Cheap Flights from Chicago, IL to San Francisco, CA from $81

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On Cheapflightsplus.com you will find 4 direct and 64 connecting flights from Chicago to San Francisco. You can compare airfare deals from 10 airlines and multiple travel sites from $81, 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 $81. The fastest direct flight takes 4h 54m and the fastest connecting – 6h 32m.

Price	Departure	Arrival	Flight Duration	Airline	Flight
from $165 Find flight	14:35 Chicago O'Hare International	17:30 San Francisco San Francisco	4h 55m	United Airlines	UA1577
from $165 Find flight	18:22 Chicago O'Hare International	21:21 San Francisco San Francisco	4h 59m	United Airlines	UA1761
from $81 Find flight	18:48 Chicago O'Hare International	23:58 San Francisco San Francisco	7h 10m layover 1h 44m - Denver	Frontier Airlines	F91483 F93439
from $81 Find flight	19:30 Chicago O'Hare International	00:59+1 день San Francisco San Francisco	7h 29m layover 1h 32m - Las Vegas	Frontier Airlines	F92145 F94157
from $87 Find flight	21:44 Chicago Midway	10:47+1 день San Francisco San Francisco	15h 3m layover 7h 57m - Atlanta	Frontier Airlines	F92292 F91447
from $87 Find flight	22:00 Chicago Midway	12:15+1 день San Francisco San Francisco	16h 15m layover 10h 35m - Las Vegas	Frontier Airlines	F92329 F93019
from $87 Find flight	19:30 Chicago O'Hare International	12:15+1 день San Francisco San Francisco	18h 45m layover 12h 46m - Las Vegas	Frontier Airlines	F92145 F93019
from $150 Find flight	16:05 Chicago O'Hare International	21:06 San Francisco San Francisco	7h 1m layover 0h 32m - Portland	Alaska Airlines	AS413 AS1295
from $150 Find flight	17:54 Chicago O'Hare International	23:44 San Francisco San Francisco	7h 50m layover 0h 56m - Seattle	Alaska Airlines	AS353 AS158
from $175 Find flight	14:39 Chicago O'Hare International	19:11 San Francisco San Francisco	6h 32m layover 0h 50m - Denver	United Airlines	UA310 UA1076
from $175 Find flight	07:15 Chicago O'Hare International	11:59 San Francisco San Francisco	6h 44m layover 0h 30m - Los Angeles	United Airlines	UA2449 UA1791
from $175 Find flight	10:35 Chicago O'Hare International	15:25 San Francisco San Francisco	6h 50m layover 1h 6m - Denver	United Airlines	UA1803 UA304
from $175 Find flight	12:45 Chicago O'Hare International	17:50 San Francisco San Francisco	7h 5m layover 1h 23m - Denver	United Airlines	UA1491 UA1300
from $175 Find flight	15:35 Chicago O'Hare International	20:54 San Francisco San Francisco	7h 19m layover 1h 1m - Los Angeles	United Airlines	UA1732 UA552
from $175 Find flight	05:45 Chicago O'Hare International	12:05 San Francisco San Francisco	8h 20m layover 0h 56m - Houston	United Airlines	UA2622 UA1605
from $175 Find flight	09:00 Chicago O'Hare International	15:22 San Francisco San Francisco	8h 22m layover 2h 6m - Los Angeles	United Airlines	UA1584 UA2234

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*Departure and arrival times - local. Prices indicated for one-way flights. Information updated on January 31, 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
06:30 — 09:30	06:30 — 09:30 UA2027 United Airlines Chicago — San Francisco	5h	Find flight from$189
14:35 — 17:30	14:35 — 17:30 UA1577 United Airlines Chicago — San Francisco	4h 55m	Find flight from$165
18:22 — 21:21	18:22 — 21:21 UA1761 United Airlines Chicago — San Francisco	4h 59m	Find flight from$165
20:05 — 22:59	20:05 — 22:59 UA2364 United Airlines Chicago — San Francisco	4h 54m	Find flight from$189
00:48 — 11:30	00:48 — 05:10 Y4701 Volaris Chicago — Mexico City 3h 10m stop 08:20 — 11:30 AM668 Aeromexico Mexico City — San Francisco	12h 42m including layover	Find flight from$330
01:15 — 11:30	01:15 — 05:40 VB187 VivaAerobus Chicago — Mexico City 2h 30m stop 08:30 — 11:40 AM668 Aeromexico Mexico City — San Francisco	12h 15m including layover	Find flight from$440
05:45 — 12:05	05:45 — 08:44 UA2622 United Airlines Chicago — Houston 56m stop 09:40 — 12:05 UA1605 United Airlines Houston — San Francisco	8h 20m including layover	Find flight from$175
05:45 — 14:50	05:45 — 08:44 UA2622 United Airlines Chicago — Houston 3h 33m stop 12:17 — 14:50 UA1057 United Airlines Houston — San Francisco	11h 5m including layover	Find flight from$175
06:23 — 20:15	06:23 — 10:45 Y4703 Volaris Chicago — Mexico City 6h 20m stop 17:20 — 20:30 AM664 Aeromexico Mexico City — San Francisco	15h 52m including layover	Find flight from$330
07:15 — 11:59	07:15 — 09:54 UA2449 United Airlines Chicago — Los Angeles 30m stop 10:35 — 12:05 UA1791 United Airlines Los Angeles — San Francisco	6h 44m including layover	Find flight from$175
07:35 — 14:50	07:35 — 10:38 UA2482 United Airlines Chicago — Houston 1h 39m stop 12:17 — 14:50 UA1057 United Airlines Houston — San Francisco	9h 15m including layover	Find flight from$175
08:50 — 17:13	08:50 — 11:53 UA307 United Airlines Chicago — Houston 2h 47m stop 14:40 — 17:13 UA1385 United Airlines Houston — San Francisco	10h 23m including layover	Find flight from$175
09:00 — 15:22	08:45 — 11:19 UA1584 United Airlines Chicago — Los Angeles 2h 6m stop 13:55 — 15:20 UA2234 United Airlines Los Angeles — San Francisco	8h 22m including layover	Find flight from$175
09:13 — 15:19	09:13 — 12:02 UA1584 United Airlines Chicago — Los Angeles 1h 43m stop 13:45 — 15:19 UA2603 United Airlines Los Angeles — San Francisco	8h 6m including layover	Find flight from$275
10:35 — 15:25	10:35 — 12:28 UA1803 United Airlines Chicago — Denver 1h 6m stop 13:34 — 15:25 UA304 United Airlines Denver — San Francisco	6h 50m including layover	Find flight from$175
10:35 — 19:28	10:35 — 13:38 UA2624 United Airlines Chicago — Houston 3h 17m stop 16:55 — 19:28 UA1521 United Airlines Houston — San Francisco	10h 53m including layover	Find flight from$175
12:45 — 17:50	12:45 — 14:36 UA1491 United Airlines Chicago — Denver 1h 23m stop 15:59 — 17:50 UA1300 United Airlines Denver — San Francisco	7h 5m including layover	Find flight from$175
12:45 — 19:11	12:45 — 14:36 UA1491 United Airlines Chicago — Denver 2h 44m stop 17:20 — 19:11 UA1076 United Airlines Denver — San Francisco	8h 26m including layover	Find flight from$175
13:55 — 19:34	13:55 — 16:42 UA378 United Airlines Chicago — Los Angeles 1h 18m stop 18:00 — 19:34 UA1204 United Airlines Los Angeles — San Francisco	7h 39m including layover	Find flight from$199
13:55 — 20:40	13:55 — 16:42 UA378 United Airlines Chicago — Los Angeles 2h 24m stop 19:06 — 20:40 UA1743 United Airlines Los Angeles — San Francisco	8h 45m including layover	Find flight from$226
14:02 — 21:05	14:02 — 17:04 UA1373 United Airlines Chicago — Houston 1h 31m stop 18:35 — 21:05 UA2636 United Airlines Houston — San Francisco	9h 3m including layover	Find flight from$175
15:35 — 20:54	15:35 — 18:14 UA1732 United Airlines Chicago — Los Angeles 1h 1m stop 19:20 — 20:54 UA552 United Airlines Los Angeles — San Francisco	7h 19m including layover	Find flight from$175
15:35 — 22:59	15:35 — 18:14 UA1732 United Airlines Chicago — Los Angeles 3h 6m stop 21:25 — 22:59 UA2240 United Airlines Los Angeles — San Francisco	9h 24m including layover	Find flight from$175
16:05 — 21:06	13:58 — 16:29 AS413 Alaska Airlines Chicago — Portland 32m stop 20:50 — 22:42 AS1295 Alaska Airlines Portland — San Francisco	7h 1m including layover	Find flight from$150
16:05 — 22:43	16:05 — 18:44 AS413 Alaska Airlines Chicago — Portland 2h 11m stop 20:55 — 22:43 AS2038 Alaska Airlines Portland — San Francisco	8h 38m including layover	Find flight from$150
17:54 — 23:44	17:54 — 20:35 AS353 Alaska Airlines Chicago — Seattle 56m stop 21:31 — 23:44 AS158 Alaska Airlines Seattle — San Francisco	7h 50m including layover	Find flight from$150
18:48 — 23:58	18:00 — 20:02 F91483 Frontier Airlines Chicago — Denver 1h 44m stop 21:37 — 23:27 F93439 Frontier Airlines Denver — San Francisco	7h 10m including layover	Find flight from$81
18:48 — 08:13 +1 day	18:48 — 20:32 F91483 Frontier Airlines Chicago — Denver 9h 59m stop 06:31 — 08:13 F91093 Frontier Airlines Denver — San Francisco	15h 25m including layover	Find flight from$87
19:30 — 00:59 +1 day	20:25 — 22:49 F92145 Frontier Airlines Chicago — Las Vegas 1h 32m stop 05:30 — 07:14 F94157 Frontier Airlines Las Vegas — San Francisco	7h 29m including layover	Find flight from$81
19:30 — 12:15 +1 day	15:15 — 17:23 F92145 Frontier Airlines Chicago — Las Vegas 12h 46m stop 11:57 — 13:43 F93019 Frontier Airlines Las Vegas — San Francisco	18h 45m including layover	Find flight from$87
21:44 — 10:47 +1 day	21:44 — 00:40 F92292 Frontier Airlines Chicago — Atlanta 7h 57m stop 08:37 — 10:47 F91447 Frontier Airlines Atlanta — San Francisco	15h 3m including layover	Find flight from$87
22:00 — 12:15 +1 day	22:32 — 00:42 F92329 Frontier Airlines Chicago — Las Vegas 10h 35m stop 11:57 — 13:43 F93019 Frontier Airlines Las Vegas — San Francisco	16h 15m including layover	Find flight from$87
02:42 — 20:30	02:42 — 07:11 Y41703 Volaris Chicago — Guadalajara 4h 12m stop 11:23 — 13:00 AM221 Aeromexico Guadalajara — Mexico City 4h 20m stop 17:20 — 20:30 AM664 Aeromexico Mexico City — San Francisco	19h 48m including layover	Find flight from$359
02:42 — 20:30	02:42 — 07:11 Y41703 Volaris Chicago — Guadalajara 5h 39m stop 12:50 — 14:35 AM229 Aeromexico Guadalajara — Mexico City 2h 45m stop 17:20 — 20:30 AM664 Aeromexico Mexico City — San Francisco	19h 48m including layover	Find flight from$359

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*Departure and arrival times - local. Updated on January 31, 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 00:48 to 22:00 from 7 Chicago airports and arrive 00:48 to 22:00 to 3 San Francisco airports. Average flight time is 4h 57m.

The fastest flight 4h 54m
Average flight time 4h 57m
The earliest flight 00:48
The latest flight 22:00
Distance 1857 ml

The cheapest months to travel to San Francisco are february (from 81 $), december (from 89 $), november (from 90 $).

The most expensive months are january (from 165 $), november (from 90 $), december (from 89 $).

What is the lowest airfare Chicago to San Francisco?

The cheapest plane ticket found by our users is $81. This airfare is for economy class on one-way F92145 flight by Frontier Airlines for February 21, 2025 which leaves O'Hare International in Chicago at 19:30 am and arrives at San Francisco San Francisco at 00:59.

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Popular Airlines on the Route

The flight Chicago — San Francisco is served by 10 regular airlines and 5 low-cost airlines. Most of the flights on this route are operated by Alaska Airlines - 10 departures per week at the price of from $ 150 . And the most expensive tickets are offered by SWISS International Air Lines airline - from $ 6147.

Direct flights

There are 4 nonstop flights on the route. The fastest direct flight is UA2364 by United Airlines takes 4h 54m and the cheapest is F92145 by Frontier Airlines for $165.

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Connecting Flights

There are 64 flights with layovers on the route. The fastest connecting flight is UA310 by United Airlines takes 6h 32m and the cheapest is F92145 by Frontier Airlines for $81.

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F9 - Frontier Airlines

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UA - United Airlines

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NK - Spirit Airlines

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PD - Porter Airlines

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TK - Turkish Airlines

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Y4 - Volaris

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VB - VivaAerobus

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AM - Aeromexico

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LX - SWISS International Air Lines

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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 10 airlines that use 0 aircraft brands. They range from huge modern airplanes to small-sized.

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