$333 Find Cheap Flights from Illinois to Africa

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 Illinois to Africa.

KAYAK’s flight Price Forecast tool uses historical data to determine whether the price for a flight from Illinois to Africa is likely to change within 7 days, so travelers know whether to wait or book now.

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 Illinois to Africa with an airline and back with another airline.

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

There are 302 airports in Africa. The busiest airport is OR Tambo Airport, Johannesburg (JNB), with 10% of all flights arriving there.

Based on KAYAK data, the cheapest day to fly to Africa is Sunday where round-trip tickets can be as cheap as $836. On the other hand, the most expensive day to fly is Thursday, where round-trip prices are $921 on average.

The cheapest time of day to fly to Africa is generally in the morning, when round-trip flights cost $848 on average. Morning departures are around 15% cheaper than evening flights, on average. The most expensive time of day to fly to Africa is generally in the evening, which is peak travel time and where the average cost of a ticket is $1,002.

The cheapest month for flights from Illinois to Africa is February, when tickets cost $752 (return) on average. On the other hand, the most expensive months are May and July, when the average cost of round-trip tickets is $1,212 and $1,107 respectively.

To get a below average price on the flight from Illinois to Africa, you should book around 1 week before departure. For the absolute cheapest price, our data suggests you should book 23 weeks before departure.

From Illinois, there are direct flights to Africa from 1 city. This city is Chicago and there are 5 direct flights each week.

There are around 1 direct flights from within Illinois to Africa every day. All flights depart in the morning.

Each week there are around 5 direct flights from within Illinois to Africa. The most common day for departures is Monday, with 20% of flights taking off on this day.

An average nonstop flight from Illinois to Africa takes 19h 45m, covering a distance of 6863 miles. The shortest route is Chicago O'Hare Intl Airport (ORD) to Cairo (CAI) with an average flight time of 5h 15m.

There are not any medium-haul (3-6 hour flight duration) or short-haul (up to 3 hour flight duration) flights to Africa. Instead, there are 5 long-haul flights (6-12 hour flight duration), with the most arriving from Chicago.

Based on KAYAK flight searches, the most popular destination is Cairo (15% of total searches to Africa). The next most popular destinations are Lagos (8%) and Casablanca (7%). Searches for flights to Marrakech (7%), to Accra (5%) and to Cape Town (5%) are also popular.