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Cheap Flights from Chicago to Colorado

Cheapest round-trip prices found by our users on KAYAK in the last 5 days
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Denver
2h 33mNonstop
from $171per person
Hayden
3h 04mNonstop
from $293per person
Colorado Springs
2h 30mNonstop
from $307per person
Durango
4h 45m2 stops
from $334per person
Montrose
3h 49mNonstop
from $339per person
Grand Junction
4h 35m2 stops
from $349per person
Gunnison
3h 10mNonstop
from $359per person
Aspen
3h 06mNonstop
from $413per person
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KAYAK's insights & trends for Chicago to Colorado flights

Get data-powered insights and trends into flights from Chicago to Colorado 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 Colorado?

Flight prices are below average for this route right now.

Flights to Colorado from Chicago usually cost between $191 and $343 in December.
The lowest price found in the past 5 days was $171 on Frontier (Dec 14-Dec 17).

What is the cheapest Chicago to Colorado flight route?

The cheapest ticket to Colorado from Chicago found in the last 5 days was to Denver, at $165 round-trip. The most popular route is from Chicago O'Hare Intl Airport (ORD) to Denver (DEN), and the cheapest round-trip airline ticket found on this route in the last 5 days was $165.

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

The cheapest time of day to fly to Colorado is generally at night, when round-trip flights cost $248 on average. Morning departures are around 11% cheaper than evening flights, on average. The most expensive time of day to fly to Colorado is generally in the evening, which is peak travel time and where the average cost of a ticket is $349.

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

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 $409 on average.

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

The cheapest month for flights from Chicago to Colorado is January, when tickets cost $244 (return) on average. On the other hand, the most expensive months are June and September, when the average cost of round-trip tickets is $332 and $319 respectively.

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

If your flying dates are flexible, you should consider flying to Colorado on a Friday, as we generally find the cheapest rates on that day for this route. On the other hand, Monday is the most expensive day to fly from Chicago to Colorado. For your return ticket, we recommend flying on a Friday and avoiding Sundays for the best deals.

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

To get a below average price on the flight from Chicago to Colorado, you should book around 4 weeks before departure, which saves you about 40% compared to booking last minute. For the absolute cheapest price, our data suggests you should book 9 weeks before departure.

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Low season

April

Cheapest flight

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Best time to beat the crowds with an average 10% drop in price.
Most popular time to fly with an average 3% increase in price.
Flight from Chicago O'Hare Airport to Denver

FAQs - booking Colorado flights

  • Are the pet relief areas at Denver International Airport (DEN)?

    In the Denver International Airport indoor pet relief area, travelers with pets and service animals can unwind and engage in enjoyable activities with their pets. The post-security center cores of gates A, B, and C are where you'll find the pet rest areas. The pet relief area includes an automatic hand dryer, wall-mounted faucet, paper towel dispenser, soap dispenser, artificial turf ground, artificial rock, and drainage.

  • Is there a nursing room at the Colorado Springs Airport (COS)?

    There are two Family Care Rooms located within security on the main Concourse of the Colorado Springs Airport . These rooms are available to nursing moms arriving at COS from Chicago. Both areas may be found between Gates 4 and 6, while the other pet relief area can be found between Gates 8 and 10. The rooms provide a waste bin, chair, a baby changing table, a faucet with running water, and a comfy seat.

  • Are there hotels near Denver International Airport (DEN) that offer complimentary airport shuttle services?

    Travelers who arrive late at the Denver International Airport (DEN) do not need to worry. Several hotels in Colorado offer free shuttle service from the airport. You can reserve a room in one of the hotels where you can stay during your vacation in Colorado. Some of the hotels are only 10-minute drive from the airport. Additionally, the airport has a layover room for travelers to rest and spend time before proceeding with their journey.

  • Are there facilities for people with reduced mobility at Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD)?

    Chicago's O'Hare International Airport is wheelchair-accessible. The airport has a motorized passenger lift that offers access to the adult changing table, an accessible wall-mount toilet, accessible showers, and a sink. In the rooms, there are emergency pull wires linked to O'Hare Communication Center. All of the buttons on the elevator panels have Braille and raised numbers. Every airline offers wheelchair assistance to the customer.

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

    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 Colorado.

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

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

    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 Colorado 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 Colorado?

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

Top tips for finding cheap flights to Colorado

  • San Luis Valley Regional (ALS) is a perfect destination airport for those traveling from Chicago to southern parts of Colorado. You can take a one-stop flight aboard United Airlines, American Airlines, or Key Lime Airlines.
  • If you are looking for a place to relax and unwind after a long and tiring flight from Chicago, you can visit one of the several lounges at the Denver International Airport (DEN) in Colorado. Admirals Club, managed by American Airlines, is located at level 2 of Concourse A past security check offers a variety of refreshments for clients.
  • Most of Chicago's airports will allow you to book a trip to Colorado's Denver International Airport (DEN). United Airlines and Southwest Airlines offer direct flights from the airport to Chicago's O'Hare International Airport (ORD).
  • You can take a cab or bus for a trip into downtown Colorado Springs Airport (COS). To go downtown quickly and easily, a cab is your best bet. The trip to downtown Colorado Springs, only 19 km (12 miles) from the airport, will take around 20 minutes.
  • United Airlines offers nonstop service from O'Hare International Airport in Chicago to Northern Colorado Regional Airport (FNL). This service is available to passengers departing from Chicago and intending to fly directly to the northern part of Colorado.

Reviews of the top 5 airlines serving from Chicago to Colorado

 
Need help choosing which airline to fly with from Chicago to Colorado? 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 4214 reviews
7.0Food
8.0Comfort
8.6Crew
8.1Boarding
7.5Entertainment
Airline reviews

Multiple delays due to weather in Chicago, but the crew did their best to get flights rescheduled and on to their destination. I felt like the crews handled a frustrating situation very well, kudos to them! I was very glad to not have a cancelled flight.

8.0 ExcellentEmmalee, Oct 2026
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Multiple delays due to weather in Chicago, but the crew did their best to get flights rescheduled and on to their destination. I felt like the crews handled a frustrating situation very well, kudos to them! I was very glad to not have a cancelled flight.

Southwest’s point to point system caused a 2 hour delay due to the crew being late from their inbound flight. Also, the WiFi and entertainment didn’t work on the plane.

A) Checked my luggage at the gate but never got to pre board B) if we are helping with checking our carryon and waiting 40 minutes for it we should have some privileges c) luggage took 40-45 minutes to come.. d) I asked for another snack and was told the plane is full.. seriously a small snack

I like the staff members they were super nice and helpful very sweet people :)

Boarding process of asking for volunteers to check bags goes against the system you had before with 2 bags checked free. This process is more of a guilt trip than a caring attitude toward the customer. In addition bag-size scrutiny has increased which also slows down the process of boarding. My wife said she will not fly on your airline again unless there is no other option.

Overall good, just screaming kids in the area the whole flight.

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.

The first time I flew in the extra legroom section. It was difficult to notice a difference. I had bad luck with my neighbors. The crew was okay. Southwest has reduced the live TV options.

One of the crew performed a hilarious skit to accompany the standard instructions. Passengers enjoyed it so much they applauded at the end!

Long delay due to mechanical issues. They should have just swapped the plane and not make us wait while they figure it out. Disappointed

Price was crazy watch it if you Chan he your flight

On time, easy boarding. Anytime you sit in an economy seat, it’s uncomfortable. New plane and the bathrooms were in the galley at the back of the plane which seemed odd.

Terrible service - they don’t want to be there and bad food. Entertainment system in economy from the 2000s

No drink service but there was no N/A as an option to choose. Seats were extremely tight. I am under 5.5 and I bumped my knees have no idea how taller people could manage.

Flight delayed, last seat on the plane, no arrival Gate available due to the plane departing late

Kayak booked this flight with only 1h 20min layover in Chicago. This made it impossible for me and several other passengers to reach this flight. Moreover, the gate closed boarding in spite of several passengers still on their way without waiting even one more minute. However, the plane departed with 20min (!) delay, i.e., there would have been at least 15 min time to let the delayed passengers board without causing any delays. I complained and as a "thank you" the attendent booked us on the last (!) flight to Indianapolis ~7h later! Thankfully, I caught the spitefulness and the United customer line rebooked the flight to an earlier flight. Although I can't grade this particular flight since I never had a chance to take it, Kayak made the mistake of a too short layover and the crew at the gate was awful.

Flight did not have wifi service. It was experiencing technical difficulties. Definitely and old plane that needs updating.

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

late departure due to some unspecified issue with ventilating the cabin. They got it running but it was FREEZING for the whole flight. I asked for a blanket but they didn't provide one. They could not turn up the heat. it was quite miserable.

Plane was so old it had cigarette butt trays in the seat

My overall experience with JetBlue was pretty poor and disappointing. We originally booked a DIRECT flight home from Boston on 9/28 at 8:00pm even though it cost more than the non direct flights. With no reason other than "unforeseen circumstances", our flight home Monday was cancelled and we were rebooked on a 7:00am flight on 9/29 with a layover in JFK. We were traveling with sick kids coming home from a funeral of a loved one and needed to be at work on Tuesday so paying extra for a flight home Monday was something we had to do. The original direct flights were considerably more expensive than the non direct flights- so I don't understand how Jetblue did absolutely NOTHING to compensate or right their mistake. We will not be booking with them in the future because they are not reliable and they showed no remorse nor did they make any attempt to make things right. The least they could have done was credit the difference in cost of flight because I know our original flights cost more than the one we were rebooked on. Once again- we will not be flying with them in the future and will advise family and friends to be aware of the risk you run when giving them your business. Do better.

The flight attendant was snarky and the flight took off very late. I know it was an issue with air traffic control and the runways in Boston, so not really anyone's fault, but very frustrating, I missed an important meeting because of rgr delay. They didn't offer headphones to watch the TV, but luckily I remembered my own and was able to enjoy watching a movie.

Terrible. We originally booked a direct flight from BOS to MCO on 9/28 at 8:00pm and it was cancelled due to unforeseen circumstances and the flight we were rebooked on was on 9/29 at 7:00am with a layover in JFK. We were traveling with sick kids so leaving at such an early hour was absolutely miserable, and on top of that we all missed work which we couldn’t afford. On top of that- we paid a fortune for our flights to be direct without a layover and the flights with layovers were cheaper so at the very minimum we should have been refunded the difference. With absolutely no explanation or sympathy from JetBlue- we will avoid using them in the future due to the fact they aren’t reliable nor do they correct their mistakes.

Experience with JetBlue was poor. We were originally suppose to fly home on a direct flight on Monday the 28th at 8:00pm and we it was canceled due to “unforeseen circumstances” and we were rebooked on a 7am flight on Tuesday the 29th with a layover in JFK. Traveling with sick kids and waking up at an ungodly hour was miserable, and not only that it caused all of us to miss work. We intentionally flew our Monday on a direct flight and the direct flight was far more than the non direct flights on any given day. There was no compensation provided let alone a reasonable explanation. When you are charging people those type of prices for domestic same coast flights- you should be at least refunding the cost difference of the flights if you are rebooking them on a cheaper flight. I will never fly JetBlue again because they are unreliable and don’t correct their mistakes.

Wasn’t very happy with our flight home due to the fact it was cancelled with absolutely no reason. It was a direct flight at 8:00pm on Monday and they rebooked us for a 7am flight on Tuesday with a layover. Traveling with sick kids, getting up that early was miserable and on top of that we all missed a day of work that we couldn’t afford to with absolutely no apology or compensation from JetBlue. The original cost of the flights were astronomical because we flew out on Monday over Tuesday and also we paid extra for the direct flight then we would have for the flight with a layover. Super disappointed Jetblue truly could have cared less. Will avoid them in the future due to the fact they aren’t reliable nor compassionate for the inconvenience these changes cost their clients.

No WiFi, no power to charge phone, confusing boarding, delays

There is a considerable amount of people that use the wheel chair pre boarding along of large groups of family / friends. This is not right should be limited only to the person in need and the airline assistant. Some of these people use overhead bins that do not belong to them. The aircraft had a non functional wifi . The service was bad.

Fabulous! This was the first time we've flown with JetBlue and the entire experience was flawless!

Horrible. Flight was cancelled, jet blue app not working to rebook, no phone number available to call Jet Blue, 400 ish people in line for the help desk, stuck in Boston for 2 more days had to book new flight with a different airline and still not sure if I will be able to get any refund.

The pilots were awesome and got us there early. Great landing too. No complaints on the flight. Service - a young cabin crew woman was terrible as she seemed to hate her job and never smiled. Why do they hire people like that? Terrible. The cabin crew lead woman was wonderful - very professional (and more mature go figure)

First class snacks - stewardess gave out multiples to everyone until there was almost no selection left when she got back to me last in first class cabin. Nothing left that I would eat.

My feedback from the trip to Columbia to Chicago was meant for Chicago to Denver.

The WiFi was out gr entire flight. Had to Diane for almost 1 hour to wait for a gate to open up for plane to dock. Very bad experience.

DELAYED AGAIN and AGAIN and AGAIN - not only that, you delay in 20 minute increments for hours and hours instead of having an accurate delay understanding.

AA was fine....the overall experience was subpar, but not due to the airline due to broader issues

No ground air conditioner for the plane. Very hot and humid prior to take off which was an uncomfortable period of time.

Check-in process was poor, very poor, only one person to check-in all passengers, so if one passenger had a check-in issue, all other passengers were delayed. All check-ins should have two airline staff to check-in passengers.

The flight up was great no issues. The flight back home was a cluster. I was told the plane I was waiting on was giving to another flight which caused me to miss my connection flight. Granted the airline did great with getting hotel and vouchr for food.

Flight was delayed and so much of inconvenience related to the gate change.

Because I can’t stand very long in one place, I was allowed to reword.

Flight was canceled. Most upsetting was message from Kayak, stating that the flight was canceled and click with Kayak for details regarding rebook, refund details. THERE'S NO INFORMATION PROVIDED BY KAYAK EXCEPT THAT FLIGHT IS CANCELED. AND NOW THIS SURVEY TO FIND OUT HOW WAS THE FLIGHT !!!!!!!

Better than expected. Staff were friendly and nice on both flights.

Just know that everything, and I mean everything is “ala cart”. 60$ just to put something in the overhead bin. I will never fly Frontier again nor do I recommend them to anyone else.

Great for the price. No wifi or entertainment, but gate agents and crew were fantastic and we boarded quickly and left on time.

Our flight was canceled for no known reason. We weren’t told until we were checking in at 5:00 am. This was after our last flight with Frontier where we sat on the plane for three hours (not an exaggeration) before we took off because of a mechanical issue. We won’t be flying Frontier again.

I didn’t have enough time to catch my connecting flight and had to use a different Airline. I will be requesting a refund.

I brought a ticket and car rental through Travelocity. There was no where to add a KTN. So I thought i’d add it by looking up ticket on frontier website. I tried 3 times with the frontier chat bot to add my KTN it never updated my boarding pass. So then I tried showing up early to do it in person at the airport. The first employee update my ktn in the system and gave me a new boarding pass. I was sent back by tsa to join regular line. Then I was told to add my Ktn. It would cost me $25 extra. Given the length of the cue I did pay. Congratulations! BUT I will NEVER fly frontier again. Plus the plane was very old. It had actual ashtrays and old looking tray backs. Worst travel experience ever. Im warning my friends and family not to use frontier ever.

It was delayed 9 hours for operational reasons, despite the plane arriving to the airport on time.

Was just ok with over selling I guess. A lot of people in a short space and when we finally arrive i20 minutes, waiting to get out from the plain because we were waiting authorization for out boarding? Something like that.

They changed my flight and did not want to accommodate me or try to help me in any way. They do not care about their customers.

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