	10h 50m including layover	Find flight from$171
22:15 — 13:00 +2 days	22:15 — 09:20 FI856 Icelandair Chicago — Reykjavik 22h stop 07:20 — 13:00 FI520 Icelandair Reykjavik — Frankfurt	31h 45m including layover	Find flight from$178
05:51 — 16:05 +1 day	05:51 — 09:00 NK1176 Spirit Airlines Chicago — New York 11h 25m stop 20:25 — 06:15 FI614 Icelandair New York — Reykjavik 4h 5m stop 10:20 — 16:05 FI522 Icelandair Reykjavik — Frankfurt	27h 14m including layover	Find flight from$244
06:10 — 15:00 +1 day	06:10 — 08:44 F92445 Frontier Airlines Chicago — Los Angeles 4h 21m stop 13:00 — 09:40 N0412 N0 Los Angeles — Rome 3h 20m stop 13:00 — 15:00 U22992 EasyJet Rome — Frankfurt	25h 50m including layover	Find flight from$261
07:10 — 19:55 +1 day	07:10 — 09:58 AC4986 Air Canada Chicago — Toronto 12h 12m stop 22:10 — 10:00 WS34 WestJet Toronto — Dublin 6h 50m stop 16:50 — 19:55 EI656 Aer Lingus Dublin — Frankfurt	29h 45m including layover	Find flight from$246
08:55 — 19:55 +1 day	08:55 — 11:49 AC5212 Air Canada Chicago — Toronto 10h 21m stop 22:10 — 10:00 WS34 WestJet Toronto — Dublin 6h 50m stop 16:50 — 19:55 EI656 Aer Lingus Dublin — Frankfurt	28h including layover	Find flight from$246
10:00 — 19:55 +1 day	10:00 — 12:38 AC8902 Air Canada Chicago — Toronto 9h 32m stop 22:10 — 10:00 WS34 WestJet Toronto — Dublin 6h 50m stop 16:50 — 19:55 EI656 Aer Lingus Dublin — Frankfurt	26h 55m including layover	Find flight from$246
10:48 — 19:55 +1 day	10:48 — 13:42 AC4407 Air Canada Chicago — Toronto 8h 28m stop 22:10 — 10:00 WS34 WestJet Toronto — Dublin 6h 50m stop 16:50 — 19:55 EI656 Aer Lingus Dublin — Frankfurt	26h 7m including layover	Find flight from$246
12:00 — 19:55 +1 day	12:00 — 14:38 AC8904 Air Canada Chicago — Toronto 7h 32m stop 22:10 — 10:00 WS34 WestJet Toronto — Dublin 6h 50m stop 16:50 — 19:55 EI656 Aer Lingus Dublin — Frankfurt	24h 55m including layover	Find flight from$246
12:52 — 19:55 +1 day	12:52 — 15:46 AC4899 Air Canada Chicago — Toronto 6h 24m stop 22:10 — 10:00 WS34 WestJet Toronto — Dublin 6h 50m stop 16:50 — 19:55 EI656 Aer Lingus Dublin — Frankfurt	24h 3m including layover	Find flight from$246
14:00 — 19:55 +1 day	14:00 — 16:43 AC506 Air Canada Chicago — Toronto 5h 27m stop 22:10 — 10:00 WS34 WestJet Toronto — Dublin 6h 50m stop 16:50 — 19:55 EI656 Aer Lingus Dublin — Frankfurt	22h 55m including layover	Find flight from$246
15:50 — 19:55 +1 day	15:50 — 18:33 AC508 Air Canada Chicago — Toronto 3h 37m stop 22:10 — 10:00 WS34 WestJet Toronto — Dublin 6h 50m stop 16:50 — 19:55 EI656 Aer Lingus Dublin — Frankfurt	21h 5m including layover	Find flight from$246
16:42 — 19:55 +1 day	16:42 — 19:37 AC5014 Air Canada Chicago — Toronto 2h 33m stop 22:10 — 10:00 WS34 WestJet Toronto — Dublin 6h 50m stop 16:50 — 19:55 EI656 Aer Lingus Dublin — Frankfurt	20h 13m including layover	Find flight from$246
17:10 — 09:30 +3 days	17:10 — 20:28 NK328 Spirit Airlines Chicago — New York 21h 52m stop 18:20 — 06:20 Z0702 Z0 New York — London 24h 35m stop 06:55 — 09:30 BA902 British Airways London — Frankfurt	57h 20m including layover	Find flight from$204
17:10 — 20:25 +1 day	17:10 — 20:28 NK328 Spirit Airlines Chicago — New York 4h 2m stop 00:30 — 14:30 N0402 N0 New York — Rome 3h 55m stop 18:25 — 20:25 U22994 EasyJet Rome — Frankfurt	20h 15m including layover	Find flight from$223
18:18 — 13:00 +2 days	18:18 — 19:58 SY262 Sun Country Airlines Chicago — Minneapolis 23h 32m stop 19:30 — 06:35 FI656 Icelandair Minneapolis — Reykjavik 45m stop 07:20 — 13:00 FI520 Icelandair Reykjavik — Frankfurt	35h 42m including layover	Find flight from$230
20:12 — 09:30 +3 days	20:12 — 23:31 NK919 Spirit Airlines Chicago — New York 18h 49m stop 18:20 — 06:20 Z0702 Z0 New York — London 24h 35m stop 06:55 — 09:30 BA902 British Airways London — Frankfurt	54h 18m including layover	Find flight from$208
20:12 — 19:30 +2 days	20:12 — 23:31 NK919 Spirit Airlines Chicago — New York 18h 49m stop 18:20 — 06:20 Z0702 Z0 New York — London 10h 35m stop 16:55 — 19:30 BA8738 British Airways London — Frankfurt	40h 18m including layover	Find flight from$225

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*Departure and arrival times - local. Updated on June 5, 2025

Flight Information

Below we will explain in detail what the flights cost on the destination from Chicago to Frankfurt depends on and how to choose the most interesting flight option for you.

Distance between Chicago and Frankfurt is 6961 miles. Time difference between the cities is 7h. Airplanes depart 05:01 to 23:45 from 7 Chicago airports and arrive 05:01 to 23:45 to 2 Frankfurt airports. Average flight time is 8h 23m.

The fastest flight 8h 20m
Average flight time 8h 23m
The earliest flight 05:01
The latest flight 23:45
Distance 4326 ml

The cheapest months to travel to Frankfurt are august (from 228 $), july (from 236 $), october (from 273 $).

The most expensive months are november (from 899 $), december (from 690 $), january (from 681 $).

What is the lowest airfare Chicago to Frankfurt?

The cheapest plane ticket found by our users is $171. This airfare is for economy class on one-way FI852 flight by Icelandair for August 7, 2025 which leaves O'Hare International in Chicago at 19:25 am and arrives at Frankfurt Frankfurt Int. at 16:05.

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Popular Airlines on the Route

The flight Chicago — Frankfurt is served by 27 regular airlines and 5 low-cost airlines. Most of the flights on this route are operated by United Airlines - 80 departures per week at the price of from $ 351 . And the most expensive tickets are offered by Frontier Airlines airline - from $ 506.

Direct flights

There are 8 nonstop flights on the route. The fastest direct flight is LH431 by Lufthansa takes 8h 20m and the cheapest is FI852 by Icelandair for $281.

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Connecting Flights

There are 981 flights with layovers on the route. The fastest connecting flight is FI852 by Icelandair takes 10h 35m and the cheapest is FI852 by Icelandair for $171.

UA - United Airlines

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FI - Icelandair

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LO - LOT

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JU - Air Serbia

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LX - SWISS International Air Lines

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SK - SAS

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IB - Iberia

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SN - Brussels Airlines

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WS - WestJet

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KL - KLM

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AC - Air Canada

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OS - Austrian Airlines

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Airports

You can fly from Chicago to Frankfurt from 7 airports (O'Hare International, Midway, Dupage County, Chicago FSS, Merrill C Meigs (closed), Pal-Waukee, Chicago NAS).

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O'Hare International-ORD

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Midway-MDW

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Frankfurt airports

Frankfurt Int.-FRA

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Neu Isenburg-QGV

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Airplanes

There are flights to Frankfurt from Chicago by 27 airlines that use 1 aircraft brands. They range from huge modern airplanes to small-sized.

Airbus A340-500

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