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On Cheapflightsplus.com you will find 40 direct and 215 connecting flights from San Francisco to Chicago. You can compare airfare deals from 6 airlines and multiple travel sites from $36, 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 $36. The fastest direct flight takes 3h 57m and the fastest connecting – 5h 30m.

Price	Departure	Arrival	Flight Duration	Airline	Flight
from $48 Find flight	10:10 San Francisco San Francisco	16:25 Chicago O'Hare International	4h 15m	Alaska Airlines	AS1208
from $51 Find flight	00:25 San Francisco San Francisco	06:43 Chicago O'Hare International	4h 18m	United Airlines	UA1857
from $51 Find flight	07:00 San Francisco San Francisco	13:05 Chicago O'Hare International	4h 5m	United Airlines	UA556
from $51 Find flight	08:30 San Francisco San Francisco	14:46 Chicago O'Hare International	4h 16m	United Airlines	UA1400
from $51 Find flight	10:40 San Francisco San Francisco	16:50 Chicago O'Hare International	4h 10m	United Airlines	UA1726
from $51 Find flight	10:45 San Francisco San Francisco	17:07 Chicago O'Hare International	4h 22m	United Airlines	UA2070
from $51 Find flight	13:00 San Francisco San Francisco	19:23 Chicago O'Hare International	4h 23m	United Airlines	UA794
from $51 Find flight	13:25 San Francisco San Francisco	19:32 Chicago O'Hare International	4h 7m	United Airlines	UA732
from $51 Find flight	15:50 San Francisco San Francisco	22:00 Chicago O'Hare International	4h 10m	United Airlines	UA2356
from $51 Find flight	16:30 San Francisco San Francisco	22:52 Chicago O'Hare International	4h 22m	United Airlines	UA391
from $36 Find flight	20:41 San Francisco San Francisco	06:36+1 день Chicago O'Hare International	7h 55m layover 2h 36m - Las Vegas	Frontier Airlines	F92078 F91418
from $36 Find flight	20:38 San Francisco San Francisco	06:36+1 день Chicago O'Hare International	7h 58m layover 2h 52m - Las Vegas	Frontier Airlines	F92906 F91418
from $36 Find flight	06:37 San Francisco San Francisco	22:44 Chicago O'Hare International	14h 7m layover 8h 56m - Denver	Frontier Airlines	F9662 F9410

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*Departure and arrival times - local. Prices indicated for one-way flights. Information updated on April 27, 2024

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
00:25 — 06:43	00:25 — 06:43 UA1857 United Airlines San Francisco — Chicago	4h 18m	Find flight from$51
06:00 — 12:10	06:00 — 12:10 WN2952 Southwest Airlines San Francisco — Chicago	4h 10m	Find flight from$105
06:05 — 12:15	06:05 — 12:15 WN2026 Southwest Airlines San Francisco — Chicago	4h 10m	Find flight from$163
06:10 — 12:25	06:10 — 12:25 WN138 Southwest Airlines San Francisco — Chicago	4h 15m	Find flight from$80
06:15 — 12:25	06:15 — 12:25 WN510 Southwest Airlines San Francisco — Chicago	4h 10m	Find flight from$63
06:25 — 12:35	06:25 — 12:35 WN3474 Southwest Airlines San Francisco — Chicago	4h 10m	Find flight from$80
06:35 — 12:45	06:35 — 12:45 WN2482 Southwest Airlines San Francisco — Chicago	4h 10m	Find flight from$62
07:00 — 13:05	07:00 — 13:05 UA556 United Airlines San Francisco — Chicago	4h 5m	Find flight from$51
07:00 — 13:18	07:00 — 13:18 UA330 United Airlines San Francisco — Chicago	4h 18m	Find flight from$65
08:00 — 13:58	08:00 — 13:58 AA2614 American Airlines San Francisco — Chicago	3h 58m	Find flight from$53
08:30 — 14:46	08:30 — 14:46 UA1400 United Airlines San Francisco — Chicago	4h 16m	Find flight from$51
09:25 — 15:23	09:25 — 15:23 AA2691 American Airlines San Francisco — Chicago	3h 58m	Find flight from$53
10:10 — 16:25	10:10 — 16:25 AS1208 Alaska Airlines San Francisco — Chicago	4h 15m	Find flight from$48
10:30 — 16:35	10:30 — 16:35 WN486 Southwest Airlines San Francisco — Chicago	4h 5m	Find flight from$63
10:30 — 16:35	10:30 — 16:35 WN4256 Southwest Airlines San Francisco — Chicago	4h 5m	Find flight from$64
10:40 — 16:50	10:40 — 16:50 UA1726 United Airlines San Francisco — Chicago	4h 10m	Find flight from$51
10:45 — 17:07	10:45 — 17:07 UA2070 United Airlines San Francisco — Chicago	4h 22m	Find flight from$51
11:00 — 16:58	11:00 — 16:58 AA345 American Airlines San Francisco — Chicago	3h 58m	Find flight from$53
11:00 — 16:58	11:00 — 16:58 AA1891 American Airlines San Francisco — Chicago	3h 58m	Find flight from$53
11:00 — 17:15	11:00 — 17:15 WN1884 Southwest Airlines San Francisco — Chicago	4h 15m	Find flight from$80
13:00 — 19:23	13:00 — 19:23 UA794 United Airlines San Francisco — Chicago	4h 23m	Find flight from$51
13:25 — 19:32	13:25 — 19:32 UA732 United Airlines San Francisco — Chicago	4h 7m	Find flight from$51
14:20 — 20:18	14:20 — 20:18 AA2907 American Airlines San Francisco — Chicago	3h 58m	Find flight from$53
14:20 — 20:18	14:20 — 20:18 AA2634 American Airlines San Francisco — Chicago	3h 58m	Find flight from$53
15:50 — 22:00	15:50 — 22:00 UA2356 United Airlines San Francisco — Chicago	4h 10m	Find flight from$51
16:30 — 22:52	16:30 — 22:52 UA391 United Airlines San Francisco — Chicago	4h 22m	Find flight from$51
17:35 — 23:32	17:35 — 23:32 UA2236 United Airlines San Francisco — Chicago	3h 57m	Find flight from$51
17:40 — 23:59	17:40 — 23:59 AS1206 Alaska Airlines San Francisco — Chicago	4h 19m	Find flight from$67
18:05 — 00:05 +1 day	18:05 — 00:05 UA2054 United Airlines San Francisco — Chicago	4h	Find flight from$51
19:10 — 01:25 +1 day	19:10 — 01:25 UA1101 United Airlines San Francisco — Chicago	4h 15m	Find flight from$51
23:10 — 05:08 +1 day	23:10 — 05:08 UA705 United Airlines San Francisco — Chicago	3h 58m	Find flight from$51
23:10 — 05:08 +1 day	23:10 — 05:08 UA724 United Airlines San Francisco — Chicago	3h 58m	Find flight from$78
23:55 — 05:53 +1 day	23:55 — 05:53 AA2920 American Airlines San Francisco — Chicago	3h 58m	Find flight from$53
23:55 — 05:53 +1 day	23:55 — 05:53 AA1253 American Airlines San Francisco — Chicago	3h 58m	Find flight from$60
23:59 — 06:00 +1 day	23:59 — 06:00 UA1682 United Airlines San Francisco — Chicago	4h 1m	Find flight from$51
05:00 — 13:13	05:00 — 08:28 UA405 United Airlines San Francisco — Denver 1h 20m stop 09:48 — 13:13 UA500 United Airlines Denver — Chicago	6h 13m including layover	Find flight from$51
06:37 — 22:44	06:37 — 10:19 F9662 Frontier Airlines San Francisco — Denver 8h 56m stop 19:15 — 22:44 F9410 Frontier Airlines Denver — Chicago	14h 7m including layover	Find flight from$36
06:37 — 12:37 +1 day	06:37 — 10:19 F9662 Frontier Airlines San Francisco — Denver 22h 46m stop 09:05 — 12:37 F9412 Frontier Airlines Denver — Chicago	28h including layover	Find flight from$36
08:00 — 17:05	08:00 — 09:52 UA613 United Airlines San Francisco — Los Angeles 1h 3m stop 10:55 — 17:05 UA2362 United Airlines Los Angeles — Chicago	7h 5m including layover	Find flight from$51
09:30 — 18:34	09:30 — 11:13 UA1698 United Airlines San Francisco — Los Angeles 1h 7m stop 12:20 — 18:34 UA1069 United Airlines Los Angeles — Chicago	7h 4m including layover	Find flight from$51
09:40 — 18:46	09:40 — 15:30 UA2235 United Airlines San Francisco — Houston 32m stop 16:02 — 18:46 UA1637 United Airlines Houston — Chicago	7h 6m including layover	Find flight from$51
11:00 — 19:02	11:00 — 14:34 UA320 United Airlines San Francisco — Denver 1h 6m stop 15:40 — 19:02 UA478 United Airlines Denver — Chicago	6h 2m including layover	Find flight from$51
11:00 — 19:53	11:00 — 14:34 UA320 United Airlines San Francisco — Denver 1h 55m stop 16:29 — 19:53 UA1709 United Airlines Denver — Chicago	6h 53m including layover	Find flight from$51
12:00 — 23:24	12:00 — 15:45 F9664 Frontier Airlines San Francisco — Denver 4h 14m stop 19:59 — 23:24 F9410 Frontier Airlines Denver — Chicago	9h 24m including layover	Find flight from$36
12:18 — 12:37 +1 day	12:18 — 16:03 F9664 Frontier Airlines San Francisco — Denver 17h 2m stop 09:05 — 12:37 F9412 Frontier Airlines Denver — Chicago	22h 19m including layover	Find flight from$36
13:00 — 22:10	13:00 — 18:50 UA1578 United Airlines San Francisco — Houston 50m stop 19:40 — 22:10 UA1009 United Airlines Houston — Chicago	7h 10m including layover	Find flight from$51
14:28 — 22:20	14:28 — 17:58 UA2242 United Airlines San Francisco — Denver 57m stop 18:55 — 22:20 UA451 United Airlines Denver — Chicago	5h 52m including layover	Find flight from$51
16:05 — 23:57	16:05 — 19:34 UA2031 United Airlines San Francisco — Denver 1h stop 20:34 — 23:57 UA377 United Airlines Denver — Chicago	5h 52m including layover	Find flight from$51
20:38 — 06:36 +1 day	20:38 — 22:07 F92906 Frontier Airlines San Francisco — Las Vegas 2h 52m stop 00:59 — 06:36 F91418 Frontier Airlines Las Vegas — Chicago	7h 58m including layover	Find flight from$36
20:41 — 06:36 +1 day	20:41 — 22:23 F92078 Frontier Airlines San Francisco — Las Vegas 2h 36m stop 00:59 — 06:36 F91418 Frontier Airlines Las Vegas — Chicago	7h 55m including layover	Find flight from$36
08:45 — 16:51 +1 day	08:45 — 10:21 F92078 Frontier Airlines San Francisco — Las Vegas 11h 24m stop 21:45 — 23:06 NK1719 Spirit Airlines Las Vegas — Los Angeles 11h 34m stop 10:40 — 16:51 NK730 Spirit Airlines Los Angeles — Chicago	30h 6m including layover	Find flight from$45
10:40 — 22:34 +1 day	10:40 — 12:22 F92078 Frontier Airlines San Francisco — Las Vegas 22h 10m stop 10:32 — 18:10 NK954 Spirit Airlines Las Vegas — Miami 2h 10m stop 20:20 — 22:34 NK1 Spirit Airlines Miami — Chicago	33h 54m including layover	Find flight from$49

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*Departure and arrival times - local. Updated on April 27, 2024

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 00:13 to 23:59 from 3 San Francisco airports and arrive 00:13 to 23:59 to 7 Chicago airports. Average flight time is 4h 10m.

The fastest flight 3h 57m
Average flight time 4h 10m
The earliest flight 00:13
The latest flight 23:59
Distance 1857 ml

What is the lowest airfare San Francisco to Chicago?

The cheapest plane ticket found by our users is $36. This airfare is for economy class on one-way F9662 flight by Frontier Airlines for September 21, 2020 which leaves San Francisco in San Francisco at 06:37 am and arrives at Chicago O'Hare International at 12:37.

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Popular Airlines on the Route

The flight San Francisco — Chicago is served by 6 regular airlines and 2 low-cost airlines. Most of the flights on this route are operated by American Airlines - 19 departures per week at the price of from $ 53 . And the most expensive tickets are offered by Alaska Airlines airline - from $ 1138.

Direct flights

There are 40 nonstop flights on the route. The fastest direct flight is UA2236 by United Airlines takes 3h 57m and the cheapest is F9662 by Frontier Airlines for $48.

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Connecting Flights

There are 215 flights with layovers on the route. The fastest connecting flight is WN1554 by Southwest Airlines takes 5h 30m and the cheapest is F9662 by Frontier Airlines for $36.

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AS - Alaska Airlines

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F9 - Frontier Airlines

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DL - Delta Air Lines Inc.

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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 6 airlines that use 10 aircraft brands. They range from huge modern airplanes to small-sized.

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Boeing 737-900 (winglets)

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Boeing 737-800

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Boeing 737-900

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Boeing 757-300

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Boeing 777

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Airbus A321

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Airbus A320-100/200

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Airbus A321-100/200

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Embraer 175

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Top Domestic Destinations from San Francisco

You may also consider searching for discounted plane tickets to some other popular places from San Francisco within United States.

San Francisco — Albuquerque

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Top International Destinations from San Francisco

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San Francisco — London

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San Francisco — Dublin

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San Francisco — Glasgow

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San Francisco — Rome

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San Francisco — Dubai

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San Francisco — Birmingham

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