Find cheap flights from Chicago to Carlsbad - Compare and Save

When flying out of Chicago you’ll be using one of these airports: Chicago Midway or Chicago O'Hare Intl. Carlsbad does not have its own airport so you’ll be flying into nearby Los Angeles airport, which is 81.6 mi away.

Direct flights cover the 1,753 miles separating Chicago and Carlsbad in about 4h 25m.

171 direct flights run between Chicago and Carlsbad on a daily basis. On average, there are about 1,201 departures each week.

Consider leaving on a Thursday and avoid Saturdays if you are looking for the best rates. For your return to Chicago, you’ll find the best rates on Wednesdays and the most expensive ones on Sundays.

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 Carlsbad.

KAYAK’s flight Price Forecast tool uses historical data to determine whether the price for a flight to Carlsbad from Chicago 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 to Carlsbad with an airline and back to Chicago 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 to Carlsbad from Chicago up to 3 days before/after your preferred dates. You can then pick the flights that suit you best.

In the last 5 days, the cheapest one-way ticket between Chicago and Carlsbad found on KAYAK was with Frontier for $54. Frontier offered a round-trip connection from $101 and Delta from $118.