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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 Alabama.

KAYAK’s flight Price Forecast tool uses historical data to determine whether the price for a flight from Illinois to Alabama 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 Alabama 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 Alabama up to 3 days before/after your preferred dates. You can then pick the flights that suit you best.

Illinois and Alabama are connected by different airlines. The airlines that fly that route the most regularly are United Airlines (40 flights per week), Air New Zealand (34 flights per week), and American Airlines (28 flights per week).

There are 7 airports in Alabama. The busiest airport is Birmingham Airport (BHM), with 39% of all flights arriving there.

Prices will differ depending on the departure airport, but generally, the cheapest airport to fly to in Alabama is Gulf Shores Jack Edwards Airport (GUF), with an average flight price of $196.

Based on KAYAK data, the cheapest day to fly to Alabama is Saturday where round-trip tickets can be as cheap as $365. On the other hand, the most expensive day to fly is Monday, where round-trip prices are $610 on average.

The cheapest time of day to fly to Alabama is generally in the afternoon, when round-trip flights cost $423 on average. Morning departures are around 3% cheaper than evening flights, on average. The most expensive time of day to fly to Alabama is generally in the evening, which is peak travel time and where the average cost of a ticket is $483.

The cheapest ticket to Alabama from Illinois found in the last 5 days was to Gulf Shores, at $117 round-trip. The most popular route is Belleville (BLV) to Gulf Shores (GUF) and the cheapest round-trip airline ticket found on this route in the last 5 days was $117.

The cheapest month for flights from Illinois to Alabama is September, when tickets cost $86 (return) on average. On the other hand, the most expensive months are July and January, when the average cost of round-trip tickets is $154 and $146 respectively.

To get a below average price on the flight from Illinois to Alabama, you should book around 4 weeks before departure, which saves you about 47% compared to booking last minute. For the absolute cheapest price, our data suggests you should book 17 weeks before departure.

From Illinois, there are direct flights to Alabama from 2 cities. The city with the most direct flights is Chicago, with 192 direct flights each week.

There are around 28 direct flights from within Illinois to Alabama every day. Most flights (49%) depart in the evening.

Each week there are around 195 direct flights from within Illinois to Alabama. The most common day for departures is Monday, with 15% of flights taking off on this day.

An average nonstop flight from Illinois to Alabama takes 3h 49m, covering a distance of 610 miles. The shortest route is Evansville (EVV) to Atlanta (ATL) with an average flight time of 1h 29m.

There are not any long-haul (6-12 hour flight duration) or medium-haul (3-6 hour flight duration) flights to Alabama. Instead, there are 195 short-haul flights (up to 3 hour flight duration), with the most arriving from Chicago.

Based on KAYAK flight searches, the most popular destination is Atlanta (63% of total searches to Alabama). The next most popular destinations are Pensacola (19%) and Birmingham (5%). Searches for flights to Valparaiso (4%), to Chattanooga (3%) and to Mobile (3%) are also popular.