Cheap Flights from Chicago, IL to San Francisco, CA from $72

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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 $72. The fastest direct flight takes 4h 33m and the fastest connecting – 6h 14m.

Price	Departure	Arrival	Flight Duration	Airline	Flight
from $72 Find flight	19:18 Chicago O'Hare International	22:06 San Francisco San Francisco	4h 48m	Alaska Airlines	AS597
from $75 Find flight	19:18 Chicago O'Hare International	22:06 San Francisco San Francisco	4h 48m	Hawaiian Airlines	HA6302
from $104 Find flight	06:30 Chicago O'Hare International	09:09 San Francisco San Francisco	4h 39m	United Airlines	UA1273
from $80 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 $82 Find flight	21:56 Chicago O'Hare International	21:21+1 день San Francisco San Francisco	25h 25m layover 19h 28m - Las Vegas	Frontier Airlines	F92145 F94401
from $86 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 $88 Find flight	14:07 Chicago O'Hare International	19:30 San Francisco San Francisco	7h 23m layover 1h 0m - Portland	Hawaiian Airlines	HA6293 HA6407
from $88 Find flight	07:00 Chicago O'Hare International	12:24 San Francisco San Francisco	7h 24m layover 1h 5m - Portland	Hawaiian Airlines	HA6294 HA6405
from $88 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 $88 Find flight	06:20 Chicago O'Hare International	13:46 San Francisco San Francisco	9h 26m layover 2h 40m - Seattle	Hawaiian Airlines	HA6301 HA6900
from $88 Find flight	15:20 Chicago O'Hare International	23:59 San Francisco San Francisco	10h 39m layover 3h 48m - Seattle	Hawaiian Airlines	HA6297 HA6897
from $88 Find flight	07:20 Chicago O'Hare International	22:27 San Francisco San Francisco	17h 7m layover 11h 30m - Denver	Frontier Airlines	F91483 F91093
from $90 Find flight	13:56 Chicago O'Hare International	19:36 San Francisco San Francisco	7h 40m layover 1h 45m - San Diego	Frontier Airlines	F91855 F93383
from $94 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 $94 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 $94 Find flight	15:20 Chicago O'Hare International	23:59 San Francisco San Francisco	10h 39m layover 3h 48m - Seattle	Alaska Airlines	AS407 AS980

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*Departure and arrival times - local. Prices indicated for one-way flights. Information updated on June 06, 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$110
06:15 — 08:56	06:15 — 08:56 UA1245 United Airlines Chicago — San Francisco	4h 41m	Find flight from$111
06:30 — 09:09	06:30 — 09:09 UA1273 United Airlines Chicago — San Francisco	4h 39m	Find flight from$104
06:30 — 09:09	06:30 — 09:09 UA2645 United Airlines Chicago — San Francisco	4h 39m	Find flight from$119
07:00 — 09:42	07:00 — 09:42 UA611 United Airlines Chicago — San Francisco	4h 42m	Find flight from$104
07:15 — 10:01	07:15 — 10:01 UA1881 United Airlines Chicago — San Francisco	4h 46m	Find flight from$110
07:19 — 10:05	07:19 — 10:05 UA2214 United Airlines Chicago — San Francisco	4h 46m	Find flight from$111
08:50 — 11:29	08:50 — 11:29 UA1387 United Airlines Chicago — San Francisco	4h 39m	Find flight from$108
10:49 — 13:35	10:49 — 13:35 UA343 United Airlines Chicago — San Francisco	4h 46m	Find flight from$110
10:53 — 13:40	10:53 — 13:40 UA741 United Airlines Chicago — San Francisco	4h 47m	Find flight from$104
12:46 — 15:33	12:46 — 15:33 UA1878 United Airlines Chicago — San Francisco	4h 47m	Find flight from$111
12:53 — 15:30	12:53 — 15:30 UA2465 United Airlines Chicago — San Francisco	4h 37m	Find flight from$110
14:25 — 17:07	14:25 — 17:07 UA1577 United Airlines Chicago — San Francisco	4h 42m	Find flight from$111
15:47 — 18:28	15:47 — 18:28 UA1168 United Airlines Chicago — San Francisco	4h 41m	Find flight from$110
15:51 — 18:41	15:51 — 18:41 UA1863 United Airlines Chicago — San Francisco	4h 50m	Find flight from$119
16:25 — 19:09	16:25 — 19:09 UA2475 United Airlines Chicago — San Francisco	4h 44m	Find flight from$110
16:30 — 19:03	16:30 — 19:03 UA448 United Airlines Chicago — San Francisco	4h 33m	Find flight from$111
16:50 — 19:36	16:50 — 19:36 UA1660 United Airlines Chicago — San Francisco	4h 46m	Find flight from$111
18:25 — 21:13	18:25 — 21:13 UA2179 United Airlines Chicago — San Francisco	4h 48m	Find flight from$110
19:18 — 22:06	19:18 — 22:06 AS597 Alaska Airlines Chicago — San Francisco	4h 48m	Find flight from$72
19:18 — 22:06	19:18 — 22:06 HA6302 Hawaiian Airlines Chicago — San Francisco	4h 48m	Find flight from$75
19:43 — 22:34	19:43 — 22:34 UA1084 United Airlines Chicago — San Francisco	4h 51m	Find flight from$111
19:48 — 22:38	19:48 — 22:38 UA1324 United Airlines Chicago — San Francisco	4h 50m	Find flight from$119
21:10 — 23:56	21:10 — 23:56 UA2106 United Airlines Chicago — San Francisco	4h 46m	Find flight from$110
06:20 — 13:46	06:00 — 08:37 HA6301 Hawaiian Airlines Chicago — Seattle 2h 40m stop 11:31 — 13:45 HA6900 Hawaiian Airlines Seattle — San Francisco	9h 26m including layover	Find flight from$88
06:20 — 13:46	06:00 — 08:37 AS942 Alaska Airlines Chicago — Seattle 2h 40m stop 11:31 — 13:45 AS1112 Alaska Airlines Seattle — San Francisco	9h 26m including layover	Find flight from$96
07:00 — 12:24	07:00 — 09:23 HA6294 Hawaiian Airlines Chicago — Portland 1h 5m stop 10:46 — 12:39 HA6405 Hawaiian Airlines Portland — San Francisco	7h 24m including layover	Find flight from$88
07:20 — 22:27	07:00 — 08:49 F91483 Frontier Airlines Chicago — Denver 11h 30m stop 21:36 — 23:34 F91093 Frontier Airlines Denver — San Francisco	17h 7m including layover	Find flight from$88
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$80
08:20 — 14:01	08:20 — 11:20 AS1205 Alaska Airlines Chicago — San Diego 58m stop 12:18 — 14:01 AS1457 Alaska Airlines San Diego — San Francisco	7h 41m including layover	Find flight from$86
09:05 — 00:24 +1 day	06:45 — 08:42 F93173 Frontier Airlines Chicago — Denver 11h 31m stop 22:49 — 00:44 F93439 Frontier Airlines Denver — San Francisco	17h 19m including layover	Find flight from$99
09:05 — 18:09	09:05 — 10:58 F93173 Frontier Airlines Chicago — Denver 5h 19m stop 16:17 — 18:09 F91229 Frontier Airlines Denver — San Francisco	11h 4m including layover	Find flight from$105
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$88
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$94
13:03 — 21:12	13:03 — 15:42 HA6300 Hawaiian Airlines Chicago — Seattle 3h 17m stop 18:59 — 21:12 HA6905 Hawaiian Airlines Seattle — San Francisco	10h 9m including layover	Find flight from$112
13:56 — 19:36	13:56 — 16:08 F91855 Frontier Airlines Chicago — San Diego 1h 45m stop 17:53 — 19:36 F93383 Frontier Airlines San Diego — San Francisco	7h 40m including layover	Find flight from$90
14:07 — 19:30	15:16 — 17:50 HA6293 Hawaiian Airlines Chicago — Portland 1h stop 18:55 — 20:44 HA6407 Hawaiian Airlines Portland — San Francisco	7h 23m including layover	Find flight from$88
14:07 — 19:30	07:00 — 09:38 AS325 Alaska Airlines Chicago — Portland 1h stop 20:24 — 22:16 AS1295 Alaska Airlines Portland — San Francisco	7h 23m including layover	Find flight from$96
15:20 — 23:59	15:09 — 17:49 HA6297 Hawaiian Airlines Chicago — Seattle 3h 48m stop 21:40 — 23:58 HA6897 Hawaiian Airlines Seattle — San Francisco	10h 39m including layover	Find flight from$88
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$94
17:12 — 08:06 +1 day	18:18 — 19:58 SY262 Sun Country Airlines Chicago — Minneapolis 11h 1m stop 07:06 — 09:13 SY1611 Sun Country Airlines Minneapolis — San Francisco	16h 54m including layover	Find flight from$108
17:55 — 23:58	17:54 — 20:34 HA6296 Hawaiian Airlines Chicago — Seattle 1h 5m stop 21:40 — 23:58 HA6897 Hawaiian Airlines Seattle — San Francisco	8h 3m including layover	Find flight from$117
18:19 — 22:53	18:19 — 19:59 SY260 Sun Country Airlines Chicago — Minneapolis 46m stop 20:45 — 22:53 SY397 Sun Country Airlines Minneapolis — San Francisco	6h 34m including layover	Find flight from$100
21:56 — 21:21 +1 day	19:39 — 22:10 F92145 Frontier Airlines Chicago — Las Vegas 19h 28m stop 20:15 — 22:00 F94401 Frontier Airlines Las Vegas — San Francisco	25h 25m including layover	Find flight from$82
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$87

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*Departure and arrival times - local. Updated on June 6, 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 46m.

The fastest flight 4h 33m
Average flight time 4h 46m
The earliest flight 05:00
The latest flight 22:15
Distance 1857 ml

The cheapest months to travel to San Francisco are may (from 95 $), july (from 97 $), august (from 101 $).

The most expensive months are november (from 336 $), december (from 157 $), september (from 118 $).

What is the lowest airfare Chicago to San Francisco?

The cheapest plane ticket found by our users is $72. This airfare is for economy class on one-way AS597 flight by Alaska Airlines for July 4, 2025 which leaves O'Hare International in Chicago at 19:18 am and arrives at San Francisco San Francisco at 22:06.

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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 - 79 departures per week at the price of from $ 104 . And the most expensive tickets are offered by United Airlines airline - from $ 604.

Direct flights

There are 24 nonstop flights on the route. The fastest direct flight is UA448 by United Airlines takes 4h 33m and the cheapest is AS597 by Alaska Airlines for $72.

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Connecting Flights

There are 278 flights with layovers on the route. The fastest connecting flight is UA791 by United Airlines takes 6h 14m and the cheapest is AS597 by Alaska Airlines for $80.

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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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NK - Spirit Airlines

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G4 - Allegiant Air

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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 7 aircraft brands. They range from huge modern airplanes to small-sized.

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Boeing 737-100/200

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Airbus A318

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Boeing 737 MAX 9

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Boeing 737

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Boeing 757-200

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Boeing 757

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Top Domestic Destinations from Chicago

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Chicago — Boston

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Top International Destinations from Chicago

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