Cheap Flights from Detroit, MI to Chicago, IL from $51

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On Cheapflightsplus.com you will find 21 direct and 395 connecting flights from Detroit to Chicago. You can compare airfare deals from 6 airlines and multiple travel sites from $51, book and save on cheap plane tickets and last minute offers. Also check out DTT-CHI flight schedule to find best flight time, convenient departure and arrival airports.

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Best Flights from Detroit to Chicago Today

Take a look at the list of non stop flights and flights with layovers from Detroit to Chicago with the lowest price of $51. The fastest direct flight takes 1h 26m and the fastest connecting – 4h 35m.

Price	Departure	Arrival	Flight Duration	Airline	Flight
from $51 Find flight	07:00 Detroit All airports	07:27 Chicago O'Hare International	1h 27m	United Airlines	UA1909
from $51 Find flight	14:10 Detroit All airports	14:37 Chicago O'Hare International	1h 27m	United Airlines	UA1202
from $51 Find flight	18:00 Detroit All airports	18:27 Chicago O'Hare International	1h 27m	United Airlines	UA1585
from $51 Find flight	06:00 Detroit All airports	06:30 Chicago O'Hare International	1h 30m	United Airlines	UA4754
from $51 Find flight	09:20 Detroit All airports	09:53 Chicago O'Hare International	1h 33m	United Airlines	UA4748
from $87 Find flight	14:10 Detroit All airports	14:38 Chicago O'Hare International	1h 28m	United Airlines	UA1801
from $108 Find flight	11:10 Detroit All airports	11:41 Chicago O'Hare International	1h 31m	United Airlines	UA4749
from $132 Find flight	18:15 Detroit All airports	18:41 Chicago O'Hare International	1h 26m	United Airlines	UA1495
from $271 Find flight	16:20 Detroit All airports	16:51 Chicago O'Hare International	1h 31m	United Airlines	UA4488
from $67 Find flight	09:36 Detroit All airports	13:47 Chicago Midway	5h 11m layover 1h 8m - Atlanta	Frontier Airlines	F91263 F92291
from $70 Find flight	13:17 Detroit All airports	20:17 Chicago Midway	8h 0m layover 2h 24m - Orlando	Frontier Airlines	F94286 F93853
from $72 Find flight	06:00 Detroit All airports	11:40 Chicago Midway	6h 40m layover 1h 1m - Denver	Frontier Airlines	F92211 F92210
from $72 Find flight	07:55 Detroit All airports	23:53 Chicago O'Hare International	16h 58m layover 11h 16m - Denver	Frontier Airlines	F92211 F93172
from $75 Find flight	08:30 Detroit All airports	19:34 Chicago Midway	12h 4m layover 4h 28m - Phoenix	Frontier Airlines	F94671 F91736
from $81 Find flight	06:00 Detroit All airports	14:15 Chicago O'Hare International	9h 15m layover 3h 27m - Orlando	Spirit Airlines	NK3780 NK3201
from $94 Find flight	13:47 Detroit All airports	19:17 Chicago O'Hare International	6h 30m layover 2h 5m - New York	Spirit Airlines	NK172 NK918

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*Departure and arrival times - local. Prices indicated for one-way flights. Information updated on June 28, 2025

Flight Schedule Detroit (Michigan) to Chicago (Illinois)

Full flight schedule will help you in detecting at what time planes fly from Detroit to Chicago. 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
06:00 — 06:30	06:00 — 06:30 UA4754 United Airlines Detroit — Chicago	1h 30m	Find flight from$51
06:00 — 06:30	06:00 — 06:30 UA3442 United Airlines Detroit — Chicago	1h 30m	Find flight from$93
07:00 — 07:27	07:00 — 07:27 UA1909 United Airlines Detroit — Chicago	1h 27m	Find flight from$51
07:15 — 07:46	07:15 — 07:46 UA5353 United Airlines Detroit — Chicago	1h 31m	Find flight from$88
08:50 — 09:21	08:50 — 09:21 UA4736 United Airlines Detroit — Chicago	1h 31m	Find flight from$87
09:20 — 09:53	09:20 — 09:53 UA4748 United Airlines Detroit — Chicago	1h 33m	Find flight from$51
11:10 — 11:41	11:10 — 11:41 UA4389 United Airlines Detroit — Chicago	1h 31m	Find flight from$87
11:10 — 11:41	11:10 — 11:41 UA3696 United Airlines Detroit — Chicago	1h 31m	Find flight from$93
11:10 — 11:41	11:10 — 11:41 UA3451 United Airlines Detroit — Chicago	1h 31m	Find flight from$98
11:10 — 11:41	11:10 — 11:41 UA4749 United Airlines Detroit — Chicago	1h 31m	Find flight from$108
14:10 — 14:37	14:10 — 14:37 UA1202 United Airlines Detroit — Chicago	1h 27m	Find flight from$51
14:10 — 14:38	14:10 — 14:38 UA1801 United Airlines Detroit — Chicago	1h 28m	Find flight from$87
14:10 — 14:41	14:10 — 14:41 UA3484 United Airlines Detroit — Chicago	1h 31m	Find flight from$93
14:10 — 14:38	14:10 — 14:38 UA788 United Airlines Detroit — Chicago	1h 28m	Find flight from$114
16:20 — 16:51	16:20 — 16:51 UA3508 United Airlines Detroit — Chicago	1h 31m	Find flight from$98
16:20 — 16:51	16:20 — 16:51 UA4488 United Airlines Detroit — Chicago	1h 31m	Find flight from$271
18:00 — 18:27	18:00 — 18:27 UA1585 United Airlines Detroit — Chicago	1h 27m	Find flight from$51
18:15 — 18:41	18:15 — 18:41 UA2005 United Airlines Detroit — Chicago	1h 26m	Find flight from$98
18:15 — 18:44	18:15 — 18:44 UA4500 United Airlines Detroit — Chicago	1h 29m	Find flight from$111
18:15 — 18:44	18:15 — 18:44 UA4779 United Airlines Detroit — Chicago	1h 29m	Find flight from$114
18:15 — 18:41	18:15 — 18:41 UA1495 United Airlines Detroit — Chicago	1h 26m	Find flight from$132
05:15 — 09:38	05:15 — 07:22 NK2350 Spirit Airlines Detroit — Atlanta 1h 8m stop 08:30 — 09:38 NK2707 Spirit Airlines Atlanta — Chicago	5h 23m including layover	Find flight from$88
06:00 — 11:40	06:00 — 07:15 F92211 Frontier Airlines Detroit — Denver 1h 1m stop 17:26 — 20:53 F92210 Frontier Airlines Denver — Chicago	6h 40m including layover	Find flight from$72
07:55 — 23:53	07:55 — 09:06 F92211 Frontier Airlines Detroit — Denver 11h 16m stop 20:22 — 23:53 F93172 Frontier Airlines Denver — Chicago	16h 58m including layover	Find flight from$72
08:30 — 19:34	08:00 — 09:10 F94671 Frontier Airlines Detroit — Phoenix 4h 28m stop 14:20 — 19:41 F91736 Frontier Airlines Phoenix — Chicago	12h 4m including layover	Find flight from$75
08:30 — 22:42	08:30 — 09:39 F94671 Frontier Airlines Detroit — Phoenix 7h 25m stop 17:11 — 22:55 F91828 Frontier Airlines Phoenix — Chicago	15h 12m including layover	Find flight from$77
09:36 — 13:47	09:36 — 11:37 F91263 Frontier Airlines Detroit — Atlanta 1h 8m stop 12:47 — 13:49 F92291 Frontier Airlines Atlanta — Chicago	5h 11m including layover	Find flight from$67
10:08 — 23:10	10:08 — 11:49 NK297 Spirit Airlines Detroit — Newark 9h 44m stop 21:33 — 23:10 NK329 Spirit Airlines Newark — Chicago	14h 2m including layover	Find flight from$90
10:14 — 23:10	10:14 — 12:00 NK381 Spirit Airlines Detroit — Newark 9h 33m stop 21:33 — 23:10 NK329 Spirit Airlines Newark — Chicago	13h 56m including layover	Find flight from$91
11:41 — 23:43	11:43 — 13:02 F93565 Frontier Airlines Detroit — Denver 7h 12m stop 20:22 — 23:52 F93174 Frontier Airlines Denver — Chicago	13h 2m including layover	Find flight from$77
13:06 — 23:31	13:06 — 15:53 F94286 Frontier Airlines Detroit — Orlando 5h 25m stop 21:18 — 23:31 F92791 Frontier Airlines Orlando — Chicago	11h 25m including layover	Find flight from$77
13:17 — 20:17	12:59 — 15:42 F94286 Frontier Airlines Detroit — Orlando 2h 24m stop 18:22 — 20:17 F93853 Frontier Airlines Orlando — Chicago	8h including layover	Find flight from$70
15:49 — 14:16 +1 day	15:49 — 18:53 NK291 Spirit Airlines Detroit — Miami 17h stop 11:53 — 14:16 NK3201 Spirit Airlines Miami — Chicago	23h 27m including layover	Find flight from$93
16:38 — 22:58	16:38 — 18:43 F91263 Frontier Airlines Detroit — Atlanta 3h 12m stop 21:55 — 22:58 F92779 Frontier Airlines Atlanta — Chicago	7h 20m including layover	Find flight from$67
16:38 — 00:10 +1 day	16:38 — 18:43 F91263 Frontier Airlines Detroit — Atlanta 4h 15m stop 22:58 — 00:10 F93397 Frontier Airlines Atlanta — Chicago	8h 32m including layover	Find flight from$72
17:05 — 23:10	17:05 — 18:45 NK2318 Spirit Airlines Detroit — Newark 2h 48m stop 21:33 — 23:10 NK329 Spirit Airlines Newark — Chicago	7h 5m including layover	Find flight from$90
17:19 — 20:00 +1 day	17:19 — 19:00 NK1085 Spirit Airlines Detroit — New York 23h 30m stop 18:30 — 20:00 NK1179 Spirit Airlines New York — Chicago	27h 41m including layover	Find flight from$87
18:09 — 20:00 +1 day	18:09 — 19:50 NK1078 Spirit Airlines Detroit — New York 22h 40m stop 18:30 — 20:00 NK1179 Spirit Airlines New York — Chicago	26h 51m including layover	Find flight from$87
20:29 — 18:43 +1 day	20:29 — 23:13 NK3784 Spirit Airlines Detroit — Orlando 17h 20m stop 16:33 — 18:43 NK506 Spirit Airlines Orlando — Chicago	23h 14m including layover	Find flight from$81
20:29 — 19:58 +1 day	20:29 — 23:13 NK3784 Spirit Airlines Detroit — Orlando 18h 33m stop 17:46 — 19:58 NK1109 Spirit Airlines Orlando — Chicago	24h 29m including layover	Find flight from$81
22:04 — 09:38 +1 day	21:09 — 23:11 NK2493 Spirit Airlines Detroit — Atlanta 8h 13m stop 07:48 — 08:55 NK2707 Spirit Airlines Atlanta — Chicago	12h 34m including layover	Find flight from$102
22:07 — 14:56 +1 day	21:59 — 23:36 F94571 Frontier Airlines Detroit — Las Vegas 9h 44m stop 09:25 — 15:00 F92330 Frontier Airlines Las Vegas — Chicago	17h 49m including layover	Find flight from$75
15:34 — 22:28 +1 day	15:34 — 17:10 NK1013 Spirit Airlines Detroit — Philadelphia 3h 40m stop 20:50 — 23:02 NK3153 Spirit Airlines Philadelphia — Atlanta 22h 17m stop 21:19 — 22:28 NK1200 Spirit Airlines Atlanta — Chicago	31h 54m including layover	Find flight from$93

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*Departure and arrival times - local. Updated on June 28, 2025

Flight Information

Below we will explain in detail what the flights cost on the destination from Detroit to Chicago depends on and how to choose the most interesting flight option for you.

Distance between Detroit and Chicago is 381 miles. Time difference between the cities is 1h. Airplanes depart 05:10 to 22:33 from 2 Detroit airports and arrive 05:10 to 22:33 to 7 Chicago airports. Average flight time is 1h 30m.

The fastest flight 1h 26m
Average flight time 1h 30m
The earliest flight 05:10
The latest flight 22:33
Distance 237 ml

The cheapest months to travel to Chicago are october (from 68 $), august (from 69 $), july (from 90 $).

The most expensive months are october (from 440 $), november (from 252 $), february (from 146 $).

What is the lowest airfare Detroit to Chicago?

The cheapest plane ticket found by our users is $51. This airfare is for economy class on one-way UA4754 flight by United Airlines for October 7, 2025 which leaves All airports in Detroit at 06:00 am and arrives at Chicago O'Hare International at 06:30.

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Popular Airlines on the Route

The flight Detroit — Chicago is served by 6 regular airlines and 3 low-cost airlines. Most of the flights on this route are operated by Alaska Airlines - 6 departures per week at the price of from $ 183 . And the most expensive tickets are offered by United Airlines airline - from $ 466.

Direct flights

There are 21 nonstop flights on the route. The fastest direct flight is UA2005 by United Airlines takes 1h 26m and the cheapest is UA4754 by United Airlines for $51.

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Connecting Flights

There are 395 flights with layovers on the route. The fastest connecting flight is UA6014 by United Airlines takes 4h 35m and the cheapest is UA4754 by United Airlines for $67.

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Airports

You can fly from Detroit to Chicago from 2 airports (Willow Run, Detroit City).

Detroit airports

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Chicago airports

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Airplanes

There are flights to Chicago from Detroit by 6 airlines that use 0 aircraft brands. They range from huge modern airplanes to small-sized.

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