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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 Maine.

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

Illinois and Maine are connected by different airlines. The airlines that fly that route the most regularly are American Airlines (36 flights per week), United Airlines (29 flights per week), and Air New Zealand (27 flights per week).

There are 6 airports in Maine. The busiest airport is Portland Airport (PWM), with 59% of all flights arriving there.

Prices will differ depending on the departure airport, but generally, the cheapest airport to fly to in Maine is Portland Airport (PWM), with an average flight price of $248.

Based on KAYAK data, the cheapest day to fly to Maine is Saturday where round-trip tickets can be as cheap as $342. On the other hand, the most expensive day to fly is Sunday, where round-trip prices are $428 on average.

The cheapest time of day to fly to Maine is generally at night, when round-trip flights cost $300 on average. Morning departures are around 2% cheaper than evening flights, on average. The most expensive time of day to fly to Maine is generally in the evening, which is peak travel time and where the average cost of a ticket is $385.

The cheapest ticket to Maine from Illinois found in the last 5 days was to Bangor, at $261 round-trip. The most popular route is Chicago Midway Airport (MDW) to Portland (PWM) and the cheapest round-trip airline ticket found on this route in the last 5 days was $271.

The cheapest month for flights from Illinois to Maine is August, when tickets cost $57 (return) on average. On the other hand, the most expensive months are April and January, when the average cost of round-trip tickets is $143 and $134 respectively.

To get a below average price on the flight from Illinois to Maine, you should book around 4 weeks before departure, which saves you about 27% 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 Maine from 1 city. This city is Chicago and there are 113 direct flights each week.

There are around 17 direct flights from within Illinois to Maine every day. Most flights (43%) depart in the evening.

Each week there are around 113 direct flights from within Illinois to Maine. The most common day for departures is Sunday, with 16% of flights taking off on this day.

An average nonstop flight from Illinois to Maine takes 8h 22m, covering a distance of 1005 miles. The shortest route is Chicago Midway Airport (MDW) to Portland (PWM) with an average flight time of 2h 10m.

There are not any long-haul (6-12 hour flight duration) or medium-haul (3-6 hour flight duration) flights to Maine. Instead, there are 113 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 Boston (69% of total searches to Maine). The next most popular destinations are Portland (21%) and Bangor (9%). Searches for flights to Bar Harbor (0%), to Rockland (0%) and to Augusta (0%) are also popular.