$76 Find Cheap Flights from Albany to Illinois

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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
Chicago1 stop$291
Moline
Moline1 stop$269
Peoria
Peoria1 stop$279
Champaign
Champaign1 stop$589
Springfield
Springfield1 stop$607
St. Louis
St. Louis1 stop$277
Chicago
Chicago1 stop$291
Moline
Moline1 stop$269
Peoria
Peoria1 stop$279
Champaign
Champaign1 stop$589
Springfield
Springfield1 stop$607
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.
Discover the best prices for you by selecting your travel dates on KAYAK.

Recent round-trip flight deals from Albany to Illinois

Thu, May 28 - Tue, Jun 2
United Airlines Logo
6:10 am - 9:59 am
ALB
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MLI
4h 49m
1 stop
United Airlines Logo
3:52 pm - 9:43 pm
MLI
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ALB
4h 51m
1 stop
$269United Airlines
Wed, May 27 - Tue, Jun 2
Delta Logo
6:00 am - 4:36 pm
ALB
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MLI
11h 36m
2 stops
Delta Logo
5:16 pm - 11:58 pm
MLI
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ALB
5h 42m
1 stop
$274Delta
Tue, Mar 17 - Tue, Mar 17
Delta Logo
5:50 am - 12:19 pm
ALB
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STL
7h 29m
1 stop
Delta Logo
5:21 pm - 11:59 pm
STL
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ALB
5h 38m
1 stop
$277Delta
Thu, May 28 - Tue, Jun 2
United Airlines Logo
6:00 am - 1:56 pm
ALB
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MLI
8h 56m
2 stops
United Airlines Logo
3:52 pm - 9:43 pm
MLI
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ALB
4h 51m
1 stop
$279United Airlines
Fri, May 22 - Mon, May 25
Multiple Airlines Logo
7:53 pm - 11:22 am
ALB
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ORD
16h 29m
1 stop
Multiple Airlines Logo
5:05 am - 7:03 pm
ORD
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ALB
12h 58m
1 stop
$291Multiple Airlines
Mon, Mar 16 - Thu, Mar 19
Multiple Airlines Logo
10:52 am - 10:36 am
ALB
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ORD
24h 44m
1 stop
Multiple Airlines Logo
4:28 pm - 6:29 pm
ORD
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ALB
25h 01m
2 stops
$293Multiple Airlines
Sat, Mar 21 - Mon, Mar 30
Southwest Logo
7:10 pm - 8:30 pm
ALB
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MDW
2h 20mnonstop
Southwest Logo
5:00 pm - 12:15 am
MDW
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ALB
6h 15m
1 stop
$299Southwest
Tue, Apr 7 - Sun, Apr 12
American Airlines Logo
7:21 pm - 9:18 pm
ALB
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ORD
2h 57mnonstop
American Airlines Logo
8:43 pm - 11:59 pm
ORD
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ALB
2h 16mnonstop
$302American Airlines
Tue, Mar 17 - Thu, Mar 19
Southwest Logo
6:15 pm - 10:20 pm
ALB
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STL
5h 05m
1 stop
Southwest Logo
4:45 pm - 12:15 am
STL
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ALB
6h 30m
1 stop
$302Southwest
Wed, Mar 18 - Sun, Mar 22
American Airlines Logo
7:09 am - 9:03 am
ALB
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ORD
2h 54mnonstop
American Airlines Logo
9:05 am - 12:15 pm
ORD
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ALB
2h 10mnonstop
$308American 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.

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 $297 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 $297.

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 $356, 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 January, when tickets cost $301 (return) on average. On the other hand, the most expensive months are February and April, when the average cost of round-trip tickets is $387 and $381 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 Wednesday 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 54% compared to booking last minute. For the absolute cheapest price, our data suggests you should book 20 weeks before departure.

Good to know

Low seasonJanuary
Cheapest flight$76
Best time to beat the crowds with an average 12% drop in price.
Most popular time to fly and prices are also 12% 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 in the evening, when round-trip flights cost $425 on average. Morning departures are around 23% 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 $521.

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 $218 one-way - $422 round-trip; Chicago $221 one-way - $385 round-trip

Reviews of the top 3 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 4298 reviews
8.0Comfort
7.5Entertainment
7.0Food
8.1Boarding
8.6Crew
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Flight was hours late, unable to sit next to spouse, I have had so much better experiences. Substantially better, only saving grace was that it was a short flight.

4.0 Okaybyron, Feb 2026
DAL - SAT
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Flight was hours late, unable to sit next to spouse, I have had so much better experiences. Substantially better, only saving grace was that it was a short flight.

An entire day of delays. Cost lots of money. Meals and a hotel.

The WiFi and crew on the plane were good, however, the boarding experience was awful. I paid for the Choice Preferred and was boarded in group 5 so all overhead storage was full. They found room for our luggage, but further back making getting off the plane a nightmare. Also, we were in row 6 and the seats were extremely uncomfortable. Both my daughter and I had no leg room and couldn’t wait to get off the plane.

The charges were ridiculous for an hour flight and the turbulence was very scary.

Still need to work out the kinks on the new assigned seating boarding process. Otherwise, a very good flight.

WiFi did not work. Boarding with the new seating assignments took too long. The temperature in the terminal was obnoxious. +/- 80°

The seats are now more narrow. I paid for front row the seats in the front are even more narrow than before.

Only downside was the legroom and seat width, which is always a problem unless I spend more for a premium seat.

My flight from Denver to Minneapolis was excellent. My flight from Minneapolis to Denver was one of the worst I flights I have ever experienced. I had a window seat, the gentleman in the middle seat was morbidly obese and SW should have made him purchase two seats. His elbow dug into my arm most of the way even after I asked to please be careful. I was literally squashed between the him and the window with no wiggle room. The plane was full so it was not possible to ask for a different seat. I realize I should have complained to the flight attendant but I didn't feel anything could be done to rectify the situation. I fly SW often, I will continue to do so as this was my first negative experience.

I was assigned seat 7E, yet my boarding was Group 5, which caused me to have to put my luggage in the back of the plance above `19 or 20 aisle, as passengers who had boarded earlier took the overhead bins in the front. SW needs to monitor bin space and ensure that bin space above the seat are aligned to those sitting near their seats. Also the seating assignments needs to align with group number. Maybe board those last first and so on? Having said the ALL the passengers on the plane were gracious enough to allow me and other passengers in this dilema to retrieve our luggage and helped us along the way. I always love the flight staff, as always their fantastic and I can't rave about them enough!

Crew was great (professional, attentive, prompt). Snacks for 4 hrs flight is deplorable.

United Airlines is my preferred airlines and I am thankful for Gary who also help support me on the phone to switch my flight literally last min.

Seated dude next to me even though lots of empty rows. But main thing was we sat on the tarmac after landing for 30 minutes because of, in the words of the dude who sat next to me, “operational incompetence”. We got changing directions about where to pick up gate checked bags. Pilot and flight attendant were awesome though.

It was a pretty standard flight... until the almost hour and a half spent on the taxi way. I get that the weather has been poor but the delay had nothing to do with the weather and more to do with a plane with several issues tying up the gate. I get that that happens from time to time but this has been EVERY flight I've been on for the past 5 years and I fly 3 to 5 times a year. This isn't just United... it's American, it's Delta. It's an issue with the entire industry. I work for UPS and packages on a cargo plane get better service than people do these days. Anymore I HATE flying.

Unfortunately weather delayed our flight waiting for our plane to arrive and due to a little snow time was needed to deice the plane so departure was very delayed and I missed the connecting flight

Perfect flight. Smooth flight. Arrived 20 minutes early at destination. Excellent service.

The flights were on time which was great give. It was holiday travel season and there’d been some weather issues. The only complaint and this is every time with United is the terrible seat design. The head rest is not built for comfort and having my neck bent forward for a cross country trip reminded me while I try not to take United flights as a rule.

Everything was absolutely wonderful from check in to baggage claim. Staff was very professional and sweet. Will definitely recommend United to family and friends.

They did the one thing that really matters - got to Chicago early.

The flight was on time. I generally don’t drink or eat on short flights and the seats were good and the flight attendants were friendly. That’s all I expect

The gate agent had a really bad attitude and refused to help me get on the standby list. She just handed me a card and said I needed to call a number. I asked her to help with the AA app on my phone and she just shrugged and said she didnt know. After a few phone calls, I eventually just went to a different gate agent on the other side of the terminal and got the help I needed.

Overall, my last three trips on American Airlines have all been either delayed or "rescheduled" due to mechanical issues. At least on delay caused me to miss two possible connecting flights each later than the first. My last option for my last connection required the assistance of the onsite service desk (O'Hare Airport). The wait time for the service desk was such that it jeopardized getting booked on the last connecting flight available for the night. Suffice it to say, my latest experiences with American Airlines have caused me extensive loss of productive business and personal time and can therefore be classified as significantly less than satisfactory.

Waiting for gate in RDU for more than 20mins is crazy.

American Airlines was great and worked very hard to change my ticket so I could get an earlier, direct flight back to Dallas. However, I was informed that Kayak made mistakes with my itinerary and classified my ticket as desiring to be on the earlier flight instead of taking the necessary step of calling AA to get me on the standby list. This ended up keeping me from being added to the standby list and delayed me getting home by 6 hours. I am happy to discuss this further with Kayak so they can correct their procedures so this won't happen again.

Waited for oxygen tanks for 30 minutes after boarding was complete.

We flew in first class. The crew did not offer drinks before the flight took off, but they treated us well during the flight. The food was excellent. There was actually too much food served, but it was nice to have all the options.

Update to handle the delay was very bad, crews no smiles or welcome or thanks. Don’t care attitude

Pilot navigated severe weather/snow storm with skill. Described his intentions clearly

Little warm on the plane and delayed for an hour

So excited very proud first of all I wanna thank kayak all updates very professional and fast alart And amazing cabin crew so nice to me they deserve big salute

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