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Find cheap flights from Switzerland to Chicago from $270

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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 Tuesday where tickets can be as cheap as $510. On the other hand, the most expensive day to fly is Saturday, where prices are $676 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 February, where tickets cost $361 on average for one-way flights. On the other hand, the most expensive months are December and November, where the average cost of tickets from Switzerland is $887 and $785 respectively. For return trips, the best month to travel is February with an average price of $454.

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 $351 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 $617.

What is a good deal for flights to Chicago?

If you’re looking for cheap airfare to Chicago, 25% of our users found tickets to Chicago for the following prices or less: From Zurich $716 one-way - $529 round-trip.

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 2 weeks before departure. For the absolute cheapest price, our data suggests you should book 63 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 $121.

Which airline offers the most flights to Chicago?

Of the 14 airlines that fly to Chicago, United Airlines offers the most flights, with around 4,938 per week, followed by American Airlines with 3,701 flights per week.

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 86% 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 routes to Chicago on KAYAK are from Zurich, which takes 9h 45m, Geneva, which takes 11h 45m, and Basel, which takes 14h 05m.

How many direct flights to Chicago are there each day?

There are around 1,657 direct flights from within Switzerland to Chicago every day. Most flights depart in the morning, with 6:00 am the most common departure time and 51% of flights departing in the morning.

How many direct flights to Chicago are there each week?

Each week there are around 11,596 direct flights from within Switzerland to Chicago. The most common day for departures is Friday, with 15% of flights taking off on this day.

How many long-haul flights are there to Chicago each week?

There are not any medium-haul (3-6 hour flight duration) or short-haul (up to 3 hour flight duration) flights to Chicago. Instead, there are 28 long-haul flights (6-12 hour flight duration), with the most arriving from Zurich.

How many cities have direct flights to Chicago?

From Switzerland, there are direct flights to Chicago from 1 city. This city is Zurich and there are 28 direct flights each week.

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Low season

February

High season

July

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$270
Best time to beat the crowds with an average 25% drop in price.
Most popular time to fly with an average 37% increase in price.
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FAQs - booking Chicago flights

  • Which Chicago airport is closest to central Chicago?

    There are 3 major airports in Chicago. The nearest airport from Chicago city center is Chicago Midway Airport (9 miles), followed by Chicago O'Hare Airport (16 miles) and Chicago Greater Rockford (79 miles).

  • How much is a flight to Chicago?

    On average, a flight to Chicago costs $690. The cheapest price found on KAYAK in the last 2 weeks cost $493 and departed from Zurich 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.

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Nonstop departures

Switzerland to Chicago

Monday

ANA, Aer Lingus, Aeromexico, +80 more

ANA, Aer Lingus, +81 more

Tuesday

ANA, Aer Lingus, Aerolineas Argentinas, +78 more

ANA, Aer Lingus, +79 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, Aeromexico, +78 more

ANA, Aer Lingus, +79 more

Sunday

ANA, Aer Lingus, Aerolineas Argentinas, +78 more

ANA, Aer Lingus, +79 more

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Nonstop returns

Chicago to Switzerland

Monday

ANA, Aer Lingus, Aeromexico, +80 more

ANA, Aer Lingus, +81 more

Tuesday

ANA, Aer Lingus, Aerolineas Argentinas, +78 more

ANA, Aer Lingus, +79 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, Aeromexico, +78 more

ANA, Aer Lingus, +79 more

Sunday

ANA, Aer Lingus, Aerolineas Argentinas, +78 more

ANA, Aer Lingus, +79 more

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Top 5 airlines serving from Switzerland 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 Switzerland 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.
7.8
SWISSOverall score based on 2064 reviews
7.2entertainment
7.4food
7.9boarding
8.4crew
7.6comfort
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we were late to get to this connecting flight and SWISS decided to wait for us . Very nice of them

10.0 ExcellentAnonymous, Apr 2024ZRH - KSC
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we were late to get to this connecting flight and SWISS decided to wait for us . Very nice of them

Horrible experience. They "GAME" with seats they decided to play where you can`t select or get seat during check-in without paying and then forcing you to stay long line at the Customer Service at the gate to get a boarding ticket with seat assigned is pathetic. Will never fly with United again!

SO disappointing. I spent so much money on this ticket, for them to cancel and not be able to rebook me in time. They were very unhelpful, and condescending throughout the whole Swiss airport. Will not be flying again.

The plane was so hot upon boarding. Their boarding process was so unnecessarily long. Service was subpar.

Everything from the price to online checkin and the flight being on time to the crew and food was very good. The comfort level is fine--the seats are very close to each other in Economy. But I guess you get what you pay for.

Swiss ground crew was again at its prime and although I’m United 1K (Star Alliance Gold) they created problems with my hand luggage - while other passengers were boarding with more handbags and larger hand luggages, were critical on my 2 young kids attending the lounge with me and boarding the plane with me on the priority lane.

Horrible experience. I was apparently picked at random for a security screening - that was the most demeaning experience I have had in my life with a guy poking and prodding and having me take off my shoes, move up my pants so he could swab my legs - telling me I couldn't bring more than some quantity of cookies - I had 3 boxes of cookies in my luggage. In the end he did let me keep them but that was really uncalled for. Harrassment in the name of security.

They went out of their way. It was very clean and friendly.

I was pleasantly surprised with the whole experience. Thank you

There were multiple delays and the food was poor. Better food.

My return flight has been changed to JFK from EWR without any notice or reason

This was my first time flying SAS and used them for 4 flights. The crews, flight and communication was outstanding. I flew premium economy and was extremely impressed by their SAS lounges. I will 100% ise SAS again. Everyone was so pleasant!

I upgraded to economy plus and it’s so worth the price. The crew is exceptional and the food is pretty decent. I would definitely fly with them again.

The flight was on time and loading was fine. I really disliked that all drinks other than coffee or tea had a cost. Deplaning was also an issue as people did not wait for those in front of them to get out before they pushed forward

I paid for wifi and it worked about a total of 5 min. Feel ripped off

Overall, this flight team did a fantastic job. They came often with the water, coffee and tea. There was no meal choice in coach, but the lasagna lunch was decent. The sandwich snack just before landing was tasty. The baggage bins were large, so no trouble holding carry on luggage.

Good friendly service and food - The seats in business class are old, too hard and not very comfortable.

Last minute cancelation, though a substitute flight was found I could not pick my meal or seat. The hotel offered didn't have working air control or shower.

My seat was not the one I paid for, the crew was very curt, and the cabin was extremely warm.

Best airline to travel on a budget- really like their reasonably priced access to the SAS lounges where available.

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!

Unfortunately this is not a happy ending comment. Positive: flown United before no issue Negative: it only takes one bad experience to not plan future travel with United Cancún departure was delayed by 1h20 minutes, connection in Chicago was 1h30 minutes. Flight departure time 6:08 Miraculously 7 of us ran 4 kilometres through Chicago to arrive at 6:00 to be told very rudely by the 2 unprofessional United attendants you missed your flight and that we should of arrived early. Did I mention that reason I was flying? I received a call that my brother was dying and to get home. They provided no assistance would not answer any of our questions, ignorantly walked away. Deplorable

Awful…flight was delayed more than 12hrs, missed all connections to Fort Wayne, IN, had to get flight to another city 2 hours from my destination, flight was again delayed by 40 mins because they did not have enough fuel, again missed a connection, finally arrived in Indiana at 11pm…but before my 2 hour drive home, ay, no Five That Our Luggage Never Made On The plane and Still In Chicago

If United expects people to use their own devices for entertainment they should put charging outlets in each seating area. I arrived with 14%battery power. That is not good when you arrive anywhere and need to communicate for transportation.

Boarding was friendly and quick. While the plane model was older with no live tv, the entertainment was full of movies and tv shows. All food was available. Pilots were very communicative with status of the flight. Flight landed on time.

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.

The only problem experienced was a ground stop in Chicago due to weather. But the crew handled everything professionally. They prioritized rebooking those passengers who had connecting flights and then deplaning the other passengers. When the hold was lifted, they efficiently re-boarded all the passengers so that we could depart before our departure limit expired.

lounge was the highlight - seats weren't that comfortable - it was a full flight but no complaints

Our second leg to Jackson WY was unable to land due to weather. We were flown back to Dallas after stopping in SLC. We were given hotel rooms and vouchers. We were told that we would be back on the same plane in the morning. Instead we were given a different flight with different seats. Not a good experience. No one knew what was going on.

I really did not like being ordered to pull my shade down by the attendants. One of them was very rude to me about it, standing there until I closed it like I was a child brusquely reaching across me to close an adjoining one. They claim it was so people who wanted to could sleep. It’s a 10:30am flight not a red eye. Closing your shade or leaving it up for natural light should be a choice. Ruined my flight!

My baggage did not arrived with me. Took 3 days to get it after so may calls and follow up

The crew was very attentive and kept busy serving a variety of treats!

Terrible. Flight was 3 hours delayed and I missed my other flight to my final destination

Offered vegetable curry when it was actually tofu which I don’t care for.

The flight was good the crew excellent…but take off delayed three hours!!!

Both mine and my husband's chairs were broken. Also it took 2 hours to get our bags after our flight which was wild.

perhaps eye contact with the cabin crew, instead of abruptness and an impatience to serve.

Not enough trash pickups throughout the flight. Everything else was great.

Overall good, the gluten free food is very hit/miss though and you must tell them you have an allergy days in advance.

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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.
10/10tor.
2 stops
19h 31mBSL-ORD
10/15tir.
1 stop
19h 35mORD-BSL
$391
5/8ons.
1 stopBritish Airways
13h 25mGVA-ORD
5/16tor.
1 stopBritish Airways
13h 10mORD-GVA
$398
5/24fre.
1 stopIcelandair
14h 15mZRH-ORD
6/4tir.
1 stopIcelandair
10h 40mORD-ZRH
$430
5/22ons.
nonstopSWISS
9h 45mZRH-ORD
5/29ons.
1 stopSWISS
12h 50mORD-ZRH
$462
5/13man.
nonstopSWISS
9h 55mZRH-ORD
5/27man.
1 stopSWISS
18h 15mORD-ZRH
$469
5/10fre.
1 stopAmerican Airlines
13h 35mGVA-ORD
5/23tor.
1 stopAmerican Airlines
17h 50mORD-GVA
$484
9/4ons.
1 stopUnited Airlines
11h 40mZRH-ORD
9/14lør.
nonstopUnited Airlines
8h 55mORD-ZRH
$485
10/10tor.
2 stopsAmerican Airlines
16h 14mBSL-ORD
10/15tir.
2 stopsAmerican Airlines
16h 05mORD-BSL
$485
5/7tir.
nonstopUnited Airlines
9h 55mZRH-ORD
5/14tir.
nonstopUnited Airlines
9h 05mORD-ZRH
$486
10/4fre.
1 stopScandinavian Airlines
14h 35mZRH-ORD
10/18fre.
2 stopsScandinavian Airlines
35h 10mORD-ZRH
$640

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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.
6/4tir.
2 stops
34h 38mZRH-ORD
$270
5/21tir.
2 stops
21h 43mZRH-ORD
$283
6/10man.
3 stops
42h 00mZRH-ORD
$289
10/6søn.
1 stopBritish Airways
13h 05mZRH-ORD
$508
5/9tor.
1 stopBritish Airways
13h 45mGVA-ORD
$512
10/2ons.
1 stopScandinavian Airlines
28h 45mGVA-ORD
$513
6/4tir.
nonstopSWISS
9h 45mZRH-ORD
$556
6/3man.
nonstopSWISS
9h 45mZRH-ORD
$559
7/4tor.
nonstopUnited Airlines
9h 45mZRH-ORD
$1,505
5/21tir.
nonstopUnited Airlines
9h 45mZRH-ORD
$1,507

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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.
4/27lør.
multi-stopITA Airways
25h 25mZRH-ORD
5/5søn.
multi-stopITA Airways
12h 05mORD-ZRH
$479
4/27lør.
multi-stopITA Airways
25h 25mZRH-ORD
5/5søn.
multi-stopITA Airways
12h 05mORD-ZRH
$480
4/30tir.
multi-stopBritish Airways
12h 30mZRH-ORD
5/7tir.
multi-stopBritish Airways
12h 55mORD-ZRH
$544
4/26fre.
multi-stopScandinavian Airlines
28h 30mZRH-ORD
5/1ons.
multi-stopScandinavian Airlines
17h 00mORD-ZRH
$621
4/29man.
multi-stopScandinavian Airlines
28h 30mZRH-ORD
5/13man.
multi-stopScandinavian Airlines
34h 35mORD-ZRH
$663
4/29man.
multi-stopBritish Airways
19h 12mZRH-ORD
5/9tor.
multi-stopBritish Airways
14h 04mORD-ZRH
$667
4/30tir.
nonstopUnited Airlines
9h 55mZRH-ORD
5/7tir.
multi-stopUnited Airlines
31h 00mORD-ZRH
$721
4/30tir.
nonstopSWISS
9h 55mZRH-ORD
5/7tir.
nonstopSWISS
8h 35mORD-ZRH
$787
4/29man.
nonstopUnited Airlines
9h 55mZRH-ORD
5/9tor.
multi-stopUnited Airlines
15h 10mORD-ZRH
$883
4/27lør.
nonstopSWISS
9h 55mZRH-ORD
5/5søn.
nonstopSWISS
9h 05mORD-ZRH
$895

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