$71 Find Cheap Flights from Charlotte to Illinois

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Best Illinois Flight Deals from Charlotte

Cheapest round-trip prices found by our users on KAYAK in the last 72 hours
Chicago
Chicagononstop$141
Moline
Moline1 stop$325
Peoria
Peorianonstop$303
Bloomington
Bloomington1 stop$367
Champaign
Champaign1 stop$432
Springfield
Springfield1 stop$443
St. Louis
St. Louis1 stop$190
Paducah
Paducahnonstop$165
Chicago
Chicagononstop$141
Moline
Moline1 stop$325
Peoria
Peorianonstop$303
Bloomington
Bloomington1 stop$367
Champaign
Champaign1 stop$432
Springfield
Springfield1 stop$443
St. Louis
St. Louis1 stop$190
Paducah
Paducahnonstop$165

Cheap Flights from Charlotte to Illinois

 
Here are some of the best deals found on KAYAK recently from the most popular airlines for round-trip flights from Charlotte 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 Charlotte to Illinois

Wed, Aug 6 - Sat, Aug 9
Southwest Logo
6:30 am - 7:25 amCLT-MDW
1h 55mnonstop
Southwest Logo
5:35 pm - 8:30 pmMDW-CLT
1h 55mnonstop
$141Southwest
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Wed, Aug 6 - Sat, Aug 9
United Airlines Logo
6:45 am - 8:03 amCLT-ORD
2h 18mnonstop
United Airlines Logo
6:35 pm - 9:45 pmORD-CLT
2h 10mnonstop
$141United Airlines
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Wed, Aug 27 - Sun, Aug 31
American Airlines Logo
5:20 pm - 6:29 pmCLT-ORD
2h 09mnonstop
American Airlines Logo
5:20 am - 8:21 amORD-CLT
2h 01mnonstop
$142American Airlines
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Fri, Aug 22 - Sun, Aug 24
American Airlines Logo
5:20 pm - 6:29 pmCLT-ORD
2h 09mnonstop
American Airlines Logo
7:13 am - 10:23 amORD-CLT
2h 10mnonstop
$143American Airlines
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Thu, Jul 10 - Thu, Jul 17
Frontier Logo
10:19 pm - 11:44 pmCLT-ORD
2h 25mnonstop
Frontier Logo
6:06 pm - 9:34 pmORD-CLT
2h 28mnonstop
$164Frontier
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Thu, Jul 10 - Thu, Jul 17
Frontier Logo
10:19 pm - 11:44 pmCLT-ORD
2h 25mnonstop
Frontier Logo
6:06 pm - 9:34 pmORD-CLT
2h 28mnonstop
$166Frontier
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Mon, Jul 14 - Thu, Jul 17
Spirit Airlines Logo
9:24 am - 9:30 pmCLT-ORD
13h 06m1 stop
Spirit Airlines Logo
4:37 pm - 10:02 amORD-CLT
16h 25m1 stop
$180Spirit Airlines
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Thu, Sep 18 - Sun, Sep 21
Spirit Airlines Logo
5:04 pm - 7:49 amCLT-STL
15h 45m1 stop
Spirit Airlines Logo
8:44 am - 3:59 pmSTL-CLT
6h 15m1 stop
$190Spirit Airlines
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Wed, Aug 13 - Sun, Aug 17
Delta Logo
5:35 am - 9:16 amCLT-MDW
4h 41m1 stop
Delta Logo
6:04 am - 12:59 pmMDW-CLT
5h 55m1 stop
$197Delta
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Wed, Aug 13 - Wed, Sep 3
Delta Logo
6:05 am - 10:20 amCLT-ORD
5h 15m1 stop
Delta Logo
9:45 am - 2:58 pmORD-CLT
4h 13m1 stop
$197Delta
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KAYAK's insights & trends for Charlotte to Illinois flights

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

What is the cheapest Charlotte to Illinois flight route?

The cheapest price for flight routes found by users searching on KAYAK in the last 2 weeks for round-trip flights from Charlotte to Illinois.

The cheapest ticket to Illinois from Charlotte found in the last 72 hours was to Chicago, at $176 round-trip. The most popular route is from Charlotte (CLT) to Chicago O'Hare Intl Airport (ORD), and the cheapest round-trip airline ticket found on this route in the last 72 hours was $176.

Can I save money by flying with a layover from Charlotte 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 $413, prices are generally cheapest when you fly direct.

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

To calculate monthly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each month over the last year for round-trip flights from Charlotte 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 Charlotte to Illinois is September, when tickets cost $151 (return) on average. On the other hand, the most expensive months are January and March, when the average cost of round-trip tickets is $270 and $266 respectively.

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

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

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

How far in advance should I book a flight from Charlotte 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 Charlotte 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 Charlotte to Illinois, you should book around 3 weeks before departure. For the absolute cheapest price, our data suggests you should book 7 weeks before departure.


Good to know

Low seasonJanuary
High seasonJuly
Cheapest flight$71
Best time to beat the crowds but there is an average 10% increase in price.
Most popular time to fly and prices are also 6% lower on average.
Flight from Charlotte to Chicago Midway Airport

Flights from Charlotte to Illinois: the best tips from KAYAK users

Insights shared by verified travelers who flew the route from Charlotte to Illinois 
LeoFlew with United AirlinesCLT-ORDJun 2024
Get precheck TSA if you’re flying in early morning. Get a seat on the right side of the plane if you want to see sunrise.
JenniferFlew with American AirlinesCLT-ORDJul 2024
Both the Charlotte and O'Hare airports are large and well organized. Wear you comfy walking shoes and enjoy the journey!

FAQs - booking Illinois flights

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

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

    KAYAK’s flight Price Forecast tool uses historical data to determine whether the price for a flight from Charlotte 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 Charlotte 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 Charlotte 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 Charlotte 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 Charlotte 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 $285 on average. Morning departures are around 2% more expensive 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 $470.

Top tips for finding cheap flights to Illinois

  • Looking for a cheap flight? 25% of our users found tickets from Charlotte to the following destinations at these prices or less: Chicago $142 one-way - $270 round-trip

Reviews of the top 5 airlines serving from Charlotte to Illinois

 
See real verified KAYAK customer reviews for airlines flying from Charlotte 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 Charlotte 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 4278 reviews
8.0Comfort
7.1Food
8.2Boarding
8.6Crew
7.6Entertainment
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Southwest is Southwest. No frills. If you're luck enough to get a happy crew (we did), then it makes for a nicer flight.

10.0 ExcellentMichael, Jun 2025SMF - SEA
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Southwest is Southwest. No frills. If you're luck enough to get a happy crew (we did), then it makes for a nicer flight.

Southwest is typically delayed, and it gets wearisome. It is no longer a discount airline and you get way less than you pay for when it comes to comfort and Ce.

We sat on the plane on the tarmac for 4 hours.

I'm not a fan of Southwest's model. I don't like the herding style of boarding.

Flight crew and cabin crew were great. I had to rearrange flights because my original flight was 3hrs delayed for weather, the rub is the flight I moved to boarded on time then we sat at the gate for 2 hours because scheduling stole our first officer for another flight, TWICE. Then our actual FO was an hour delayed. To make it worse my original flight went from a 3 hour delay to departing 15min EARLY. Just poor scheduling operations all around.

Bring back peanuts Take our drink orders when were all seated, especially after you switch to assigned seating.

Staff was far less than helpful at all times. Departure and arrival times mean nothing to Southwest. Extremely disappointed, will never fly with them again, and I’ll be sure to share my experience with all.

It is southwest seat was ok. Not the most comfortable seat

I’ve always loved Southwest. No issues at all. I was flying standby and the gate agent was extremely friendly and helpful. Boarding was smooth and I was able to get a window seat in the emergency exit row. Crew was fantastic! They were very professional and accommodating. We had to divert from our destination due to weather but the flight crew kept everyone at ease and informed us of all pertinent information. Excellent flight

The price of the tickets isn't matching the flight experience. No matter how long the flight is, you're only getting pretzels. The flight attendants looked unkept and over it.

United airlines, mediocre at best. No issues , nothing great . Worked for me

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.

Smooth flight. Boarding was chaotic. Could not hear the gate agent over the intercom. People were lined up in the wrong lines. Groups one and two were told to board through line one and group 3 through line 2. All very confusing. Once in the air, the flight was smooth. There was no entertainment option on this aircraft, even though it was a larger aircraft.

Overall poor for me I paid extra for seats with leg room and my regional flights exit row seats have less leg room then the others that's money that could have been saved and on my final flight home the flights air was not operating it was unbearably hot in the cabin I will be contacting United and filing a DOT complaint

There's just no way to sit fully upright and comfortably in these seats. There needs to be 2 more inches of room, and that's not something that only one person on the flight needs - the whole flight needs 2 more inches of room. If that means you sell 6 less seats, so be it. It's too close for anyone. Forcing people to pay for "premium" economy just to get "barely enough space to breathe" isn't really an answer to that.

The crew were very nice. The Chocolate is good and v there’s no entertainment. Thanks

Long 5 hour and 45 min flight and only one drink service and cookie snack

Newark airport grounded inbound flight and only announced when the flight was about to start taxing.

Terrible. The flight was delayed two hours due to weather. Then when we got on the plane, the first pilot ended up timing out and we had to wait for a second pilot. Second pile came on board and we tax it out. Had to return back to the gate because of an unruly passenger. Then the copilot timed out. Had to wait for new copilot. Also had to wait for maintenance to check for fuel. Then found out the second pilot timed out and we had to wait for a third pilot. Was ready to go and then needed maintenance again for another issue. In the end, it was 2 o’clock in the morning when they announced that the flight couldn’t go because the third pilot and the second copilot had timed out.

American Airlines initially postponed the flight. Then they cancelled it an rescheduled us on a flight that would take over 24 hours with multiple stops. They then changed this flight to a reasonable alternative the next day which they later cancelled and replaced with a flight that would take off with an additional 16 hour delay. They blamed weather but I noticed (at 4am) that Delta had direct flights from Charlotte to Detroit. I went on line. Booked it and was in Detroit buy 9am. The interesting thing is they did a similar thing to a family member just 2 days earlier. I don't think I will fly American unless I have to.

I was a little disappointed of not having an android charger. Only one it was for an iPhone. I've flown American in the past and had access to one.

At least it was a short flight. Greyhound with wings.

One of the best flights I’ve had. So smooth.

This flight didn’t happen because AA agents didn’t let us board the flight

Checking in at the counter was very disappointing. The lady had a very bad attitude and smart at me. She had no smile, did not greet me by name, or acknowledge me as a valued customer. Poor reflection of the airline.

First class flight attendant was rude and lacked any customer service skills.

Didn't like size of seats. Found charges for checked luggage and carry on too high

While on the flight we had a delay and had to sit on the plane while maintenance fixed it. It’s ended up taking an hour and a half longer to leave than expected. I had an unruly passenger sitting behind me that vaped during the flight and was rude and loud for the majority of the flight.

Spirit is by far the worst airline to travel with, period. Seats are cardboard, flight attendants need anger management and if you ask for water, you’re basically a criminal. I don’t care how much it costs but I will travel with an airline who actually cares about their customers. Oh and one more thing, the next time your gate agent puts his foot on someone’s baggage's scale, I hope they get what’s coming next, a viral video of your scams. You suck Spirit, do better.

I mean, it’s Spirit. But it was frustrating to have our flight canceled, get bumped to a later flight, and then Spirit was unwilling to check our bag until 4 hours before our flight… tell us we could not sit in the waiting area’s chairs… and really negative experience getting checked in and dropping the bag.

Not having it be changed after we bought the flight tickets from a direct flight getting in at a reasonable time to a connecting flight red eye of 9 hours, so that we would lose our 35 dollars in nonrefundable insurance would've been great! Our country really does need low-cost carrier options, but this type of "service" ain't it. Fortunately, had a little better success with them flying to and from San Juan PR last month at least.

terrible service, no room for a dog underfoot, a broken chair that is impossible to sit on and all this costs a lot of money

Terrible-extreme delay with very little communication, plane was overfull, luggage was returned on baggage claim in filthy condition.

The flights were on time, the schedule was convenient for me, without delays.

Lower cost is the reason to fly Spirit. Should give free baggage with credit card.

Very difficult. Flew out on Dec 24th and it was a mess. They know it is going to be the busiest time of the year and they had no organization. Finally they called for people going on certiam flights so they could get them thru thw line then we had to rush to our gate to get in li e to board.We missed our flight do to being stuck at the border of Mexico. They would not work with us to make an affordable price so we had to wait a day with no where to go and pay 280 more for our flights. I would think that a complimentary drink would be nice. But we had to pay 4.49 for a coke. Not an overall good experience

No way to get boarding pass on my phone. In order to print the bag ticket a boarding pass is needed. Asked the agent to print me one, they said they typically do not due this as its so much work. I showed the email confirmation and I asked how i could do it my self the agent replied he did not know as there was no link. The flight was delayed due to an attendant forgetting to come to work. On the flight no drinks were offered only for purchase meals.

No way to get boarding pass on my phone. In order to print the bag ticket a boarding pass is needed. Asked the agent to print me one, they said they typically do not due this as its so much work. I showed the email confirmation and I asked how i could do it my self the agent replied he did not know as there was no link. On the flight no drinks were offered only for purchase meals.

Since you have to pay for overhead bags then they shouldn't be running out of space and asking individuals who paid to remove stuff from the overhead

Cancelled flight after I arrived at airport after 75 min drive and parking. Next flight was 4 days in the future. Had to scramble and buy a much more expensive flight on another carrier.

Book with frontier airlines with the mentality that they'll cancel your flight, kick you off and lose your luggage. Anything besides that is a win. Compare prices with other airlines (to include luggage) and if frontier is still worth it, book it but know all of their policies.

You get what you pay for nothing essentially but a hard uncomfortable seat that doesn’t recline and kids screaming all around you and chaotic boarding and limited check bag weight allowance when compared to other airlines

I never got to experience the flight because they delayed my first flight and I missed this one. Then Frontier didn't want to help me rebook a flight to get me to my final destination.

The Boarding process in Denver was chaotic, and since the line was so long, we were lined up very far from the gate. If there were any announcements from the gate staff, we didn't hear them. The flight attendants were spectacular. The only negative part of the flight was sitting by a 2 1/2 year old who was unruly and unfortunately had parents that matched his behaviors. Also, the restaurants in Denver on the E concourse, they didn't have food (passengers could only order 1 item on the entire menu) or the restaurants had 12-14 people waiting for orders to be prepared and another 6 people waiting to order. If you have a layover in Denver and need to grab food, be prepared to visit the shops with pre-packaged sandwiches, or you can visit another concourse but it may take a while to transit throughout the airport.

I liked the turn-style feature at gate 209B at LAX. Very efficient process. The gate staff also made several, clearly directed announcements so I felt very informed.

Although an hour and a half early was told by staff at check in they had overbooked and could not check us in for the flight.

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