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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 Mexico.

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

Illinois and Mexico are connected by different airlines. The airlines that fly that route the most regularly are Volaris (64 flights per week), Frontier (59 flights per week), and United Airlines (21 flights per week).

There are 56 airports in Mexico. The busiest airport is Mexico City Airport (MEX), with 35% of all flights arriving there.

Prices will differ depending on the departure airport, but generally, the cheapest airport to fly to in Mexico is San Luis Potosi Airport (SLP), with an average flight price of $164.

Based on KAYAK data, the cheapest day to fly to Mexico is Sunday where round-trip tickets can be as cheap as $461. On the other hand, the most expensive day to fly is Thursday, where round-trip prices are $539 on average.

The cheapest time of day to fly to Mexico is generally in the morning, when round-trip flights cost $504 on average. Morning departures are around 9% cheaper than evening flights, on average. The most expensive time of day to fly to Mexico is generally in the evening, which is peak travel time and where the average cost of a ticket is $554.

The cheapest ticket to Mexico from Illinois found in the last 5 days was to Guadalajara, at $171 round-trip. The most popular route is Chicago O'Hare Intl Airport (ORD) to Mexico City (MEX) and the cheapest round-trip airline ticket found on this route in the last 5 days was $276.

The cheapest month for flights from Illinois to Mexico is April, when tickets cost $158 (return) on average. On the other hand, the most expensive months are December and October, when the average cost of round-trip tickets is $306 and $228 respectively.

To get a below average price on the flight from Illinois to Mexico, you should book around 1 week before departure. For the absolute cheapest price, our data suggests you should book 3 weeks before departure.

From Illinois, there are direct flights to Mexico from 1 city. This city is Chicago and there are 244 direct flights each week.

There are around 35 direct flights from within Illinois to Mexico every day. Most flights (36%) depart in the afternoon.

Each week there are around 244 direct flights from within Illinois to Mexico. The most common day for departures is Tuesday, with 16% of flights taking off on this day.

An average nonstop flight from Illinois to Mexico takes 6h 17m, covering a distance of 1601 miles. The shortest route is St. Louis (STL) to Cancun (CUN) with an average flight time of 3h 05m.

Each week, there are 154 medium-haul flights (3-6 hour flight duration) and 130 short-haul flights (up to 3 hour flight duration) to Mexico. There aren't any long-haul flights (6-12 hour flight duration).

Based on KAYAK flight searches, the most popular destination is Cancún (50% of total searches to Mexico). The next most popular destinations are Mexico City (34%) and Puerto Vallarta (6%). Searches for flights to San José del Cabo (6%), to Monterrey (1%) and to Oaxaca (1%) are also popular.