Cheap Flights from Chicago, IL to San Francisco, CA from $116

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On Cheapflightsplus.com you will find 11 direct and 69 connecting flights from Chicago to San Francisco. You can compare airfare deals from 7 airlines and multiple travel sites from $116, book and save on cheap plane tickets and last minute offers. Also check out CHI-SFO flight schedule to find best flight time, convenient departure and arrival airports.

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Best Flights from Chicago to San Francisco Today

Take a look at the list of non stop flights and flights with layovers from Chicago to San Francisco with the lowest price of $116. The fastest direct flight takes 4h 33m and the fastest connecting – 6h 16m.

Price	Departure	Arrival	Flight Duration	Airline	Flight
from $136 Find flight	14:25 Chicago O'Hare International	17:07 San Francisco San Francisco	4h 42m	United Airlines	UA1577
from $145 Find flight	12:53 Chicago O'Hare International	15:30 San Francisco San Francisco	4h 37m	United Airlines	UA2465
from $145 Find flight	10:49 Chicago O'Hare International	13:35 San Francisco San Francisco	4h 46m	United Airlines	UA343
from $145 Find flight	18:35 Chicago O'Hare International	21:23 San Francisco San Francisco	4h 48m	United Airlines	UA2179
from $147 Find flight	16:30 Chicago O'Hare International	19:03 San Francisco San Francisco	4h 33m	United Airlines	UA448
from $147 Find flight	07:00 Chicago O'Hare International	09:38 San Francisco San Francisco	4h 38m	United Airlines	UA2214
from $147 Find flight	19:43 Chicago O'Hare International	22:34 San Francisco San Francisco	4h 51m	United Airlines	UA1084
from $527 Find flight	06:15 Chicago O'Hare International	08:56 San Francisco San Francisco	4h 41m	United Airlines	UA1245
from $116 Find flight	12:05 Chicago O'Hare International	18:09 San Francisco San Francisco	8h 4m layover 1h 16m - Seattle	Hawaiian Airlines	HA6300 HA6904
from $124 Find flight	15:20 Chicago O'Hare International	21:20 San Francisco San Francisco	8h 0m layover 1h 13m - Seattle	Alaska Airlines	AS407 AS1318
from $124 Find flight	12:05 Chicago O'Hare International	18:09 San Francisco San Francisco	8h 4m layover 1h 16m - Seattle	Alaska Airlines	AS891 AS1284
from $301 Find flight	10:58 Chicago Midway	20:51 San Francisco San Francisco	11h 53m layover 4h 44m - Atlanta	Frontier Airlines	F92144 F91949
from $275 Find flight	17:27 Chicago O'Hare International	17:49+1 день San Francisco San Francisco	26h 22m layover 2h 14m - Dallas 16h 31m - Las Vegas	Frontier Airlines	F93241 F93885 F94157
from $281 Find flight	19:46 Chicago O'Hare International	15:39+1 день San Francisco San Francisco	21h 53m layover 7h 53m - Orlando 4h 12m - Las Vegas	Frontier Airlines	F92792 F91875 F93801
from $281 Find flight	19:46 Chicago O'Hare International	17:49+1 день San Francisco San Francisco	24h 3m layover 7h 53m - Orlando 6h 24m - Las Vegas	Frontier Airlines	F92792 F91875 F94157
from $309 Find flight	07:00 Chicago O'Hare International	13:03+1 день San Francisco San Francisco	32h 3m layover 21h 7m - Denver 4h 15m - Salt Lake City	Frontier Airlines	F91483 F93861 F93393

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*Departure and arrival times - local. Prices indicated for one-way flights. Information updated on September 04, 2025

Flight Schedule Chicago (Illinois) to San Francisco (California)

Full flight schedule will help you in detecting at what time planes fly from Chicago to San Francisco. 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
06:15 — 08:56	06:15 — 08:56 UA1245 United Airlines Chicago — San Francisco	4h 41m	Find flight from$527
07:00 — 09:38	07:00 — 09:38 UA2214 United Airlines Chicago — San Francisco	4h 38m	Find flight from$147
08:50 — 11:43	08:50 — 11:43 UA1387 United Airlines Chicago — San Francisco	4h 53m	Find flight from$527
10:49 — 13:35	10:49 — 13:35 UA343 United Airlines Chicago — San Francisco	4h 46m	Find flight from$145
12:53 — 15:30	12:53 — 15:30 UA2465 United Airlines Chicago — San Francisco	4h 37m	Find flight from$145
14:25 — 17:07	14:25 — 17:07 UA1577 United Airlines Chicago — San Francisco	4h 42m	Find flight from$136
15:47 — 18:28	15:47 — 18:28 UA1168 United Airlines Chicago — San Francisco	4h 41m	Find flight from$527
16:30 — 19:03	16:30 — 19:03 UA448 United Airlines Chicago — San Francisco	4h 33m	Find flight from$147
18:35 — 21:23	18:35 — 21:23 UA2179 United Airlines Chicago — San Francisco	4h 48m	Find flight from$145
19:43 — 22:34	19:43 — 22:34 UA1084 United Airlines Chicago — San Francisco	4h 51m	Find flight from$147
21:13 — 23:59	21:13 — 23:59 UA2106 United Airlines Chicago — San Francisco	4h 46m	Find flight from$527
05:10 — 20:51	05:10 — 08:21 F91596 Frontier Airlines Chicago — Atlanta 10h 22m stop 18:43 — 20:51 F91949 Frontier Airlines Atlanta — San Francisco	17h 41m including layover	Find flight from$572
06:00 — 12:31	06:00 — 07:45 NK2076 Spirit Airlines Chicago — Las Vegas 2h 56m stop 10:41 — 12:31 F93019 Frontier Airlines Las Vegas — San Francisco	8h 31m including layover	Find flight from$490
08:49 — 21:50	08:49 — 11:28 UA1304 United Airlines Chicago — Dallas 8h 31m stop 19:59 — 21:50 UA1184 United Airlines Dallas — San Francisco	15h 1m including layover	Find flight from$459
09:12 — 17:22	09:12 — 11:16 UA1933 United Airlines Chicago — Las Vegas 4h 24m stop 15:40 — 17:22 AS634 Alaska Airlines Las Vegas — San Francisco	10h 10m including layover	Find flight from$612
10:58 — 20:51	10:58 — 13:59 F92144 Frontier Airlines Chicago — Atlanta 4h 44m stop 18:43 — 20:51 F91949 Frontier Airlines Atlanta — San Francisco	11h 53m including layover	Find flight from$301
11:20 — 17:22	11:20 — 13:24 UA2100 United Airlines Chicago — Las Vegas 2h 16m stop 15:40 — 17:22 AS634 Alaska Airlines Las Vegas — San Francisco	8h 2m including layover	Find flight from$606
12:05 — 18:09	12:05 — 14:39 HA6300 Hawaiian Airlines Chicago — Seattle 1h 16m stop 15:55 — 18:09 HA6904 Hawaiian Airlines Seattle — San Francisco	8h 4m including layover	Find flight from$116
12:05 — 18:09	12:05 — 14:39 AS891 Alaska Airlines Chicago — Seattle 1h 16m stop 15:55 — 18:09 AS1284 Alaska Airlines Seattle — San Francisco	8h 4m including layover	Find flight from$124
13:30 — 21:43	13:30 — 15:50 UA2683 United Airlines Chicago — San Diego 4h 9m stop 19:59 — 21:43 AS1005 Alaska Airlines San Diego — San Francisco	10h 13m including layover	Find flight from$524
15:20 — 21:20	15:09 — 17:49 AS407 Alaska Airlines Chicago — Seattle 1h 13m stop 18:59 — 21:12 AS1318 Alaska Airlines Seattle — San Francisco	8h including layover	Find flight from$124
15:20 — 22:51	15:20 — 17:07 SY1630 Sun Country Airlines Chicago — Minneapolis 3h 41m stop 20:48 — 22:51 SY397 Sun Country Airlines Minneapolis — San Francisco	9h 31m including layover	Find flight from$323
16:00 — 07:56 +1 day	16:00 — 18:20 UA2417 United Airlines Chicago — San Diego 11h 55m stop 06:15 — 07:56 UA1986 United Airlines San Diego — San Francisco	17h 56m including layover	Find flight from$498
06:00 — 22:56	06:00 — 07:45 NK2076 Spirit Airlines Chicago — Las Vegas 8h 57m stop 16:42 — 17:56 NK2600 Spirit Airlines Las Vegas — San Diego 3h 10m stop 21:06 — 22:56 F93383 Frontier Airlines San Diego — San Francisco	18h 56m including layover	Find flight from$387
07:00 — 13:03 +1 day	07:00 — 08:53 F91483 Frontier Airlines Chicago — Denver 21h 7m stop 06:00 — 07:32 F93861 Frontier Airlines Denver — Salt Lake City 4h 15m stop 11:47 — 13:03 F93393 Frontier Airlines Salt Lake City — San Francisco	32h 3m including layover	Find flight from$309
08:49 — 23:59	08:49 — 11:28 UA1304 United Airlines Chicago — Dallas 5h 57m stop 17:25 — 18:43 UA1609 United Airlines Dallas — Houston 3h 8m stop 21:51 — 23:59 UA1609 United Airlines Houston — San Francisco	17h 10m including layover	Find flight from$457
14:07 — 08:04 +1 day	14:07 — 16:36 HA6293 Hawaiian Airlines Chicago — Portland 1h 5m stop 17:41 — 20:18 HA6385 Hawaiian Airlines Portland — San Diego 9h 57m stop 06:15 — 08:04 HA6544 Hawaiian Airlines San Diego — San Francisco	19h 57m including layover	Find flight from$410
17:27 — 17:49 +1 day	17:27 — 20:16 F93241 Frontier Airlines Chicago — Dallas 2h 14m stop 22:30 — 23:29 F93885 Frontier Airlines Dallas — Las Vegas 16h 31m stop 16:00 — 17:49 F94157 Frontier Airlines Las Vegas — San Francisco	26h 22m including layover	Find flight from$275
17:27 — 08:36 +1 day	17:27 — 20:16 F93241 Frontier Airlines Chicago — Dallas 2h 9m stop 22:25 — 23:49 F94069 Frontier Airlines Dallas — Denver 7h 4m stop 06:53 — 08:36 F91229 Frontier Airlines Denver — San Francisco	17h 9m including layover	Find flight from$344
19:46 — 15:39 +1 day	19:46 — 23:52 F92792 Frontier Airlines Chicago — Orlando 7h 53m stop 07:45 — 09:36 F91875 Frontier Airlines Orlando — Las Vegas 4h 12m stop 13:48 — 15:39 F93801 Frontier Airlines Las Vegas — San Francisco	21h 53m including layover	Find flight from$281
20:12 — 22:50 +1 day	20:12 — 00:20 NK2126 Spirit Airlines Chicago — Miami 7h 10m stop 07:30 — 09:30 NK2120 Spirit Airlines Miami — Dallas 11h 24m stop 20:54 — 22:50 F93999 Frontier Airlines Dallas — San Francisco	28h 38m including layover	Find flight from$417
20:47 — 15:39 +1 day	20:47 — 23:29 NK2691 Spirit Airlines Chicago — Houston 9h 45m stop 09:14 — 10:21 NK2807 Spirit Airlines Houston — Las Vegas 3h 27m stop 13:48 — 15:39 F93801 Frontier Airlines Las Vegas — San Francisco	20h 52m including layover	Find flight from$492

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*Departure and arrival times - local. Updated on September 4, 2025

Flight Information

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

Distance between Chicago and San Francisco is 2987 miles. Time difference between the cities is 2h. Airplanes depart 05:10 to 21:25 from 7 Chicago airports and arrive 05:10 to 21:25 to 3 San Francisco airports. Average flight time is 4h 42m.

The fastest flight 4h 33m
Average flight time 4h 42m
The earliest flight 05:10
The latest flight 21:25
Distance 1857 ml

The cheapest months to travel to San Francisco are september (from 116 $), may (from 136 $), october (from 145 $).

The most expensive months are april (from 389 $), july (from 209 $), august (from 146 $).

What is the lowest airfare Chicago to San Francisco?

The cheapest plane ticket found by our users is $116. This airfare is for economy class on one-way HA6300 flight by Hawaiian Airlines for September 27, 2025 which leaves O'Hare International in Chicago at 12:05 am and arrives at San Francisco San Francisco at 18:09.

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Popular Airlines on the Route

The flight Chicago — San Francisco is served by 7 regular airlines and 4 low-cost airlines. Most of the flights on this route are operated by United Airlines - 47 departures per week at the price of from $ 136 . And the most expensive tickets are offered by United Airlines airline - from $ 1074.

Direct flights

There are 11 nonstop flights on the route. The fastest direct flight is UA448 by United Airlines takes 4h 33m and the cheapest is HA6300 by Hawaiian Airlines for $136.

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Connecting Flights

There are 69 flights with layovers on the route. The fastest connecting flight is UA1803 by United Airlines takes 6h 16m and the cheapest is HA6300 by Hawaiian Airlines for $116.

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AS - Alaska Airlines

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F9 - Frontier Airlines

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SY - Sun Country Airlines

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HA - Hawaiian Airlines

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VB - VivaAerobus

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NK - Spirit Airlines

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Airports

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

Chicago airports

O'Hare International-ORD

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Midway-MDW

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San Francisco airports

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Airplanes

There are flights to San Francisco from Chicago by 7 airlines that use 1 aircraft brands. They range from huge modern airplanes to small-sized.

Boeing 737 MAX 9

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Top Domestic Destinations from Chicago

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