Cheap Flights from Chicago, IL to San Francisco, CA from $90

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On Cheapflightsplus.com you will find 2 direct and 32 connecting flights from Chicago to San Francisco. You can compare airfare deals from 8 airlines and multiple travel sites from $90, 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 $90. The fastest direct flight takes 4h 54m and the fastest connecting – 7h.

Price	Departure	Arrival	Flight Duration	Airline	Flight
from $209 Find flight	20:05 Chicago O'Hare International	22:59 San Francisco San Francisco	4h 54m	United Airlines	UA2364
from $209 Find flight	06:30 Chicago O'Hare International	09:30 San Francisco San Francisco	5h 0m	United Airlines	UA2027
from $90 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 $90 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 $96 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 $96 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 $96 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 $166 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 $166 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 $194 Find flight	07:00 Chicago O'Hare International	13:14 San Francisco San Francisco	8h 14m layover 1h 57m - Los Angeles	United Airlines	UA2449 UA352
from $221 Find flight	13:55 Chicago O'Hare International	19:34 San Francisco San Francisco	7h 39m layover 1h 18m - Los Angeles	United Airlines	UA378 UA1204
from $221 Find flight	10:00 Chicago O'Hare International	18:03 San Francisco San Francisco	10h 3m layover 3h 11m - Seattle	Alaska Airlines	AS462 AS1140
from $244 Find flight	07:45 Chicago O'Hare International	18:03 San Francisco San Francisco	12h 18m layover 5h 26m - Seattle	Alaska Airlines	AS333 AS1140
from $251 Find flight	15:40 Chicago O'Hare International	20:40 San Francisco San Francisco	7h 0m layover 0h 41m - Los Angeles	United Airlines	UA1310 UA1743
from $214 Find flight	07:45 Chicago O'Hare International	21:06 San Francisco San Francisco	15h 21m layover 1h 8m - Seattle 6h 43m - Portland	Alaska Airlines	AS333 AS1039 AS1295
from $240 Find flight	07:45 Chicago O'Hare International	19:50 San Francisco San Francisco	14h 5m layover 1h 32m - Seattle 3h 27m - Los Angeles	Alaska Airlines	AS333 AS1144 AS3485

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*Departure and arrival times - local. Prices indicated for one-way flights. Information updated on March 03, 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$209
20:05 — 22:59	20:05 — 22:59 UA2364 United Airlines Chicago — San Francisco	4h 54m	Find flight from$209
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$487
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$365
07:00 — 13:14	07:15 — 09:55 UA2449 United Airlines Chicago — Los Angeles 1h 57m stop 11:55 — 13:29 UA352 United Airlines Los Angeles — San Francisco	8h 14m including layover	Find flight from$194
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$305
10:00 — 18:03	10:00 — 12:43 AS462 Alaska Airlines Chicago — Seattle 3h 11m stop 15:54 — 18:03 AS1140 Alaska Airlines Seattle — San Francisco	10h 3m including layover	Find flight from$221
10:00 — 19:09	10:00 — 12:43 AS462 Alaska Airlines Chicago — Seattle 4h 16m stop 16:59 — 19:09 AS1132 Alaska Airlines Seattle — San Francisco	11h 9m including layover	Find flight from$268
12:58 — 19:34	12:58 — 15:35 UA2440 United Airlines Chicago — Los Angeles 2h 25m stop 18:00 — 19:34 UA1204 United Airlines Los Angeles — San Francisco	8h 36m including layover	Find flight from$251
12:58 — 20:40	12:58 — 15:35 UA2440 United Airlines Chicago — Los Angeles 3h 31m stop 19:06 — 20:40 UA1743 United Airlines Los Angeles — San Francisco	9h 42m including layover	Find flight from$251
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$221
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$251
15:40 — 20:40	15:40 — 18:25 UA1310 United Airlines Chicago — Los Angeles 41m stop 19:06 — 20:40 UA1743 United Airlines Los Angeles — San Francisco	7h including layover	Find flight from$251
15:40 — 23:04	15:40 — 18:25 UA1310 United Airlines Chicago — Los Angeles 3h 5m stop 21:30 — 23:04 UA552 United Airlines Los Angeles — San Francisco	9h 24m including layover	Find flight from$251
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$166
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$166
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$166
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$90
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$96
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$90
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$96
20:30 — 16:45 +2 days	20:20 — 16:00 TK6 Turkish Airlines Chicago — Istanbul 21h 40m stop 13:50 — 16:45 TK79 Turkish Airlines Istanbul — San Francisco	46h 15m including layover	Find flight from$1404
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$96
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$96
02:42 — 20:15	02:42 — 07:11 Y41703 Volaris Chicago — Guadalajara 6h 6m stop 13:17 — 14:45 Y4155 Volaris Guadalajara — Mexico City 2h 20m stop 17:20 — 20:30 AM664 Aeromexico Mexico City — San Francisco	19h 33m including layover	Find flight from$455
05:10 — 20:15	05:10 — 09:39 Y41707 Volaris Chicago — Guadalajara 3h 38m stop 13:17 — 14:45 Y4155 Volaris Guadalajara — Mexico City 2h 20m stop 17:05 — 20:15 AM664 Aeromexico Mexico City — San Francisco	17h 5m including layover	Find flight from$605
07:45 — 21:06	07:45 — 10:28 AS333 Alaska Airlines Chicago — Seattle 1h 8m stop 11:36 — 12:33 AS1039 Alaska Airlines Seattle — Portland 6h 43m stop 19:16 — 21:06 AS1295 Alaska Airlines Portland — San Francisco	15h 21m including layover	Find flight from$214
14:27 — 09:58 +1 day	14:27 — 19:15 AM687 Aeromexico Chicago — Mexico City 2h 50m stop 22:05 — 23:37 AM264 Aeromexico Mexico City — Guadalajara 7h 48m stop 07:25 — 09:58 AM622 Aeromexico Guadalajara — San Francisco	21h 31m including layover	Find flight from$670
14:27 — 09:58 +1 day	14:27 — 19:15 AM687 Aeromexico Chicago — Mexico City 1h 40m stop 20:55 — 22:27 AM260 Aeromexico Mexico City — Guadalajara 8h 58m stop 07:25 — 09:58 AM622 Aeromexico Guadalajara — San Francisco	21h 31m including layover	Find flight from$679

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*Departure and arrival times - local. Updated on March 3, 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 01:15 to 22:00 from 7 Chicago airports and arrive 01:15 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 01:15
The latest flight 22:00
Distance 1857 ml

The cheapest months to travel to San Francisco are february (from 90 $), december (from 98 $), november (from 100 $).

The most expensive months are january (from 194 $), november (from 100 $), december (from 98 $).

What is the lowest airfare Chicago to San Francisco?

The cheapest plane ticket found by our users is $90. 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 8 regular airlines and 3 low-cost airlines. Most of the flights on this route are operated by United Airlines - 11 departures per week at the price of from $ 194 . And the most expensive tickets are offered by SWISS International Air Lines airline - from $ 6580.

Direct flights

There are 2 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 $209.

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Connecting Flights

There are 32 flights with layovers on the route. The fastest connecting flight is UA1310 by United Airlines takes 7h and the cheapest is F92145 by Frontier Airlines for $90.

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AS - Alaska Airlines

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F9 - Frontier 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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China Basin Heliport-JCC

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Airplanes

There are flights to San Francisco from Chicago by 8 airlines that use 0 aircraft brands. They range from huge modern airplanes to small-sized.

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