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Cheap Flights from Atlanta to Illinois

Cheapest round-trip prices found by our users on KAYAK in the last 72 hours
Chicago
Chicagononstop$81
Moline
Moline1 stop$365
Peoria
Peoria1 stop$249
Bloomington
Bloomingtonnonstop$399
Champaign
Champaign1 stop$486
Springfield
Springfield1 stop$525
St. Louis
St. Louisnonstop$104
Chicago
Chicagononstop$81
Moline
Moline1 stop$365
Peoria
Peoria1 stop$249
Bloomington
Bloomingtonnonstop$399
Champaign
Champaign1 stop$486
Springfield
Springfield1 stop$525
St. Louis
St. Louisnonstop$104

Book Cheap Atlanta 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 Atlanta 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 Atlanta to Illinois

Wed, Sep 10 - Sat, Oct 4
Frontier Logo
3:00 pm - 3:58 pmATL-MDW
1h 58mnonstop
Frontier Logo
6:15 am - 9:22 amMDW-ATL
2h 07mnonstop
$81Frontier
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Fri, Nov 14 - Tue, Nov 18
Frontier Logo
10:59 pm - 12:11 amATL-ORD
2h 12mnonstop
Frontier Logo
12:37 pm - 3:41 pmORD-ATL
2h 04mnonstop
$81Frontier
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Sat, Sep 20 - Mon, Sep 22
Frontier Logo
10:22 pm - 11:17 pmATL-MDW
1h 55mnonstop
Frontier Logo
6:20 am - 9:27 amMDW-ATL
2h 07mnonstop
$82Frontier
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Fri, Oct 3 - Mon, Oct 6
Southwest Logo
8:20 am - 9:05 amATL-STL
1h 45mnonstop
Southwest Logo
7:45 am - 10:20 amSTL-ATL
1h 35mnonstop
$147Southwest
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Wed, Sep 17 - Mon, Sep 22
American Airlines Logo
5:41 am - 10:54 amATL-PIA
6h 13m1 stop
American Airlines Logo
5:11 pm - 12:06 amPIA-ATL
5h 55m1 stop
$249American Airlines
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Thu, Sep 4 - Sun, Sep 7
American Airlines Logo
5:41 am - 10:54 amATL-PIA
6h 13m1 stop
American Airlines Logo
5:30 am - 12:33 pmPIA-ATL
6h 03m1 stop
$254American Airlines
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Thu, Sep 18 - Sun, Sep 21
Delta Logo
9:10 am - 9:34 amATL-EVV
1h 24mnonstop
Delta Logo
1:17 pm - 3:45 pmEVV-ATL
1h 28mnonstop
$299Delta
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Fri, Aug 29 - Mon, Sep 1
United Airlines Logo
6:59 pm - 10:15 pmATL-PIA
4h 16m1 stop
United Airlines Logo
3:55 pm - 9:48 pmPIA-ATL
4h 53m1 stop
$354United Airlines
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Wed, Nov 26 - Fri, Nov 28
Delta Logo
9:00 am - 9:25 amATL-EVV
1h 25mnonstop
Delta Logo
1:00 pm - 3:29 pmEVV-ATL
1h 29mnonstop
$359Delta
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Wed, Sep 17 - Mon, Sep 22
United Airlines Logo
1:27 pm - 4:43 pmATL-PIA
4h 16m1 stop
United Airlines Logo
3:55 pm - 10:58 amPIA-ATL
18h 03m3 stops
$432United Airlines
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KAYAK's insights & trends for Atlanta to Illinois flights

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

What is the cheapest Atlanta to Illinois flight route?

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

The cheapest ticket to Illinois from Atlanta found in the last 72 hours was to Chicago, at $70 round-trip. The most popular route is from Atlanta (ATL) to Chicago O'Hare Intl Airport (ORD), and the cheapest round-trip airline ticket found on this route in the last 72 hours was $70.

Can I save money by flying with a layover from Atlanta 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 $511, prices are generally cheapest when you fly direct.

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

To calculate monthly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each month over the last year for round-trip flights from Atlanta 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 Atlanta to Illinois is February, when tickets cost $137 (return) on average. On the other hand, the most expensive months are June and December, when the average cost of round-trip tickets is $189 and $185 respectively.

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

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

When flying from Atlanta to Illinois, you should consider leaving on a Thursday and avoid Sundays if you are looking for the best rates. For your return to Atlanta, you’ll find the best rates on Fridays and the most expensive ones on Sundays.

How far in advance should I book a flight from Atlanta 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 Atlanta 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 Atlanta to Illinois, you should book around 2 weeks before departure, which saves you about 33% compared to booking last minute. For the absolute cheapest price, our data suggests you should book 9 weeks before departure.

Good to know

Low seasonFebruary
Cheapest flight$39
Best time to beat the crowds with an average 12% drop in price.
Most popular time to fly with an average 2% increase in price.
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FAQs - booking Illinois flights

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

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

    KAYAK’s flight Price Forecast tool uses historical data to determine whether the price for a flight from Atlanta 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 Atlanta 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 Atlanta 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 Atlanta 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 Atlanta 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 $166 on average. Morning departures are around 21% 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 $290.

Top tips for finding cheap flights to Illinois

  • Looking for a cheap flight? 25% of our users found tickets from Atlanta to the following destinations at these prices or less: Chicago $85 one-way - $135 round-trip

Reviews of the top 5 airlines serving from Atlanta to Illinois

 
See real verified KAYAK customer reviews for airlines flying from Atlanta 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 Atlanta 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 4246 reviews
7.5Entertainment
7.0Food
8.0Comfort
8.1Boarding
8.6Crew
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Near 4 hour flight with only 1 service. Had to use call button to request water. Internet and power not working until into flight. Internet would stop working during flight.

6.0 GoodDavid, Aug 2025MCO - DEN
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Near 4 hour flight with only 1 service. Had to use call button to request water. Internet and power not working until into flight. Internet would stop working during flight.

Southwest's seats are the least comfortable I have ever sat in.

The cabin was quiet for the redeye flight. The area was clean. The staff was great. The 787 Max was in good condition. Drawbacks were that the seat widths were tight for some passengers. The seat padding was at best average and for a long flight uncomfortable.

Southwest like most American domestic airlines, is a mediocre airline. But it is among the cheapest. Oh well.

My flight was delayed 50 minutes and we were rushed to board to then sit for 15 minutes until the pilot arrived. Unacceptable since we could have waited to board. Also the delayed flight was updated AFTER we boarded to more than the 10 minutes as originally stated.

Other than a bit of a delay, everything was good. Again, the boarding process and picking seats is the only thing I don't enjoy.

If we are going to have to pay for luggage, make it easier to do. Put something on the app during check-in so I don't need to do it at the kiosk. I've done it twice recently and I ended up having to pay at the desk because something went wrong at the kiosk in Tampa.

southwest just starting charging for luggage. hadnt realized it until it was too late. now out $70 when i couldve bought a carry on if i wouldve known. free bags was one of the only reasons i chose southwest over another airline (the other being no assigned seats, which is apparently also being changed). stupid business decision. wont be flying southwest anymore.

The quality of Southwest Airlines continues to degrade each time I fly with them. If it were not for the free luggage, I would probably choose another airline. Their prices are a little bit competitive, but way too high for the quality of the service. Southwest is not unique in this way. Domestic flight in the United States of America has continued to be a lower and lower quality product. Very sad when you compare the quality of domestic airlines to that of many international airlines around the world.

Very smooth checking in our luggage with a super pleasant SW agent. I enjoyed a fun entertaining movie.

Delayed due to thunderstorms and no in-flight service due to rough weather — both of which are out of Delta’s control. Flight was good overall.

There was supposed to be a meal served, but there wasn’t and the major toilet was out of order

Always good but we must do something about people in rows ahead of you that don't put their seats back up when they are suppose to. And It's rough to not be able to even lean over to get something out of my purse.

Did not know my son and I had different seating arrangements. He was fine, but it was disappointing.

Overall, it was okay. Seat was a little cramped. Would’ve liked more substantial snacks or opportunity to buy some.

I was with one of the last zones to board. It was kind of annoying to finally get called to board and my whole section was already on the plane. Clearly they boarded with previous zones. So by the time I got on board, there were no spaces for my luggage above my head. I had to put my luggage 4+ rows behind me, which meant that I had to wait even longer to get off the plane, since I had to wait for those rows to clear the aisle before I could retrieve my luggage and exit the plane. This also held up the plane cleaners, as they couldn't service my row until I cleared it, so they were all standing there waiting for me, while I'm standing there waiting for the other passengers to clear the aisle. Anyways, I wasn't in a rush this time, so I just waited, but I could see that being a problem in the future. Now, I could have checked my luggage, of course, but coincidentally, a friend of mine on the same flight got their luggage damaged (wheel completely knocked off) and was told by the Baggage Attendant in the airport that Delta doesn't "cover wheel damage" on luggage. This was disappointing to hear. I'm glad I didn't check mine through. If it were my luggage, I'd be highly frustrated to hear that. It makes me not want to check my luggage in the future.

Great flight. On-time, comfortable, clean aircraft, and offered snacks pre-flight to plan for a potentially turbulent route. I wish there was Wi-Fi an all Delta Aircrafts but for a short flight this is not much of a problem.

Delayed in taking off because no flight crew. The in seat entertainment was working properly.

Flight did not have seat back entertainment and the wifi was iffy.

The seats are uncomfortable, feels like a small seat pad on plywood.

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.

Overall it was good. I missed my connection but I was put on another flight.

Overall a very poor experience - booked premium economy tickets but due to last minute flight delays , all my itinery went for a toss and had to fly economy class with no access to lounge or any compensation by united airlines to make up for the flight delays . i had expected better experience than that from united.

Cramped seat even in economy plus seat 10A. Over booked flight, no space for the bags

It was fine, definitely older planes with no charging or anything. There’s no entertainment set up on board, but it is nice that they allow you to access the in flight entertainment from your phone without having to pay for the Wi-Fi and they do offer free texting.

I liked that the flight was nonstop from ORD to CIU for $200 round trip.

The schedule to Moline changed 5 times. The gate changed 6 times. That is a pathetic way to run an airline. No wonder that no one in our company flies on United Express to or from Moline. Changes happen most of the time. I learned my lesson on this trip…never again!

While the staff was pleasant and helpful, the following observations are for your awareness. There was some delay on the tarmac on take off and landing. The paid lunch/food offerings were limited. Entertainment was only available on WiFi at a cost.

The first flight was better in terms of the aircraft.

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.

Pretty good. The food was just mediocre, the boarding and crew were good.

My flight got switched and my prepaid bag didnt transfer over properly so I paid to check ANOTHER BAG. I was placed in a middle seat and it was just miserable. At least it was a bulkhead row so I had legroom. The flight just never seem3d to end

Was not able to watch most shows on the entertainment site. They would not load

On Wednesday, July 30 we were in mid flight from Manchester to Charlotte and we turned around because the right engine was malfunctioning. That was the last flight out of Manchester that night. I was rebooked for Thursday, which became a weather event Friday. There were no seats left on the flight from Manchester to Charlotte. Consequently I didn’t leave Manchester until Saturday morning and we flew to Chicago so to say the least my scheduled flight and return to Iowa was three days off and it messed with my business schedule. Consequently cash flow. I would like some sort of acknowledgment of this event.

Dreadful experience. Our flight was delayed more than 8 hours due to a maintenance issue and the assistance from rebooking was poor. I was travelling with a bad knee and needed assistance waited in one place more than 3 hours before someone came with a wheelchair. The woman next to me was a 91 year old great grandmother who had waited more than 4 hours. There were moments of support from the staff but it appeared as they were going against the direction of management. It was apathy, lack of ownership and dismissive responses with small moments of kindness and understanding typically from grey haired, female, veteran staff..

Couldn’t get the door on the plane to close leading to a nearly 2 hour delay. But, hey at least they didn’t cancel the flight.

Initial flight was cancelled at the time of arrival to the airport, flight alternative requires switching from direct to flight with a layover, and the plane felt like it would split apart, it was so rattle-y.

The flight was fine and the crew awesome. The problem is ORD and AA. Computers went down, ORD fell apart and a 40 min flight turned into a 3 hour trip. Guess the answer is to not try and fly to ORD after noon. But, as I said, crew was awesome and did everything they could to lesson the flight time.

sluggish boarding and arrival procedures, fake nice flight attendants, and lots of delays.

Disaster. They lied every step of the way. We ended up being delayed due to crew and then allegedly abandoned the flight because of a curfew at LGA. No rebooking to LGA at any reasonable time. No hotel. No meal vouchers. Had to sleep in the airport and fly to Newark instead. Will never fly Frontier again.

What I expected, nickeled and dined and a frontier flight attendant loudly complained about her job and lack of communication as she headed to the gate on her cell phone. Not professional.

As every law enforcement agency I could imagine surrounded the plane and we didn’t disembark for 2 hours and then had to stick around for another hour to go get our personal belongings after leaving them behind and being bused away from the plane, it was scary and inconvenient. We were given no information as to why this was happening. Lack of communication with passengers was disappointing.

After boarding and un-boarding twice over 6+hours, the flight was canceled.

Severe turbulence. Captain never came on to reassure passengers after things settled down.

My first flight was delayed 5 hours. The 2nd flight was canceled til the next day and the never even tried to compensate for it. Worse I was delayed again on the flight the rebooked me on.

Boarding in Orlando was not good. Giant mob at the gate, should have been lines.

Decent clean onboard experience. Okay discount airline experience. Unfortunately, any customer service interactions are difficult and unhelpful. There is no service. Also, a premium seat only gets you premium boarding if you line up first. Once they start general boarding you must go to the back of the line. Not very premium

baggage clamed had to wait over a hour and half for all people on my flight it was terrible

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