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

What is the cheapest Chicago to Maui flight route?

The cheapest ticket to Maui from Chicago found in the last 5 days was to Kahului, at $621 round-trip. The most popular route is from Chicago O'Hare Intl Airport (ORD) to Kahului (OGG), and the cheapest round-trip airline ticket found on this route in the last 5 days was $621.

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

The cheapest time of day to fly to Maui is generally in the morning, when round-trip flights cost $1,115 on average. The most expensive time of day to fly to Maui is generally in the morning, which is peak travel time and where the average cost of a ticket is $1,115.

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

No, with an average price for the route of $515, prices are generally cheapest when you fly direct.

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

The cheapest month for flights from Chicago to Maui is February, when tickets cost $686 (return) on average. On the other hand, the most expensive months are December and March, when the average cost of round-trip tickets is $1,163 and $1,004 respectively.

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

When flying from Chicago to Maui, you should 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 Thursdays and the most expensive ones on Fridays.

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

To get a below average price on the flight from Chicago to Maui, you should book around 4 weeks before departure, which saves you about 52% compared to booking last minute. For the absolute cheapest price, our data suggests you should book 13 weeks before departure.

Good to know

Low season

October
Best time to beat the crowds with an average 13% drop in price.
Most popular time to fly with an average 17% increase in price.

FAQs - booking Maui flights

  • Is there a nursing room at the O'Hare International Airport (ORD)?

    If you're a mother traveling with toddlers, you can breastfeed or nurse them in the designated mother's rooms at O'Hare International Airport in every terminal. The rooms are ADA-compliant and have soft lighting, electrical outlets, comfy seats, a diaper-changing table, and a sink. Additionally, you can use the lactation pods at Gate B7 in Concourse B of Terminal 1 and Gate C11 in Concourse C of Terminal 1.

  • Are there hotels near Kahului Airport (OGG) that offer complimentary airport shuttle services?

    Several hotels in Maui offer complimentary shuttle service to and from the airport, which is convenient if you're arriving late or leaving early. Some of the airports are located within a walking distance from the airport. You can also check into Premier Lounge by Hawaiian Airlines located at Airside on Gate 17 for a rest and take fresh foods and drinks before embarking on your journey.

  • Are there direct flights from Chicago's Midway Airport (MDW) to Maui?

    There is not a single airline that flies nonstop from Chicago's Midway Airport to Maui. However, several airlines now provide nonstop service to a variety of destinations. While Delta offers a layover in Atlanta (ATL), Southwest offers layovers in Las Vegas (LAS) and Oakland (OAK).

  • Is there a family lounge at O'Hare International Airport (ORD)?

    The Family Lounge at O'Hare International Airport is a special area for families with kids, located in Terminal 2 at Gate F1 after passengers have passed through security. You can relax in one of the many brightly colored chairs, charge your electronic devices, and even leave your baby's stroller in the stroller parking area. Artists, comic artists, and others provide live performances at various periods of the year, with the holiday season drawing the most crowds.  

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

    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 Maui.

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

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

    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 Maui 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 Maui?

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

  • How many flights are there between Chicago and Maui per day?

    There is a maximum of 1 nonstop flight a day that takes off from Chicago and lands in Maui, with an average flight time of 9h 24m. The most common departure time is 9:00 am and most flights take off in the morning. Each week, there are 1 flights.

Top tips for finding cheap flights to Maui

  • If you need a place to relax before boarding a flight to Maui from Chicago's O'Hare International Airport (ORD), you can stop by one of the United Airlines lounges, including the United Club lounge, which is in Terminal 1 near Gate B6 or Terminal 1 at Gate B18 for a round of refreshments.
  • You can schedule a flight to Maui's Hana Airport (HNM) at any aiport in Chicago. United Airlines and Southern Airways Express provide multi-stop itineraries that include a stop at Kahului Airport (OGG) before continuing to Hana Airport, so it should be easy to find a route that works for you.
  • If you hop into a plane from Chicago's O'Hare International Airport, you may fly nonstop to Maui from Boston (BOS) on United Airlines without stopping anywhere between.
  • You can head downtown from Kahului Airport (OGG) by taking the Airport Shuttle or a taxi. Taxis are the quickest way to get downtown, taking only around 7 minutes to travel the two miles there under perfect traffic circumstances.
  • Those flying from Chicago's Midway International Airport (MDW) to Maui with their service animals can spend quality time together at the airport's designated pet areas. The outdoor service area can be found towards the southern end of the Lower Level terminal road. The indoor service area is situated in Concourse A, next to Gate A4A. A bench and waste-disposal bags are available in the service area.

Reviews of the top 5 airlines serving from Chicago to Maui

 
Need help choosing which airline to fly with from Chicago to Maui? 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
Alaska AirlinesOverall score based on 13135 reviews
8.1Boarding
7.0Food
8.5Crew
7.0Entertainment
7.8Comfort
Airline reviews

Great flight with great crew. I like that they came around to serve our strings twice during our four-hour flight.

10.0 ExcellentSusanne, Oct 2026
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Great flight with great crew. I like that they came around to serve our strings twice during our four-hour flight.

I paid extra to choose a seat. When arriving at the gate after a very stressful check in at the airport, realized did not get the chosen seat that I PAID for. When I called the airline I was told I did not pay to choose a seat and could not be refunded, but I DID pay extra to choose a seat. And of course, got stuck in a MIDDLE seat. Since the seats are now crammed together, this is especially uncomfortable. The check in for baggage was ridiculous, it was a mile long and the kiosk to check in for the flight was very confusing. We finally sought out help and a very rude representative quickly went through the kiosk and printed a boarding pass that did not provide the PAID for chosen seat. Didn't get to get on the return flight because the flight coming in was delayed several hours, missed the flight by 3 minutes!!!!!!! You really can't hold the door for 3 minutes for a passenger you KNOW you are waiting for??? What stress and had to wait 4 MORE HOURS to get a flight home because you could not keep the door open 3 minutes. 3 minutes. Had only 20 minutes to get from flight to connecting flight and was accused of taking too long to get from gate to gate in Chicago. Flights were delayed all day long coming in and going out, you would think you could wait 3 minutes to allow passengers to get to the connecting flights. HUGE inconvenience, stressful and makes for a really LONG day when the flight leaving Des Moines to Chicago was horribly delayed, already had a horrible experience and missed the connecting flight by 3 minutes. 3 minutes. Airplane was still there, the door closed, why on earth is it such a huge deal to wait a few minutes when flights were already delayed ALL DAY LONG and why is it such a huge deal to REOPEN the door to let another passenger on??!! I used to like Alaska Airlines. I just plain hate flying in general now. The airlines have 0 (zero)care about the people buying tickets and making travel plans and how stressful flying is now. Zero care.

They overbooked the flight! Or they said it was over weight, very unnerving as flying is a gamble anyway. They were waiting for six passengers to give up their seats, before they would board the flight, they were offering $1100. I’m guessing towards the purchase of the next ticket which I would never purposely fly with American Airlines. It was just the only flight available with what I needed. American Airlines is the top two worst airlines to fly with. And then after waiting an hour and four minute delay departing they ended up seating the people that they had asked to give up their seats anyway turns out they were not overweight after all. So all of that in a delayed flight and a delayed landing in Des Moines for nothing American Airlines is in competition with United Airlines for the worst airline to fly with.

The seat was comfortable, but I paid for upgraded seats and they did not state that there was no outlets for devices.

Extremely professional crew there are very friendly and first class. Everything worked well on the plane. Food was to be expected. Drinks were very good. Shout out to Charlie in first class who was an excellent flight attendant.

Thanks for all you do to keep us safe and on time!

I like flying Alaska Airlines. I think the staff are happy, the plane is comfortable, the entertainment reasonable, the food acceptable.

No WiFi. Terrible food. Very long walk to the gate and from the gate after landing. Gate changed without notice.

I really hate the seat assignment at the gate. I understand it is so families can sit together but it caused me and others a lot of unnecessary stress and confusion, enough for me to not fly Alaska again. The app is so awful that it did not even update my seat assignment on the boarding pass but sent me a notification of my seat... it showed in Apple Wallet but not in the Alaska app itself. That only made the stress worse. I think most people like myself prefer to know where they are seated at check in 24 hours before so they don't have to anxiously hang out at the gate the entire time. This is not a good use of your agents time either to be dealing with all of us asking where we are sitting. You should automatically assign the multiple seat purchases to be together before they check in and fill us solo travelers in those gaps as we check in.

Great. Went right to the desk and the people were helpful and kind. I was able to get my boarding pass in under 5minutes. They made sure I received the text.

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.

I flew twice this week on Southwest, was delayed over 2 hours both ways. From Pittsburgh to Chicago it was due to weather but the gate agents, pilot etc were great at updating everyone. Today from Midway to Pittsburgh the plane had come from an international location, kept getting delayed, no information was given until we were delayed for the third time. It was ridiculous, whoever scheduled that plane to fly to Pittsburgh after didn’t consider a lot of things.

The staff was very friendly, professional, and courteous. The overall flight was a great experience.

No beverage/snack service without any explanation or reason. Late boarding and delayed flight.

The cabin and bathroom experience was poor as the cabin and bathroom were dirty and showed signs of an older plane that had not been updated for Customer’s, comfort and health. There was gum on my seat when I arrived and dirt spots around the fan and light controls. The flight was almost entirely full, so there was no way I could be moved from my seat. Th bathroom had the peeling paint.

I'm 6' 2" and even in economy plenty of leg room

Horrible experience. Delta delayed the flight to 11pm which happens. Apparently the pilots were there but we were waiting for flight attendants to arrive from Detroit and they were delayed. They could have made arrangements but that’s fine. What was truly horrible was that at 10:50pm the pilot comes out and says the flight will be cancelled but hasn’t been cancelled yet in the system. It’s being cancelled because the pilots have timed out. As soon as that plane got delayed past 10:50pm delta knew it couldn’t fly. Yet they made us wait around for hours. When the flight finally got cancelled all the area hotels were booked and flights for the next day were unavailable until midday. All I wanted was to spend one day with my family before needing to fly abroad on another delta flight. That will be my last flight with them. I’ll take my 800k miles flown and annual spend to an airline that isn’t so thoughtless.

THI IS THE 3RD CONSECUTIVE FLIGHT FROM ORD TO MSP THAT HAS BEEN DELAYED 2+ HOURS. CRAZY

The plane was a rather tired 737-800, with old style small luggage bins. Poor air flow. USB charger in the infotainment system was not functioning. The flight was 2 hours late due to crew rest requirements (not their fault). On arrival in Seattle, waited on the tarmac for 30 minutes with very few updates from the crew.

The crew was very inconsiderate and rude. My flight was scheduled to depart at 6:00am. I received a call from the crew at 5:40am, asking if I was going to make the flight because I was the only one that hasn't boarded yet and boarding ends at 5:50am. I let them know that I will be at the gate in a few minutes, before the 5:50am cutoff. When I arrived at the gate at 5:45am the gate was closed. Departing early on last minute notice without having all passengers on board is inconsiderate and unprofessional.

Very easy to use and convenient, you can perform any action within the same portal

Okay considering we had weather delays which the Pilot notified us of immediately!

The boarding was organized and informative but the plane was tight meaning that you were sitting on one another and extremely uncomfortable. It’s disappointing that can’t have common seating comfort on the plane.

Great flight and crew. Need more legroom and DO NOT allow seats to recline.

The guy in front of me was talking constantly, even when the pilot was making announcements. I found this very disrespectful to the pilot and to others.

The TVs on the plane were all broken and inoperable. No snacks or food were served. Plane was very old and uncomfortable.

Takeoff delayed 2 hrs. Boarded on time to find we were missing part of the flight crew. Then informed that they had loaded too much fuel. Spent 1 1/2 hrs sitting there burning off the excess, which included a couple of laps around the runway until we were light enough to fly! Ridiculous!

I especially enjoyed having a lightly packed flight which enabled me and my wife to occupy a three seat area with nobody in the middle seat.

The seats are very small, that is all the staff did a good job.

It was great. The staff is always helpful and polite. The app is great and makes the whole trip and process so easy. They even offer a step to step guide to your correct terminal. And they keep all the information you'll need updated. Anything you can think of! Great experience.

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.

Everything was good, hard to really comfortable on a flight that long.

Both departure and return flights had mechanical delays. Their planes are antiquated resulting in a two hour flight taking almost four hours to complete.

Crew were helpful, pilot kept us informed about turbulence, snack choice was awesome!

It was one of the worst I have ever had. The plane was over booked, and I did not have a seat. When I questioned why because I had booked this weeks in advance. I was brushed off to be advised they are trying to find someone to give up their seat. Only to be advised I would be boarding last. I had priority boarding in group 1-4. When I asked why I had to be last because that is not what I paid for I was advised it doesn't matter you will get a seat. The ticket person was very rude and unprofessional. The gate changed several times and it was going from one area to another area far away from where we were at. I feel like I should have been compensated in some kind of way because of the way I was treated. The ticket agent acted like it was my fault that the plane was over booked. Not one time was I apologized to for this inconvenience.

I have posted the comments in the first flight leg.

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.

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