Cheap Flights from San Francisco, CA to Chicago, IL from $81

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On Cheapflightsplus.com you will find 23 direct and 447 connecting flights from San Francisco to Chicago. You can compare airfare deals from 8 airlines and multiple travel sites from $81, book and save on cheap plane tickets and last minute offers. Also check out SFO-CHI flight schedule to find best flight time, convenient departure and arrival airports.

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Best Flights from San Francisco to Chicago Today

Take a look at the list of non stop flights and flights with layovers from San Francisco to Chicago with the lowest price of $81. The fastest direct flight takes 4h 13m and the fastest connecting – 5h 58m.

Price	Departure	Arrival	Flight Duration	Airline	Flight
from $108 Find flight	11:55 San Francisco San Francisco	18:18 Chicago O'Hare International	4h 23m	Hawaiian Airlines	HA7000
from $111 Find flight	11:55 San Francisco San Francisco	18:18 Chicago O'Hare International	4h 23m	Alaska Airlines	AS598
from $132 Find flight	23:25 San Francisco San Francisco	05:39+1 день Chicago O'Hare International	4h 14m	United Airlines	UA567
from $81 Find flight	05:45 San Francisco San Francisco	14:56 Chicago Midway	7h 11m layover 1h 54m - Las Vegas	Frontier Airlines	F94158 F92330
from $101 Find flight	23:30 San Francisco San Francisco	11:49+1 день Chicago Midway	10h 19m layover 4h 10m - Dallas	Frontier Airlines	F94000 F91888

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*Departure and arrival times - local. Prices indicated for one-way flights. Information updated on September 17, 2025

Flight Schedule San Francisco (California) to Chicago (Illinois)

Full flight schedule will help you in detecting at what time planes fly from San Francisco 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 — 11:27	05:00 — 11:27 UA1448 United Airlines San Francisco — Chicago	4h 27m	Find flight from$132
06:30 — 13:04	06:30 — 13:04 UA2091 United Airlines San Francisco — Chicago	4h 34m	Find flight from$141
07:00 — 13:32	07:00 — 13:32 UA1437 United Airlines San Francisco — Chicago	4h 32m	Find flight from$141
08:30 — 14:53	08:30 — 14:53 UA793 United Airlines San Francisco — Chicago	4h 23m	Find flight from$143
10:37 — 17:04	10:37 — 17:04 UA714 United Airlines San Francisco — Chicago	4h 27m	Find flight from$202
11:55 — 18:18	11:55 — 18:18 HA7000 Hawaiian Airlines San Francisco — Chicago	4h 23m	Find flight from$108
11:55 — 18:18	11:55 — 18:18 AS598 Alaska Airlines San Francisco — Chicago	4h 23m	Find flight from$111
13:55 — 20:11	13:55 — 20:11 UA1470 United Airlines San Francisco — Chicago	4h 16m	Find flight from$142
14:55 — 21:18	14:55 — 21:18 UA1791 United Airlines San Francisco — Chicago	4h 23m	Find flight from$132
16:55 — 23:12	16:55 — 23:12 UA1482 United Airlines San Francisco — Chicago	4h 17m	Find flight from$141
18:43 — 00:59 +1 day	18:43 — 00:59 UA2117 United Airlines San Francisco — Chicago	4h 16m	Find flight from$138
23:00 — 05:13 +1 day	23:00 — 05:13 UA2097 United Airlines San Francisco — Chicago	4h 13m	Find flight from$141
23:15 — 05:29 +1 day	23:15 — 05:29 UA1048 United Airlines San Francisco — Chicago	4h 14m	Find flight from$139
23:25 — 05:39 +1 day	23:25 — 05:39 UA567 United Airlines San Francisco — Chicago	4h 14m	Find flight from$132
23:25 — 05:39 +1 day	23:25 — 05:39 UA494 United Airlines San Francisco — Chicago	4h 14m	Find flight from$142
23:59 — 06:15 +1 day	23:59 — 06:15 UA2046 United Airlines San Francisco — Chicago	4h 16m	Find flight from$139

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*Departure and arrival times - local. Updated on September 17, 2025

Flight Information

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

Distance between San Francisco and Chicago is 2987 miles. Time difference between the cities is 2h. Airplanes depart 00:43 to 23:59 from 3 San Francisco airports and arrive 00:43 to 23:59 to 7 Chicago airports. Average flight time is 4h 23m.

The fastest flight 4h 13m
Average flight time 4h 23m
The earliest flight 00:43
The latest flight 23:59
Distance 1857 ml

The cheapest months to travel to Chicago are january (from 81 $), september (from 81 $), february (from 101 $).

The most expensive months are december (from 208 $), october (from 144 $), august (from 110 $).

What is the lowest airfare San Francisco to Chicago?

The cheapest plane ticket found by our users is $81. This airfare is for economy class on one-way F94158 flight by Frontier Airlines for September 24, 2025 which leaves San Francisco in San Francisco at 05:45 am and arrives at Chicago Midway at 14:56.

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Popular Airlines on the Route

The flight San Francisco — Chicago is served by 8 regular airlines and 2 low-cost airlines. Most of the flights on this route are operated by Alaska Airlines - 90 departures per week at the price of from $ 111 . And the most expensive tickets are offered by Alaska Airlines airline - from $ 7056.

Direct flights

There are 23 nonstop flights on the route. The fastest direct flight is UA2097 by United Airlines takes 4h 13m and the cheapest is F94158 by Frontier Airlines for $108.

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Connecting Flights

There are 447 flights with layovers on the route. The fastest connecting flight is UA1527 by United Airlines takes 5h 58m and the cheapest is F94158 by Frontier Airlines for $81.

AS - Alaska Airlines

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F9 - Frontier Airlines

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SY - Sun Country Airlines

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TK - Turkish Airlines

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AY - Finnair

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HA - Hawaiian Airlines

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MX - Mexicana

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UA - United Airlines

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Airports

You can fly from San Francisco to Chicago from 3 airports (San Francisco, Embarkadero, China Basin Heliport).

San Francisco airports

San Francisco-SFO

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Chicago airports

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Airplanes

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

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