Cheap Flights from Houston, TX to Chicago, IL from $45

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On Cheapflightsplus.com you will find 43 direct and 301 connecting flights from Houston to Chicago. You can compare airfare deals from 7 airlines and multiple travel sites from $45, book and save on cheap plane tickets and last minute offers. Also check out HOU-CHI flight schedule to find best flight time, convenient departure and arrival airports.

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Best Flights from Houston to Chicago Today

Take a look at the list of non stop flights and flights with layovers from Houston to Chicago with the lowest price of $45. The fastest direct flight takes 2h 27m and the fastest connecting – 4h 37m.

Price	Departure	Arrival	Flight Duration	Airline	Flight
from $45 Find flight	21:47 Houston George Bush	00:24+1 день Chicago O'Hare International	2h 37m	Spirit Airlines	NK962
from $58 Find flight	09:38 Houston George Bush	12:18 Chicago O'Hare International	2h 40m	Spirit Airlines	NK1145
from $59 Find flight	20:15 Houston George Bush	22:42 Chicago Midway	2h 27m	Frontier Airlines	F93282
from $80 Find flight	20:51 Houston George Bush	23:35 Chicago O'Hare International	2h 44m	Spirit Airlines	NK175
from $102 Find flight	17:11 Houston George Bush	19:57 Chicago O'Hare International	2h 46m	Spirit Airlines	NK1685
from $134 Find flight	21:30 Houston George Bush	23:59 Chicago O'Hare International	2h 29m	United Airlines	UA750
from $157 Find flight	08:30 Houston George Bush	11:12 Chicago O'Hare International	2h 42m	United Airlines	UA487
from $171 Find flight	11:45 Houston George Bush	14:20 Chicago O'Hare International	2h 35m	Frontier Airlines	F91882
from $199 Find flight	12:00 Houston George Bush	14:40 Chicago O'Hare International	2h 40m	United Airlines	UA1168
from $235 Find flight	09:49 Houston George Bush	12:31 Chicago O'Hare International	2h 42m	United Airlines	UA1165
from $55 Find flight	14:28 Houston George Bush	19:05 Chicago O'Hare International	4h 37m layover 0h 55m - Dallas	Frontier Airlines	F93195 F93242
from $58 Find flight	11:40 Houston George Bush	19:24 Chicago Midway	7h 44m layover 2h 20m - Orlando	Frontier Airlines	F93470 F91457
from $58 Find flight	13:14 Houston George Bush	00:13+1 день Chicago Midway	10h 59m layover 6h 2m - Denver	Frontier Airlines	F93227 F92210
from $58 Find flight	16:49 Houston George Bush	09:47+1 день Chicago O'Hare International	16h 58m layover 11h 45m - Denver	Frontier Airlines	F93227 F91484
from $60 Find flight	20:52 Houston George Bush	05:30+1 день Chicago O'Hare International	8h 38m layover 1h 42m - Las Vegas	Spirit Airlines	NK531 NK182
from $65 Find flight	21:10 Houston George Bush	09:52+1 день Chicago O'Hare International	12h 42m layover 6h 56m - Orlando	Frontier Airlines	F94978 F92041

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*Departure and arrival times - local. Prices indicated for one-way flights. Information updated on April 22, 2025

Flight Schedule Houston (Texas) to Chicago (Illinois)

Full flight schedule will help you in detecting at what time planes fly from Houston 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
05:00 — 07:42	05:00 — 07:42 UA2653 United Airlines Houston — Chicago	2h 42m	Find flight from$164
05:00 — 07:45	05:00 — 07:45 UA795 United Airlines Houston — Chicago	2h 45m	Find flight from$276
06:30 — 09:12	06:30 — 09:12 UA411 United Airlines Houston — Chicago	2h 42m	Find flight from$134
06:30 — 09:18	06:30 — 09:18 UA1677 United Airlines Houston — Chicago	2h 48m	Find flight from$161
07:20 — 10:02	07:20 — 10:02 UA1053 United Airlines Houston — Chicago	2h 42m	Find flight from$134
07:20 — 10:09	07:20 — 10:09 UA2182 United Airlines Houston — Chicago	2h 49m	Find flight from$161
07:20 — 10:02	07:20 — 10:02 UA469 United Airlines Houston — Chicago	2h 42m	Find flight from$164
07:21 — 10:08	07:21 — 10:08 UA222 United Airlines Houston — Chicago	2h 47m	Find flight from$276
07:22 — 10:14	07:22 — 10:14 UA1431 United Airlines Houston — Chicago	2h 52m	Find flight from$135
08:00 — 10:46	08:00 — 10:46 UA439 United Airlines Houston — Chicago	2h 46m	Find flight from$276
08:30 — 11:12	08:30 — 11:12 UA487 United Airlines Houston — Chicago	2h 42m	Find flight from$157
08:30 — 11:12	08:30 — 11:12 UA1544 United Airlines Houston — Chicago	2h 42m	Find flight from$164
08:35 — 11:25	08:35 — 11:25 UA2027 United Airlines Houston — Chicago	2h 50m	Find flight from$135
08:40 — 11:23	08:40 — 11:23 UA215 United Airlines Houston — Chicago	2h 43m	Find flight from$161
09:30 — 12:13	09:30 — 12:13 UA2124 United Airlines Houston — Chicago	2h 43m	Find flight from$276
09:38 — 12:18	09:38 — 12:18 NK1145 Spirit Airlines Houston — Chicago	2h 40m	Find flight from$58
09:49 — 12:31	09:49 — 12:31 UA1165 United Airlines Houston — Chicago	2h 42m	Find flight from$235
09:49 — 12:31	09:49 — 12:31 UA1321 United Airlines Houston — Chicago	2h 42m	Find flight from$239
11:45 — 14:20	11:45 — 14:20 F91882 Frontier Airlines Houston — Chicago	2h 35m	Find flight from$171
12:00 — 14:40	12:00 — 14:40 UA1168 United Airlines Houston — Chicago	2h 40m	Find flight from$199
14:20 — 17:10	14:20 — 17:10 UA1293 United Airlines Houston — Chicago	2h 50m	Find flight from$135
14:20 — 17:01	14:20 — 17:01 UA1172 United Airlines Houston — Chicago	2h 41m	Find flight from$199
15:45 — 18:27	15:45 — 18:27 UA1788 United Airlines Houston — Chicago	2h 42m	Find flight from$158
16:20 — 19:10	16:20 — 19:10 UA2293 United Airlines Houston — Chicago	2h 50m	Find flight from$135
16:20 — 19:05	16:20 — 19:05 UA2659 United Airlines Houston — Chicago	2h 45m	Find flight from$216
17:05 — 19:47	17:05 — 19:47 UA2406 United Airlines Houston — Chicago	2h 42m	Find flight from$280
17:11 — 19:57	17:11 — 19:57 NK1685 Spirit Airlines Houston — Chicago	2h 46m	Find flight from$102
17:13 — 19:55	17:13 — 19:55 UA1086 United Airlines Houston — Chicago	2h 42m	Find flight from$134
17:20 — 19:56	17:20 — 19:56 F93136 Frontier Airlines Houston — Chicago	2h 36m	Find flight from$65
18:40 — 21:18	18:40 — 21:18 UA787 United Airlines Houston — Chicago	2h 38m	Find flight from$134
19:15 — 21:56	19:15 — 21:56 UA2131 United Airlines Houston — Chicago	2h 41m	Find flight from$276
20:06 — 22:44	20:06 — 22:44 UA321 United Airlines Houston — Chicago	2h 38m	Find flight from$134
20:06 — 22:44	20:06 — 22:44 UA715 United Airlines Houston — Chicago	2h 38m	Find flight from$164
20:15 — 22:42	20:15 — 22:42 F93282 Frontier Airlines Houston — Chicago	2h 27m	Find flight from$59
20:51 — 23:35	20:51 — 23:35 NK175 Spirit Airlines Houston — Chicago	2h 44m	Find flight from$80
21:30 — 23:59	21:30 — 23:59 UA750 United Airlines Houston — Chicago	2h 29m	Find flight from$134
21:30 — 23:59	21:30 — 23:59 UA556 United Airlines Houston — Chicago	2h 29m	Find flight from$164
21:36 — 00:15 +1 day	21:36 — 00:15 UA1858 United Airlines Houston — Chicago	2h 39m	Find flight from$159
21:38 — 00:15 +1 day	21:38 — 00:15 UA1692 United Airlines Houston — Chicago	2h 37m	Find flight from$161
21:47 — 00:24 +1 day	21:47 — 00:24 NK962 Spirit Airlines Houston — Chicago	2h 37m	Find flight from$45
08:10 — 23:19	08:10 — 11:50 F93122 Frontier Airlines Houston — Charlotte 10h 6m stop 21:56 — 23:19 F93141 Frontier Airlines Charlotte — Chicago	15h 9m including layover	Find flight from$83
09:42 — 01:03 +1 day	05:35 — 07:10 F93229 Frontier Airlines Houston — Denver 10h 6m stop 20:59 — 00:35 F93172 Frontier Airlines Denver — Chicago	15h 21m including layover	Find flight from$76
10:01 — 15:59	10:01 — 11:17 F93195 Frontier Airlines Houston — Dallas 2h 20m stop 13:37 — 15:59 F91888 Frontier Airlines Dallas — Chicago	5h 58m including layover	Find flight from$68
10:40 — 12:05 +1 day	10:40 — 14:11 F93470 Frontier Airlines Houston — Orlando 19h 45m stop 09:56 — 12:05 F93043 Frontier Airlines Orlando — Chicago	25h 25m including layover	Find flight from$58
11:12 — 22:22	11:12 — 13:22 F94181 Frontier Airlines Houston — Phoenix 4h 43m stop 18:05 — 22:22 F91738 Frontier Airlines Phoenix — Chicago	11h 10m including layover	Find flight from$77
11:40 — 19:24	09:46 — 13:09 F93470 Frontier Airlines Houston — Orlando 2h 20m stop 06:00 — 07:55 F91457 Frontier Airlines Orlando — Chicago	7h 44m including layover	Find flight from$58
12:14 — 19:45	12:14 — 14:10 F94181 Frontier Airlines Houston — Phoenix 1h 7m stop 15:17 — 19:45 F91830 Frontier Airlines Phoenix — Chicago	7h 31m including layover	Find flight from$70
12:14 — 20:14	12:14 — 14:10 F94181 Frontier Airlines Houston — Phoenix 1h 45m stop 15:55 — 20:14 F91736 Frontier Airlines Phoenix — Chicago	8h including layover	Find flight from$70
13:14 — 00:13 +1 day	16:49 — 18:25 F93227 Frontier Airlines Houston — Denver 6h 2m stop 08:50 — 12:13 F92210 Frontier Airlines Denver — Chicago	10h 59m including layover	Find flight from$58
13:56 — 15:50 +1 day	13:03 — 14:40 F93227 Frontier Airlines Houston — Denver 20h 55m stop 12:28 — 15:50 F91228 Frontier Airlines Denver — Chicago	25h 54m including layover	Find flight from$71
14:28 — 19:05	14:28 — 15:49 F93195 Frontier Airlines Houston — Dallas 55m stop 16:44 — 19:05 F93242 Frontier Airlines Dallas — Chicago	4h 37m including layover	Find flight from$55
16:49 — 09:47 +1 day	16:49 — 18:25 F93227 Frontier Airlines Houston — Denver 11h 45m stop 06:10 — 09:47 F91484 Frontier Airlines Denver — Chicago	16h 58m including layover	Find flight from$58
18:13 — 00:59 +1 day	17:36 — 21:10 F94978 Frontier Airlines Houston — Orlando 54m stop 07:30 — 09:54 F93043 Frontier Airlines Orlando — Chicago	6h 46m including layover	Find flight from$71
18:16 — 00:17 +1 day	18:16 — 19:55 F91127 Frontier Airlines Houston — Denver 1h stop 20:55 — 00:17 F92210 Frontier Airlines Denver — Chicago	6h 1m including layover	Find flight from$72
20:52 — 05:30 +1 day	20:52 — 22:16 NK531 Spirit Airlines Houston — Las Vegas 1h 42m stop 23:58 — 05:30 NK182 Spirit Airlines Las Vegas — Chicago	8h 38m including layover	Find flight from$60
21:10 — 09:52 +1 day	21:10 — 00:34 F94978 Frontier Airlines Houston — Orlando 6h 56m stop 07:30 — 09:52 F92041 Frontier Airlines Orlando — Chicago	12h 42m including layover	Find flight from$65
23:13 — 11:52 +1 day	20:20 — 22:00 F94855 Frontier Airlines Houston — Denver 7h 40m stop 09:50 — 13:08 F92210 Frontier Airlines Denver — Chicago	12h 39m including layover	Find flight from$74

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*Departure and arrival times - local. Updated on April 22, 2025

Flight Information

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

Distance between Houston and Chicago is 1524 miles. Time difference between the cities is 0h. Airplanes depart 05:00 to 23:13 from 15 Houston airports and arrive 05:00 to 23:13 to 7 Chicago airports. Average flight time is 2h 42m.

The fastest flight 2h 27m
Average flight time 2h 42m
The earliest flight 05:00
The latest flight 23:13
Distance 947 ml

The cheapest months to travel to Chicago are december (from 45 $), november (from 55 $), february (from 65 $).

The most expensive months are january (from 71 $), february (from 65 $), november (from 55 $).

What is the lowest airfare Houston to Chicago?

The cheapest plane ticket found by our users is $45. This airfare is for economy class on one-way NK962 flight by Spirit Airlines for December 13, 2024 which leaves George Bush in Houston at 21:47 am and arrives at Chicago O'Hare International at 00:24.

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Popular Airlines on the Route

The flight Houston — Chicago is served by 7 regular airlines and 4 low-cost airlines. Most of the flights on this route are operated by United Airlines - 124 departures per week at the price of from $ 134 . And the most expensive tickets are offered by Turkish Airlines airline - from $ 1297.

Direct flights

There are 43 nonstop flights on the route. The fastest direct flight is F93282 by Frontier Airlines takes 2h 27m and the cheapest is NK962 by Spirit Airlines for $45.

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Connecting Flights

There are 301 flights with layovers on the route. The fastest connecting flight is F93195 by Frontier Airlines takes 4h 37m and the cheapest is NK962 by Spirit Airlines for $55.

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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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Airports

You can fly from Houston to Chicago from 15 airports (Ellington Field, West Houston, Hobby, Park Ten Heliport, Andrau Airpark, George Bush, Greenway Plaza H/P, David Wayne Hooks, Transco Twr Galleria, Westchase Hilton H/P, Spaceland, Woodlawns, Marriot Astrodome Heliport, Central Bus. District, Houston Municipal).

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Hobby-HOU

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George Bush-IAH

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Greenway Plaza H/P-JGP

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David Wayne Hooks-DWH

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Spaceland-SPX

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Houston Municipal-SGR

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Chicago airports

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Midway-MDW

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Airplanes

There are flights to Chicago from Houston by 7 airlines that use 0 aircraft brands. They range from huge modern airplanes to small-sized.

Top Domestic Destinations from Houston

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Top International Destinations from Houston

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