Cheap Flights from San Francisco, CA to Chicago, IL from $68

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On Cheapflightsplus.com you will find 24 direct and 167 connecting flights from San Francisco to Chicago. You can compare airfare deals from 9 airlines and multiple travel sites from $68, 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 $68. The fastest direct flight takes 4h 10m and the fastest connecting – 5h 55m.

Price	Departure	Arrival	Flight Duration	Airline	Flight
from $139 Find flight	10:46 San Francisco San Francisco	16:58 Chicago O'Hare International	4h 12m	Alaska Airlines	AS598
from $163 Find flight	23:59 San Francisco San Francisco	06:11+1 день Chicago O'Hare International	4h 12m	United Airlines	UA476
from $188 Find flight	18:41 San Francisco San Francisco	00:59+1 день Chicago O'Hare International	4h 18m	United Airlines	UA2117
from $232 Find flight	08:25 San Francisco San Francisco	14:35 Chicago O'Hare International	4h 10m	United Airlines	UA534
from $312 Find flight	13:46 San Francisco San Francisco	20:03 Chicago O'Hare International	4h 17m	United Airlines	UA1332
from $359 Find flight	05:15 San Francisco San Francisco	11:32 Chicago O'Hare International	4h 17m	United Airlines	UA561
from $419 Find flight	08:29 San Francisco San Francisco	14:55 Chicago O'Hare International	4h 26m	United Airlines	UA793
from $751 Find flight	10:35 San Francisco San Francisco	16:55 Chicago O'Hare International	4h 20m	United Airlines	UA1612
from $68 Find flight	18:18 San Francisco San Francisco	06:33+1 день Chicago Midway	10h 15m layover 5h 1m - Las Vegas	Frontier Airlines	F93020 F92330
from $68 Find flight	21:09 San Francisco San Francisco	11:20+1 день Chicago Midway	12h 11m layover 7h 17m - Denver	Frontier Airlines	F93440 F92210
from $68 Find flight	21:10 San Francisco San Francisco	14:11+1 день Chicago O'Hare International	15h 1m layover 9h 52m - Denver	Frontier Airlines	F93440 F93172
from $69 Find flight	22:59 San Francisco San Francisco	11:44+1 день Chicago Midway	10h 45m layover 5h 29m - Las Vegas	Frontier Airlines	F91850 F92330
from $69 Find flight	22:59 San Francisco San Francisco	17:25+1 день Chicago O'Hare International	16h 26m layover 10h 55m - Las Vegas	Frontier Airlines	F91850 F92146
from $69 Find flight	10:02 San Francisco San Francisco	06:33+1 день Chicago Midway	18h 31m layover 13h 11m - Las Vegas	Frontier Airlines	F94158 F92330
from $81 Find flight	00:58 San Francisco San Francisco	11:52 Chicago Midway	8h 54m layover 4h 0m - Denver	Frontier Airlines	F91094 F92210
from $105 Find flight	18:18 San Francisco San Francisco	10:55+1 день Chicago O'Hare International	14h 37m layover 9h 11m - Minneapolis	Sun Country Airlines	SY396 SY259

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*Departure and arrival times - local. Prices indicated for one-way flights. Information updated on November 14, 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
05:15 — 11:32	05:15 — 11:32 UA561 United Airlines San Francisco — Chicago	4h 17m	Find flight from$359
06:15 — 12:42	06:15 — 12:42 UA2182 United Airlines San Francisco — Chicago	4h 27m	Find flight from$164
06:15 — 12:37	06:15 — 12:37 UA2115 United Airlines San Francisco — Chicago	4h 22m	Find flight from$232
06:15 — 12:38	06:15 — 12:38 UA2207 United Airlines San Francisco — Chicago	4h 23m	Find flight from$258
06:15 — 12:37	06:15 — 12:37 UA2635 United Airlines San Francisco — Chicago	4h 22m	Find flight from$412
08:25 — 14:54	08:25 — 14:54 UA795 United Airlines San Francisco — Chicago	4h 29m	Find flight from$212
08:25 — 14:35	08:25 — 14:35 UA534 United Airlines San Francisco — Chicago	4h 10m	Find flight from$232
08:29 — 14:55	08:29 — 14:55 UA793 United Airlines San Francisco — Chicago	4h 26m	Find flight from$419
10:35 — 16:55	10:35 — 16:55 UA1612 United Airlines San Francisco — Chicago	4h 20m	Find flight from$751
10:46 — 16:58	10:46 — 16:58 AS598 Alaska Airlines San Francisco — Chicago	4h 12m	Find flight from$139
13:25 — 19:40	13:25 — 19:40 UA468 United Airlines San Francisco — Chicago	4h 15m	Find flight from$253
13:40 — 19:59	13:40 — 19:59 UA2386 United Airlines San Francisco — Chicago	4h 19m	Find flight from$163
13:46 — 20:03	13:46 — 20:03 UA1332 United Airlines San Francisco — Chicago	4h 17m	Find flight from$312
16:55 — 23:12	16:55 — 23:12 UA373 United Airlines San Francisco — Chicago	4h 17m	Find flight from$163
16:55 — 23:19	16:55 — 23:19 UA1482 United Airlines San Francisco — Chicago	4h 24m	Find flight from$164
16:55 — 23:12	16:55 — 23:12 UA2626 United Airlines San Francisco — Chicago	4h 17m	Find flight from$412
18:35 — 00:52 +1 day	18:35 — 00:52 UA737 United Airlines San Francisco — Chicago	4h 17m	Find flight from$412
18:41 — 00:59 +1 day	18:41 — 00:59 UA2117 United Airlines San Francisco — Chicago	4h 18m	Find flight from$188
22:35 — 04:53 +1 day	22:35 — 04:53 UA2482 United Airlines San Francisco — Chicago	4h 18m	Find flight from$188
22:50 — 05:06 +1 day	22:50 — 05:06 UA456 United Airlines San Francisco — Chicago	4h 16m	Find flight from$163
23:20 — 05:40 +1 day	23:20 — 05:40 UA635 United Airlines San Francisco — Chicago	4h 20m	Find flight from$359
23:55 — 06:13 +1 day	23:55 — 06:13 UA1112 United Airlines San Francisco — Chicago	4h 18m	Find flight from$188
23:59 — 06:11 +1 day	23:59 — 06:11 UA476 United Airlines San Francisco — Chicago	4h 12m	Find flight from$163
23:59 — 06:18 +1 day	23:59 — 06:18 UA2097 United Airlines San Francisco — Chicago	4h 19m	Find flight from$164
00:22 — 12:51	00:22 — 05:58 F94000 Frontier Airlines San Francisco — Dallas 4h 14m stop 10:12 — 12:51 F93242 Frontier Airlines Dallas — Chicago	10h 29m including layover	Find flight from$86
00:58 — 11:52	13:50 — 17:26 F91094 Frontier Airlines San Francisco — Denver 4h stop 08:50 — 12:13 F92210 Frontier Airlines Denver — Chicago	8h 54m including layover	Find flight from$81
05:14 — 13:18	05:14 — 08:56 UA1362 United Airlines San Francisco — Denver 44m stop 09:40 — 13:18 UA2329 United Airlines Denver — Chicago	6h 4m including layover	Find flight from$174
05:14 — 14:50	05:14 — 08:56 UA1362 United Airlines San Francisco — Denver 2h 19m stop 11:20 — 14:55 UA2312 United Airlines Denver — Chicago	7h 36m including layover	Find flight from$174
06:00 — 23:18	06:05 — 09:40 F91230 Frontier Airlines San Francisco — Denver 10h 2m stop 20:59 — 00:35 F93172 Frontier Airlines Denver — Chicago	15h 18m including layover	Find flight from$88
06:05 — 14:00	06:00 — 09:42 F91230 Frontier Airlines San Francisco — Denver 46m stop 13:29 — 17:05 F93174 Frontier Airlines Denver — Chicago	5h 55m including layover	Find flight from$142
07:00 — 18:18	07:00 — 09:18 AS1013 Alaska Airlines San Francisco — Seattle 2h 53m stop 12:11 — 18:18 AS410 Alaska Airlines Seattle — Chicago	9h 18m including layover	Find flight from$130
07:00 — 16:34	07:00 — 09:18 AS1013 Alaska Airlines San Francisco — Seattle 1h 9m stop 10:27 — 16:34 AS352 Alaska Airlines Seattle — Chicago	7h 34m including layover	Find flight from$172
08:00 — 18:18	08:00 — 10:15 AS1123 Alaska Airlines San Francisco — Seattle 1h 56m stop 12:11 — 18:18 AS410 Alaska Airlines Seattle — Chicago	8h 18m including layover	Find flight from$130
08:17 — 00:17 +1 day	06:00 — 09:42 F91230 Frontier Airlines San Francisco — Denver 8h 59m stop 08:50 — 12:13 F92210 Frontier Airlines Denver — Chicago	14h including layover	Find flight from$87
09:23 — 21:02	09:23 — 15:00 F94000 Frontier Airlines San Francisco — Dallas 3h 46m stop 18:46 — 21:02 F92998 Frontier Airlines Dallas — Chicago	9h 39m including layover	Find flight from$148
10:02 — 06:33 +1 day	10:53 — 12:34 F94158 Frontier Airlines San Francisco — Las Vegas 13h 11m stop 06:11 — 11:48 F92330 Frontier Airlines Las Vegas — Chicago	18h 31m including layover	Find flight from$69
11:18 — 22:22	11:18 — 14:30 F92638 Frontier Airlines San Francisco — Phoenix 3h 35m stop 18:05 — 22:22 F91738 Frontier Airlines Phoenix — Chicago	9h 4m including layover	Find flight from$81
11:43 — 01:52 +1 day	11:43 — 14:50 F92638 Frontier Airlines San Francisco — Phoenix 6h 21m stop 21:11 — 01:52 F91828 Frontier Airlines Phoenix — Chicago	12h 9m including layover	Find flight from$86
12:24 — 06:33 +1 day	14:06 — 15:47 F92486 Frontier Airlines San Francisco — Las Vegas 10h 48m stop 06:50 — 12:34 F92330 Frontier Airlines Las Vegas — Chicago	16h 9m including layover	Find flight from$88
13:10 — 22:45	13:10 — 18:59 UA1314 United Airlines San Francisco — Houston 1h 3m stop 20:02 — 22:45 UA321 United Airlines Houston — Chicago	7h 35m including layover	Find flight from$174
14:40 — 23:59	14:40 — 18:20 UA1691 United Airlines San Francisco — Denver 2h 9m stop 20:29 — 23:59 UA377 United Airlines Denver — Chicago	7h 19m including layover	Find flight from$174
15:20 — 23:59	14:20 — 15:51 UA1960 United Airlines San Francisco — Los Angeles 1h stop 17:52 — 23:59 UA1312 United Airlines Los Angeles — Chicago	6h 39m including layover	Find flight from$174
16:04 — 00:19 +1 day	17:35 — 19:10 F93020 Frontier Airlines San Francisco — Las Vegas 52m stop 18:31 — 00:12 F92146 Frontier Airlines Las Vegas — Chicago	6h 15m including layover	Find flight from$88
17:50 — 05:53 +1 day	17:50 — 20:00 AS971 Alaska Airlines San Francisco — Seattle 3h 59m stop 23:59 — 05:53 AS461 Alaska Airlines Seattle — Chicago	10h 3m including layover	Find flight from$149
18:18 — 06:33 +1 day	17:35 — 19:10 F93020 Frontier Airlines San Francisco — Las Vegas 5h 1m stop 06:50 — 12:34 F92330 Frontier Airlines Las Vegas — Chicago	10h 15m including layover	Find flight from$68
18:18 — 10:55 +1 day	17:58 — 23:36 SY396 Sun Country Airlines San Francisco — Minneapolis 9h 11m stop 09:47 — 11:35 SY259 Sun Country Airlines Minneapolis — Chicago	14h 37m including layover	Find flight from$105
19:30 — 05:01 +1 day	18:55 — 20:26 UA1843 United Airlines San Francisco — Los Angeles 1h 59m stop 23:00 — 05:01 UA2622 United Airlines Los Angeles — Chicago	7h 31m including layover	Find flight from$173
21:09 — 11:20 +1 day	21:10 — 00:44 F93440 Frontier Airlines San Francisco — Denver 7h 17m stop 20:55 — 00:13 F92210 Frontier Airlines Denver — Chicago	12h 11m including layover	Find flight from$68
21:10 — 14:11 +1 day	21:10 — 00:44 F93440 Frontier Airlines San Francisco — Denver 9h 52m stop 20:59 — 00:35 F93172 Frontier Airlines Denver — Chicago	15h 1m including layover	Find flight from$68
22:59 — 11:44 +1 day	22:11 — 23:51 F91850 Frontier Airlines San Francisco — Las Vegas 5h 29m stop 06:05 — 11:49 F92330 Frontier Airlines Las Vegas — Chicago	10h 45m including layover	Find flight from$69
22:59 — 17:25 +1 day	22:59 — 00:42 F91850 Frontier Airlines San Francisco — Las Vegas 10h 55m stop 13:39 — 19:28 F92146 Frontier Airlines Las Vegas — Chicago	16h 26m including layover	Find flight from$69
23:08 — 10:55 +1 day	22:24 — 06:03 F91448 Frontier Airlines San Francisco — Atlanta 2h 53m stop 09:40 — 10:38 F92143 Frontier Airlines Atlanta — Chicago	9h 47m including layover	Find flight from$81
23:08 — 13:11 +1 day	23:08 — 07:07 F91448 Frontier Airlines San Francisco — Atlanta 4h 56m stop 12:03 — 13:11 F91595 Frontier Airlines Atlanta — Chicago	12h 3m including layover	Find flight from$86

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*Departure and arrival times - local. Updated on November 14, 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 00:22 to 23:59 from 3 San Francisco airports and arrive 00:22 to 23:59 to 7 Chicago airports. Average flight time is 4h 18m.

The fastest flight 4h 10m
Average flight time 4h 18m
The earliest flight 00:22
The latest flight 23:59
Distance 1857 ml

The cheapest months to travel to Chicago are november (from 60 $), december (from 68 $), january (from 69 $).

The most expensive months are february (from 81 $), january (from 69 $), december (from 68 $).

What is the lowest airfare San Francisco to Chicago?

The cheapest plane ticket found by our users is $68. This airfare is for economy class on one-way F93440 flight by Frontier Airlines for December 12, 2024 which leaves San Francisco in San Francisco at 21:10 am and arrives at Chicago O'Hare International at 14:11.

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Popular Airlines on the Route

The flight San Francisco — Chicago is served by 9 regular airlines and 3 low-cost airlines. Most of the flights on this route are operated by Alaska Airlines - 26 departures per week at the price of from $ 130 . And the most expensive tickets are offered by SWISS International Air Lines airline - from $ 2605.

Direct flights

There are 24 nonstop flights on the route. The fastest direct flight is UA534 by United Airlines takes 4h 10m and the cheapest is F93440 by Frontier Airlines for $139.

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Connecting Flights

There are 167 flights with layovers on the route. The fastest connecting flight is F91230 by Frontier Airlines takes 5h 55m and the cheapest is F93440 by Frontier Airlines for $68.

AS - Alaska Airlines

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F9 - Frontier Airlines

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UA - United Airlines

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SY - Sun Country Airlines

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TK - Turkish Airlines

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AM - Aeromexico

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WS - WestJet

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TP - TAP Portugal

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LX - SWISS International Air Lines

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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

O'Hare International-ORD

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Airplanes

There are flights to Chicago from San Francisco by 9 airlines that use 4 aircraft brands. They range from huge modern airplanes to small-sized.

Boeing 737-100/200

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Boeing 737-800

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Boeing 737 MAX 9

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Boeing 737-900

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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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San Francisco — Las Vegas

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San Francisco — Denver

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San Francisco — Seattle

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San Francisco — San Diego

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San Francisco — Nashville

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San Francisco — Los Angeles

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Top International Destinations from San Francisco

Our state-of-the art metasearch will definitely provide you with the best airfare on international flights. We’re proud to partner with many reliable travel suppliers located outside the US what gives us an opportunity to offer the most competitive prices on far destinations.

San Francisco — London

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San Francisco — Dublin

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San Francisco — Manchester

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San Francisco — Mumbai

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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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