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Cheap Flights from Albany to Illinois

Cheapest round-trip prices found by our users on KAYAK in the last 72 hours
Chicago
Chicago2 stops$244
Moline
Moline1 stop$334
Peoria
Peoria1 stop$319
Champaign
Champaign1 stop$516
Springfield
Springfield1 stop$483
St. Louis
St. Louis1 stop$277
Chicago
Chicago2 stops$244
Moline
Moline1 stop$334
Peoria
Peoria1 stop$319
Champaign
Champaign1 stop$516
Springfield
Springfield1 stop$483
St. Louis
St. Louis1 stop$277

Book Cheap Albany to Illinois Plane Tickets

 
Here are some of the best deals found on KAYAK recently from the most popular airlines for round-trip flights from Albany to Illinois that are departing in the next months. While these flights were available on KAYAK in the last 72 hours, prices and availability are subject to change and deals may expire.
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Recent round-trip flight deals from Albany to Illinois

Thu, Dec 11 - Sun, Dec 14
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1:25 pm - 12:09 amALB-ORD
11h 44m2 stops
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6:00 am - 12:45 pmORD-ALB
5h 45m1 stop
$244Multiple Airlines
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Fri, Dec 5 - Sun, Dec 7
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9:20 pm - 8:01 pmALB-ORD
23h 41m2 stops
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6:00 am - 12:45 pmORD-ALB
5h 45m1 stop
$246Multiple Airlines
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Tue, Dec 16 - Wed, Dec 24
United Airlines Logo
4:17 pm - 6:05 pmALB-ORD
2h 48mnonstop
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6:00 pm - 9:05 pmORD-ALB
2h 05mnonstop
$250United Airlines
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Tue, Dec 16 - Wed, Dec 24
Southwest Logo
5:10 am - 6:30 amALB-MDW
2h 20mnonstop
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6:00 pm - 8:50 pmMDW-ALB
1h 50mnonstop
$250Southwest
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Mon, Nov 24 - Thu, Nov 27
Delta Logo
1:50 pm - 6:20 pmALB-ORD
5h 30m1 stop
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5:23 am - 1:13 pmORD-ALB
6h 50m1 stop
$251Delta
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Mon, Nov 24 - Thu, Nov 27
Delta Logo
6:00 am - 8:54 amALB-MDW
3h 54m1 stop
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6:00 am - 1:13 pmMDW-ALB
6h 13m1 stop
$251Delta
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Sun, Jan 18 - Mon, Jan 19
American Airlines Logo
10:30 am - 12:23 pmALB-ORD
2h 53mnonstop
American Airlines Logo
8:52 pm - 11:57 pmORD-ALB
2h 05mnonstop
$260American Airlines
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Tue, Dec 16 - Wed, Dec 24
Southwest Logo
6:40 am - 12:55 pmALB-MDW
7h 15m1 stop
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6:00 pm - 8:50 pmMDW-ALB
1h 50mnonstop
$260Southwest
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Thu, Jan 1 - Mon, Jan 5
American Airlines Logo
7:01 am - 8:52 amALB-ORD
2h 51mnonstop
American Airlines Logo
8:20 am - 11:38 amORD-ALB
2h 18mnonstop
$263American Airlines
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Tue, Dec 9 - Tue, Dec 16
United Airlines Logo
6:30 pm - 8:18 pmALB-ORD
2h 48mnonstop
United Airlines Logo
2:15 pm - 5:27 pmORD-ALB
2h 12mnonstop
$269United Airlines
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KAYAK's insights & trends for Albany to Illinois flights

Get data-powered insights and trends into flights from Albany to Illinois to help you find the cheapest flights, the best time to fly and much more.

How much is a round-trip flight from Albany, New York to Illinois?

This analysis is based on the cheapest round-trip price found on KAYAK in the last 12 months by searching for a flight from Albany, New York to Illinois departing in December.

What is the cheapest Albany to Illinois flight route?

Data is based on round-trip flight searches on KAYAK over the past month.

The cheapest ticket to Illinois from Albany found in the last 72 hours was to Chicago, at $248 round-trip. The most popular route is from Albany (ALB) to Chicago O'Hare Intl Airport (ORD), and the cheapest round-trip airline ticket found on this route in the last 72 hours was $248.

Can I save money by flying with a layover from Albany to Illinois?

The average round-trip price for all non-stop flights, flights with one layover, and flights with two layovers for the route found by users searching on KAYAK in the last 2 weeks.

No, with an average price for the route of $323, prices are generally cheapest when you fly direct.

What is the cheapest month to fly from Albany to Illinois?

To calculate monthly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each month over the last year for round-trip flights from Albany to Illinois, 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 from Albany to Illinois is September, when tickets cost $308 (return) on average. On the other hand, the most expensive months are February and April, when the average cost of round-trip tickets is $408 and $378 respectively.

What’s the cheapest day of the week to fly from Albany to Illinois?

The average price of all round-trip flights from Albany to Illinois clicked on KAYAK for each day over the last 12 months.

If your flying dates are flexible, you should consider flying to Illinois on a Friday, as we generally find the cheapest rates on that day for this route. On the other hand, Sunday is the most expensive day to fly from Albany to Illinois. For your return ticket, we recommend flying on a Tuesday and avoiding Sundays for the best deals.

How far in advance should I book a flight from Albany to Illinois?

To calculate weekly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each week before departure over the last year for round-trip flights from Albany to Illinois, removes the top 0.1% to account for outliers, and then takes the average of all the values for each week.

To get a below average price on the flight from Albany to Illinois, you should book around 4 weeks before departure, which saves you about 53% compared to booking last minute. For the absolute cheapest price, our data suggests you should book 20 weeks before departure.

Good to know

Low seasonFebruary
Cheapest flight$95
Best time to beat the crowds but there is an average 20% increase in price.
Most popular time to fly and prices are also 13% lower on average.
Flight from Albany to Chicago O'Hare Airport

FAQs - booking Illinois flights

  • How does KAYAK find such low prices on flights from Albany to Illinois?

    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 from Albany to Illinois.

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

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

  • What is the Hacker Fare option on flights from Albany to Illinois?

    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 from Albany to Illinois 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 from Albany to Illinois?

    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 from Albany to Illinois up to 3 days before/after your preferred dates. You can then pick the flights that suit you best.

  • What is the cheapest time of day to fly to Illinois?

    The cheapest time of day to fly to Illinois is generally at night, when round-trip flights cost $434 on average. Morning departures are around 15% more expensive than evening flights, on average. The most expensive time of day to fly to Illinois is generally in the morning, which is peak travel time and where the average cost of a ticket is $533.

Top tips for finding cheap flights to Illinois

  • Looking for a cheap flight? 25% of our users found tickets from Albany to the following destinations at these prices or less: Chicago $189 one-way - $368 round-trip; Chicago $217 one-way - $322 round-trip

Reviews of the top 4 airlines serving from Albany to Illinois

 
See real verified KAYAK customer reviews for airlines flying from Albany to Illinois. Airline scores are aggregated from all reviews left by passengers on KAYAK after flying with an airline. KAYAK doesn’t show reviews that are older than 5 years. Learn how KAYAK collects reviews.
Need help choosing which airline to fly with from Albany to Illinois? 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.
8.0
SouthwestOverall score based on 4235 reviews
7.0Food
8.0Comfort
8.1Boarding
8.6Crew
7.5Entertainment
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Crew could have been friendlier, maybe I'm spoiled by SW crews. In flight wifi was good. Would be nice to have more food offerings on a 4 plus hour flight

10.0 ExcellentMichael, Nov 2025LAX - BWI
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Crew could have been friendlier, maybe I'm spoiled by SW crews. In flight wifi was good. Would be nice to have more food offerings on a 4 plus hour flight

Had to get off plane from prior flight even though I had to reboard same plane to continue to my final destination.

Everything a cheap airline should be at normal airline rates.

Plane crashed into a bus or some other vehicle on the ground while pulling out of the gate. No injuries, but wing tip was damaged and returned to gate for “maintenance issues” and we departed 5 hours later because the plane went out of service and new plane was flown in from a nearby airport, Midway.

Ever since Southwest starting charging for bags, passengers don't want to pay to check their bags, so the gate agents have to beg people to check their roller bags now because there's "not enough space". This was a terrible business move by Southwest.

Full cans of soda would be nice. A choice between two snacks would be appreciated.

Tried watching free movie and it kept freezing so I couldn’t finish.

All was good. I just had a hard time getting connected to the WiFi/internet during the flight

Sacrament staff are always polite and helpful. Airport is easy to maneuver and boarding is straightforward.

Great flight. Outstanding Service. Southwest was able to put us on a direct flight to Denver when the connection could have been affected by a later arrival to Baltimore. The direct flight was less expensive that the flight with the connection in Baltimore.

I truly love flying with Delta. They have always treated me with the upmost respect

The flight was great. The gate location was way to far away!!!

Cramped seating for me. Luckily it wasn’t a long flight

This route with Delta always has delays or is cancelled. Aircrafts seem smaller and older. I fly Delta quite a bit - haven’t had issues with the international flights. But this route has always been the troublesome one

Three seats in first class were broken and while they were able to still acommodate us it was looking very touch and go and they had others they could not acommodate

I believe that a four-hour trip should have a meal. Delta had none.

Was charged for my luggage despite having been on one ticket from an international flight. Too tired to argue after 15 hours on flight. Was charged for rechecking it at JFK airport. Not sure why those off Kenya Airways were required to do that.

My experience on any Delta flight is always overshadowed by the time Delta removed me from a flight for no apparent reason.

Flight was canceled, and no effort was made to help with rebooking, no hotel vouchers, no car transportation and minimal food voucher and most places for food were closed by the time the voucher was given. Waited for 3 hours for bags. Simply the worst travel experience I have ever had

At first, we were on the runway for about an hour, literally. The Captain did explain that the Control Tower just had a change shift (sounds like an unrealistic excuse) and then that we had to change a runway. A regular economy seat is made for 12 yo twiggy. I understand Delta wants to push for an upgrade, but after sitting in a Comfort seat and in First class. I would say First class is not worthy of my money. The landing was delayed because of the weather in NYC, I don't hold that against Delta, of course. The Captain did alert us to that upon takeoff in Vegas and again as we reached NY.

Flight was delayed only slightly before takeoff due to traffic control. However, the flight arrived early to ORD. Good flight. United has been very reliable for me.

Another delayed flight. When the delays exceed the duration of the flight, it’s a problem.

After boarding the plane in Chicago, the passengers were told that there was a technical problem with the plane. Passengers remained on the plane as they tried to fix the problem. After what was probably an hour passengers were told that there was a need to change planes as the problem was not solved. Passengers disembarked and boarded another plane. After taxing to the runway and waiting for takeoff, passengers were told that owing to the thunderstorm the flight was unable to take off but would try and reroute. After some time passengers were told there wasn't enough fuel for the new route and the plane had to return to the gate for additional fuel. after another log delay the flight got underway. On the plane there was food, drinks, ice or entertainment. We were a glass of water, which appeared rationed. Flight arrived about 5 hours late. The pilot was fantastic and communicated with the passengers throughout the ordeal.

Better WiFi. I cannot understand that in 2025, United is so behind on a technology that is now a necessity and still painfully unreliable, slow and keeps disconnecting.

Trip was great. A wild landing in Ottawa with the wind and rain, but the pilot did a great job. Always love flying United.👍

Excellent experience. Starting with the agent at the Premier bag drop who noticed I was very early for my scheduled flight and offered to rebook me on an earlier flight with my seat preference. She would not let me leave the counter until she knew that all of the changes and new boarding pass showed up on my United app. At the gate, the flight boarded quickly such that we departed early and the flight was smooth. We arrived 20 minutes early at ORD and I was able to be home in time for dinner. One of the best flights I've had.

Salina to travers city was great! But the sept 24 Tranverse city was not! Traverse city to chichago was cancelled, i went to Denver & got to Salina 6 hours later!

See previous note about the passenger in Denver who threw my husband's bag out of the overhead bin in order to maker room for his own. And the flight attendant back up the new passenger.

Flight attendant in first class gave poor service (like he didn't want to be there) and food was awful. We sat waiting for gate upon arrival over 45 mins.

Weather delay in Chicago?. No sense of urgency to make connection in Chicago for our connecting flight that wasn't delayed. Connection was missed.

I enjoyed the extra leg room compared to other airlines. The first stewards made my daughter’s birthday special by giving her an extra snack. Then the last one coming home from Chicago to Appleton made our night really enjoyable Thanks for making our trip enjoyable

It was good..clean, comfy seat. Friendly warm welcoming crew. Was able to check my cabin luggage at the gate which I was able to pickup in a decent time from baggage claim. The app gave all updates from delays to baggage claim info. Overall smooth flight.

It was a typical flight. We had a delay which seems to be the normality now. And we had no in flight service due to conditions.

After we landed we sat on the tarmac for 1.5 hours waiting to get to our gate. Ridiculous.

Terrible. Flight delayed for more than 8 hours with only a $12 meal voucher provided for the inconvenience. The airplane did not have breaks on arrival yet they still made us go through the motions and board on time knowing we could not take off then sit for 40+ minutes before having to get of the time. A complete waste of my time. I cannot believe they can stay business with these shenanigans. I’ll avoid this company like the plague moving forward as the lack of accountability is disgraceful.

This was the best 2 flights I have had with American out of SGF. Great crew both flights.

Excellent - explanations were clear staff was nice and flight was comfortable

Lost bag and 2 days no word leaving for cruise no clothes or stuff

Any flight to ORD after about 2pm this summer has been challenging. Flight was delayed getting in (coming from ORD) and that led to it not leaving before a ground stop due to lightening before they could fuel the plane, and so forth. They made up some time but we were still late in arriving at ORD, and that led to missed connections.

Food was ok, but not as good as I have had before on AA.

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