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Cheap Flights from Chicago to Central America

Cheapest round-trip prices found by our users on KAYAK in the last 72 hours
San Salvador
San Salvador1 stop$256
San José
San José1 stop$252
Guatemala City
Guatemala City3 stops$262
Panama City
Panama City1 stop$272
Liberia
Liberia2 stops$300
Managua
Managua1 stop$274
San Pedro Sula
San Pedro Sula2 stops$242
Coxen Hole
Coxen Hole2 stops$519
Flores
Flores2 stops$344
San Salvador
San Salvador1 stop$256
San José
San José1 stop$252
Guatemala City
Guatemala City3 stops$262
Panama City
Panama City1 stop$272
Liberia
Liberia2 stops$300
Managua
Managua1 stop$274
San Pedro Sula
San Pedro Sula2 stops$242
Coxen Hole
Coxen Hole2 stops$519
Flores
Flores2 stops$344

Book Cheap Chicago to Central America 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 Central America 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 Chicago to Central America

Thu, Oct 30 - Tue, Nov 4
Spirit Airlines Logo
7:43 pm - 11:30 amORD-SJO
16h 47m1 stop
Spirit Airlines Logo
1:35 pm - 1:03 amSJO-ORD
11h 28m1 stop
$252Spirit Airlines
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Tue, Sep 30 - Sat, Oct 4
Spirit Airlines Logo
5:05 am - 11:14 amORD-SJO
7h 09m1 stop
Spirit Airlines Logo
11:37 am - 10:50 amSJO-ORD
22h 13m2 stops
$253Spirit Airlines
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Tue, Oct 21 - Wed, Oct 29
Copa Airlines Logo
7:59 am - 8:40 pmORD-SAL
13h 41m1 stop
Copa Airlines Logo
8:33 am - 12:56 amSAL-ORD
15h 23m1 stop
$261Copa Airlines
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Fri, Jan 23 - Mon, Feb 2
American Airlines Logo
5:00 am - 9:55 pmORD-GUA
16h 55m1 stop
American Airlines Logo
4:10 pm - 8:59 amGUA-ORD
16h 49m1 stop
$269American Airlines
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Mon, Mar 2 - Mon, Jun 1
United Airlines Logo
2:33 pm - 5:45 amORD-SAL
15h 12m1 stop
United Airlines Logo
3:30 pm - 7:47 amSAL-ORD
15h 17m1 stop
$272United Airlines
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Thu, Nov 6 - Mon, Nov 10
Avianca Logo
10:20 pm - 4:55 pmORD-PTY
17h 35m1 stop
Avianca Logo
9:45 am - 8:20 pmPTY-ORD
11h 35m1 stop
$272Avianca
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Sun, Jan 18 - Sun, Jan 25
American Airlines Logo
8:35 pm - 1:24 pmORD-GUA
16h 49m1 stop
American Airlines Logo
4:10 pm - 8:59 amGUA-ORD
16h 49m1 stop
$274American Airlines
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Thu, Mar 5 - Thu, Mar 19
Avianca Logo
10:20 pm - 8:50 amORD-PTY
9h 30m1 stop
Avianca Logo
2:55 am - 9:20 pmPTY-ORD
18h 25m1 stop
$275Avianca
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Fri, Nov 7 - Mon, Nov 17
Copa Airlines Logo
2:07 pm - 11:39 pmORD-SAL
9h 32m1 stop
Copa Airlines Logo
5:00 am - 12:46 pmSAL-ORD
31h 46m1 stop
$279Copa Airlines
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Wed, Feb 4 - Mon, Feb 9
United Airlines Logo
8:50 am - 7:38 pmORD-SAL
10h 48m1 stop
United Airlines Logo
6:55 am - 7:47 amSAL-ORD
24h 52m1 stop
$280United Airlines
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KAYAK's insights & trends for Chicago to Central America flights

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

What is the cheapest Chicago to Central America flight route?

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

The cheapest ticket to Central America from Chicago found in the last 72 hours was to San Salvador, at $278 round-trip. The most popular route is from Chicago O'Hare Intl Airport (ORD) to Panama City (PTY), and the cheapest round-trip airline ticket found on this route in the last 72 hours was $293.

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

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 $447, prices are generally cheapest when you fly direct.

What is the cheapest month to fly from Chicago to Central America?

To calculate monthly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each month over the last year for round-trip flights from Chicago to Central America, 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 Central America is September, when tickets cost $239 (return) on average. On the other hand, the most expensive months are December and March, when the average cost of round-trip tickets is $810 and $509 respectively.

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

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

When flying from Chicago to Central America, you should consider leaving on a Monday and avoid Fridays if you are looking for the best rates. For your return to Chicago, 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 Chicago to Central America?

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 Central America, 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 Central America, you should book around 5 weeks before departure, which saves you about 23% compared to booking last minute. For the absolute cheapest price, our data suggests you should book 10 weeks before departure.

Good to know

Low seasonOctober
Cheapest flight$82
Best time to beat the crowds with an average 0% drop in price.
Most popular time to fly with an average 41% increase in price.
Flight from Chicago O'Hare Airport to San José

FAQs - booking Central America flights

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

    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 Central America.

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

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

    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 Central America 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 Central America?

    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 Central America 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 Central America?

    The cheapest time of day to fly to Central America is generally in the evening, when round-trip flights cost $478 on average. Morning departures are around 14% more expensive than evening flights, on average. The most expensive time of day to fly to Central America is generally in the morning, which is peak travel time and where the average cost of a ticket is $545.

Reviews of the top 5 airlines serving from Chicago to Central America

 
Need help choosing which airline to fly with from Chicago to Central America? 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.
7.6
Copa AirlinesOverall score based on 1531 reviews
6.8Entertainment
6.8Food
7.8Boarding
8.1Crew
7.4Comfort
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the food served was an embarrassment. No connection for charging the cellphone... What a crappy airline.

2.0 MediocreAnonymous, Jul 2025ASU - PTY
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the food served was an embarrassment. No connection for charging the cellphone... What a crappy airline.

Great experience with a crew always thinking in the passenger

The flighr attandants were very rude they ignored me didnt offer me anything to drink throughoit the 4 hour flight i feel i was targeted and ignored because i was a darkskin latino man.

I selected first class expecting excetional service. It was mediocre at best. The food service was cold, meal choices was poor and on one leg they did provide dessert. I did enjoy the lay day seat but the movies were old and nothing current. Boarding the plane is always hot. So boarding is quite warm until your in the air. I took a small personal air fan. Update the meals and movies.

Very happy with my flight. I would definitely recommend it.

Did upgrade, travel in business it was great (more room I could sleep)

Placed us in the last rear row of the plane so could not recline seats because of the rear wall, and also made it more of a tight space when the passenger in front reclined their seat. While understand seat assignments, every passenger should be afforded a reclining seat. The odor control scent from the restrooms was overwhelming strong. My wife and I could not deal with it, and she suffered a terrible headache as a result. I kept getting hit by the crew since I was on the ilse seat. No apologies, nothing. They made me feel like I was supposed to take the beating for a 3 hr flight.

There was no individual at the front check in when I arrived. I waited for at least 15 minutes and walked around asking security/janitors if they could help and they did not have a solution. So I had to take my checked bag through security and they threw away some of my items. I ended up making it to the gate only a few minutes before it closed due to my waiting for an agent at check in.

The flight was delayed twice and I could not speak with anyone at the airport about checking in. The phone number to Copa - the customer service agents were polite. They are just limited at helping because they are not at the airport

My flight delayed and i misss the connection they send me to orlando no to tampa i have to pay a uber to my house

Once we got in the air the pilot made up some of the time of the delay. So that was really nice.

We had a layover from YVR to Denver. We bought 4 bottles of Absolut Vodka at the YVR Duty Free for $116.20, after going through security and American Customs Pre Clearance at YVR, Vancouver. When we landed in Denver, United put us behind the American Customs as well as TSA again for some reason. We were forced to go through American Customs and TSA again. TSA confiscated our rightfully owned Duty Free Absolut Vodka bottles. Because United incorrectly forced our flight behind American border and TSA again, we missed the connecting flight. After United put us on a later flight, we eventually arrived in Chicago very late, with hardly any sleep. I am looking for compensation from United for our incorrectly confiscated Absolut Vodka bottles worth $116.20, as well as compensation for incorrectly putting us behind American Customs and TSA again, causing us to miss our connecting flight, making us arrive extremely late in Chicago.

Excellent flight. Boarding was efficient and departure was on time. Smooth flight with on time arrival. Deplaning was also efficient.

It was delayed instead of departing at 9:20pm, we departed at 11pm… putting us in Columbus after 2am! It was awful. Had I known about the delay, I could have spent some time in the United Lounge… I was starving because I started my journey in Budapest… so I was exhausted and hungry. Plus I had to make new arrangements to be picked up at the airport in Columbus, instead of midnight it was 2:30 am after getting luggage and out of airport. Not feasible. I would have just stayed in Chicago for the night and gotten a morning flight.

It was great, I’m very grateful for the pilots and crew flight attendants for everything.

Evidently, my seat had the only broken TV. I couldn’t plug it in, get it to come on, or watch anything, and of course, no one could fix it while we were on the plane. The service was good and the boarding was quick

The boarding of took of late.The presentation of the food was horrable as was the tast of the food was cold and tastless.

Delay and keep changing gates. I have to run around from B to C then to E.

I was charged for my daughters bag when I am supposed to receive two free checked bags with my United Explorer card.

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!

3 hour weather delay followed by 1 hour (and counting) maintenance delay. UGH!

After we'd boarded , they canceled the flight. The crew didn't even know , we just all received text messages. Then after they deplaned us , AA was just like "too bad, go F your self, we sure ain't gonna help you"

After a two hour delay, my flight was CANCELLED! No pilot available. Such BS.

Amazing food, great staff, with one noticable detail missing ...but no seat entertainment in any of aircraft ...I am not a fan

I wish American Airlines would change the airline industry by loading the plane back to front instead of front to back. Planes would board so much more smoothly and quickly.

I have long legs, my foot was out in the aisle and when a flight attendant came walking by and I didn't notice, instead of saying "excuse me" or anything like that, she kicked my foot. Extremely rude

Excellent! The gate agents were kind enough to rebook me on an earlier flight saving me from a 6 hour layover. Even my luggage made it despite the fact that the connection was technically too narrow. The flight itself was very comfortable, roomy, and clean. Plenty of space for my carryon items with plugs to charge my phone. After a long international flight of 14 hours, this was an excellent way to end my travels!

Great experience. Flight boarded easily. Departed early. Smooth flight. Great arrival in DC--almost no taxing! Almost direct to gate from runway. Crew was terrific. Same cookies and beverages in main cabin. I did not use the entertainment system on this flight.

This particular flight wasn't very full at the back, so there were three seats available for spreading out and getting relatively comfortable

Most of the delay was due to weather which is not what was at issue here. One delay was due to a missing flashlight and in the end the flashlight was actually found on the plane. The entertainment system is very limited. Live TV options offer only a few channels that are not very appealing. Boarding and deplaning are always difficult. It just takes too much time to get on and off the plane. On the plus side, I missed my connecting flight, but was easily able to book a later flight from the app while enroute.

Boarding, crew were excellent, food was ok and entertainment need to improve

The seats were uncomfortable and barely reclined at all. Very little leg room despite being business class. The crew was friendly and the food was good. Had to use my own phone for in-flight entertainment.

The check in is the only positive thing in Avianca. The seat is the most uncomfortable I have traveled, the distance is minimal.

Boarding was excessively slow. They do it by groups in a way that it doesn’t make sense. After business class , ppl that need assistance and any other priority group they should have ppl board from the back to the front. First rows 20+. Then 15+. Then 10, etc. having ppl sitting in the back board last makes no sense. The libe backame long as soon as ppl on rows 10 or so where told to board. The line went all the way up the ramp and tunnel for 25 mins.

Seats are very tight even in Plus, no complimentary snacks or beverage

I receive a service for what I pay, so it is fair.

A few years ago long flights 6 hours or so used to have video screens and they offered ear phones. The food cart used to come and drinks. Now absolutely nothing. Avianca is as bad as Spirit Airlines. Avianca will now be my last choice when booking my next flight.

The seats were very uncomfortable. I would have upgrade or got different flight if I knew. I usually sleep in the plane but I couldn’t sleep at all. Very uncomfortable. Also no food or drink everything was to purchase, and that’s u usual for international flight.

There isn't much space in-between seats and even water needs to be paid for during the flight.

We did not know about the bag fees until check in. They are way too high. It’s insane. We also had a huge delay and everything costed extra which was very annoying.

Everything was fine. I'm average height and I pack light. I'm ready for my Spirit flight.

Changing the flight time to 6:15 am on the return flight is extremely inconvenient. The flight was okay. It was on time. The crew was friendly. The seats were uncomfortable. All the upsells are annoying, and I would prefer paying a single higher fee and not have to purchase so much extra.

Spirit Airlines was ok but TRAVELHELPDESK, the 3rd party travel agent IS A JOKE! VERY RUDE CUSTOMER AGENTS ont he phone. NO HELP AT ALL. But the airlines was ok.

No Tumberlence smooth flight. Try to change the menu on Snacks.

Cancelled my flight last minute and did not help me rebook. It was a horrible experience.

No frills - because you get what you pay for. The crew was amazing!! I had plenty of room to spread out because the flight was half full. Which made it easy to sleep.

The terminal crew is so rude cabin crew is extremely rude flight is very good

Spirit is low fare air line. Food also cost you. No free food.

The flight was delayed twice with minimal explanation. The terminal and airplane were filthy. The food voucher didn’t even cover a tiny pizza from a kiosk in the terminal. All in all, a pretty miserable experience for a flight to attend a funeral

I will use spirit more New clean aircraft Excellent crew ! Quick boarding process !

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