Cheap Flights from Chicago, IL to San Francisco, CA from $79

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On Cheapflightsplus.com you will find 13 direct and 77 connecting flights from Chicago to San Francisco. You can compare airfare deals from 7 airlines and multiple travel sites from $79, 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 $79. The fastest direct flight takes 4h 39m and the fastest connecting – 6h 20m.

Price	Departure	Arrival	Flight Duration	Airline	Flight
from $99 Find flight	19:59 Chicago O'Hare International	22:49 San Francisco San Francisco	4h 50m	Hawaiian Airlines	HA6199
from $103 Find flight	19:59 Chicago O'Hare International	22:49 San Francisco San Francisco	4h 50m	Alaska Airlines	AS597
from $134 Find flight	18:15 Chicago O'Hare International	21:04 San Francisco San Francisco	4h 49m	United Airlines	UA2179
from $134 Find flight	15:51 Chicago O'Hare International	18:41 San Francisco San Francisco	4h 50m	United Airlines	UA1863
from $134 Find flight	16:48 Chicago O'Hare International	19:38 San Francisco San Francisco	4h 50m	United Airlines	UA1660
from $134 Find flight	19:48 Chicago O'Hare International	22:38 San Francisco San Francisco	4h 50m	United Airlines	UA1324
from $166 Find flight	10:35 Chicago O'Hare International	13:22 San Francisco San Francisco	4h 47m	United Airlines	UA343
from $278 Find flight	06:30 Chicago O'Hare International	09:09 San Francisco San Francisco	4h 39m	United Airlines	UA2645
from $396 Find flight	21:09 Chicago O'Hare International	23:59 San Francisco San Francisco	4h 50m	United Airlines	UA2106
from $79 Find flight	19:46 Chicago O'Hare International	07:45+1 день San Francisco San Francisco	13h 59m layover 7h 43m - Las Vegas	Frontier Airlines	F92145 F93801
from $94 Find flight	06:00 Chicago O'Hare International	17:29 San Francisco San Francisco	13h 29m layover 7h 33m - Denver	Frontier Airlines	F91483 F91229
from $96 Find flight	14:44 Chicago Midway	00:09+1 день San Francisco San Francisco	11h 25m layover 5h 43m - Denver	Frontier Airlines	F92209 F93439
from $103 Find flight	11:47 Chicago O'Hare International	22:23 San Francisco San Francisco	12h 36m layover 5h 39m - Dallas	Frontier Airlines	F93243 F93999
from $103 Find flight	08:04 Chicago O'Hare International	21:34 San Francisco San Francisco	15h 30m layover 7h 43m - Atlanta	Frontier Airlines	F91596 F91949
from $136 Find flight	06:25 Chicago Midway	12:24 San Francisco San Francisco	7h 59m layover 2h 6m - Las Vegas	Frontier Airlines	F92329 F93019
from $140 Find flight	14:44 Chicago Midway	17:49+1 день San Francisco San Francisco	29h 5m layover 23h 22m - Denver	Frontier Airlines	F92209 F91229

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*Departure and arrival times - local. Prices indicated for one-way flights. Information updated on May 16, 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 — 09:09	06:30 — 09:09 UA2645 United Airlines Chicago — San Francisco	4h 39m	Find flight from$278
06:48 — 09:27	06:48 — 09:27 UA336 United Airlines Chicago — San Francisco	4h 39m	Find flight from$186
09:00 — 11:39	09:00 — 11:39 UA1387 United Airlines Chicago — San Francisco	4h 39m	Find flight from$278
10:35 — 13:22	10:35 — 13:22 UA343 United Airlines Chicago — San Francisco	4h 47m	Find flight from$166
12:48 — 15:35	12:48 — 15:35 UA1878 United Airlines Chicago — San Francisco	4h 47m	Find flight from$166
14:33 — 17:23	14:33 — 17:23 UA1577 United Airlines Chicago — San Francisco	4h 50m	Find flight from$166
15:51 — 18:41	15:51 — 18:41 UA1863 United Airlines Chicago — San Francisco	4h 50m	Find flight from$134
16:48 — 19:38	16:48 — 19:38 UA1660 United Airlines Chicago — San Francisco	4h 50m	Find flight from$134
18:15 — 21:04	18:15 — 21:04 UA2179 United Airlines Chicago — San Francisco	4h 49m	Find flight from$134
19:48 — 22:38	19:48 — 22:38 UA1324 United Airlines Chicago — San Francisco	4h 50m	Find flight from$134
19:59 — 22:49	19:59 — 22:49 HA6199 Hawaiian Airlines Chicago — San Francisco	4h 50m	Find flight from$99
19:59 — 22:49	19:59 — 22:49 AS597 Alaska Airlines Chicago — San Francisco	4h 50m	Find flight from$103
21:09 — 23:59	21:09 — 23:59 UA2106 United Airlines Chicago — San Francisco	4h 50m	Find flight from$396
05:02 — 15:10	05:02 — 06:45 UA2666 United Airlines Chicago — Denver 6h 41m stop 13:26 — 15:10 UA1812 United Airlines Denver — San Francisco	12h 8m including layover	Find flight from$246
06:00 — 17:29	06:00 — 08:02 F91483 Frontier Airlines Chicago — Denver 7h 33m stop 15:35 — 17:29 F91229 Frontier Airlines Denver — San Francisco	13h 29m including layover	Find flight from$94
06:00 — 00:09 +1 day	06:00 — 08:02 F91483 Frontier Airlines Chicago — Denver 14h 14m stop 22:16 — 00:09 F93439 Frontier Airlines Denver — San Francisco	20h 9m including layover	Find flight from$94
07:00 — 12:39	07:00 — 09:23 HA6294 Hawaiian Airlines Chicago — Portland 1h 23m stop 10:46 — 12:39 HA6405 Hawaiian Airlines Portland — San Francisco	7h 39m including layover	Find flight from$156
07:00 — 12:39	07:00 — 09:23 AS413 Alaska Airlines Chicago — Portland 1h 23m stop 10:46 — 12:39 AS128 Alaska Airlines Portland — San Francisco	7h 39m including layover	Find flight from$163
08:04 — 21:34	08:04 — 11:17 F91596 Frontier Airlines Chicago — Atlanta 7h 43m stop 19:00 — 21:34 F91949 Frontier Airlines Atlanta — San Francisco	15h 30m including layover	Find flight from$103
08:55 — 17:47	08:55 — 11:23 UA660 United Airlines Chicago — San Diego 4h 47m stop 16:10 — 17:47 UA2117 United Airlines San Diego — San Francisco	10h 52m including layover	Find flight from$250
09:05 — 17:49	07:15 — 09:54 UA2449 United Airlines Chicago — Los Angeles 4h 35m stop 16:00 — 17:25 UA2019 United Airlines Los Angeles — San Francisco	10h 44m including layover	Find flight from$250
10:00 — 17:58	10:00 — 12:25 HA6295 Hawaiian Airlines Chicago — Seattle 3h 23m stop 15:48 — 17:58 HA6904 Hawaiian Airlines Seattle — San Francisco	9h 58m including layover	Find flight from$198
11:47 — 22:23	11:47 — 14:37 F93243 Frontier Airlines Chicago — Dallas 5h 39m stop 20:16 — 22:23 F93999 Frontier Airlines Dallas — San Francisco	12h 36m including layover	Find flight from$103
14:44 — 00:09 +1 day	06:45 — 08:35 F92209 Frontier Airlines Chicago — Denver 5h 43m stop 22:49 — 00:44 F93439 Frontier Airlines Denver — San Francisco	11h 25m including layover	Find flight from$96
14:44 — 17:49 +1 day	14:44 — 16:33 F92209 Frontier Airlines Chicago — Denver 23h 22m stop 15:55 — 17:49 F91229 Frontier Airlines Denver — San Francisco	29h 5m including layover	Find flight from$140
15:17 — 21:00	15:17 — 17:54 HA6297 Hawaiian Airlines Chicago — Seattle 55m stop 18:49 — 21:00 HA6905 Hawaiian Airlines Seattle — San Francisco	7h 43m including layover	Find flight from$198
17:58 — 23:44	17:58 — 20:35 HA6296 Hawaiian Airlines Chicago — Seattle 58m stop 21:33 — 23:44 HA6900 Hawaiian Airlines Seattle — San Francisco	7h 46m including layover	Find flight from$154
17:58 — 23:44	17:53 — 20:34 AS335 Alaska Airlines Chicago — Seattle 58m stop 21:35 — 23:44 AS158 Alaska Airlines Seattle — San Francisco	7h 46m including layover	Find flight from$160
18:12 — 22:58	18:12 — 19:56 SY262 Sun Country Airlines Chicago — Minneapolis 49m stop 20:45 — 22:58 SY397 Sun Country Airlines Minneapolis — San Francisco	6h 46m including layover	Find flight from$229
19:46 — 07:45 +1 day	18:36 — 21:00 F92145 Frontier Airlines Chicago — Las Vegas 7h 43m stop 05:30 — 07:16 F93801 Frontier Airlines Las Vegas — San Francisco	13h 59m including layover	Find flight from$79
20:15 — 06:42 +1 day	20:15 — 22:05 UA2040 United Airlines Chicago — Denver 6h 55m stop 05:00 — 06:42 UA2367 United Airlines Denver — San Francisco	12h 27m including layover	Find flight from$245
21:50 — 17:51 +1 day	21:50 — 00:12 F92145 Frontier Airlines Chicago — Las Vegas 15h 42m stop 15:54 — 17:51 F94157 Frontier Airlines Las Vegas — San Francisco	22h 1m including layover	Find flight from$99
21:50 — 21:19 +1 day	19:39 — 22:10 F92145 Frontier Airlines Chicago — Las Vegas 19h 21m stop 20:15 — 22:00 F94401 Frontier Airlines Las Vegas — San Francisco	25h 29m including layover	Find flight from$105

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*Departure and arrival times - local. Updated on May 16, 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 05:02 to 21:50 from 7 Chicago airports and arrive 05:02 to 21:50 to 3 San Francisco airports. Average flight time is 4h 50m.

The fastest flight 4h 39m
Average flight time 4h 50m
The earliest flight 05:02
The latest flight 21:50
Distance 1857 ml

The cheapest months to travel to San Francisco are january (from 106 $), may (from 106 $), april (from 121 $).

The most expensive months are november (from 334 $), december (from 156 $), april (from 121 $).

What is the lowest airfare Chicago to San Francisco?

The cheapest plane ticket found by our users is $79. This airfare is for economy class on one-way F92145 flight by Frontier Airlines for May 18, 2025 which leaves O'Hare International in Chicago at 19:46 am and arrives at San Francisco San Francisco at 07:45.

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Popular Airlines on the Route

The flight Chicago — San Francisco is served by 7 regular airlines and 3 low-cost airlines. Most of the flights on this route are operated by United Airlines - 25 departures per week at the price of from $ 134 . And the most expensive tickets are offered by Turkish Airlines airline - from $ 1736.

Direct flights

There are 13 nonstop flights on the route. The fastest direct flight is UA336 by United Airlines takes 4h 39m and the cheapest is F92145 by Frontier Airlines for $99.

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Connecting Flights

There are 77 flights with layovers on the route. The fastest connecting flight is UA1803 by United Airlines takes 6h 20m and the cheapest is F92145 by Frontier Airlines for $79.

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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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TK - Turkish Airlines

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HA - Hawaiian 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 6 aircraft brands. They range from huge modern airplanes to small-sized.

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Boeing 737-100/200

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Boeing 737-900

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Boeing 737

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Boeing 737 MAX 9

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Boeing 757-300

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Top Domestic Destinations from Chicago

You may also consider searching for discounted plane tickets to some other popular places from Chicago within United States.

Chicago — Las Vegas

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Top International Destinations from Chicago

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Chicago — London

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