$83 Find Cheap Flights from Chicago to Central America

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Best Central America Flight Deals from Chicago

Cheapest round-trip prices found by our users on KAYAK in the last 72 hours
San Salvador
San Salvador1 stop$240
San José
San José2 stops$276
Guatemala City
Guatemala City1 stop$212
Panama City
Panama City1 stop$435
Liberia
Liberia1 stop$431
Managua
Managua1 stop$277
San Pedro Sula
San Pedro Sula1 stop$249
Coxen Hole
Coxen Hole2 stops$587
Flores
Flores1 stop$344
Tegucigalpa
Tegucigalpa2 stops$729
San Salvador
San Salvador1 stop$240
San José
San José2 stops$276
Guatemala City
Guatemala City1 stop$212
Panama City
Panama City1 stop$435
Liberia
Liberia1 stop$431
Managua
Managua1 stop$277
San Pedro Sula
San Pedro Sula1 stop$249
Coxen Hole
Coxen Hole2 stops$587
Flores
Flores1 stop$344
Tegucigalpa
Tegucigalpa2 stops$729

Cheap Flights from Chicago to Central America

 
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

Tue, Sep 16 - Fri, Sep 26
American Airlines Logo
6:00 am - 5:14 pmORD-GUA
12h 14m1 stop
American Airlines Logo
12:30 pm - 9:22 pmGUA-ORD
7h 52m1 stop
$212American Airlines
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Tue, Sep 16 - Fri, Sep 26
American Airlines Logo
8:10 am - 5:14 pmORD-GUA
10h 04m2 stops
American Airlines Logo
12:30 pm - 9:22 pmGUA-ORD
7h 52m1 stop
$216American Airlines
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Sat, Jul 12 - Wed, Jul 23
Spirit Airlines Logo
5:38 pm - 12:04 amORD-GUA
7h 26m1 stop
Spirit Airlines Logo
12:22 pm - 11:13 pmGUA-ORD
9h 51m1 stop
$231Spirit Airlines
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Wed, Aug 13 - Thu, Aug 21
Spirit Airlines Logo
5:05 am - 11:21 amORD-GUA
7h 16m1 stop
Spirit Airlines Logo
12:34 am - 10:14 amGUA-ORD
8h 40m1 stop
$238Spirit Airlines
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Wed, Aug 20 - Wed, Aug 27
Avianca Logo
3:45 pm - 7:10 pmORD-GUA
4h 25mnonstop
Avianca Logo
8:40 am - 2:25 pmGUA-ORD
4h 45mnonstop
$239Avianca
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Wed, Oct 8 - Sat, Oct 11
United Airlines Logo
7:10 am - 4:32 pmORD-GUA
10h 22m1 stop
United Airlines Logo
1:30 am - 10:10 amGUA-ORD
7h 40m1 stop
$240United Airlines
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Wed, Sep 17 - Mon, Sep 22
United Airlines Logo
7:00 am - 8:17 pmORD-SAL
14h 17m1 stop
United Airlines Logo
3:30 pm - 10:13 amSAL-ORD
17h 43m1 stop
$240United Airlines
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Sat, Jul 26 - Sat, Aug 9
Avianca Logo
5:25 pm - 11:10 pmORD-GUA
6h 45m1 stop
Avianca Logo
7:05 am - 4:05 pmGUA-ORD
8h 00m1 stop
$248Avianca
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Mon, Oct 20 - Sun, Oct 26
Copa Airlines Logo
7:54 am - 4:34 pmORD-SJO
9h 40m1 stop
Copa Airlines Logo
8:07 am - 12:21 amSJO-ORD
15h 14m1 stop
$310Copa Airlines
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Tue, Nov 11 - Thu, Nov 13
Copa Airlines Logo
6:56 am - 6:56 pmORD-SJO
12h 00m1 stop
Copa Airlines Logo
4:13 am - 12:22 pmSJO-ORD
8h 09m1 stop
$325Copa 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?

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

The cheapest ticket to Central America from Chicago found in the last 72 hours was to San Salvador, at $168 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 $325.

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.

Yes, flying with a layover may cost you more time, but you can also save money on the route, with a 2 stops layover the cheapest option at $675 on average.

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 June, when tickets cost $327 (return) on average. On the other hand, the most expensive months are December and July, when the average cost of round-trip tickets is $890 and $601 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 Wednesdays 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 Saturdays.

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. For the absolute cheapest price, our data suggests you should book 10 weeks before departure.


Good to know

Low seasonSeptember
High seasonMarch
Cheapest flight$83
Best time to beat the crowds with an average 8% drop in price.
Most popular time to fly with an average 7% increase in price.
Flight from Chicago O'Hare Airport to Guatemala City

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 $472 on average. Morning departures are around 15% 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.

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.
7.5
Copa AirlinesOverall score based on 1452 reviews
8.1Crew
6.8Entertainment
7.8Boarding
6.8Food
7.4Comfort
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It was ok. However, the food was quite poor since I don't eat pasta.

6.0 GoodFernando, Jun 2025PTY - MVD
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It was ok. However, the food was quite poor since I don't eat pasta.

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.

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

It would have been better if they don't separate families in seating. We were seated in the aile row in the middle of a family of four. It would have been better if they they seat the family of four together than separated.

No headphones given for inflight entertainment. I missed my flight from the previous day and the customer service agent tried to extort an additional $100.00 US from me for missing my flight. Really?!

It was reasonably comfortable trip considering its duration (7 hours). Crew was very good and friendly, seats very more comfortable than other planes. Only negative comment would be that the bathroom light did not get its full brightness 🙃

The flight was delayed about 4 hours without any explanation. No wifi or entertainment at all on planes. Had to pay for checked bags I was allowed according to reservations.

It was good, plane is a bit older so seats are somewhat flat

Great from check in all the way to the end. Very happy with Copa

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!

Flight was great. Efficient boarding. Short flight. Early arrival. Friendly flight crew. The entertainment system did not work well. Could not access it until the aircraft reached 10K feet or more. Lots of glitches.

A bit rush for transit. Food and entertainment are not available

Boarding was a little difficult. The gate area at O'Hare was very small and crowded due to multiple gates in the area. Could not hear the intercom, so had to rely on signage to see when my group was boarding and the signage was blocked by passengers standing in the gate. Flight was great and we arrived in Montreal on time.

Smooth boarding process. Early departure, smooth flight, early arrival. The entertainment package has very good recent movie options. The flight crew were friendly and professional.

I do prefer to fly United and have always had excellent service, except for bad weather. Flights are on time and staff is alway curtious and helpful

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.

You were more on time than United. I'm so over united delays.

The meals were mediocre and the alcohol selection was poor. I enjoyed the selection of movies and other entertainment.

I chatted with the captain before the flight, and similarly during the welcome announcement, he warned of a turbulent flight that may impact the in-flight service. However, once at altitude, he announced that the weather changed and he immediately turned off the seatbelt sign. But it appeared the cabin crew had already decided to take off this flight. They remained seated and then just chatted in the galley. The flight was fully catered, but only first class received service.

My flight attendant was attentive! The elderly person next to me was flatulent and the flight attendant could see that I was in distress and brought me some face masks

My boarding pass wouldn't pull up in the app very easily and had to really dig through my email. That caused a delay in TSA..

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.

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.

Lounge for business was closed. Boarding was rush and stand by. Seat for business is just the middle seat blocked and some more leg room.

Flew with our two children. Paid $380 to check two bags (one was overweight). They then left the bags behind on Sunday, December 21st, with all our family’s clothes and family Christmas presents. When we arrived at our destination they told us the bags had not arrived, and they thought (but didn’t know) they were still in Boston, but that there’d be a flight the next day and the bags would arrive the next day. The next day we found out there was no flight, now we’re hoping we get our bags before we fly back out. Meanwhile, trying to get any engagement or accurate information is a waste of time. The folks at the call center are just gatekeepers, who can’t connect with any departments that actually do things to solve a problem. Getting information is made deliberately difficult. My biggest regret is that I’ve had a number of awful experiences with Avianca traveling between the US and Colombia, and still let myself get suckered into buying these tickets because the schedule was great. Never again.

We were not aware carry-on bags cost extra until we arrived at the airport so, we were charged $240.00 for two small carry- on bags! There was a substantial fee for drinks and snacks. No wifi, or other entertainment was available. Waiting areas were crowded and uncomfortable.

I enjoyed it! In that case, I should have been offered this choice. On my first trip to Miami, I was asked to pay $320 for my luggage just for getting it totally broken. I cannot accept this situation at all!!!!

Be very careful of the initial low price because Avianca wil bill you for a carryon of $120 or a checked bag for $120. Also, be careful with connections because the customs entry process is slow and the connecting terminal is not close.

Great! We boarded on time! Everything went so smoothly! The flight was so smooth

Spirit gets you there; it's no worse than any other aircraft, all things considered. (It's not like everyone else is such a hero). But - holy moses - do they nickel and dime you to absolutely every nickel - I was really expecting to have to pay to use the bathroom. And when the captain comes on with a 5 minute sales pitch about getting "points", that was like something on Bizarro world. Other than that, everyone else was professional and worked hard to get us from point A to point B. I'm not loving all the "self-service" stuff but there it is - just when the machines don't work you don't have anyone to talk to.

Boarding was a breeze, however, two of the flights that I boarded with Spirit did not have Wi-Fi available.

Seats uncomfortable, hard to check luggage, etc. It was like the last flight out of Hanoi

Need screens for tv/movies. Seats are more cramped than any other airlines. Seats are hard. They don’t recline. And in flight time should not be used for sales pitches.

Good experience except for the drunk woman who was with a child. Sad

The ease of booking the flight was very good. Speaking with customer service was also good. However, the crew people are unfriendly and unwelcoming which I found this as unprofessional. As far as comfort it was mediocre. This was my first time flying Spirit and I chose them because of the flight times met my needs and my budget. However, I would be reluctant to fly on Spirit again. In addition, if the crew were more friendly and at least appeared somewhat happy and welcoming personally it would probably make the experience of flying with Spirit better.

Tell them to chose a better, less bumpy route :( my seat had no window all the way at the end 😔

Seats too hard, too much lumbar. Space between rows was extremely tight, so tight hard to place item under seat in front of me. No tv screens. Zero plugs for charging phones. Too many sales pitches

Prepaid for 1 bag but my prior airline did not provide it to me in time to check it with Spirit and I could not get my $75 refunded.

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