$64 Find Cheap Flights from Buffalo to Illinois

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Cheap Flights from Buffalo to Illinois

Cheapest round-trip prices found by our users on KAYAK in the last 72 hours
Chicago
Chicago1 stop$176
Moline
Moline1 stop$319
St. Louis
St. Louis1 stop$190
Chicago
Chicago1 stop$176
Moline
Moline1 stop$319
St. Louis
St. Louis1 stop$190

Book Cheap Buffalo 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 Buffalo 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 Buffalo to Illinois

Mon, Jan 19 - Wed, Jan 21
JetBlue Logo
2:45 pm - 7:45 pmBUF-ORD
6h 00m1 stop
JetBlue Logo
2:05 pm - 11:55 pmORD-BUF
8h 50m1 stop
$174JetBlue
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Sun, Nov 2 - Mon, Nov 3
Frontier Logo
2:42 pm - 10:03 pmBUF-MDW
8h 21m1 stop
Frontier Logo
6:20 am - 1:37 pmMDW-BUF
6h 17m1 stop
$176Frontier
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Tue, Jan 20 - Tue, Feb 10
American Airlines Logo
11:27 am - 8:53 pmBUF-ORD
10h 26m1 stop
American Airlines Logo
8:10 am - 10:52 amORD-BUF
1h 42mnonstop
$180American Airlines
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Thu, Dec 4 - Mon, Dec 8
Delta Logo
6:00 am - 11:55 amBUF-MDW
6h 55m1 stop
Delta Logo
1:14 pm - 5:10 pmMDW-BUF
2h 56m1 stop
$183Delta
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Thu, Dec 4 - Mon, Dec 8
Delta Logo
12:10 pm - 6:43 pmBUF-ORD
7h 33m1 stop
Delta Logo
10:45 am - 5:10 pmORD-BUF
5h 25m1 stop
$183Delta
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Wed, Jan 7 - Fri, Jan 9
American Airlines Logo
5:16 pm - 6:40 pmBUF-ORD
2h 24mnonstop
American Airlines Logo
8:50 pm - 8:58 amORD-BUF
11h 08m1 stop
$184American Airlines
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Tue, Jan 20 - Tue, Feb 10
United Airlines Logo
8:30 am - 9:37 amBUF-ORD
2h 07mnonstop
United Airlines Logo
10:35 am - 1:24 pmORD-BUF
1h 49mnonstop
$187United Airlines
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Sat, Dec 6 - Tue, Dec 9
Southwest Logo
12:30 pm - 4:55 pmBUF-STL
5h 25m1 stop
Southwest Logo
6:05 am - 12:00 pmSTL-BUF
4h 55m1 stop
$193Southwest
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Wed, Dec 10 - Mon, Dec 15
Southwest Logo
6:25 pm - 7:10 pmBUF-MDW
1h 45mnonstop
Southwest Logo
6:40 am - 2:20 pmMDW-BUF
6h 40m1 stop
$200Southwest
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Sat, Apr 4 - Wed, Apr 8
United Airlines Logo
5:50 pm - 8:58 pmBUF-MLI
4h 08m1 stop
United Airlines Logo
3:52 pm - 8:31 pmMLI-BUF
3h 39m1 stop
$319United Airlines
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KAYAK's insights & trends for Buffalo to Illinois flights

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

What is the cheapest Buffalo to Illinois flight route?

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

The cheapest ticket to Illinois from Buffalo found in the last 72 hours was to Chicago, at $236 round-trip. The most popular route is from Buffalo (BUF) to Chicago O'Hare Intl Airport (ORD), and the cheapest round-trip airline ticket found on this route in the last 72 hours was $236.

Can I save money by flying with a layover from Buffalo 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 $334, prices are generally cheapest when you fly direct.

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

To calculate monthly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each month over the last year for round-trip flights from Buffalo 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 Buffalo to Illinois is August, when tickets cost $217 (return) on average. On the other hand, the most expensive months are February and December, when the average cost of round-trip tickets is $352 and $350 respectively.

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

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

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

How far in advance should I book a flight from Buffalo 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 Buffalo 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 Buffalo to Illinois, you should book around 4 weeks before departure, which saves you about 44% compared to booking last minute. For the absolute cheapest price, our data suggests you should book 11 weeks before departure.

Good to know

Low seasonJanuary
Cheapest flight$64
Best time to beat the crowds with an average 1% drop in price.
Most popular time to fly and prices are also 1% lower on average.
Flight from Buffalo to Chicago O'Hare Airport

FAQs - booking Illinois flights

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

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

    KAYAK’s flight Price Forecast tool uses historical data to determine whether the price for a flight from Buffalo 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 Buffalo 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 Buffalo 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 Buffalo 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 Buffalo 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 $422 on average. Morning departures are around 6% 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 $564.

Top tips for finding cheap flights to Illinois

  • Looking for a cheap flight? 25% of our users found tickets from Buffalo to the following destinations at these prices or less: Chicago $179 one-way - $322 round-trip; Chicago $199 one-way - $337 round-trip

Reviews of the top 4 airlines serving from Buffalo to Illinois

 
See real verified KAYAK customer reviews for airlines flying from Buffalo 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 Buffalo 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.
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SouthwestOverall score based on 4237 reviews
7.5Entertainment
8.6Crew
7.0Food
8.1Boarding
8.0Comfort
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Sacrament staff are always polite and helpful. Airport is easy to maneuver and boarding is straightforward.

10.0 ExcellentStacy, Oct 2025SMF - DEN
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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.

Delays delays delays. Late taking off, late landing, wait for a gate, etc.

Boarded on time but once we were ready for take off, the crew determined that, although every seat was taken, somehow someone was on the wrong flight. Delay, delay delay, announcements and ended up with one person checking EVERY ID against their passenger Manifest only to figure out it was a "clerical error." We departed 54 minutes late causing me to run in the St. Louis Airport to make my connection and lose the priority boarding spot I had paid for. Unnecessary delay.

I was re-booked onto another flight because my original flight was delayed and I would have missed my connector. I ended up in the “C” group after paying extra to be in the “A “ group on the original flight. At least if you’re going to re-book people, re-book them into the same group.

Flight was delayed due to plane not passing inspection And one of the crew had to time out and we had to wait for another one A 3 hour delay

mandatory demand customer to check their carry on because not enough people check bags.

Connecting flight is on time and boarding was a breeze!

Excellent. Would encourage Southwest to keep current boarding procedures with free style seating. Makes for a fantastic experience

As always, the entire Southwest experience was perfect. Purchasing the tickets on the Southwest web site was effortless, departure and arrival gates were spotless and comfortable, plane was clean and comfortable, crew was excellent and flight was on time. Wheelchair service in Las Vegas at departure was somewhat chaotic and disjointed, but I am not sure if that was Southwest problem, airport problem or combination.

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.

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.

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.

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

Boarding was on time and plane departed as scheduled. There are obviously no amenities (food, drink, entertainment) on Frontier, but there also didn't seem to be any issues with luggage space either.

Inbound plane was on time and flight departed on time with no issues while boarding.

I knew going into this that Frontier, being a low cost carrier, would be pretty bare bones and charge for most extras but this was made up for by the fact that the airplane was a reasonably new Airbus, every employee was great and best of all, Everett Washington is an amazing airport - thanks Frontier for flying there!!!

i was unable to check in the flight. refund requested

It was well done. It was my first time flying with them and I was nervous b/c I have heard of many cancelled and/or delray flights. Everything went smoothly.

Just know that everything, and I mean everything is “ala cart”. 60$ just to put something in the overhead bin. I will never fly Frontier again nor do I recommend them to anyone else.

The single worst check in experience I could imagine. I’ll never do any business with Frontier or any affiliated company

Too many extra fees, uncomfortable, little leg room. Will not recommend this airline.

Everyone seemed to be in zone 1 for boarding. Maybe break it up a little. Otherwise, smooth flight.

Frontier is the Walmart of airlines. Frontier has removed adjustability and comfort from their seats to make the flight lighter and save gas. This makes it impossible to sleep on their flights. Their customer service is abysmal. Once, I bought a drink on the plane, and they swiped my credit card on the plane to pay for it. Then I got three weeks of daily notices from my bank telling me they tried to charge the wrong card number over and over again. I tried to call them, but they removed the ability to actually talk to someone that can resolve such a problem from their company to cut corners. The only way to talk to someone in person is to go to the check-in counter at the airport (40 minutes drive from my house). Eventually their system gave up on trying to charge the card, after 21 days of repeated tries. They don't pad their prices even a little to handle customer service issues like missed flights. They also have a blanket policy preventing helping you reschedule a missed flight if their system says you "cancelled" your own flight online. This is a major problem because their website is broken on mobile devices, the only web browser you have at the airport when their gate staff tell you that you have to reschedule your own missed flight online because they can't help you. I tried to reschedule my flight on my android device and instead, their website crashed and "cancelled" my missed flight. When I got to the counter, the agent argued with me for 5 minutes insisting that I intentionally cancelled my own flight (implying I had to buy another flight). She missed the point: the problem was that I could not buy another flight because their website is broken. I left to avoid more conflict with the "customer service" agent. I tried to redress my issue with their only other "customer service" chanel available: the contact form on their website. The response I got was more of the same: you cancelled your own flight, according to our website / computer records, therefore we won't help you. I was trying to explain the problem with their broken website that cost me hundreds of dollars by crashing / malfunctioning and resulting in a cancelled flight, but they only had deaf ears for this problem. Worst customer service I have ever experienced. I will never buy another Frontier flight again, because it is a risky, painful move that I will likely regret often.

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