$99 Find Cheap Flights from Chicago to Orange County

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Cheap Flights from Chicago to Orange County

Cheapest round-trip prices found by our users on KAYAK in the last 72 hours
Los Angeles
Los Angelesnonstop$127
Santa Ana
Santa Ana1 stop$244
Los Angeles
Los Angelesnonstop$127
Santa Ana
Santa Ana1 stop$244

Book Cheap Chicago to Orange County 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 Orange County 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 Orange County

Fri, Sep 12 - Sun, Sep 14
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10:42 am - 12:13 pmORD-SNA
27h 31m1 stop
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1:00 pm - 11:51 amSNA-ORD
20h 51m1 stop
Wed, Sep 3 - Thu, Sep 4
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7:09 pm - 12:05 pmORD-SNA
18h 56m2 stops
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7:16 pm - 11:51 amSNA-ORD
14h 35m1 stop
Mon, Sep 8 - Mon, Sep 15
Frontier Logo
6:00 am - 4:22 pmORD-SNA
12h 22m2 stops
Frontier Logo
8:38 pm - 10:40 amSNA-ORD
12h 02m2 stops
$247Frontier
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Thu, Sep 4 - Thu, Sep 4
Frontier Logo
6:00 am - 11:07 amORD-SNA
7h 07m1 stop
Frontier Logo
7:16 pm - 8:59 pmSNA-ORD
23h 43m1 stop
$258Frontier
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Thu, Oct 23 - Sun, Oct 26
American Airlines Logo
7:00 am - 9:28 amORD-SNA
4h 28mnonstop
American Airlines Logo
2:59 pm - 9:09 pmSNA-ORD
4h 10mnonstop
$269American Airlines
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Thu, Sep 11 - Wed, Sep 17
American Airlines Logo
6:45 am - 9:04 amORD-SNA
4h 19mnonstop
American Airlines Logo
11:35 am - 5:49 pmSNA-ORD
4h 14mnonstop
$270American Airlines
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Tue, Oct 7 - Tue, Oct 14
Southwest Logo
11:15 am - 5:30 pmMDW-SNA
8h 15m1 stop
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7:35 pm - 5:15 amSNA-MDW
7h 40m1 stop
$277Southwest
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Sat, Sep 13 - Sun, Sep 21
United Airlines Logo
1:58 pm - 8:42 pmORD-SNA
8h 44m1 stop
United Airlines Logo
10:30 am - 4:41 pmSNA-ORD
4h 11mnonstop
$279United Airlines
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Wed, Sep 24 - Wed, Oct 1
Southwest Logo
6:40 am - 11:20 amMDW-SNA
6h 40m1 stop
Southwest Logo
7:00 am - 5:45 pmSNA-MDW
8h 45m2 stops
$282Southwest
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Wed, Oct 1 - Mon, Oct 6
United Airlines Logo
5:01 am - 9:17 amORD-SNA
6h 16m1 stop
United Airlines Logo
1:48 pm - 7:59 pmSNA-ORD
4h 11mnonstop
$289United Airlines
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KAYAK's insights & trends for Chicago to Orange County flights

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

What is the cheapest Chicago to Orange County flight route?

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

The cheapest ticket to Orange County from Chicago found in the last 72 hours was to Santa Ana, at $269 round-trip. The most popular route is from Chicago O'Hare Intl Airport (ORD) to Santa Ana (SNA), and the cheapest round-trip airline ticket found on this route in the last 72 hours was $269.

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

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 $929, prices are generally cheapest when you fly direct.

What is the cheapest month to fly from Chicago to Orange County?

To calculate monthly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each month over the last year for round-trip flights from Chicago to Orange County, 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 Orange County is September, when tickets cost $231 (return) on average. On the other hand, the most expensive months are December and March, when the average cost of round-trip tickets is $371 and $321 respectively.

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

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

If you are looking for a flight deal from Chicago to Orange County, look for departures on Fridays and avoid leaving on a Monday, as it's usually the priciest day. When flying back from Orange County, Wednesday is the cheapest day to fly and Sunday is the most expensive.

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

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 Orange County, 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 Orange County, you should book around 2 weeks before departure, which saves you about 32% compared to booking last minute. For the absolute cheapest price, our data suggests you should book 5 weeks before departure.

Good to know

Low seasonJanuary
Cheapest flight$99
Best time to beat the crowds but there is an average 1% increase in price.
Most popular time to fly with an average 21% increase in price.
Flight from Chicago O'Hare Airport to John Wayne (Santa Ana)

FAQs - booking Orange County flights

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

    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 Orange County.

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

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

    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 Orange County 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 Orange County?

    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 Orange County 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 Orange County?

    The cheapest time of day to fly to Orange County is generally in the morning, when round-trip flights cost $330 on average. Morning departures are around 61% cheaper than evening flights, on average. The most expensive time of day to fly to Orange County is generally in the evening, which is peak travel time and where the average cost of a ticket is $836.

Reviews of the top 5 airlines serving from Chicago to Orange County

 
See real verified KAYAK customer reviews for airlines flying from Chicago to Orange County. Airline scores are aggregated from all reviews left by passengers on KAYAK after flying with an airline. KAYAK doesn’t show reviews that are older than 5 years. Learn how KAYAK collects reviews.
Need help choosing which airline to fly with from Chicago to Orange County? 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.
8.0
SouthwestOverall score based on 4245 reviews
8.6Crew
7.5Entertainment
7.0Food
8.1Boarding
8.0Comfort
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Better and more food and drinks. Put msnbc and free speech tv on the news channel selection list.

10.0 ExcellentKevin, Jul 2025MDW - PUJ
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Better and more food and drinks. Put msnbc and free speech tv on the news channel selection list.

Very smooth checking in our luggage with a super pleasant SW agent. I enjoyed a fun entertaining movie.

after landing, we stay 2 hours on the taxi way before reaching the gate The airline and the crew were good though

First time traveling on Southwest since bag fees were implemented. Usual good service. Just more expensive now.

I'm not a fan of Southwest's model. I don't like the herding style of boarding.

It was a perfect flight in all aspects! Both legs!

Boarding process, crew were good. But the seats were so uncomfortable that was all I could focus on. I literally had to sit forward so that all 3 of us could fit in row. I will try to avoid Southwest in the future for any flights over 60 minutes.

Great flight, 47 passengers on a 180 seat plane. Stewardess was pleasant and cheerful.

Great experience flying Southwest. The crew was really kind and helpful, and very friendly with our toddler.

My flight to Chicago left and landed early. My return flight left two minutes late and arrived 2 minutes late. My seat selections were ideal! There were no snacks going to Chicago and no snacks on the return trip. There are no charging outlets on board.

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

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

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.

My flight was scheduled for about 6:05 departure. There were 11 gate changes from 4-7pm and the flight was 3 hours delayed due to operational issues. The plane taxied around the airport for about half an hour before stopping to be de-iced. It would have been nice if we were alerted of the plan to de-ice prior to the 30 minute drive around the airport. The flight attendant was friendly, which was the only redeeming thing about this flight. As a former flight attendant for United, I was extremely disappointed.

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.

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.

Late departure by 1:45min. No explanation why. During boarding inconsistent policing of their baggage rules. Before takeoff and lamdimg strange obsession with window shade and armrest positions. Don't know why they care. 15 min tarmac delay on arrival, they blamed airport congestion but we were the o lh flight waiting, it was clear it was due to poor staff planning (only one ground crew to receive airplanes and multiple arrivals) Got there but was rrally lame the whole trip.

It was very bad it got delayed by 2 hours.Never going to travel with spirit airlines in future.

The flight times got delayed multiple times due to weather which is understandable, but later the time got prepared 30min. Made to the flight barely but got stressed too much.

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

Very good. Nothing more or less than expected. No complaints.

My experience with the spirit as a first time it was OK, but the seats need a little cushion, the problem I had the most impacted me was when checking in the scales were so off and wrong. It will tell that you would have more weight, which was not true. The scale was say that it had Thirty Eight Pounds, when get in the labels when we send the luggage into the band. It says that it was overweight. I really really dislike that because the scales are not accurate. If I use Spirit and I have that issue again. That will be my last time flying with the spirit, even though I like so much to service the planes, and everything else

hahaha we are delayed for one hour plus.. but thx we arrived San Diego safe

Worst airline ever! The guy weighing my bag had his foot on the metal plate and when I called him out on it, I got this stupid little smirk. La is a scam and so is Spirit Airlines. All the flight attendants looked like they hated our flight just as much as we did.

Very dissatisfied with spirit airlines after buying my ticket's they cancelled our flights with no reasoning.

Unclear pricing; ended up being charged an extra $52 just to get onboard

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

sluggish boarding and arrival procedures, fake nice flight attendants, and lots of delays.

Disaster. They lied every step of the way. We ended up being delayed due to crew and then allegedly abandoned the flight because of a curfew at LGA. No rebooking to LGA at any reasonable time. No hotel. No meal vouchers. Had to sleep in the airport and fly to Newark instead. Will never fly Frontier again.

What I expected, nickeled and dined and a frontier flight attendant loudly complained about her job and lack of communication as she headed to the gate on her cell phone. Not professional.

As every law enforcement agency I could imagine surrounded the plane and we didn’t disembark for 2 hours and then had to stick around for another hour to go get our personal belongings after leaving them behind and being bused away from the plane, it was scary and inconvenient. We were given no information as to why this was happening. Lack of communication with passengers was disappointing.

After boarding and un-boarding twice over 6+hours, the flight was canceled.

Severe turbulence. Captain never came on to reassure passengers after things settled down.

My first flight was delayed 5 hours. The 2nd flight was canceled til the next day and the never even tried to compensate for it. Worse I was delayed again on the flight the rebooked me on.

Boarding in Orlando was not good. Giant mob at the gate, should have been lines.

Decent clean onboard experience. Okay discount airline experience. Unfortunately, any customer service interactions are difficult and unhelpful. There is no service. Also, a premium seat only gets you premium boarding if you line up first. Once they start general boarding you must go to the back of the line. Not very premium

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