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$145 Find cheap flights from El Salvador to Chicago

This is the cheapest one-way flight price found by a KAYAK user in the last 72 hours by searching for a flight to Chicago departing on 6/16. Fares are subject to change and may not be available on all flights or dates of travel. Click the price to replicate the search for this deal.
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Flights to Chicago - Travel Insights & Trends

Get data-powered insights and trends for flights to Chicago to help you find the cheapest flights, the best time to fly and much more.

What is the cheapest day to fly to Chicago?

The average price of all flights to Chicago clicked on KAYAK for each day over the last 12 months.
Based on KAYAK data, the cheapest day to fly to Chicago is Thursday where tickets can be as cheap as $348. On the other hand, the most expensive day to fly is Sunday, where prices are $552 on average.

What is the cheapest month to fly to Chicago?

To calculate monthly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each month over the last year for flights to Chicago, removes the top 0.1% to account for outliers, and then takes the median of all values for each month.
The cheapest month for flights to Chicago is January, where tickets cost $263 on average for one-way flights. On the other hand, the most expensive months are June and August, where the average cost of tickets from El Salvador is $576 and $555 respectively. For return trips, the best month to travel is January with an average price of $263.

What is the cheapest time of day to fly to Chicago?

The average price for all flights to Chicago depending on the time of departure, clicked by users on KAYAK in the last 2 weeks.
The cheapest time of day to fly to Chicago is generally at night, when flights cost $361 on average. The most expensive time of day to fly to Chicago is generally in the morning, which is peak travel time and where the average cost of a ticket is $523.

How far in advance should I book a flight to Chicago?

To calculate daily average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each day before departure over the last year for flights to Chicago, removes the top 0.1% to account for outliers, and then takes the average of all the values for each month.
To get a below average price, you should book around 0 weeks before departure. For the absolute cheapest price, our data suggests you should book 33 days before departure.

Which is the cheapest airport to fly into in Chicago?

Prices will differ depending on the departure airport, but generally, the cheapest airport to fly to in Chicago is Chicago Midway Airport, with an average flight price of $101.

How many airports are there in Chicago?

There are 3 airports in Chicago: Chicago O'Hare Airport (ORD), Chicago Midway Airport (MDW) and Chicago Greater Rockford Airport (RFD). The busiest airport is Chicago O'Hare Airport (ORD), with 75% of all flights arriving there.

How long is the flight to Chicago?

The duration of your flight to Chicago depends on your departure and arrival airports. Obviously any flights that include a layover will also be longer. The most popular route to Chicago on KAYAK is from San Salvador, which takes 6h 10m.

How many direct flights to Chicago are there each day?

There are around 1,779 direct flights from within El Salvador to Chicago every day. Most flights depart in the morning, with 6:00 am the most common departure time and 49% of flights departing in the morning.

How many direct flights to Chicago are there each week?

Each week there are around 12,453 direct flights from within El Salvador to Chicago. The most common day for departures is Friday, with 15% of flights taking off on this day.

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Low season

February

High season

December

Cheapest flight

$145
Best time to beat the crowds with an average 34% drop in price.
Most popular time to fly with an average 6% increase in price.
Flight from San Salvador to Chicago

FAQs - booking Chicago flights

  • Which Chicago airport is closest to central Chicago?

    Out of the 3 airports in Chicago, Chicago Midway Airport is the nearest to the city center (9 miles). You'll travel 16 miles to reach the center of Chicago if you land in Chicago O'Hare Airport and 79 miles if you land in Chicago Greater Rockford.

  • How much is a flight to Chicago?

    On average, a flight to Chicago costs $389. The cheapest price found on KAYAK in the last 2 weeks cost $219 and departed from San Salvador El Salvador Intl Airport.

  • How does KAYAK find such low prices on flights to Chicago?

    KAYAK is a travel search engine. That means we look across the web to find the best prices we can find for our users. With over 2 billion flight queries processed yearly, we are able to display a variety of prices and options on flights to Chicago.

  • How does KAYAK's flight Price Forecast tool help me choose the right time to buy my flight ticket to Chicago?

    KAYAK’s flight Price Forecast tool uses historical data to determine whether the price for a flight to Chicago is likely to change within 7 days, so travelers know whether to wait or book now.

  • What is the Hacker Fare option on flights to Chicago?

    Hacker Fares allow you to combine one-way tickets in order to save you money over a traditional round-trip ticket. You could then fly to Chicago with an airline and back with another airline.

  • What is KAYAK's "flexible dates" feature and why should I care when looking for a flight to Chicago?

    Sometimes travel dates aren't set in stone. If your preferred travel dates have some wiggle room, flexible dates will show you all the options when flying to Chicago up to 3 days before/after your preferred dates. You can then pick the flights that suit you best.

  • Which airline offers the most flights to Chicago?

    Of the 14 airlines that fly to Chicago, American Airlines offers the most flights, with around 4,269 per week, followed by United Airlines with 3,407 flights per week.

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Nonstop departures

El Salvador to Chicago

Monday

ANA, Aer Lingus, Aeromexico, +80 more

ANA, Aer Lingus, +81 more

Tuesday

ANA, Aer Lingus, Aerolineas Argentinas, +79 more

ANA, Aer Lingus, +80 more

Wednesday

ANA, Aer Lingus, Aeromexico, +79 more

ANA, Aer Lingus, +80 more

Thursday

ANA, Aer Lingus, Aeromexico, +78 more

ANA, Aer Lingus, +79 more

Friday

ANA, Aer Lingus, Aerolineas Argentinas, +81 more

ANA, Aer Lingus, +82 more

Saturday

ANA, Aer Lingus, Aerolineas Argentinas, +79 more

ANA, Aer Lingus, +80 more

Sunday

ANA, Aer Lingus, Aerolineas Argentinas, +79 more

ANA, Aer Lingus, +80 more

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Nonstop returns

Chicago to El Salvador

Monday

ANA, Aer Lingus, Aeromexico, +80 more

ANA, Aer Lingus, +81 more

Tuesday

ANA, Aer Lingus, Aerolineas Argentinas, +79 more

ANA, Aer Lingus, +80 more

Wednesday

ANA, Aer Lingus, Aeromexico, +79 more

ANA, Aer Lingus, +80 more

Thursday

ANA, Aer Lingus, Aeromexico, +78 more

ANA, Aer Lingus, +79 more

Friday

ANA, Aer Lingus, Aerolineas Argentinas, +81 more

ANA, Aer Lingus, +82 more

Saturday

ANA, Aer Lingus, Aerolineas Argentinas, +79 more

ANA, Aer Lingus, +80 more

Sunday

ANA, Aer Lingus, Aerolineas Argentinas, +79 more

ANA, Aer Lingus, +80 more

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Top 3 airlines serving from El Salvador to Chicago

 
See real verified KAYAK customer reviews for airlines flying to Chicago. Airline scores are aggregated from all reviews left by passengers on KAYAK after flying with an airline from El Salvador to Chicago. KAYAK doesn’t show reviews that are older than 5 years. Learn how KAYAK collects reviews.
Need help choosing which airline to fly with to Chicago? KAYAK airline reviews give an overall score for each airline based on loads of factors, including comfort, boarding, in-flight entertainment and more, to make your decision easier. See airline scores according to verified KAYAK customer reviews.
7.4
United AirlinesOverall score based on 10900 reviews
7.2Comfort
6.7Food
7.7Boarding
7.1Entertainment
8.1Crew
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It was good! Appreciated that it was very on schedule so it made the connecting flight less stressful

8.0 ExcellentAnonymous, Apr 2024YUL - ORD
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It was good! Appreciated that it was very on schedule so it made the connecting flight less stressful

I was told we'd have a hot breakfast option in first class, so I chose not get a hot breakfast. It was a very strange meal, but the fresh fruit was very good quality. Service was excellent from ORD to ELP. No service from MBS to ORD, not even water. However, when flying American from FNT to ORD, which is a shorter flight, they at least pass out snacks and offer water.

We were delayed an hour leaving Munich (No fault of the crew). They kept us posted on the status so we knew what was going on, but as a result we missed our connection in Chicago and the communication on connecting flights was pretty poor as we disembarked. It was already stressful and some of that could have been reduced by better communications about where to find transfers, etc.

One problem, but a serious one - the plane is built with electric windows that tint dark to reduce light. Sitting next to the window is VERY UNCOMFORTABLE as it emits so much HEAT in the face when tinted.

The delays (5 hrs) were a comedy of errors, and the multiple safety issues encountered were very concerning.

Wifi wasn't working on one of the UA flights after boarding.

The flight was delayed instead of leaving at 11 it left at 12.20

United WiFi is consistently unusable (it can take 10 mins to load a single web page). If you need Wifi to do work, be prepared to lose half a day of productivity.

Crew was not very helpful. They forgot to serve me coffee and had to wait for a long time.It looked as if they were not very happy with what they were doing.

Good movies, iffy pay WiFi, food ok- on time though and that was great!

Left on time. Arrived early. Turbulence coming in and gate not open due to early arrival but expected.

The CX617 from HK to BKK was delayed more than 1.5 hours.

The plane was old and in new of a cleaning up and renovating on the interior. Seats and carpets were very worn and dirty looking. Cushioning on the seats was broken down and not as comfortable as newer jet seats. Food was a little below average but okay. Staff were friendly and hard working but did not pick up debris or food they spilled when collecting from the customers. But they were very helpful and professional.

This flight is frequently delayed. The connections seemingly are more frequently delayed. I’ve missed connections as a result twice on the same route to charlotte then Charleston. Final destination arrival has been the next day, twice in a row. No pilots, no crew. Too many excuses. Unfortunately, my days with American are over.

Entertainment was okay not because anything was wrong but it is a short flight so having no wifi is annoying but understandable. Crew was outstanding as usual

Those seats were way too narrow. I had the middle seat, one person was a very skinny person and we still couldn’t avoid touching each other anytime one of us moved. The other person was larger and we were basically sitting in each others lap the entire flight. There was zero entertainment. The flight was long enough to justify tvs, but no. Gotta sit there in your infant seat and twiddle your thumbs.

Flight was fine. It took an unusually long time to have baggage delivered to the carousel in ORD.

Average - flew with Jet Blue internal and it was far more comfortable and better food and entertainment. Notable difference

The flight got canceled due to mechanical issues, and he to be rebooked and missed my appointments for that day

The flight was scheduled to depart DCA at 12:30 pm but was delayed twice on the ground so that we were finally scheduled to depart at around 4:00 pm. Once we boarded, it was announced that takeoff would be delayed again to fix a hydraulic problem which delayed our eventual takeoff until around 5:00 pm. Once we departed, it was a smooth flight back to ORD. We did not get any explanation about what caused the original significant delay. In my experience, this happens frequently with AA.

Crew was nice, explained emergency protocol very well. Flight took off and arrived on time. Pilot explained the small delay that occurred with docking and providing updates. I would definitely fly spirit again.

The seat are terrible. Don’t even think of sleeping on a Spirit flight. The kids that run the plane aka flight attendants are pretty rude and straight forward. They get the job done but without class.

I had a death in my family and booked my flight on Spirit. My flight was cancelled the morning of my flight, no explanation, no help to rebook, nobody to talk to. The next available flight was 2days later !!!! Terrible airline, will NEVER fly with them again!

They took a horrible route with a lot of turbulence and I eneded up getting sick. Even if the flight takes longer. Don't put people life at risk just to get to the airport on time.

Every thing was fine ,low price,easy on time ,clean, good staff, really no issues

Had to board plan 2x due to lack of security check after 1st boarding

Miserable. The crew was rude, the flight was delayed 5 hours for mechanical reasons and then “weather” even though other planes were leaving.

They kept Changing the flight times. It was delayed several times and at one point it was supposed to depart at 3.40am! At which point we ended up staying overnight and booked long a separate United flight for early morning departure. The spirit flight then got moved up and left at 1.30 in the morning when it was supposed to leave at 9.40pm the night before.

Flight was delayed...not horribly late. Just before push back engine shut down for a quick replacement item that took about five minutes. After that, everything was smooth and the pilot was able to make up time in the air so that our arrival time was not too far off the original anticipated arrival time.

Only inflight purchases for food and water. Nothing comes with ticket price. Have to purchase bags, food...

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Recent round-trip flight deals

 
These are the cheapest round-trip flights to Chicago found on KAYAK in the last 72 hours.
6/3seg
1 stop
21h 30mSAL-ORD
6/11ter
1 stop
23h 05mORD-SAL
$223
6/3seg
1 stopSpirit Airlines
7h 56mSAL-ORD
6/11ter
2 stopsSpirit Airlines
17h 43mORD-SAL
$224
7/1seg
1 stopUnited Airlines
9h 39mSAL-ORD
7/27sáb
1 stopUnited Airlines
16h 41mORD-SAL
$326
6/15sáb
1 stopAvianca
15h 40mSAL-ORD
8/11dom
1 stopAvianca
6h 00mORD-SAL
$355
5/24sex
1 stopAmerican Airlines
10h 27mSAL-ORD
5/28ter
1 stopAmerican Airlines
7h 28mORD-SAL
$373
5/24sex
1 stopAmerican Airlines
8h 55mSAL-ORD
5/28ter
2 stopsAmerican Airlines
11h 55mORD-SAL
$376
8/6ter
2 stopsDelta
16h 22mSAL-ORD
8/13ter
1 stopDelta
7h 00mORD-SAL
$411
8/7qua
2 stopsDelta
16h 22mSAL-ORD
8/24sáb
1 stopDelta
7h 00mORD-SAL
$416
8/2sex
1 stopAvianca
6h 10mSAL-ORD
8/7qua
1 stopAvianca
15h 10mORD-SAL
$425
6/14sex
1 stopUnited Airlines
24h 48mSAL-ORD
6/17seg
1 stopUnited Airlines
23h 46mORD-SAL
$448

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Recent one-way flight deals

 
Only flying one-way? Below are some of the best deals for one-way flights to Chicago found on KAYAK in the last 72 hours.
6/16dom
1 stopSpirit Airlines
23h 22mSAL-ORD
$145
5/24sex
1 stopSpirit Airlines
15h 41mSAL-ORD
$151
9/13sex
1 stopAmerican Airlines
9h 25mSAL-ORD
$169
6/9dom
1 stopAvianca
6h 10mSAL-ORD
$190
7/10qua
1 stop
29h 55mSAL-ORD
$192
7/10qua
2 stops
22h 19mSAL-ORD
$196
5/24sex
2 stopsAmerican Airlines
12h 25mSAL-ORD
$197
5/29qua
1 stopUnited Airlines
17h 13mSAL-ORD
$208
7/23ter
1 stopUnited Airlines
27h 00mSAL-ORD
$217
7/10qua
1 stopAvianca
9h 20mSAL-ORD
$274

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Last minute flights to Chicago

Last minute flight, train and bus deals

 
These last-minute flight deals are the cheapest flights found on KAYAK in the last 72 hours for flights to Chicago that are departing in the next 10 days.
5/24sex
multi-stopAmerican Airlines
10h 27mSAL-ORD
5/28ter
multi-stopAmerican Airlines
7h 28mORD-SAL
$373
5/24sex
multi-stopAmerican Airlines
8h 55mSAL-ORD
5/28ter
multi-stopAmerican Airlines
11h 55mORD-SAL
$376
5/24sex
multi-stopAmerican Airlines
14h 13mSAL-ORD
5/27seg
multi-stopAmerican Airlines
11h 59mORD-SAL
$443
5/23qui
multi-stopSpirit Airlines
15h 41mSAL-ORD
5/27seg
multi-stopSpirit Airlines
19h 56mORD-SAL
$457
5/20seg
multi-stop
30h 59mSAL-ORD
5/29qua
multi-stop
30h 16mORD-SAL
$472
5/23qui
multi-stopSpirit Airlines
15h 41mSAL-ORD
5/27seg
multi-stopSpirit Airlines
17h 26mORD-SAL
$474
5/20seg
multi-stop
22h 25mSAL-ORD
5/29qua
multi-stop
28h 47mORD-SAL
$539
5/24sex
multi-stopAeromexico
43h 52mSAL-ORD
5/27seg
multi-stopAeromexico
13h 09mORD-SAL
$879
5/24sex
multi-stopAeromexico
21h 48mSAL-ORD
5/27seg
multi-stopAeromexico
13h 09mORD-SAL
$920
5/24sex
multi-stopDelta
7h 47mSAL-MDW
5/28ter
multi-stopDelta
6h 54mMDW-SAL
$1,326

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