$109 Find Cheap Flights from Fresno to Illinois

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Cheap Flights from Fresno to Illinois

Cheapest round-trip prices found by our users on KAYAK in the last 72 hours
Chicago
Chicago1 stop$257
Peoria
Peoria2 stops$429
Springfield
Springfield2 stops$837
St. Louis
St. Louis1 stop$280
Chicago
Chicago1 stop$257
Peoria
Peoria2 stops$429
Springfield
Springfield2 stops$837
St. Louis
St. Louis1 stop$280

Book Cheap Fresno to Illinois Plane Tickets

 
Here are some of the best deals found on KAYAK recently from the most popular airlines for round-trip flights from Fresno to Illinois 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 Fresno to Illinois

Fri, Apr 17 - Mon, Apr 27
Alaska Airlines Logo
6:00 am - 2:21 pm
FAT
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ORD
6h 21m
1 stop
Alaska Airlines Logo
3:52 pm - 11:26 pm
ORD
-
FAT
9h 34m
1 stop
$257Alaska Airlines
Sat, Apr 18 - Tue, Apr 28
Multiple Airlines Logo
12:07 pm - 5:25 am
FAT
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ORD
15h 18m
1 stop
Multiple Airlines Logo
8:58 pm - 12:17 pm
ORD
-
FAT
17h 19m
1 stop
$262Multiple Airlines
Thu, Jun 4 - Mon, Jun 8
Southwest Logo
11:35 am - 9:00 pm
FAT
-
MDW
7h 25m
1 stop
Southwest Logo
5:45 am - 9:55 am
MDW
-
FAT
6h 10m
1 stop
$263Southwest
Tue, Mar 31 - Sat, Apr 4
American Airlines Logo
7:15 pm - 5:25 am
FAT
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ORD
8h 10m
1 stop
American Airlines Logo
5:00 am - 9:28 am
ORD
-
FAT
6h 28m
1 stop
$263American Airlines
Wed, Aug 19 - Tue, Aug 25
Alaska Airlines Logo
9:38 am - 6:55 pm
FAT
-
ORD
7h 17m
1 stop
Alaska Airlines Logo
3:09 pm - 10:10 pm
ORD
-
FAT
9h 01m
1 stop
$267Alaska Airlines
Wed, Apr 15 - Fri, Apr 17
Southwest Logo
6:30 am - 5:05 pm
FAT
-
MDW
8h 35m
2 stops
Southwest Logo
5:25 pm - 10:10 pm
MDW
-
FAT
6h 45m
1 stop
$268Southwest
Tue, Apr 21 - Tue, Apr 28
Delta Logo
6:10 am - 4:18 pm
FAT
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ORD
8h 08m
2 stops
Delta Logo
2:09 pm - 9:26 pm
ORD
-
FAT
9h 17m
1 stop
$268Delta
Mon, Apr 6 - Wed, Apr 8
American Airlines Logo
7:15 pm - 8:54 am
FAT
-
STL
11h 39m
2 stops
American Airlines Logo
12:27 pm - 10:16 pm
STL
-
FAT
11h 49m
2 stops
$363American Airlines
Tue, Apr 21 - Sat, Apr 25
United Airlines Logo
6:02 am - 6:53 pm
FAT
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PIA
10h 51m
2 stops
United Airlines Logo
8:05 am - 6:19 pm
PIA
-
FAT
12h 14m
2 stops
$429United Airlines
Tue, Apr 21 - Sat, Apr 25
United Airlines Logo
6:02 am - 6:53 pm
FAT
-
PIA
10h 51m
2 stops
United Airlines Logo
10:40 am - 10:09 pm
PIA
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FAT
13h 29m
2 stops
$449United Airlines
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KAYAK's insights & trends for Fresno to Illinois flights

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

What is the cheapest Fresno to Illinois flight route?

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

The cheapest ticket to Illinois from Fresno found in the last 72 hours was to Chicago, at $286 round-trip. The most popular route is from Fresno (FAT) to Chicago O'Hare Intl Airport (ORD), and the cheapest round-trip airline ticket found on this route in the last 72 hours was $286.

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

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

The cheapest time of day to fly to Illinois is generally at night, when round-trip flights cost $498 on average. The most expensive time of day to fly to Illinois is generally in the morning, which is peak travel time and where the average cost of a ticket is $499.

Can I save money by flying with a layover from Fresno to Illinois?

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 $414, prices are generally cheapest when you fly direct.

What is the cheapest month to fly from Fresno to Illinois?

To calculate monthly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each month over the last year for round-trip flights from Fresno to Illinois, 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 Fresno to Illinois is February, when tickets cost $289 (return) on average. On the other hand, the most expensive months are June and October, when the average cost of round-trip tickets is $458 and $434 respectively.

What’s the cheapest day of the week to fly from Fresno to Illinois?

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

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

How far in advance should I book a flight from Fresno to Illinois?

To calculate weekly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each week before departure over the last year for round-trip flights from Fresno to Illinois, 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 Fresno to Illinois, you should book around 4 weeks before departure, which saves you about 31% compared to booking last minute. For the absolute cheapest price, our data suggests you should book 19 weeks before departure.

Good to know

Low seasonJanuary
Cheapest flight$109
Best time to beat the crowds with an average 6% drop in price.
Most popular time to fly with an average 13% increase in price.
Flight from Fresno to Chicago Midway Airport

FAQs - booking Illinois flights

  • How does KAYAK find such low prices on flights from Fresno to Illinois?

    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 Fresno to Illinois.

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

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

    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 Fresno to Illinois 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 Fresno to Illinois?

    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 Fresno to Illinois 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 Illinois

  • Looking for a cheap flight? 25% of our users found tickets from Fresno to the following destinations at these prices or less: Chicago $250 one-way - $336 round-trip

Reviews of the top 5 airlines serving from Fresno to Illinois

 
See real verified KAYAK customer reviews for airlines flying from Fresno to Illinois. 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 Fresno to Illinois? 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
Alaska AirlinesOverall score based on 12014 reviews
7.0Entertainment
8.1Boarding
8.5Crew
7.1Food
7.8Comfort
Airline reviews

Great flights, little turbulence, pilots kept stewardesses seated & safe, all staff friendly & professional

10.0 ExcellentYvonne, Mar 2026
PSP - SEA
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Great flights, little turbulence, pilots kept stewardesses seated & safe, all staff friendly & professional

There is no entertainment on the plane. The snack is minimal. The crew was nice and professional.

Good as usual. Just wished my seat was assigned at online check in. Thanks anyways

This was my first trip with Alaska Airlines (round trip DCA to San Diego). Despite a slight delay on the return flight, I feel compelled to post a RAVE review! I cannot praise the airline and the crew enough! Everyone was kind, professional, and courteous, every step of the way- excellent service, snacks, and entertainment! On both legs of the trip I inquired whether there were any free seating upgrades and my request were granted BOTH times! I’ve flown on other airlines where they won’t do that, even when those premium seats are empty. As a customer service professional myself, I can say I left my experience feeling like a valued customer and not just a number. I NEVER expected to praise an airline lol I’ll definitely go out of my way to fly with Alaska on future trips. Thank you for such an awesome experience!

Our flight when we finally got rerouted to a different destination than we were going was fine. But 2 days was taken out of our vacation because our flit was cancelled. We understand mechanical problems and of course don’t want to be on a plane that has mechanical problems.Wish there had been another solution.

in-flight wifi was not working well. also the cabin temperature was a bit hot.

Nice crew, healthy snacks and drinks available. Flight to Seattle was short and comfortable.

had to be rerouted due to a medical emergency onboard. Alaska crew treated the patient with utmost respect and continued to keep the passengers updated the entire way through, which I appreciate. But it took 4 hours from landing until we were able to be airborne again, causing us to not get into SFO until ~2 am. I understand it was a tough situation for everyone, but that was an indecent wait.

I'm not sure if you are going to ask me about the check in process. I could not get my boarding pass, so I had to stop at the American desk before security. I also had a difficult time downloading the app with the confirmation code for the two flights.

The plane was dirty, the seats were tiny, wasnt my favorite airline tbh

The problem with the seat assignments is that there were a lot of rows in the front that were empty but my row at the back was full. Just not so pleasant.

Good but I prefer choose your own seat. With the new assigned seats they should board from the back I see no advantage to this new boarding. Just like every other airline

WiFi was not working and didn’t have a beverage service

Flight boarded late after announcing on time boarding. Flight arrived only a little late despite late departure. Had trouble connecting to WiFi

The Southwest experience has definitely taken a dive from its early days. You can no longer deferentiate from other airlines. Air travel is too expensive. Southwest is no longer budget friendly. They have lost me as a loyal customer.

The charges were ridiculous for an hour flight and the turbulence was very scary.

The seats are now more narrow. I paid for front row the seats in the front are even more narrow than before.

The wifi on the plane is great. The only issue that I have is that I prefer an aisle seat and on my trips this week, I was either in the middle or window. If we can work to secure aisle seating, I will be thrilled. Nice trip.

All good except once again bags took an hour at Midway Airport Happens all the time. Ridiculous

Great flight but super high price. Glad it was a business trip and not personal

There was an unruly family behind us that made the short flight miserable!!! The cabin crew did nothing to contain it.

Flight was delayed by 3-hours and their fix was… complimentary pretzels.

The crew, and fellow passengers, were super gracious and kind. There seemed to be plenty of bin space even though the plane was full. It’s nice to get a glass of wine with dinner in Premiere seating, and there was a lot of food.

Everything I mentioned earlier - the airbus was more comfortable indeed and the experience was further enhanced.

Flight delay was frustrating, also you cannot checkin online without delta app, web browser check-in throw errors

The plane was an older model, so it wasn’t as comfortable as others. The flight attendants were not helpful during onboarding. It was a full flight so there was chaos finding space for baggage.

Awesome! On time flight, early arrival, and a complimentary upgrade!

Got on the plane and sat there for an hour before departure.

Delta One is extraordinary. I fly business when somebody hires me. I just wonder why there is such a chasm between business class and the insanely inhumane and nonsensical coach. The seats are not large enough to fit even my tiny wife. We fly 10% of what we did because we don’t want to pay 5-10 k but for $400 it’s unbearable. It seems like the accountants took over and made stupid decisions. Screw in 20 extra seats and make it so unbearable that people fly 90% less. Just put the damn price up and put some proper chairs in. But business, yay.

Very large passenger too space from my own seat. Arm board couldn’t be lowered because of his size. It wads very uncomfortable trip, as the flight was full couldn’t move anywhere having back pain because of the position in which I was the entire flight.

Wonderful. Quick boarding. Early departure and we arrived 30 minutes early at our destination. Unfortunately, when you arrive early, there is still a departing aircraft at our gate. We had to park for 30 minutes until the gate was clear. So our early arrival was not really early at the gate. Otherwise it was a quick and smooth flight. Appreciated the efficiency.

Crew was great (professional, attentive, prompt). Snacks for 4 hrs flight is deplorable.

Flight delayed. WiFi connectivity very poor if not existant. Last minute arrival forced me to run to catch my connection.

United Airlines is my preferred airlines and I am thankful for Gary who also help support me on the phone to switch my flight literally last min.

Seated dude next to me even though lots of empty rows. But main thing was we sat on the tarmac after landing for 30 minutes because of, in the words of the dude who sat next to me, “operational incompetence”. We got changing directions about where to pick up gate checked bags. Pilot and flight attendant were awesome though.

It was a pretty standard flight... until the almost hour and a half spent on the taxi way. I get that the weather has been poor but the delay had nothing to do with the weather and more to do with a plane with several issues tying up the gate. I get that that happens from time to time but this has been EVERY flight I've been on for the past 5 years and I fly 3 to 5 times a year. This isn't just United... it's American, it's Delta. It's an issue with the entire industry. I work for UPS and packages on a cargo plane get better service than people do these days. Anymore I HATE flying.

Perfect flight. Smooth flight. Arrived 20 minutes early at destination. Excellent service.

The flights were on time which was great give. It was holiday travel season and there’d been some weather issues. The only complaint and this is every time with United is the terrible seat design. The head rest is not built for comfort and having my neck bent forward for a cross country trip reminded me while I try not to take United flights as a rule.

Everything was absolutely wonderful from check in to baggage claim. Staff was very professional and sweet. Will definitely recommend United to family and friends.

They did the one thing that really matters - got to Chicago early.

The chicken wrap was tiny ($13 for what looked like a 1/3 of a normal wrap?) and disgusting.

It was good experience this time. The flight was on time.

There was a delay with the plan which cause the flight to leave later and once arrived in Chicago there was another delay and some passengers missed their connecting flights

The gate agent had a really bad attitude and refused to help me get on the standby list. She just handed me a card and said I needed to call a number. I asked her to help with the AA app on my phone and she just shrugged and said she didnt know. After a few phone calls, I eventually just went to a different gate agent on the other side of the terminal and got the help I needed.

Overall, my last three trips on American Airlines have all been either delayed or "rescheduled" due to mechanical issues. At least on delay caused me to miss two possible connecting flights each later than the first. My last option for my last connection required the assistance of the onsite service desk (O'Hare Airport). The wait time for the service desk was such that it jeopardized getting booked on the last connecting flight available for the night. Suffice it to say, my latest experiences with American Airlines have caused me extensive loss of productive business and personal time and can therefore be classified as significantly less than satisfactory.

Waiting for gate in RDU for more than 20mins is crazy.

American Airlines was great and worked very hard to change my ticket so I could get an earlier, direct flight back to Dallas. However, I was informed that Kayak made mistakes with my itinerary and classified my ticket as desiring to be on the earlier flight instead of taking the necessary step of calling AA to get me on the standby list. This ended up keeping me from being added to the standby list and delayed me getting home by 6 hours. I am happy to discuss this further with Kayak so they can correct their procedures so this won't happen again.

Waited for oxygen tanks for 30 minutes after boarding was complete.

We flew in first class. The crew did not offer drinks before the flight took off, but they treated us well during the flight. The food was excellent. There was actually too much food served, but it was nice to have all the options.

Update to handle the delay was very bad, crews no smiles or welcome or thanks. Don’t care attitude

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