$47 Find Cheap Flights from Chicago to Alabama

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Cheap Flights from Chicago to Alabama

Cheapest round-trip prices found by our users on KAYAK in the last 72 hours
Birmingham
Birmingham1 stop$234
Huntsville
Huntsville1 stop$225
Montgomery
Montgomery1 stop$250
Atlanta
Atlantanonstop$106
Birmingham
Birmingham1 stop$234
Huntsville
Huntsville1 stop$225
Montgomery
Montgomery1 stop$250
Atlanta
Atlantanonstop$106

Book Cheap Chicago to Alabama Plane Tickets

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

Mon, Sep 14 - Tue, Sep 22
Frontier Logo
6:30 am - 9:40 am
ORD
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ATL
2h 10mnonstop
Frontier Logo
6:22 pm - 7:44 pm
ATL
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ORD
2h 22mnonstop
$106Frontier
Wed, Sep 2 - Wed, Sep 9
Frontier Logo
6:00 am - 9:19 am
MDW
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ATL
2h 19mnonstop
Frontier Logo
9:00 pm - 9:58 pm
ATL
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MDW
1h 58mnonstop
$106Frontier
Tue, Jun 30 - Tue, Jun 30
United Airlines Logo
10:25 am - 1:16 pm
ORD
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CHA
1h 51mnonstop
United Airlines Logo
7:07 pm - 8:12 pm
CHA
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ORD
2h 05mnonstop
$249United Airlines
Tue, Jun 30 - Fri, Jul 3
American Airlines Logo
3:09 pm - 5:58 pm
ORD
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CHA
1h 49mnonstop
American Airlines Logo
8:10 pm - 12:01 am
CHA
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ORD
4h 51m
1 stop
$259American Airlines
Fri, Jun 26 - Sun, Jul 5
United Airlines Logo
6:55 am - 9:44 am
ORD
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CHA
1h 49mnonstop
United Airlines Logo
6:00 am - 6:59 am
CHA
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ORD
1h 59mnonstop
$264United Airlines
Tue, Jun 30 - Fri, Jul 3
American Airlines Logo
5:34 pm - 12:19 am
ORD
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CHA
5h 45m
1 stop
American Airlines Logo
6:37 pm - 12:01 am
CHA
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ORD
6h 24m
1 stop
$269American Airlines
Tue, Aug 4 - Sat, Aug 29
Delta Logo
6:40 am - 11:00 am
ORD
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BHM
4h 20m
1 stop
Delta Logo
4:05 pm - 8:55 pm
BHM
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ORD
4h 50m
1 stop
$292Delta
Sat, Aug 8 - Wed, Aug 12
Delta Logo
1:50 pm - 6:42 pm
ORD
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VPS
4h 52m
1 stop
Delta Logo
5:06 pm - 11:57 pm
VPS
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ORD
6h 51m
1 stop
$303Delta
Mon, Aug 10 - Thu, Aug 13
Southwest Logo
5:55 am - 9:30 am
MDW
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PNS
3h 35m
1 stop
Southwest Logo
7:45 am - 3:30 pm
PNS
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MDW
7h 45m
2 stops
$361Southwest
Sat, Sep 19 - Tue, Sep 22
Southwest Logo
6:50 am - 2:55 pm
MDW
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PNS
8h 05m
1 stop
Southwest Logo
4:20 pm - 10:20 pm
PNS
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MDW
6h 00m
1 stop
$365Southwest
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KAYAK's insights & trends for Chicago to Alabama flights

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

How much is a round-trip flight from Chicago to Alabama?

This analysis is based on the cheapest round-trip price found on KAYAK in the last 12 months by searching for a flight from Chicago to Alabama departing in July.

What is the cheapest Chicago to Alabama flight route?

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

The cheapest ticket to Alabama from Chicago found in the last 5 days was to Birmingham, at $220 round-trip. The most popular route is from Chicago O'Hare Intl Airport (ORD) to Birmingham (BHM), and the cheapest round-trip airline ticket found on this route in the last 5 days was $365.

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

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

The cheapest time of day to fly to Alabama is generally in the afternoon, when round-trip flights cost $403 on average. Morning departures are around 8% cheaper than evening flights, on average. The most expensive time of day to fly to Alabama is generally in the evening, which is peak travel time and where the average cost of a ticket is $496.

Can I save money by flying with a layover from Chicago to Alabama?

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 $423, prices are generally cheapest when you fly direct.

What is the cheapest month to fly from Chicago to Alabama?

To calculate monthly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each month over the last year for round-trip flights from Chicago to Alabama, 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 Chicago to Alabama is August, when tickets cost $105 (return) on average. On the other hand, the most expensive months are June and January, when the average cost of round-trip tickets is $260 and $209 respectively.

What’s the cheapest day of the week to fly from Chicago to Alabama?

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

When flying from Chicago to Alabama, you should consider leaving on a Saturday and avoid Mondays if you are looking for the best rates. For your return to Chicago, you’ll find the best rates on Thursdays and the most expensive ones on Sundays.

How far in advance should I book a flight from Chicago to Alabama?

To calculate weekly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each week before departure over the last year for round-trip flights from Chicago to Alabama, 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 Chicago to Alabama, you should book around 4 weeks before departure, which saves you about 56% compared to booking last minute. For the absolute cheapest price, our data suggests you should book 17 weeks before departure.

Good to know

Low seasonSeptember
Cheapest flight$47
Best time to beat the crowds with an average 18% drop in price.
Most popular time to fly and prices are also 5% lower on average.
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FAQs - booking Alabama flights

  • How does KAYAK find such low prices on flights from Chicago to Alabama?

    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 Chicago to Alabama.

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

    KAYAK’s flight Price Forecast tool uses historical data to determine whether the price for a flight from Chicago to Alabama 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 Chicago to Alabama?

    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 Chicago to Alabama 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 Chicago to Alabama?

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

Reviews of the top 4 airlines serving from Chicago to Alabama

 
See real verified KAYAK customer reviews for airlines flying from Chicago to Alabama. 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 Chicago to Alabama? 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.
7.9
SouthwestOverall score based on 4235 reviews
8.1Boarding
7.5Entertainment
8.0Comfort
7.0Food
8.6Crew
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.

It was great. The gate staff were very helpful in Portland when my son forgot his rolling bag and had to go back to get it just in time to make it on the plane. We really appreciate that. Great job!

Airline is not very senior friendly. Flights are late, forcing us to run to the connecting flight. Food is awful. Wish they would go back to pretzels and peanuts. During flight, pressurization isn’t quite right and all of our ears get plugged. Everything is nickel and dime, charging for boarding, seat selection and legroom. While a screen at the desk in the gate area says check your roll on bag now for free due to space limitation, the employee at the desk will not check the bag without a $100 fee. Insane.

Kayak could’ve posted the correct gate number. Almost missed my flight.

Slow boarding, limited food and drink portions. Bad delays and turbulence

there were two flight attendants that were up front...that were the best! They get KUDOs for making my trip only fantastic. Tell them Jeff said that!

OKay. I sat in the back of the plane and it was really loud between babies and little kids, and adults who.like to talk a lot and loudly most of the flight.

Flight coming out of Buffalo was delayed, so we had to be rescheduled on another flight from Baltimore to Phoenix which means we had a long layover and got home 3.5 hours late. Shuttle to parking stopped at 10pm, so we had to pay for an Uber to the parking lot and got charged an extra day of parking since it was after midnight. Not the best experience. Long day!

Was fine, delayed and feels like southwest is always late

I don't know why flying out of Sarasota requires two plane changes.

Flight delayed four separate times. I’m now one hour hours late to landing.

worst flight ever from Delta, it got delayed and kept on delaying..

Should never have had to go to Detroit from Orlando back to Tennessee!

Got rerouted from a straight flight from Orlando to Atlanta to Knoxville to a flight from Orlando to Detroit to Knoxville! Seriously!! Flight delay out of Detroit! Long day for what should have been a pretty easy travel day!

Two delays on two separate planes with parts they could not easily find and replace.

Checkin was good, fllight ws good. Onlly complaint is lack of foot on 6 hour flight from Seattle to Boston. Snacks were flimsy - chips and cookies. could have offered something more substantial for such a long flight. I know you can buy food in airport but for the price you pay for a ticket, they should step up for the passengers.

Only beverages were offered to first class and I thought the flight attendant could have also served the Delta Comfort as well instead of sitting down and staring at her phone and walking past all of us to the back of the plane to charge her phone more. There was a complete lack of turbulence and was safe enough for flights attendant to walk around in the front of the plane, collect trash and serve a few people water and turn off the seat belt light. Also didn’t enforce people putting their seats into the upright position and allowed two passengers to remain reclined during landing. They seemed out to lunch completely. Usually my experience on Delta is much better.

Long story short, it was one of the better flight experiences I've had in some time when compared with other airlines.

Flight was great! This flight from Atlanta was even better than when I paid for Comfort from SNA to Atlanta.

Connection flights should be spaced out farther because too close I missed my connection.

Boarded early; and arrived home 40 mins early. After a long flight, it’s nice to be back home early. These flights have no amenities; no snacks. So need to bring your own

A long delay. Don't travel late in the day.

Super friendly with lots of drink options an entertainment. Friendly crew.

The crew was great. Very friendly and responsive. The plane was old, small and tight. We ran out of overhead space and I had to check. Middle seat was particularly tight.

Several missed and almost missed connections. It felt like everything was being patched together last minute without enough resources and it ended up being an extremely stressful experience that basically ruined our weekend on the west coast. What a waste.

Crew was friendly. Seats are too narrow, particularly when a big person is in the adjacent seat, but I understand this is due to smaller planes usually flight into Lincoln. I have experienced several flight delays going out and coming into Lincoln airport, I say maybe 50% or higher of the flights I've taken out of this airport have been delayed.

Great flight. Boarded efficiently. Arrived early at CLT. There was no in flight entertainment on this aircraft. Great crew.

The seat was comfortable. There was a lot of turbulence. If it weren't for that,it would have been okay.

Poor communication, flight was delayed for preventable reasons. I missed my connection.

No meal service to the back of the plane as it started late or was too slow to get it out before it was time to land.

I’ve got 31F seat and window seat . My 2 co passengers was AA crew members and they were very rude attitude and when I was going to use bathroom their gestures was very different and awkward and the guy beside me completely occupied the hand rest and I was really uncomfortable

It was so much better than expected, Ohare is not such a pleasant experience but American Airlines with the new, clean aeroplane and free Wi-Fi was outstanding and the crew so pleasant and helpful.

It wa sort of on time; the cab was left with some trash

American Airlines II: Delay Boogaloo. Multiple gate changes, delays, boarded and then MORE delays. I hate to say this won’t matter, but posting stuff about major corporations in 2026 is a post-modern “scream into the void.” Was multiple hours late coming home, so there you go.

The airplane was an old model, the overhead didn’t have enough room for people’s items and made boarding and boarding disappointing and stressful. Crew allowed passengers to bring more than the permitted baggage sizes.

Original flight was on time, then late, then changed gates...4 times. Once our newest plane came in, it was fine.

I almost missed my flight and they helped me out enormously

Delays experienced in boarding/take off due to incoming plane delayed. However, the boarding time/depart time in the app was significantly delayed in providing these updates. Usually not updated until an hour after we should have already boarded. Poorly managed.

Moved to earlier flight which unexpectedly had maintenance issues initially indicated as quick fix to ultimately plane changes. Moved back to original flight, also delayed. In all cases customer updates and communication very unclear, no updates on drivers for delays.

Typical AA - late by 90+ mn. Gate changed twice... Changed the departure time 6 times No explanation, no communication on reasons for delay I travel with AA twice a year... and it is consistently very poor.. I will continue to use AA only when i have to.

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Cabin class types available on flights to Alabama

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