$135 Find Cheap Flights from Illinois to Central America

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 Central America.

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

Illinois and Central America are connected by different airlines. The airlines that fly that route the most regularly are United Airlines (26 flights per week), Copa Airlines (23 flights per week), and Avianca (15 flights per week).

There are 40 airports in Central America. The busiest airport is Tocumen Airport, Panama (PTY), with 36% of all flights arriving there.

Prices will differ depending on the departure airport, but generally, the cheapest airport to fly to in Central America is Panama City Tocumen Intl Airport (PTY), with an average flight price of $350.

Based on KAYAK data, the cheapest day to fly to Central America is Friday where round-trip tickets can be as cheap as $396. On the other hand, the most expensive day to fly is Monday, where round-trip prices are $528 on average.

The cheapest time of day to fly to Central America is generally in the evening, when round-trip flights cost $468 on average. The most expensive time of day to fly to Central America is generally in the evening, which is peak travel time and where the average cost of a ticket is $468.

The cheapest ticket to Central America from Illinois found in the last 5 days was to Guatemala City, at $396 round-trip. The most popular route is Chicago O'Hare Intl Airport (ORD) to Panama City (PTY) and the cheapest round-trip airline ticket found on this route in the last 5 days was $406.

The cheapest month for flights from Illinois to Central America is September, when tickets cost $63 (return) on average. On the other hand, the most expensive months are April and June, when the average cost of round-trip tickets is $533 and $400 respectively.

To get a below average price on the flight from Illinois to Central America, you should book around 2 weeks before departure, which saves you about 21% compared to booking last minute. For the absolute cheapest price, our data suggests you should book 26 weeks before departure.

From Illinois, there are direct flights to Central America from 1 city. This city is Chicago and there are 81 direct flights each week.

There are around 12 direct flights from within Illinois to Central America every day. Most flights (64%) depart in the morning.

Each week there are around 81 direct flights from within Illinois to Central America. The most common day for departures is Saturday, with 20% of flights taking off on this day.

An average nonstop flight from Illinois to Central America takes 11h 31m, covering a distance of 1927 miles. The shortest route is Chicago O'Hare Intl Airport (ORD) to Guatemala City (GUA) with an average flight time of 4h 20m.

There are not any long-haul (6-12 hour flight duration) or short-haul (up to 3 hour flight duration) flights to Central America. Instead, there are 81 medium-haul flights (3-6 hour flight duration), with the most arriving from Chicago.

Based on KAYAK flight searches, the most popular destination is Guatemala City (27% of total searches to Central America). The next most popular destinations are San José (22%) and Liberia (18%). Searches for flights to Panama City (16%), to San Salvador (8%) and to San Pedro Sula (4%) are also popular.