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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 Arkansas to Illinois.

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

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 Arkansas to Illinois with an airline and back with another airline.

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

Arkansas and Illinois are connected by different airlines. The airlines that fly that route the most regularly are American Airlines (66 flights per week), Alaska Airlines (63 flights per week), and United Airlines (50 flights per week).

There are 12 airports in Illinois. The busiest airport is Chicago O'Hare Airport (ORD), with 91% of all flights arriving there.

Prices will differ depending on the departure airport, but generally, the cheapest airport to fly to in Illinois is Chicago O'Hare Intl Airport (ORD), with an average flight price of $415.

Based on KAYAK data, the cheapest day to fly to Illinois is Thursday where round-trip tickets can be as cheap as $379. On the other hand, the most expensive day to fly is Sunday, where round-trip prices are $717 on average.

The cheapest time of day to fly to Illinois is generally at night, when round-trip flights cost $412 on average. Morning departures are around 18% cheaper than evening flights, on average. The most expensive time of day to fly to Illinois is generally in the afternoon, which is peak travel time and where the average cost of a ticket is $871.

The cheapest ticket to Illinois from Arkansas found in the last 5 days was to Chicago O'Hare Intl Airport, at $269 round-trip. The most popular route is Little Rock (LIT) to Chicago O'Hare Intl Airport (ORD) and the cheapest round-trip airline ticket found on this route in the last 5 days was $269.

The cheapest month for flights from Arkansas to Illinois is September, when tickets cost $78 (return) on average. On the other hand, the most expensive months are April and February, when the average cost of round-trip tickets is $144 and $143 respectively.

To get a below average price on the flight from Arkansas to Illinois, you should book around 3 weeks before departure, which saves you about 26% compared to booking last minute. For the absolute cheapest price, our data suggests you should book 22 weeks before departure.

From Arkansas, there are direct flights to Illinois from 2 cities. The city with the most direct flights is Fayetteville, with 234 direct flights each week.

There are around 58 direct flights from within Arkansas to Illinois every day. Most flights (53%) depart in the morning.

Each week there are around 404 direct flights from within Arkansas to Illinois. The most common day for departures is Monday, with 15% of flights taking off on this day.

An average nonstop flight from Arkansas to Illinois takes 4h 02m, covering a distance of 439 miles. The shortest route is Jonesboro (JBR) to St. Louis (STL) with an average flight time of 1h 31m.

There are not any long-haul (6-12 hour flight duration) or medium-haul (3-6 hour flight duration) flights to Illinois. Instead, there are 404 short-haul flights (up to 3 hour flight duration), with the most arriving from Fayetteville.

Based on KAYAK flight searches, the most popular destination is St. Louis (88% of total searches to Illinois). The next most popular destination is Peoria (12%).