Cheap Flights from Chicago, IL to San Francisco, CA from $93

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On Cheapflightsplus.com you will find 62 direct and 938 connecting flights from Chicago to San Francisco. You can compare airfare deals from 23 airlines and multiple travel sites from $93, 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 $93. The fastest direct flight takes 4h 33m and the fastest connecting – 6h.

Price	Departure	Arrival	Flight Duration	Airline	Flight
from $93 Find flight	19:59 Chicago O'Hare International	22:49 San Francisco San Francisco	4h 50m	Hawaiian Airlines	HA6199
from $103 Find flight	19:18 Chicago O'Hare International	22:06 San Francisco San Francisco	4h 48m	Hawaiian Airlines	HA6302
from $108 Find flight	19:18 Chicago O'Hare International	22:06 San Francisco San Francisco	4h 48m	Alaska Airlines	AS597
from $140 Find flight	06:30 Chicago O'Hare International	09:09 San Francisco San Francisco	4h 39m	United Airlines	UA2645
from $162 Find flight	06:30 Chicago O'Hare International	09:09 San Francisco San Francisco	4h 39m	United Airlines	UA1273
from $217 Find flight	10:53 Chicago O'Hare International	13:40 San Francisco San Francisco	4h 47m	United Airlines	UA741
from $256 Find flight	06:48 Chicago O'Hare International	09:27 San Francisco San Francisco	4h 39m	United Airlines	UA336
from $346 Find flight	19:16 Chicago O'Hare International	22:15 San Francisco San Francisco	4h 59m	Alaska Airlines	AS771
from $398 Find flight	10:34 Chicago O'Hare International	13:23 San Francisco San Francisco	4h 49m	American Airlines	AA2192
from $402 Find flight	16:09 Chicago O'Hare International	19:06 San Francisco San Francisco	4h 57m	United Airlines	UA1815
from $405 Find flight	19:16 Chicago O'Hare International	22:15 San Francisco San Francisco	4h 59m	Qatar Airways	QR2167
from $108 Find flight	21:56 Chicago O'Hare International	07:41+1 день San Francisco San Francisco	11h 45m layover 5h 55m - Las Vegas	Frontier Airlines	F92145 F93801
from $109 Find flight	08:20 Chicago O'Hare International	14:01 San Francisco San Francisco	7h 41m layover 0h 58m - San Diego	Hawaiian Airlines	HA6158 HA6441
from $113 Find flight	06:45 Chicago O'Hare International	09:02+1 день San Francisco San Francisco	28h 17m layover 22h 24m - Denver	Frontier Airlines	F93173 F91093
from $118 Find flight	08:20 Chicago O'Hare International	14:01 San Francisco San Francisco	7h 41m layover 0h 58m - San Diego	Alaska Airlines	AS1205 AS1457
from $120 Find flight	07:00 Chicago O'Hare International	12:24 San Francisco San Francisco	7h 24m layover 1h 5m - Portland	Hawaiian Airlines	HA6294 HA6405

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*Departure and arrival times - local. Prices indicated for one-way flights. Information updated on July 22, 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 UA1807 United Airlines Chicago — San Francisco	4h 41m	Find flight from$150
06:15 — 08:56	06:15 — 08:56 UA1245 United Airlines Chicago — San Francisco	4h 41m	Find flight from$152
06:30 — 09:09	06:30 — 09:09 UA2645 United Airlines Chicago — San Francisco	4h 39m	Find flight from$140
06:30 — 09:09	06:30 — 09:09 UA1273 United Airlines Chicago — San Francisco	4h 39m	Find flight from$162
06:48 — 09:27	06:48 — 09:27 UA336 United Airlines Chicago — San Francisco	4h 39m	Find flight from$256
07:00 — 09:42	07:00 — 09:42 UA611 United Airlines Chicago — San Francisco	4h 42m	Find flight from$162
07:15 — 10:01	07:15 — 10:01 UA1881 United Airlines Chicago — San Francisco	4h 46m	Find flight from$150
07:19 — 10:05	07:19 — 10:05 UA2214 United Airlines Chicago — San Francisco	4h 46m	Find flight from$152
08:15 — 11:08	08:15 — 11:08 AA2418 American Airlines Chicago — San Francisco	4h 53m	Find flight from$398
08:15 — 11:08	08:15 — 11:08 BA5508 British Airways Chicago — San Francisco	4h 53m	Find flight from$467
08:45 — 11:28	08:45 — 11:28 NZ9327 Air New Zealand Limited Chicago — San Francisco	4h 43m	Find flight from$411
08:45 — 11:28	08:45 — 11:28 VA8086 V Australia Chicago — San Francisco	4h 43m	Find flight from$411
08:50 — 11:29	08:50 — 11:29 UA1387 United Airlines Chicago — San Francisco	4h 39m	Find flight from$150
10:34 — 13:23	10:34 — 13:23 AA2192 American Airlines Chicago — San Francisco	4h 49m	Find flight from$398
10:35 — 13:36	10:35 — 13:36 NZ9320 Air New Zealand Limited Chicago — San Francisco	5h 1m	Find flight from$411
10:35 — 13:36	10:35 — 13:36 VA8087 V Australia Chicago — San Francisco	5h 1m	Find flight from$411
10:49 — 13:35	10:49 — 13:35 UA343 United Airlines Chicago — San Francisco	4h 46m	Find flight from$150
10:53 — 13:40	10:53 — 13:40 UA741 United Airlines Chicago — San Francisco	4h 47m	Find flight from$217
12:06 — 14:55	12:06 — 14:55 AA1253 American Airlines Chicago — San Francisco	4h 49m	Find flight from$398
12:06 — 14:55	12:06 — 14:55 QF3106 Qantas Chicago — San Francisco	4h 49m	Find flight from$469
12:46 — 15:33	12:46 — 15:33 UA1878 United Airlines Chicago — San Francisco	4h 47m	Find flight from$150
12:53 — 15:30	12:53 — 15:30 UA2465 United Airlines Chicago — San Francisco	4h 37m	Find flight from$150
14:20 — 18:50	14:20 — 18:50 WN2283 Southwest Airlines Chicago — San Francisco	6h 30m	Find flight from$851
14:25 — 17:07	14:25 — 17:07 UA1577 United Airlines Chicago — San Francisco	4h 42m	Find flight from$150
14:35 — 17:36	14:35 — 17:36 NZ9326 Air New Zealand Limited Chicago — San Francisco	5h 1m	Find flight from$596
15:30 — 18:05	15:30 — 18:05 WN2276 Southwest Airlines Chicago — San Francisco	4h 35m	Find flight from$470
15:35 — 18:34	15:35 — 18:34 NZ9330 Air New Zealand Limited Chicago — San Francisco	4h 59m	Find flight from$411
15:47 — 18:28	15:47 — 18:28 UA1168 United Airlines Chicago — San Francisco	4h 41m	Find flight from$150
15:51 — 18:41	15:51 — 18:41 UA1863 United Airlines Chicago — San Francisco	4h 50m	Find flight from$140
16:09 — 19:06	16:09 — 19:06 UA1815 United Airlines Chicago — San Francisco	4h 57m	Find flight from$402
16:09 — 19:06	16:09 — 19:06 VA8092 V Australia Chicago — San Francisco	4h 57m	Find flight from$411
16:25 — 19:09	16:25 — 19:09 UA2475 United Airlines Chicago — San Francisco	4h 44m	Find flight from$150
16:30 — 19:03	16:30 — 19:03 UA448 United Airlines Chicago — San Francisco	4h 33m	Find flight from$152
16:50 — 19:36	16:50 — 19:36 UA1660 United Airlines Chicago — San Francisco	4h 46m	Find flight from$150
18:25 — 21:13	18:25 — 21:13 UA2179 United Airlines Chicago — San Francisco	4h 48m	Find flight from$150
18:25 — 21:25	18:25 — 21:25 UA2154 United Airlines Chicago — San Francisco	5h	Find flight from$402
19:16 — 22:15	19:16 — 22:15 AS771 Alaska Airlines Chicago — San Francisco	4h 59m	Find flight from$346
19:16 — 22:15	19:16 — 22:15 QR2167 Qatar Airways Chicago — San Francisco	4h 59m	Find flight from$405
19:16 — 22:15	19:16 — 22:15 SQ1357 Singapore Airlines Chicago — San Francisco	4h 59m	Find flight from$405
19:18 — 22:06	19:18 — 22:06 HA6302 Hawaiian Airlines Chicago — San Francisco	4h 48m	Find flight from$103
19:18 — 22:06	19:18 — 22:06 AS597 Alaska Airlines Chicago — San Francisco	4h 48m	Find flight from$108
19:43 — 22:34	19:43 — 22:34 UA1084 United Airlines Chicago — San Francisco	4h 51m	Find flight from$152
19:48 — 22:38	19:48 — 22:38 UA1324 United Airlines Chicago — San Francisco	4h 50m	Find flight from$162
19:59 — 22:49	19:59 — 22:49 HA6199 Hawaiian Airlines Chicago — San Francisco	4h 50m	Find flight from$93
20:15 — 23:09	20:15 — 23:09 AA2113 American Airlines Chicago — San Francisco	4h 54m	Find flight from$402
20:15 — 23:09	20:15 — 23:09 QR2804 Qatar Airways Chicago — San Francisco	4h 54m	Find flight from$513
21:10 — 23:56	21:10 — 23:56 UA2106 United Airlines Chicago — San Francisco	4h 46m	Find flight from$150
21:17 — 00:15 +1 day	21:17 — 00:15 UA658 United Airlines Chicago — San Francisco	4h 58m	Find flight from$402
08:20 — 14:01	08:20 — 11:20 HA6158 Hawaiian Airlines Chicago — San Diego 58m stop 12:18 — 14:01 HA6441 Hawaiian Airlines San Diego — San Francisco	7h 41m including layover	Find flight from$109
21:56 — 07:41 +1 day	18:36 — 21:00 F92145 Frontier Airlines Chicago — Las Vegas 5h 55m stop 05:30 — 07:16 F93801 Frontier Airlines Las Vegas — San Francisco	11h 45m including layover	Find flight from$108

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*Departure and arrival times - local. Updated on July 22, 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 05:00 to 22:15 from 7 Chicago airports and arrive 05:00 to 22:15 to 3 San Francisco airports. Average flight time is 4h 50m.

The fastest flight 4h 33m
Average flight time 4h 50m
The earliest flight 05:00
The latest flight 22:15
Distance 1857 ml

The cheapest months to travel to San Francisco are may (from 93 $), july (from 99 $), august (from 103 $).

The most expensive months are november (from 342 $), december (from 160 $), september (from 120 $).

What is the lowest airfare Chicago to San Francisco?

The cheapest plane ticket found by our users is $93. This airfare is for economy class on one-way HA6199 flight by Hawaiian Airlines for May 30, 2025 which leaves O'Hare International in Chicago at 19:59 am and arrives at San Francisco San Francisco at 22:49.

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Popular Airlines on the Route

The flight Chicago — San Francisco is served by 23 regular airlines and 7 low-cost airlines. Most of the flights on this route are operated by United Airlines - 234 departures per week at the price of from $ 140 . And the most expensive tickets are offered by American Airlines airline - from $ 892.

Direct flights

There are 62 nonstop flights on the route. The fastest direct flight is UA448 by United Airlines takes 4h 33m and the cheapest is HA6199 by Hawaiian Airlines for $93.

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AA - American Airlines

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QR - Qatar Airways

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JL - Japan Airlines - JAL

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OS - Austrian Airlines

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VA - V Australia

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OZ - Asiana Airlines

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NZ - Air New Zealand Limited

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AS - Alaska Airlines

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QF - Qantas

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WN - Southwest Airlines

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RJ - Royal Jordanian

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Connecting Flights

There are 938 flights with layovers on the route. The fastest connecting flight is WN2193 by Southwest Airlines takes 6h and the cheapest is HA6199 by Hawaiian Airlines for $108.

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AA - American Airlines

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JL - Japan Airlines - JAL

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SY - Sun Country Airlines

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DL - Delta Air Lines Inc.

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G4 - Allegiant Air

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AS - Alaska Airlines

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F9 - Frontier Airlines

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B6 - JetBlue

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WN - Southwest Airlines

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HA - Hawaiian Airlines

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Y4 - Volaris

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

Boeing 737-100/200

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Boeing 737-900

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Airbus A318

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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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Boeing 717

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Boeing 757-200

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Airbus A321

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Boeing 757

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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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Chicago — Boston

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Chicago — Phoenix

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Top International Destinations from Chicago

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Chicago — London

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Chicago — Tokyo

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