$113 Find Cheap Flights from Chicago to Washington

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Cheap Flights from Chicago to Washington

Cheapest round-trip prices found by our users on KAYAK in the last 72 hours
Seattle
Seattle2 stops$226
Spokane
Spokane1 stop$264
Pasco
Pasco1 stop$357
Seattle
Seattle2 stops$226
Spokane
Spokane1 stop$264
Pasco
Pasco1 stop$357

Book Cheap Chicago to Washington 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 Washington 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.
Discover the best prices for you by selecting your travel dates on KAYAK.

Recent round-trip flight deals from Chicago to Washington

Fri, May 1 - Tue, May 5
Frontier Logo
5:50 am - 9:27 am
ORD
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SEA
29h 37m
2 stops
Frontier Logo
11:06 am - 6:39 am
SEA
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ORD
17h 33m
1 stop
$226Frontier
Thu, Apr 30 - Tue, May 5
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11:28 am - 3:05 pm
ORD
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SEA
29h 37m
2 stops
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11:06 am - 6:39 am
SEA
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ORD
17h 33m
1 stop
$228Multiple Airlines
Sat, Jun 6 - Sun, Jun 14
Frontier Logo
9:04 pm - 6:35 pm
ORD
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SEA
23h 31m
1 stop
Frontier Logo
11:03 am - 6:19 am
SEA
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ORD
17h 16m
1 stop
$230Frontier
Sat, May 9 - Wed, May 13
United Airlines Logo
8:00 pm - 10:35 pm
ORD
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PDX
4h 35mnonstop
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10:55 pm - 5:02 am
PDX
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ORD
4h 07mnonstop
$251United Airlines
Sat, May 23 - Sat, May 30
Alaska Airlines Logo
9:00 am - 9:45 pm
ORD
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GEG
14h 45m
1 stop
Alaska Airlines Logo
7:01 am - 6:50 pm
GEG
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ORD
9h 49m
1 stop
$295Alaska Airlines
Wed, May 27 - Tue, Jun 2
Alaska Airlines Logo
2:10 pm - 9:45 pm
ORD
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GEG
9h 35m
1 stop
Alaska Airlines Logo
12:46 pm - 11:59 pm
GEG
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ORD
9h 13m
1 stop
$297Alaska Airlines
Tue, May 12 - Tue, May 19
American Airlines Logo
10:21 am - 12:23 pm
ORD
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GEG
4h 02mnonstop
American Airlines Logo
6:34 am - 6:00 pm
GEG
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ORD
9h 26m
1 stop
$307American Airlines
Tue, Jun 9 - Tue, Jun 16
Delta Logo
6:05 am - 11:36 am
MDW
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GEG
7h 31m
1 stop
Delta Logo
12:47 pm - 10:17 pm
GEG
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MDW
7h 30m
1 stop
$317Delta
Tue, Jun 9 - Tue, Jun 16
Delta Logo
6:05 am - 1:18 pm
MDW
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GEG
9h 13m
2 stops
Delta Logo
12:47 pm - 10:17 pm
GEG
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MDW
7h 30m
1 stop
$322Delta
Tue, May 12 - Tue, May 19
American Airlines Logo
5:00 am - 1:33 pm
ORD
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PSC
10h 33m
1 stop
American Airlines Logo
2:12 pm - 12:32 am
PSC
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ORD
8h 20m
1 stop
$357American Airlines
Booking Insights

KAYAK's insights & trends for Chicago to Washington flights

Get data-powered insights and trends into flights from Chicago to Washington 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 State of Washington?

This analysis is based on the cheapest round-trip price found on KAYAK in the last 12 months by searching for a flight from Chicago to State of Washington departing in May.

What is the cheapest Chicago to Washington flight route?

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

The cheapest ticket to Washington from Chicago found in the last 72 hours was to Spokane, at $189 round-trip. The most popular route is from Chicago O'Hare Intl Airport (ORD) to Seattle (SEA), and the cheapest round-trip airline ticket found on this route in the last 72 hours was $237.

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

The average price for all round-trip flights from Chicago to Washington depending on the time of departure, clicked by users on KAYAK in the last 2 weeks.

The cheapest time of day to fly to Washington is generally at night, when round-trip flights cost $335 on average. Morning departures are around 4% cheaper than evening flights, on average. The most expensive time of day to fly to Washington is generally in the evening, which is peak travel time and where the average cost of a ticket is $375.

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

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 $395, prices are generally cheapest when you fly direct.

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

To calculate monthly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each month over the last year for round-trip flights from Chicago to Washington, 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 Washington is January, when tickets cost $209 (return) on average. On the other hand, the most expensive months are June and July, when the average cost of round-trip tickets is $333 and $310 respectively.

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

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

If your flying dates are flexible, you should consider flying to Washington on a Wednesday, 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 Washington. For your return ticket, we recommend flying on a Wednesday and avoiding Mondays for the best deals.

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

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 Washington, 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 Washington, you should book around 3 weeks before departure, which saves you about 49% compared to booking last minute. For the absolute cheapest price, our data suggests you should book 7 weeks before departure.

Good to know

Low seasonJanuary
Cheapest flight$120
Best time to beat the crowds with an average 13% drop in price.
Most popular time to fly with an average 6% increase in price.
Flight from Chicago O'Hare Airport to Seattle

Flights from Chicago to Washington: the best tips from KAYAK users

Insights shared by verified travelers who flew the route from Chicago to Washington 
PaulFlew with Alaska Airlines
ORD
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SEA
Apr 2024
The flight is long, at over four hours. I would try to get a window or aisle seat to be more comfortable. I would check with other airlines that allow you to choose your seat even if you are in the economy section. I would bring your own food on the plane as the service was sometimes sketchy.
Verified travelerFlew with Alaska Airlines
ORD
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SEA
Apr 2024
If you miss your flight ask any alaska agent to how and where to rebook the flight.

FAQs - booking Washington flights

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

    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 Washington.

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

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

    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 Washington 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 Washington?

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

Reviews of the top 5 airlines serving from Chicago to Washington

 
See real verified KAYAK customer reviews for airlines flying from Chicago to Washington. 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 Washington? 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 12253 reviews
8.5Crew
8.1Boarding
7.0Entertainment
7.0Food
7.8Comfort
Airline reviews

no lounge in Orlando while waiting for flight no inflight entertainment screens in first class

6.0 GoodAnonymous, Apr 2026
MCO - SEA
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no lounge in Orlando while waiting for flight no inflight entertainment screens in first class

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

My very first, first class flight! Loved the comfortable seats, foot rest and beverages. Did not have food due to short flight. Crew was very friendly!

This was my first time flying first class. I was really disappointed with the food option and lack of entertainment. I wasn’t given an option of what to eat. The breakfast was less than desirable. It was a bowl of some type of granola cereal, dried fruit, almond butter and 3 biscuits that we pretty much tasteless. There was so much fiber in that meal I was afraid I would poop myself in the flight. There was absolutely ZERO entertainment available. No tv screen to watch a movie or listen to music. No charging port for my phone. I recently flew Delta Airlines Comfort class and I had a tv screen with numerous options of music to listen to and movies to watch. Also I had a charging port for my phone. I expected more quality from first class. Please understand I am not some prima donna that feels entitled. But the price I paid for first class wasn’t worth what I experienced.

I've been loyal to Alaska Airlines for nearly 25 years and before the merger I had much better benefits. However, since the merger with Hawaiian Air, you've bumped me from group A to B or C and I now get poor selection of seats in the back of the plane.

This flight was all good. It was packed, but it took off on time and there were no problems. It would have been nice if they'd checked our bags for free, as they sometimes do.

Exactly as anticipated. I've always preferred Alaska Airlines over all others.

Alaska is consistently the best in all categories. Excellent airlines and employees

Were on time, very efficient and pleasant. Families with children were treated well and boarded ahead which made it easier for the rest of the plane.

I truly can’t give a review regarding the food or entertainment it did not apply to my flight. But everything ran very smoothly.

Very old plane with no inflight entertainment. I purchased the internet pass and it was nearly unusable.

My tray was broken so i had no place to work or eat except my lap. Flight attendant said I would get an email with some credit or miles, it was a complete waste of time as I could only function at about 20% of normal. I have not received anything yet.

Short trip, no food and therefore no expectation for much interaction with staff who were pleasant and professional. My critique is on comfort of the seats. Exit rows and comfort seats do not provide enough personal space for 3 side-by-side seats, especially when in the middle row. Some passengers are not considerate of the middle seat and there should be signs that state something to the effect of: "please consider giving middle seats use of the armrests."

My flight yesterday evening was delayed 3.5 hours with no water or food service. Poor experience

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.

Everything could have benn better. Short fly, no food, no entertainment and no wifi.

It was fine. 55 minute flight. No snacks or beverage service offered. Boarding went smoothly and my walker was waiting for me on the jet way.

My flight was cencaled due with the bad weather on Sunday the crew was poorly mistaken my luggage supposed depart with my flight instead I didn’t have my luggage for almost 3 days the website is poorly respond to my complain until I have someone to do it my connection smooth their not even respon or email me even the have my luggage

8 hours late and the plane smelled like urine, that smell in the morning when your child wet the bed in the night.

Omg the disaster at the security was on another level! “Go to this end, sorry closed now, go to that end”. Ridiculous! This took over an hour! As far as the airline was concerned although I booked nearly a year ago I couldn’t get my bag tag - stand in another 15 minute line or my seat on Hawaiian Airlines- 5 more minutes! Then my TSA status was denied. Like what the heck! Makes a person not want to travel with this amount of incompetence

The Honolulu Hub needs 2 to 3 times the amount of things to do as well as shuttles that transport to/from gates and terminals. Arriving from OCONUS locations; transferring to CONUS locations its a miserable experience. Fetching and re-checking bags, then returning to a gate across the airport take longer than any other large airport. If youre confused by what I mean, the process goes like this: Disembark plane Walk a mile to the main terminal Walk half a mile to baggage claim Wait 40 minutes for baggage Walk a mile to re-check-in baggage Wait 20 minutes for checking in those bags Fo back through the wrong TSA line because the signage is poor Almost miss the connecting flight because your gate is across the airport.

The checking was disaster, the crew wasn't behave well. It took us two hours to check in, after that thr line at the TSA was long, we barely make the flight. Bad airline

Fabulous if you have a portable wheelchair. They can store it in the galley and you can just walk out with it. Really nice and the flat seats are just incredible, very nice. iPads for movies, also pretty nice,

The crew were exceptionally nice and accommodating. My wife was tired after the flight from Haneda, Tokyo. They let her sleep and served her dinner later after she woke up, before we landed in PDX.

No charging outlets worked. Other than collecting trash attendants didn’t come around. No one could hear flight attendants announcements during the flight. Seat pads were horrible. Sitting on a board for 5 hours. What happened to Hawaiian airlines comfort, hospitality, and extras? Our pilots did an excellent job trying to minimize turbulence and incredible job in landing in windy conditions.

I like that if they asked you to checked in a bag at the gate they give you priority to board

Horrible food and crew. Crew were laughing and talking loud while people were trying to sleep

Yall need to integrate your system with Alaska more efficiently. They booted me off the first flight because of a discrepancy on your end.

The crew at Hawaiian Airlines was fantastic. Kind and hard working. The pilots were great with giving us all the updates to make sure we were informed.

Crew was friendly. Seats are too narrow, particularly when a big person is in the adjacent seat, but I understand this is due to smaller planes usually flight into Lincoln. I have experienced several flight delays going out and coming into Lincoln airport, I say maybe 50% or higher of the flights I've taken out of this airport have been delayed.

Great flight. Boarded efficiently. Arrived early at CLT. There was no in flight entertainment on this aircraft. Great crew.

The seat was comfortable. There was a lot of turbulence. If it weren't for that,it would have been okay.

Poor communication, flight was delayed for preventable reasons. I missed my connection.

No meal service to the back of the plane as it started late or was too slow to get it out before it was time to land.

Terrible, if possible won't be flying again anytime soon!

Efficient boarding and early departure. Very smooth flight. Early arrival in ATL. Great flight.

Smooth and easy boarding, comfortable for the entire 5 hour flight, and the seat back entertainment was great! I appreciated all the features, from location info and maps, movies, the ability to connect with Bluetooth headphones, and good selection of movies. Food was good, normal airline snacks (I didn’t purchase anything)

Awful. No counter attendants. No dinner offered due to delays.

This trip did not start off well. The inbound flight was delayed about 20 minutes. Then, after initial onboarding, the passengers had to deplane due to a mechanical problem. That took about 30 minutes to fix and be cleared. Then, reboarding was chaotic. It took a long time to sort passengers and two passengers on standby were ticketed but there was no seat. So, they had to deplane. One of the flight crew was trying to help passengers figure out a place to put their carry-on bags and that took more time. In the end, our scheduled 10:30 am departure did not actually take off until about 12:05 pm CST. The flight itself was long but we got to Houston. Some passengers missed their connecting flights and had to rebook. Not the best of flights I've had.

I almost missed my flight and they helped me out enormously

Delays experienced in boarding/take off due to incoming plane delayed. However, the boarding time/depart time in the app was significantly delayed in providing these updates. Usually not updated until an hour after we should have already boarded. Poorly managed.

Moved to earlier flight which unexpectedly had maintenance issues initially indicated as quick fix to ultimately plane changes. Moved back to original flight, also delayed. In all cases customer updates and communication very unclear, no updates on drivers for delays.

Typical AA - late by 90+ mn. Gate changed twice... Changed the departure time 6 times No explanation, no communication on reasons for delay I travel with AA twice a year... and it is consistently very poor.. I will continue to use AA only when i have to.

Pretty awful. 2 hours late due to operational issues and finally deboarded around 2am.

The gate got changed several times and the flight was delayed over an hour. Awful experience

American continues to decline in their customer service and its beyond disappointing.

It was an older plane. First Class was not especially roomy or comfortable. It was a short flight so there were no meal but they did offer mixed nuts which used to be normal but now is rare. Crew member was very polite and professional.

Flight to Tampa was delayed taking off due to plane arriving late but no other issues

As previously stated the delay I experienced flying from Wichita to Chicago caused a host of issues. When I finally was able to be booked on the last remaining American flight from Chicago to Cincinnati, the gate changed four times with the last change occurring very near the scheduled boarding time. While I didn't have a problem moving from gate to gate, I did notice and make note of others that had mobility issues and had to move each time for the gate change.

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