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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 Alberta.

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

Illinois and Alberta are connected by different airlines. The airlines that fly that route the most regularly are American Airlines (27 flights per week), Air Canada (16 flights per week), and United Airlines (16 flights per week).

There are 6 airports in Alberta. The busiest airport is Calgary Airport (YYC), with 71% of all flights arriving there.

Prices will differ depending on the departure airport, but generally, the cheapest airport to fly to in Alberta is Calgary Airport (YYC), with an average flight price of $256.

Based on KAYAK data, the cheapest day to fly to Alberta is Friday where round-trip tickets can be as cheap as $346. On the other hand, the most expensive day to fly is Thursday, where round-trip prices are $388 on average.

The cheapest time of day to fly to Alberta is generally in the afternoon, when round-trip flights cost $283 on average. Morning departures are around 62% more expensive than evening flights, on average. The most expensive time of day to fly to Alberta is generally in the morning, which is peak travel time and where the average cost of a ticket is $478.

The cheapest ticket to Alberta from Illinois found in the last 5 days was to Calgary, at $274 round-trip. The most popular route is Chicago O'Hare Intl Airport (ORD) to Calgary (YYC) and the cheapest round-trip airline ticket found on this route in the last 5 days was $274.

The cheapest month for flights from Illinois to Alberta is January, when tickets cost $50 (return) on average. On the other hand, the most expensive months are June and February, when the average cost of round-trip tickets is $69 and $64 respectively.

To get a below average price on the flight from Illinois to Alberta, you should book around 3 weeks before departure, which saves you about 16% compared to booking last minute. For the absolute cheapest price, our data suggests you should book 6 weeks before departure.

From Illinois, there are direct flights to Alberta from 1 city. This city is Chicago and there are 95 direct flights each week.

There are around 18 direct flights from within Illinois to Alberta every day. Most flights (63%) depart in the evening.

Each week there are around 125 direct flights from within Illinois to Alberta. The most common day for departures is Wednesday, with 16% of flights taking off on this day.

An average nonstop flight from Illinois to Alberta takes 12h 22m, covering a distance of 1416 miles. The shortest route is Chicago O'Hare Intl Airport (ORD) to Edmonton (YEG) with an average flight time of 3h 47m.

There are not any long-haul (6-12 hour flight duration) or medium-haul (3-6 hour flight duration) flights to Alberta. Instead, there are 95 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 Calgary (90% of total searches to Alberta). The next most popular destinations are Edmonton (10%) and Grande Prairie (0%). Searches for flights to Lethbridge (0%) are also popular.