Cheap Flights from Tampa, FL to Chicago, IL from $51

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On Cheapflightsplus.com you will find 7 direct and 79 connecting flights from Tampa to Chicago. You can compare airfare deals from 7 airlines and multiple travel sites from $51, book and save on cheap plane tickets and last minute offers. Also check out TPA-CHI flight schedule to find best flight time, convenient departure and arrival airports.

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Best Flights from Tampa to Chicago Today

Take a look at the list of non stop flights and flights with layovers from Tampa to Chicago with the lowest price of $51. The fastest direct flight takes 2h 43m and the fastest connecting – 5h 18m.

Price	Departure	Arrival	Flight Duration	Airline	Flight
from $51 Find flight	17:05 Tampa Tampa Int.	18:48 Chicago Midway	2h 43m	Frontier Airlines	F91185
from $52 Find flight	20:32 Tampa Tampa Int.	22:29 Chicago O'Hare International	2h 57m	Spirit Airlines	NK1171
from $52 Find flight	11:19 Tampa Tampa Int.	13:23 Chicago O'Hare International	3h 4m	Spirit Airlines	NK716
from $120 Find flight	09:45 Tampa Tampa Int.	11:46 Chicago O'Hare International	3h 1m	United Airlines	UA408
from $120 Find flight	11:11 Tampa Tampa Int.	13:13 Chicago O'Hare International	3h 2m	United Airlines	UA1596
from $122 Find flight	14:40 Tampa Tampa Int.	16:47 Chicago O'Hare International	3h 7m	United Airlines	UA1583
from $122 Find flight	11:01 Tampa Tampa Int.	13:09 Chicago O'Hare International	3h 8m	United Airlines	UA2047
from $66 Find flight	15:05 Tampa Tampa Int.	21:55 Chicago Midway	7h 50m layover 3h 58m - Raleigh	Frontier Airlines	F93372 F93717
from $76 Find flight	05:01 Tampa Tampa Int.	10:09 Chicago Midway	6h 8m layover 1h 10m - Philadelphia	Frontier Airlines	F91474 F91617
from $81 Find flight	05:30 Tampa Tampa Int.	09:55 Chicago O'Hare International	5h 25m layover 1h 7m - Miami	Spirit Airlines	NK1955 NK2
from $137 Find flight	06:37 Tampa Tampa Int.	10:55 Chicago Midway	5h 18m layover 1h 39m - Atlanta	Frontier Airlines	F92911 F92143
from $143 Find flight	09:18 Tampa Tampa Int.	16:31 Chicago O'Hare International	8h 13m layover 4h 19m - Atlanta	Frontier Airlines	F93053 F91595
from $143 Find flight	06:37 Tampa Tampa Int.	16:31 Chicago O'Hare International	10h 54m layover 7h 2m - Atlanta	Frontier Airlines	F92911 F91595
from $149 Find flight	14:16 Tampa Tampa Int.	18:55 Chicago O'Hare International	5h 39m layover 1h 6m - Washington D.C.	United Airlines	UA2398 UA1117
from $149 Find flight	09:00 Tampa Tampa Int.	14:34 Chicago O'Hare International	6h 34m layover 1h 58m - Washington D.C.	United Airlines	UA2331 UA1193
from $106 Find flight	06:00 Tampa Tampa Int.	22:55 Chicago O'Hare International	17h 55m layover 6h 2m - Miami 5h 9m - New York	Spirit Airlines	NK284 NK1384 NK225

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*Departure and arrival times - local. Prices indicated for one-way flights. Information updated on January 21, 2025

Flight Schedule Tampa (Florida) to Chicago (Illinois)

Full flight schedule will help you in detecting at what time planes fly from Tampa 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
09:45 — 11:46	09:45 — 11:46 UA408 United Airlines Tampa — Chicago	3h 1m	Find flight from$120
11:01 — 13:09	11:01 — 13:09 UA2047 United Airlines Tampa — Chicago	3h 8m	Find flight from$122
11:11 — 13:13	11:11 — 13:13 UA1596 United Airlines Tampa — Chicago	3h 2m	Find flight from$120
11:19 — 13:23	11:19 — 13:23 NK716 Spirit Airlines Tampa — Chicago	3h 4m	Find flight from$52
14:40 — 16:47	14:40 — 16:47 UA1583 United Airlines Tampa — Chicago	3h 7m	Find flight from$122
17:05 — 18:48	17:05 — 18:48 F91185 Frontier Airlines Tampa — Chicago	2h 43m	Find flight from$51
20:32 — 22:29	20:32 — 22:29 NK1171 Spirit Airlines Tampa — Chicago	2h 57m	Find flight from$52
05:01 — 10:09	05:01 — 07:46 F91474 Frontier Airlines Tampa — Philadelphia 1h 10m stop 08:56 — 10:09 F91617 Frontier Airlines Philadelphia — Chicago	6h 8m including layover	Find flight from$76
05:01 — 10:33	05:01 — 07:46 F91474 Frontier Airlines Tampa — Philadelphia 1h 23m stop 09:09 — 10:33 F92111 Frontier Airlines Philadelphia — Chicago	6h 32m including layover	Find flight from$76
06:37 — 10:55	06:37 — 08:21 F92911 Frontier Airlines Tampa — Atlanta 1h 39m stop 10:00 — 10:55 F92143 Frontier Airlines Atlanta — Chicago	5h 18m including layover	Find flight from$137
07:00 — 14:55	07:00 — 08:15 UA3054 United Airlines Tampa — Miami 4h 8m stop 12:33 — 14:55 UA1755 United Airlines Miami — Chicago	8h 55m including layover	Find flight from$190
07:00 — 18:49	07:00 — 08:15 UA3054 United Airlines Tampa — Miami 8h 10m stop 16:25 — 18:49 UA672 United Airlines Miami — Chicago	12h 49m including layover	Find flight from$190
08:00 — 17:01	08:00 — 10:48 UA1669 United Airlines Tampa — Newark 4h 37m stop 15:25 — 17:01 UA1144 United Airlines Newark — Chicago	10h 1m including layover	Find flight from$219
08:00 — 21:52	08:00 — 11:47 MX120 Mexicana Tampa — Las Vegas 4h 21m stop 16:08 — 21:52 NK714 Spirit Airlines Las Vegas — Chicago	14h 52m including layover	Find flight from$238
09:18 — 16:31	15:25 — 17:22 F93053 Frontier Airlines Tampa — Atlanta 4h 19m stop 22:26 — 23:51 F91595 Frontier Airlines Atlanta — Chicago	8h 13m including layover	Find flight from$143
10:00 — 18:49	10:00 — 11:15 UA3078 United Airlines Tampa — Miami 5h 10m stop 16:25 — 18:49 UA672 United Airlines Miami — Chicago	9h 49m including layover	Find flight from$190
10:56 — 21:52	10:56 — 13:08 NK555 Spirit Airlines Tampa — Las Vegas 3h stop 16:08 — 21:52 NK714 Spirit Airlines Las Vegas — Chicago	11h 56m including layover	Find flight from$217
12:00 — 18:21	12:00 — 13:15 UA3136 United Airlines Tampa — Key West 2h 35m stop 15:50 — 18:21 UA770 United Airlines Key West — Chicago	7h 21m including layover	Find flight from$280
12:50 — 22:57	12:25 — 15:12 UA1548 United Airlines Tampa — Newark 5h 47m stop 21:28 — 23:00 UA1308 United Airlines Newark — Chicago	11h 7m including layover	Find flight from$219
13:58 — 18:52	12:30 — 14:46 UA2398 United Airlines Tampa — Washington D.C. 1h 8m stop 17:21 — 18:35 UA2497 United Airlines Washington D.C. — Chicago	5h 54m including layover	Find flight from$241
14:16 — 18:55	14:16 — 16:30 UA2398 United Airlines Tampa — Washington D.C. 1h 6m stop 17:36 — 18:55 UA1117 United Airlines Washington D.C. — Chicago	5h 39m including layover	Find flight from$149
15:05 — 21:55	15:05 — 16:56 F93372 Frontier Airlines Tampa — Raleigh 3h 58m stop 20:54 — 21:55 F93717 Frontier Airlines Raleigh — Chicago	7h 50m including layover	Find flight from$66
15:46 — 04:37 +1 day	15:43 — 18:15 AM1741 Aeromexico Tampa — Mexico City 6h 15m stop 00:40 — 04:37 Y4700 Volaris Mexico City — Chicago	13h 51m including layover	Find flight from$301
18:31 — 14:40 +1 day	18:31 — 22:00 AS326 Alaska Airlines Tampa — Seattle 10h 25m stop 08:25 — 14:40 AS408 Alaska Airlines Seattle — Chicago	21h 9m including layover	Find flight from$233
18:42 — 13:07 +1 day	18:42 — 21:45 AS529 Alaska Airlines Tampa — Portland 9h 15m stop 07:00 — 13:07 AS324 Alaska Airlines Portland — Chicago	19h 25m including layover	Find flight from$255
06:00 — 22:55	06:00 — 07:07 NK284 Spirit Airlines Tampa — Miami 6h 2m stop 13:09 — 16:06 NK1384 Spirit Airlines Miami — New York 5h 9m stop 21:15 — 22:55 NK225 Spirit Airlines New York — Chicago	17h 55m including layover	Find flight from$106
17:10 — 01:13 +1 day	17:10 — 18:17 NK323 Spirit Airlines Tampa — Miami 1h 13m stop 19:30 — 21:34 NK214 Spirit Airlines Miami — Dallas 1h 25m stop 22:59 — 01:13 NK828 Spirit Airlines Dallas — Chicago	9h 3m including layover	Find flight from$208
20:55 — 10:36 +1 day	20:55 — 23:53 PD528 Porter Airlines Tampa — Toronto 6h 37m stop 06:30 — 08:14 WS6353 WestJet Toronto — Minneapolis 36m stop 08:50 — 10:36 WS6390 WestJet Minneapolis — Chicago	14h 41m including layover	Find flight from$287

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*Departure and arrival times - local. Updated on January 21, 2025

Flight Information

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

Distance between Tampa and Chicago is 1614 miles. Time difference between the cities is 1h. Airplanes depart 05:01 to 20:55 from 4 Tampa airports and arrive 05:01 to 20:55 to 7 Chicago airports. Average flight time is 3h 2m.

The fastest flight 2h 43m
Average flight time 3h 2m
The earliest flight 05:01
The latest flight 20:55
Distance 1003 ml

The cheapest months to travel to Chicago are february (from 51 $), january (from 52 $), november (from 56 $).

The most expensive months are december (from 149 $), november (from 56 $), january (from 52 $).

What is the lowest airfare Tampa to Chicago?

The cheapest plane ticket found by our users is $51. This airfare is for economy class on one-way F91185 flight by Frontier Airlines for February 21, 2025 which leaves Tampa Int. in Tampa at 17:05 am and arrives at Chicago Midway at 18:48.

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Popular Airlines on the Route

The flight Tampa — Chicago is served by 7 regular airlines and 3 low-cost airlines. Most of the flights on this route are operated by Alaska Airlines - 7 departures per week at the price of from $ 214 . And the most expensive tickets are offered by Spirit Airlines airline - from $ 464.

Direct flights

There are 7 nonstop flights on the route. The fastest direct flight is F91185 by Frontier Airlines takes 2h 43m and the cheapest is F91185 by Frontier Airlines for $51.

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Connecting Flights

There are 79 flights with layovers on the route. The fastest connecting flight is F92911 by Frontier Airlines takes 5h 18m and the cheapest is F91185 by Frontier Airlines for $66.

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F9 - Frontier Airlines

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UA - United Airlines

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NK - Spirit Airlines

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PD - Porter Airlines

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MX - Mexicana

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AM - Aeromexico

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Airports

You can fly from Tampa to Chicago from 4 airports (Topp Of Tampa, Mac Dill AFB, Peter O'Knight, Tampa Int.).

Tampa airports

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Chicago airports

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Airplanes

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

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