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Cheap Flights from Albuquerque to Illinois

Cheapest round-trip prices found by our users on KAYAK in the last 72 hours
Chicago
Chicagononstop$317
Moline
Moline1 stop$325
Peoria
Peoria1 stop$409
Bloomington
Bloomington1 stop$329
Champaign
Champaign1 stop$419
St. Louis
St. Louis1 stop$320
Chicago
Chicagononstop$317
Moline
Moline1 stop$325
Peoria
Peoria1 stop$409
Bloomington
Bloomington1 stop$329
Champaign
Champaign1 stop$419
St. Louis
St. Louis1 stop$320

Book Cheap Albuquerque 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 Albuquerque 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 Albuquerque to Illinois

Thu, Aug 20 - Mon, Aug 24
American Airlines Logo
2:41 pm - 6:58 pm
ABQ
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ORD
3h 17mnonstop
American Airlines Logo
11:56 am - 1:57 pm
ORD
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ABQ
3h 01mnonstop
$317American Airlines
Wed, Sep 23 - Tue, Sep 29
American Airlines Logo
1:44 pm - 5:55 pm
ABQ
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ORD
3h 11mnonstop
American Airlines Logo
7:10 pm - 9:22 pm
ORD
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ABQ
3h 12mnonstop
$317American Airlines
Thu, Oct 1 - Mon, Oct 5
United Airlines Logo
7:50 am - 11:49 am
ABQ
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ORD
2h 59mnonstop
United Airlines Logo
8:10 pm - 10:25 pm
ORD
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ABQ
3h 15mnonstop
$317United Airlines
Thu, Sep 24 - Tue, Sep 29
United Airlines Logo
7:50 am - 11:49 am
ABQ
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ORD
2h 59mnonstop
United Airlines Logo
8:10 pm - 10:25 pm
ORD
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ABQ
3h 15mnonstop
$317United Airlines
Tue, Sep 1 - Sat, Sep 5
Southwest Logo
7:40 am - 11:20 am
ABQ
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MDW
2h 40mnonstop
Southwest Logo
6:00 pm - 8:05 pm
MDW
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ABQ
3h 05mnonstop
$317Southwest
Mon, Aug 24 - Mon, Aug 31
Southwest Logo
8:35 am - 12:15 pm
ABQ
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MDW
2h 40mnonstop
Southwest Logo
5:20 pm - 7:15 pm
MDW
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ABQ
2h 55mnonstop
$317Southwest
Tue, Sep 15 - Tue, Sep 22
American Airlines Logo
1:44 pm - 5:55 pm
ABQ
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ORD
3h 11mnonstop
American Airlines Logo
7:10 pm - 9:22 pm
ORD
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ABQ
3h 12mnonstop
$317American Airlines
Wed, Aug 26 - Wed, Sep 2
United Airlines Logo
8:00 am - 11:59 am
ABQ
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ORD
2h 59mnonstop
United Airlines Logo
8:05 pm - 10:20 pm
ORD
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ABQ
3h 15mnonstop
$317United Airlines
Tue, Dec 15 - Thu, Dec 24
Delta Logo
7:00 am - 4:22 pm
ABQ
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MLI
8h 22m
1 stop
Delta Logo
5:00 pm - 10:15 pm
MLI
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ABQ
6h 15m
1 stop
$325Delta
Fri, Dec 25 - Thu, Dec 31
Delta Logo
7:05 am - 4:22 pm
ABQ
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MLI
8h 17m
1 stop
Delta Logo
5:00 pm - 10:15 pm
MLI
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ABQ
6h 15m
1 stop
$329Delta
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KAYAK's insights & trends for Albuquerque to Illinois flights

Get data-powered insights and trends into flights from Albuquerque 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 Albuquerque 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 Albuquerque to Illinois departing in September.

Flight prices are below average for this route right now.

Flights to Illinois from Albuquerque usually cost between $355 and $522 in September.
The lowest price found in the past 5 days was $317 on American Airlines (Sep 23-Sep 30).

What is the cheapest Albuquerque to Illinois flight route?

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

The cheapest ticket to Illinois from Albuquerque found in the last 5 days was to Chicago, at $317 round-trip. The most popular route is from Albuquerque (ABQ) to Chicago O'Hare Intl Airport (ORD), and the cheapest round-trip airline ticket found on this route in the last 5 days was $317.

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

The average price for all round-trip flights from Albuquerque to Illinois depending on the time of departure, clicked by users on KAYAK in the last 2 weeks.

The cheapest time of day to fly to Illinois is generally in the morning, when round-trip flights cost $520 on average. Morning departures are around 39% cheaper than evening flights, on average. The most expensive time of day to fly to Illinois is generally in the evening, which is peak travel time and where the average cost of a ticket is $857.

Can I save money by flying with a layover from Albuquerque 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 $467, prices are generally cheapest when you fly direct.

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

To calculate monthly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each month over the last year for round-trip flights from Albuquerque 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 Albuquerque to Illinois is September, when tickets cost $376 (return) on average. On the other hand, the most expensive months are January and November, when the average cost of round-trip tickets is $581 and $539 respectively.

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

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

If you are looking for a flight deal from Albuquerque to Illinois, look for departures on Wednesdays and avoid leaving on a Sunday, as it's usually the priciest day. When flying back from Illinois, Wednesday is the cheapest day to fly and Sunday is the most expensive.

How far in advance should I book a flight from Albuquerque 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 Albuquerque 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 Albuquerque to Illinois, you should book around 5 weeks before departure, which saves you about 52% compared to booking last minute. For the absolute cheapest price, our data suggests you should book 18 weeks before departure.

Good to know

Low season

January

Cheapest flight

$159
Best time to beat the crowds with an average 3% drop in price.
Most popular time to fly and prices are also 5% lower on average.
Flight from Albuquerque to Chicago O'Hare Airport

FAQs - booking Illinois flights

  • How does KAYAK find such low prices on flights from Albuquerque 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 Albuquerque to Illinois.

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

    KAYAK’s flight Price Forecast tool uses historical data to determine whether the price for a flight from Albuquerque 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 Albuquerque 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 Albuquerque 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 Albuquerque 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 Albuquerque to Illinois up to 3 days before/after your preferred dates. You can then pick the flights that suit you best.

Top tips for finding cheap flights to Illinois

  • Looking for a cheap flight? 25% of our users found tickets from Albuquerque to the following destinations at these prices or less: Chicago $186 one-way - $421 round-trip; Chicago $279 one-way - $424 round-trip

Reviews of the top 3 airlines serving from Albuquerque to Illinois

 
See real verified KAYAK customer reviews for airlines flying from Albuquerque 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 Albuquerque 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 4228 reviews
8.0Comfort
7.5Entertainment
8.6Crew
8.1Boarding
7.0Food
Airline reviews

Flight was delayed over 3 hours. Planes were dirty. Staff indifferent. And they serve vegan pretzels as snacks.

2.0 MediocreMatthew, Jun 2026
CVG - MDW
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Flight was delayed over 3 hours. Planes were dirty. Staff indifferent. And they serve vegan pretzels as snacks.

The flight was smooth. The Southwest experience has degraded overall, but this one was okay.

The checking experience in Orlando was terrible, almost missed the flight. Too many travelers and Southwest completely understaffed.

no service at all due to turbulence. they should've at least given us snacks, there were only 10 people on the entire flight.

For the first time in a long time, the Wi-Fi actually worked the entire flight! The flight crew was amazing as usual.

Great flight. I didn't get a drink because I was asleep whole on the flight.

Love them will get a Southwest card to track my points and keep flying with them. My family and I were pleased with the services.

WiFi was not working and didn’t have a beverage service

This rating is based completely on the flight delay. Any flight where the plane goes through or originates in Las Vegas is delayed. I will avoid booking flights that do this in the future,

This was a train wreck with the schedule as soon as the delay was announced. The delay originally put us back by 40 minutes from a start time of 10:10AM, then later was revised to be only 27 minutes late. We began boarding only a few minutes late. I don't know what happened but we then left the gate over 45 minutes past our original start time of 10:10. Pilots did a great job of making up time (thank you for that), however upon arrival into the Dallas area, we circled several times, as there was a plane on the runway with mechanical problems, and didn't land and have the door opened until 1:46PM local time. I dashed to my connecting gate, fortunately only 4 gates away, and got there at 1:50PM local time. There were still people in line to board the jet way. The gate attendant made eye contact with me, left the check and station and promptly ushered the remaining people down the jet way, then returned to say the gate was closed and we were denied boarding. She then said I was already re-booked, not even knowing who I was. I did not receive notification of rebooking until 1:58 PM. At the desk we were then told that it was not their fault that our originating flight was late due to the stranded plane, and that the only compensation we could be offered was to be re-booked. I'm sorry, but at Love Field the ONLY airline there is Southwest, so yes, they ARE responsible for this! Also, choosig to deny me boarding even though I was in the queue 10 minutes prior to takeoff was an exceptional instance of very poor customer service. While I may not have many choices of airlines with flights originating from Albuquerque, Southwest is now last on my list!

Gluten free snack options and meals that offer both gluten free and dairy free.

Not a bad flight but a long delay boarding and taking off due to the pilot not arriving on time.

I would have preferred a flight voucher and to hop on a different flight. Delayed over 6 hours.

I almost missed my connection in Chicago due to having to wait on a gate to be open I am assuming. Having to run from E terminal to C terminal and I barely made it there before they closed the door. This may not be the actual airline's fault it's crazy how there is so little time between flight especially when they are placed so far apart in the airport.

The Wi-Fi did not work, so you weren't able to watch entertainment on your own device. They did not have wired headphones so you couldn't watch it on the in-seat entertainment screen either. There was plenty of time to do a drink and snag service but the flight attendants chose not to.

Great experience, boarding was fast and efficient, so much so that we arrived to Chicago very early

The flight did not have its customary snacks during the flight. Apparently they were never loaded on the plane.

The seats on this flight weren’t as comfortable as we had expected. Even leaned back these seats left us feeling crappy in our backs. Also we had to use our own tablets for movies, but nothing in the seats in front of us to hold the tablets up.

The flights from Ottawa to Albuquerque went smoothly enough though on on flight they didn't have how water for coffee or tea and on another there there was no ice. The return flights from Albuquerque were delayed by mechanical problems on both flights. Ottawa was a ground crew maintenance issue.

This flight worked as promised, a rare event these days. Of course it helped that we were upgraded. The food was, however, as bad as ever.

My seat had a worn out cushion, which made it a bit uncomfortable. Other than that, the flight was excellent.

Take this flight regularly. Every single week same thing. Departure delayed. Make up some time in the air. Land at ORD and then wait for gate in "L" concourse Terminal 3 for 30-40 min-which yields a very delayed final arrival. Plus I get to taxi around and see every runway and drive over the bridge (IFKYK) over the expressway 2-4 times in most cases. Change the sched of incoming plane/work with FAA to improve traffic flow at ORD/change the timing of these flights. Whatever it takes. But do better.

- flight was delayed several hours due to weather (understandable) - flight delayed further and we were told by attendants "we are not sure where the pilots are but they are on their way" as we have to find different pilots for the flight - announcements over the PA were somewhat unprofessional by the attendants, seems they need more training and were not reading off the script. They showed their young age and immaturity in their communications with the passengers. They were not clear and lacked professional communication language. - going from a hub to hub we were also parked at the tarmac at ohare for an additional hour and kept being told "few more minutes". Please just let the passengers know the real wait time instead of hiding the truth. We understand there is traffic and weather delays, but we just want transparency. There are several logistics of our lives that revolve around what the attendants and pilots are sharing with us but they are not being transparant.

Boarding and Delays The boarding process for my American Airlines flight from Copenhagen to Philadelphia was a bit tricky. We experienced a gate change that required a long walk to a new area of the airport. Additionally, boarding was not via a jet bridge; we had to take a shuttle bus to the plane and then carry our luggage up the stairs ourselves. Furthermore, the bag drop didn't open until about 12:20 PM, which was only three hours before our scheduled departure. This meant I couldn't drop my bag off early and had to wait outside of security in order to drop off my bag and use the kiosk. The bag drop self-service kiosks also didn't open until about 12:00 PM when an American Airlines employee unlocked them so that we could print out our boarding passes and bag tags, which further created a backlog. The flight was delayed by over an hour because we had to wait for one of the tires on the plane to be changed. Flight Attendant Professionalism On a positive note, the flight attendant was very professional when handling a passenger who was sitting in the wrong seat. Even though the passenger was persistent and reluctant to move, the flight attendant calmly ensured the assigned passenger could take their seat. Kudos to the flight attendant for keeping his calm and composure, not allowing the issue to escalate, and handling it well under pressure while a line of passengers waited in the aisle to board. In-Flight Service The in-flight service was also fast, prompt, and efficient, although service had to be suspended for the last two hours of the flight due to weather and turbulence, which was outside of the crew's control. Limited Flight Options Please note that American Airlines only operates one flight per day in and out of Copenhagen. This means there are limited options available if your flight is delayed or canceled, which is something to take into consideration when booking.

I will never but. through kayak again. and American Airlines. I will never fly again on. They're both thieves.

Nothing, I wont be flying American Airlines again and will not be recommending anyone to fly American Airlines. It was the worst experience flying I've ever had.

They cancelled two flight and got us onto another airline, which was also delayed.

Boarding and crew were great. Everything was. On time. The 737 was Incredibly Uncomfortable!! Too tight in seat area for one, but, the real problem was that the seats were AWFUL. After an 8 hour flight from Dallas to Madrid my lower back was miserable and I am fit: I never have back problems. It took 2 days to recover. Honestly I can’t recommend AA for long distance flights. Plus for a $1200+ ticket they wanted $30 for 2 hours of internet. Thank you for listening.

A nearly half-hour delay to board/depart meant that our connection in DFW was less than 30 minutes. If the flight attendants would have made an announcement to the flight to allow those with close connections to de-plane first it would have helped, but nothing. We *barely* made our connection, with no time to eat or user the restroom between flights.

My flight change many times and after it was canceled and I have to stay 1 more day

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