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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 Arkansas.

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

Illinois and Arkansas are connected by different airlines. The airlines that fly that route the most regularly are American Airlines (63 flights per week), Alaska Airlines (56 flights per week), and United Airlines (52 flights per week).

There are 8 airports in Arkansas. The busiest airport is Fayetteville Northwest Arkansas Airport (XNA), with 50% of all flights arriving there.

Prices will differ depending on the departure airport, but generally, the cheapest airport to fly to in Arkansas is Fayetteville Northwest Arkansas Airport (XNA), with an average flight price of $307.

Based on KAYAK data, the cheapest day to fly to Arkansas is Saturday where round-trip tickets can be as cheap as $279. On the other hand, the most expensive day to fly is Tuesday, where round-trip prices are $465 on average.

The cheapest time of day to fly to Arkansas is generally in the evening, when round-trip flights cost $291 on average. Morning departures are around 2% more expensive than evening flights, on average. The most expensive time of day to fly to Arkansas is generally at night, which is peak travel time and where the average cost of a ticket is $348.

The cheapest ticket to Arkansas from Illinois found in the last 5 days was to Little Rock, at $269 round-trip. The most popular route is Chicago O'Hare Intl Airport (ORD) to Fayetteville (XNA) and the cheapest round-trip airline ticket found on this route in the last 5 days was $269.

The cheapest month for flights from Illinois to Arkansas is August, when tickets cost $70 (return) on average. On the other hand, the most expensive months are May and January, when the average cost of round-trip tickets is $160 and $133 respectively.

To get a below average price on the flight from Illinois to Arkansas, you should book around 4 weeks before departure, which saves you about 39% compared to booking last minute. For the absolute cheapest price, our data suggests you should book 7 weeks before departure.

From Illinois, there are direct flights to Arkansas from 1 city. This city is Chicago and there are 400 direct flights each week.

There are around 58 direct flights from within Illinois to Arkansas every day. Most flights (34%) depart in the morning.

Each week there are around 400 direct flights from within Illinois to Arkansas. The most common day for departures is Saturday, with 15% of flights taking off on this day.

An average nonstop flight from Illinois to Arkansas takes 4h 03m, covering a distance of 451 miles. The shortest route is St. Louis (STL) to Jonesboro (JBR) with an average flight time of 1h 31m.

There are not any long-haul (6-12 hour flight duration) or medium-haul (3-6 hour flight duration) flights to Arkansas. Instead, there are 400 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 Memphis (53% of total searches to Arkansas). The next most popular destinations are Fayetteville (26%) and Little Rock (21%). Searches for flights to Texarkana (0%) are also popular.