$381 Find Cheap Flights from Chicago to Kenya

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Book Cheap Chicago to Kenya 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 Kenya 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 Kenya

Wed, Mar 4 - Tue, Mar 17
Ethiopian Air Logo
9:45 am - 1:10 pm
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NBO
18h 25m1 stop
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5:30 pm - 8:40 am
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23h 10m2 stops
$878Ethiopian Air
Sun, Jan 18 - Mon, Feb 2
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5:55 pm - 9:15 pm
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18h 20m1 stop
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11:40 pm - 12:10 pm
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21h 30m1 stop
$881Brussels Airlines
Wed, May 13 - Thu, May 21
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2:00 pm - 12:30 am
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26h 30m1 stop
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1:45 pm - 8:45 am
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27h 00m1 stop
$884Etihad Airways
Wed, Mar 4 - Tue, Mar 17
Ethiopian Air Logo
9:45 am - 1:10 pm
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18h 25m1 stop
Ethiopian Air Logo
5:30 pm - 8:40 am
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23h 10m2 stops
$885Ethiopian Air
Sat, May 9 - Sat, May 16
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4:20 pm - 10:05 pm
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21h 45m1 stop
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11:59 pm - 2:15 pm
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22h 16m1 stop
$896Delta
Fri, Mar 27 - Thu, Apr 2
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8:05 pm - 6:40 am
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26h 35m1 stop
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1:20 am - 2:50 pm
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21h 30m1 stop
$897Qatar Airways
Sun, Feb 15 - Mon, Mar 16
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1:28 pm - 10:00 pm
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23h 32m2 stops
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11:20 pm - 5:55 pm
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MDW
26h 35m2 stops
$917Delta
Wed, Jan 28 - Sun, Feb 1
Kenya Airways Logo
7:00 am - 7:10 am
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EDL
39h 10m2 stops
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7:50 pm - 5:45 pm
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30h 55m2 stops
$1,129Kenya Airways
Wed, Apr 29 - Sun, May 3
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7:30 am - 7:25 pm
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MBA
27h 55m2 stops
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3:30 pm - 12:41 pm
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29h 11m2 stops
$1,165Kenya Airways
Wed, Apr 15 - Sun, Apr 26
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11:25 am - 2:10 am
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54h 45m1 stop
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3:10 am - 6:15 pm
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23h 05m1 stop
$1,239Turkish Airlines
Booking Insights

KAYAK's insights & trends for Chicago to Kenya flights

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

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

To calculate monthly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each month over the last year for round-trip flights from Chicago to Kenya, 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 Kenya is April, when tickets cost $899 (return) on average. On the other hand, the most expensive months are December and July, when the average cost of round-trip tickets is $1,558 and $1,353 respectively.

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

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

Your flight ticket price will generally be cheaper if you fly to Kenya on a Thursday and more expensive on a Saturday. On your return trip to Chicago, you should consider flying back on a Wednesday, and avoid Saturdays for better deals.

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

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 Kenya, 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 Kenya, you should book around 4 weeks before departure, which saves you about 13% compared to booking last minute. For the absolute cheapest price, our data suggests you should book 9 weeks before departure.

Good to know

Low seasonOctober
Cheapest flight$381
Best time to beat the crowds with an average 2% drop in price.
Most popular time to fly with an average 43% increase in price.
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FAQs - booking Kenya flights

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

    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 Kenya.

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

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

    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 Kenya 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 Kenya?

    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 Kenya 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 Kenya?

    The cheapest time of day to fly to Kenya is generally at night, when round-trip flights cost $1,047 on average. Morning departures are around 2% more expensive than evening flights, on average. The most expensive time of day to fly to Kenya is generally in the afternoon, which is peak travel time and where the average cost of a ticket is $1,491.

Reviews of the top 5 airlines serving from Chicago to Kenya

 
Need help choosing which airline to fly with from Chicago to Kenya? 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.
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DeltaOverall score based on 8009 reviews
7.9Comfort
8.5Crew
8.1Boarding
7.9Entertainment
7.3Food
Airline reviews

Lady Pilot was perfect in every way wheels up to wheels down communication, professionalism, excellent on time departure and on time arrival, excellent communication! Fantastic job with Superb attitude!!

10.0 ExcellentVenkata Krishna, Dec 2025
ATL - SDF
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Lady Pilot was perfect in every way wheels up to wheels down communication, professionalism, excellent on time departure and on time arrival, excellent communication! Fantastic job with Superb attitude!!

The food is terrible. The staff is wonderful. Comfort is good.

Left on time, a bit delayed due to headwinds most of the trip.

I fly Delta all the time, have Platinum Medallion status. But this route seems to have major problems with delays and seems to never leave on time! Have only taken it twice in the last two weeks, and each time it had delays of more than 1 hour... very disappointed!!!!

Getting to the flight was arduous and lengthy. The flight itself was good but the food option wasn’t a good selection. I need to do a Kosher option on my return. Flight crew were nice

Good seats in Main cabin, excellent service and excellent landing

My flight was cancelled with no explanation after I had already cleared security. I was given 4 options to rebook, only one being non-stop like I had paid for. I grabbed it. It was 4 plus hours later and then took off even later. Biggest complaint is that I booked early and had an aisle seat. They gave me a "window" seat in front of the exit row, so the seat did not decline. I weigh all of 103 #s and it was tight for me! For what I paid, I feel I was kind of ripped off. I think they should have given me the empty comfort seat for the inconvenience. There was no apology nor any explanation as to why the flight was cancelled. My guess is it benefitted Delta in some way.

Very smooth, on-time, and pleasantly uneventful flight. The team at the gate and on board were professional and genuinely courteous. The pilot kept us well updated throughout, and both takeoff and landing were steady and enjoyable without any drama. Just a good, solid flight. Thank you! 💗

Staff was exceptional! Everyone was kind, professional and friendly making the trip very pleasant. Thank you!

No lunch on a x-country flight scheduled for 10:50 am departure, arrived 5+ hrs later. That requires a black box label before you pay for the tickets. Worst, when I checked in online, it's specifically said that lunch was served on his flight for economy Plus passengers.

The movies offered were great. Staff were very pleasant and very efficient.

After a delay at the gate, C3, at Ohare on Sunday, I left my Blk ski coat on the bench at the gate, lost! Please review my lob claim, thx.

Very nice flight love the small aircraft. We had a wonderful flight attendant. Nice to see someone that really enjoys her job. Don't have her name but had a southern accent.

Very thoughtful flight attendant offered me water immediately since I had run to make my connection.

Seats in waiting area and on plane hard as rock. Fast internet on the flight was great! Crew was kind.

Always wish for more healthy, gluten free options. We have to bring our own.

Having a long layover, I was very appreciative of the ability to stand by for an earlier flight. Other airlines like Delta have refused this to me in the past, just to be mean (because my ticket class wasn't high enough). United went out of their way to help me get to my destination early, which I really appreciated given that it was the third leg of a 24+ hour journey for me.

Other than a way way too cold cabinets for the entire flight, all was great

One bag is incorrect and not acceptable for an international flight. The food was not just good. I won't fly with them again.

Excellent flight. Smooth, efficient boarding. Quick flight. Arrived early at STL.

The ride share experience in JFK is terrible. After traveling on a flight, then you need to take a subway to the last stop to get an uber or lyft. Unacceptable. Bad job JetBlue for permitting JFK and Port Authority to do this to your passengers.

Checking In on JetBlue site was impossible. It hung up on REAL ID. Even my Global Entry did not help. Luckily, on Kayak site it was a breeze. Entire flight the temperature was COLD! Otherwise the crew was great!

The flight was two hours late due to a computer fault and resulting maintenance. Nothing was offered as compensation beyond bottles of water during the time we were deplaned and waiting in the terminal.

Very pleasant flight attendants. Gate crew rather loud chatting with each other.

Four plus hour flight delay in New York caused us to take off after 11:30pm. We didn’t arrive at our hotel until five hours after check in. Started the trip off feeling exhausted.

Plane was in bad shape. TV’s and WiFi didn’t work. Plane need a refresh. Not enough room for bags.

There was a fowl odour coming from the lavatory the entire flight

Everything was great. I liked the text updates so that I never miss a gate change & I have all the latest info.

I don’t usually fly budget airlines or airlines in the United States. It was as good as any other airline. The seats are comfortable and the airline attendants are not rude & surly. Very nice flight (s).

No internet on a flight over three hours in this age is criminal. Staff inattentive and dismissive

Need to do a lot of improvement on service and cleaness

My recent experience with ASKY Airlines was disappointing. The check-in process was disorganized, and I was provided with inaccurate information regarding baggage requirements, resulting in unforeseen expenses. Additionally, the ground staff demonstrated a lack of professionalism and appeared insufficiently trained to handle passenger needs effectively. Regrettably, this initial encounter has left me reluctant to consider future travel with the airline.

The Boeing 737 MAX on this route, flown in the middle of the night, is an UTTER FAILURE for business travellers. The whole point of business travel is to arrive alert and recover from travel quickly, and this little aeroplane with its quarter recline uncomfortable business seats does nothing for that. It’s a small step up from economy in that you have decent legroom, but that’s it. Absolute margin at the cost of the traveller.

The food was terrible and the seating was uncomfortable, but the airline did a great thing letting us board in Abbis Ababa on our connecting flight after our original flight was very delayed.

Traveling with Ethiopian is always a good experience. I also enjoy the stay at skylight hotel in Addis

The flight is packed and it feels like the space per individual has gotten smaller. Excruciating for a 14hr flight.

Lost suite case and pillow that’s used by senior and they didn’t leave it at the airport

I had a comfortable seat that makes my trip wonderful. I appreciate the Ethiopia crew, they were very helpful

The hygiene was super bad. Smells bad and air refreshment is highly advisable. The crew made some one else sit in my spot and no one is checking seat number and people are jumping to sit on other people’s allocated seat.

worst was delayed luggage. could see luggage was still in Singapore but they insist I wait till all luggage are unloaded before filing a report. took 2 days to arrive and I had to collect it myself from the airport

Check in was was and the agent was very friendly and helpful The lounge was nice...boarding was straight from the lounge Everything worked at our seats, and video entertainment was good ..food was mediocre

The flight was excellent in World Travellor plus. Well worth the extra money. Boarding at Phoenix was the usual poorly organized event. Very stressful.

Although business class, the seating was really cramped. The food was so so.

Smooth trip no turbulence which is always a bonus for me lol! In cattle class so an element of being a bit squished (but not as bad as other shorter haul airlines) smaller plane than the one we flew out on and entertainment system wasn’t as modern but still definitely passed the time. Lovely crew x

I was attacked in the Miami airport and the staff did nothing. On my flight from London to Miami one of the flight attendants screamed at me and demanded I keep my seat in the upright position at all times during the fight so the man behind me was comfortable for the flight. I will never in my life use British airways again

Airlines have to stop assuming passengers bring entertainment. Provide it like you used to in business class and above!! N

I don't know about the others but the flight attendant that took care of us had the absolute wrong approach "how do we dare asking for water or anything else for that matter"

Flying on the Boeing 787 from Seattle to London was everything that I expected. Every thing was great.

Not my definition of first class. No leg room and barely any recline. The food was good. The crew was great. The comfort for the price I paid for London to Cairo was highway robbery. The Wi-Fi didn't work for me either.

Seat pitch is not enough to eat comfortably. When seat in front is reclined, your screen comes closer to your face. Ryanair seats are actually more comfortable.

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