Cheap Flights from San Francisco, CA to Chicago, IL from $73

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On Cheapflightsplus.com you will find 29 direct and 597 connecting flights from San Francisco to Chicago. You can compare airfare deals from 13 airlines and multiple travel sites from $73, 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 $73. The fastest direct flight takes 4h 10m and the fastest connecting – 5h 40m.

Price	Departure	Arrival	Flight Duration	Airline	Flight
from $168 Find flight	10:46 San Francisco San Francisco	16:58 Chicago O'Hare International	4h 12m	Alaska Airlines	AS598
from $197 Find flight	23:59 San Francisco San Francisco	06:11+1 день Chicago O'Hare International	4h 12m	United Airlines	UA476
from $227 Find flight	18:41 San Francisco San Francisco	00:59+1 день Chicago O'Hare International	4h 18m	United Airlines	UA2117
from $270 Find flight	07:40 San Francisco San Francisco	13:54 Chicago O'Hare International	4h 14m	American Airlines	AA2614
from $281 Find flight	08:25 San Francisco San Francisco	14:35 Chicago O'Hare International	4h 10m	United Airlines	UA534
from $312 Find flight	06:15 San Francisco San Francisco	12:38 Chicago O'Hare International	4h 23m	United Airlines	UA2207
from $375 Find flight	13:15 San Francisco San Francisco	19:30 Chicago O'Hare International	4h 15m	United Airlines	UA1791
from $395 Find flight	08:15 San Francisco San Francisco	14:25 Chicago Midway	4h 10m	Southwest Airlines	WN1145
from $435 Find flight	23:20 San Francisco San Francisco	05:40+1 день Chicago O'Hare International	4h 20m	United Airlines	UA635
from $508 Find flight	08:29 San Francisco San Francisco	14:55 Chicago O'Hare International	4h 26m	United Airlines	UA793
from $73 Find flight	06:05 San Francisco San Francisco	14:00 Chicago O'Hare International	5h 55m layover 0h 46m - Denver	Frontier Airlines	F91230 F93174
from $82 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 $84 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 $97 Find flight	10:59 San Francisco San Francisco	22:14 Chicago Midway	9h 15m layover 3h 19m - Dallas	Frontier Airlines	F91964 F92998
from $117 Find flight	16:06 San Francisco San Francisco	12:05+1 день Chicago O'Hare International	17h 59m layover 5h 15m - Las Vegas 3h 14m - Orlando	Frontier Airlines	F93020 F91876 F93043
from $153 Find flight	13:50 San Francisco San Francisco	13:32+1 день Chicago O'Hare International	21h 42m layover 6h 23m - Denver 7h 26m - Atlanta	Frontier Airlines	F91094 F93294 F91441

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*Departure and arrival times - local. Prices indicated for one-way flights. Information updated on May 15, 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
05:15 — 11:32	05:15 — 11:32 UA561 United Airlines San Francisco — Chicago	4h 17m	Find flight from$375
06:15 — 12:42	06:15 — 12:42 UA2182 United Airlines San Francisco — Chicago	4h 27m	Find flight from$198
06:15 — 12:37	06:15 — 12:37 UA2115 United Airlines San Francisco — Chicago	4h 22m	Find flight from$281
06:15 — 12:38	06:15 — 12:38 UA2207 United Airlines San Francisco — Chicago	4h 23m	Find flight from$312
06:15 — 12:37	06:15 — 12:37 UA2635 United Airlines San Francisco — Chicago	4h 22m	Find flight from$375
07:40 — 13:54	07:40 — 13:54 AA2614 American Airlines San Francisco — Chicago	4h 14m	Find flight from$270
08:15 — 14:25	08:15 — 14:25 WN1145 Southwest Airlines San Francisco — Chicago	4h 10m	Find flight from$395
08:25 — 14:54	08:25 — 14:54 UA795 United Airlines San Francisco — Chicago	4h 29m	Find flight from$256
08:25 — 14:35	08:25 — 14:35 UA534 United Airlines San Francisco — Chicago	4h 10m	Find flight from$281
10:35 — 16:55	10:35 — 16:55 UA1612 United Airlines San Francisco — Chicago	4h 20m	Find flight from$375
10:46 — 16:58	10:46 — 16:58 AS598 Alaska Airlines San Francisco — Chicago	4h 12m	Find flight from$168
13:15 — 19:30	13:15 — 19:30 UA1791 United Airlines San Francisco — Chicago	4h 15m	Find flight from$375
13:25 — 19:40	13:25 — 19:40 UA468 United Airlines San Francisco — Chicago	4h 15m	Find flight from$306
13:40 — 19:59	13:40 — 19:59 UA2386 United Airlines San Francisco — Chicago	4h 19m	Find flight from$197
13:46 — 20:03	13:46 — 20:03 UA1332 United Airlines San Francisco — Chicago	4h 17m	Find flight from$377
16:55 — 23:12	16:55 — 23:12 UA373 United Airlines San Francisco — Chicago	4h 17m	Find flight from$197
16:55 — 23:19	16:55 — 23:19 UA1482 United Airlines San Francisco — Chicago	4h 24m	Find flight from$198
16:55 — 23:12	16:55 — 23:12 UA2626 United Airlines San Francisco — Chicago	4h 17m	Find flight from$375
18:35 — 00:52 +1 day	18:35 — 00:52 UA737 United Airlines San Francisco — Chicago	4h 17m	Find flight from$431
18:41 — 00:59 +1 day	18:41 — 00:59 UA2117 United Airlines San Francisco — Chicago	4h 18m	Find flight from$227
22:35 — 04:53 +1 day	22:35 — 04:53 UA2482 United Airlines San Francisco — Chicago	4h 18m	Find flight from$227
22:44 — 05:00 +1 day	22:44 — 05:00 UA1494 United Airlines San Francisco — Chicago	4h 16m	Find flight from$431
22:50 — 05:06 +1 day	22:50 — 05:06 UA456 United Airlines San Francisco — Chicago	4h 16m	Find flight from$197
23:20 — 05:40 +1 day	23:20 — 05:40 UA635 United Airlines San Francisco — Chicago	4h 20m	Find flight from$435
23:50 — 06:04 +1 day	23:50 — 06:04 AA3100 American Airlines San Francisco — Chicago	4h 14m	Find flight from$270
23:55 — 06:13 +1 day	23:55 — 06:13 UA1112 United Airlines San Francisco — Chicago	4h 18m	Find flight from$227
23:59 — 06:11 +1 day	23:59 — 06:11 UA476 United Airlines San Francisco — Chicago	4h 12m	Find flight from$197
23:59 — 06:18 +1 day	23:59 — 06:18 UA2097 United Airlines San Francisco — Chicago	4h 19m	Find flight from$198
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$104
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$82
06:00 — 15:50	06:00 — 09:42 F91230 Frontier Airlines San Francisco — Denver 2h 46m stop 13:54 — 17:17 F91228 Frontier Airlines Denver — Chicago	7h 50m including layover	Find flight from$76
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$73
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$82
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$84
10:59 — 22:14	10:59 — 16:31 F91964 Frontier Airlines San Francisco — Dallas 3h 19m stop 19:50 — 22:14 F92998 Frontier Airlines Dallas — Chicago	9h 15m including layover	Find flight from$97
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$98
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$104
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$82
13:50 — 09:47 +1 day	13:50 — 17:26 F91094 Frontier Airlines San Francisco — Denver 12h 44m stop 06:10 — 09:47 F91484 Frontier Airlines Denver — Chicago	17h 57m including layover	Find flight from$82
13:50 — 15:50 +1 day	13:50 — 17:26 F91094 Frontier Airlines San Francisco — Denver 19h 2m stop 12:28 — 15:50 F91228 Frontier Airlines Denver — Chicago	24h including layover	Find flight from$89
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$82
16:06 — 04:45 +1 day	16:06 — 17:48 F93020 Frontier Airlines San Francisco — Las Vegas 5h 29m stop 23:17 — 04:45 NK182 Spirit Airlines Las Vegas — Chicago	10h 39m including layover	Find flight from$115
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$82
21:05 — 12:34 +1 day	21:05 — 22:43 F94156 Frontier Airlines San Francisco — Las Vegas 8h 7m stop 06:50 — 12:34 F92330 Frontier Airlines Las Vegas — Chicago	13h 29m including layover	Find flight from$82
21:05 — 00:12 +2 days	21:05 — 22:43 F94156 Frontier Airlines San Francisco — Las Vegas 19h 48m stop 18:31 — 00:12 F92146 Frontier Airlines Las Vegas — Chicago	25h 7m including layover	Find flight from$82
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$84
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$84
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$98
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$104

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*Departure and arrival times - local. Updated on May 15, 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 00:22 to 23:59 from 3 San Francisco airports and arrive 00:22 to 23:59 to 7 Chicago airports. Average flight time is 4h 17m.

The fastest flight 4h 10m
Average flight time 4h 17m
The earliest flight 00:22
The latest flight 23:59
Distance 1857 ml

The cheapest months to travel to Chicago are november (from 73 $), december (from 82 $), january (from 84 $).

The most expensive months are february (from 98 $), january (from 84 $), december (from 82 $).

What is the lowest airfare San Francisco to Chicago?

The cheapest plane ticket found by our users is $73. This airfare is for economy class on one-way F91230 flight by Frontier Airlines for December 12, 2024 which leaves San Francisco in San Francisco at 06:05 am and arrives at Chicago O'Hare International at 14:00.

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Popular Airlines on the Route

The flight San Francisco — Chicago is served by 13 regular airlines and 5 low-cost airlines. Most of the flights on this route are operated by United Airlines - 218 departures per week at the price of from $ 197 . And the most expensive tickets are offered by Aeromexico airline - from $ 3774.

Direct flights

There are 29 nonstop flights on the route. The fastest direct flight is UA534 by United Airlines takes 4h 10m and the cheapest is F91230 by Frontier Airlines for $168.

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AA - American Airlines

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AS - Alaska Airlines

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Connecting Flights

There are 597 flights with layovers on the route. The fastest connecting flight is UA5962 by United Airlines takes 5h 40m and the cheapest is F91230 by Frontier Airlines for $73.

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AA - American Airlines

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SY - Sun Country Airlines

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DL - Delta Air Lines Inc.

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AM - Aeromexico

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LX - SWISS International Air Lines

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AS - Alaska Airlines

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F9 - Frontier Airlines

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B6 - JetBlue

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WN - Southwest Airlines

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TK - Turkish Airlines

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WS - WestJet

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

Boeing 737-100/200

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Airbus A318/319/320/321

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Boeing 737 MAX 9

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Boeing 737-800

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Embraer 175 (short wing)

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Airbus A320

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Airbus A319

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Boeing 737-900

from $233

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Boeing 737 MAX 8

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Airbus A321

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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 — Los Angeles

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San Francisco — Chicago

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San Francisco — Boston

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San Francisco — Miami

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San Francisco — Phoenix

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San Francisco — Washington D.C.

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Top International Destinations from San Francisco

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San Francisco — Vancouver

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San Francisco — Paris

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San Francisco — Manila

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San Francisco — Cancun

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