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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 Minnesota.

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

Illinois and Minnesota are connected by different airlines. The airlines that fly that route the most regularly are United Airlines (96 flights per week), Air New Zealand (90 flights per week), and Delta (90 flights per week).

There are 9 airports in Minnesota. The busiest airport is Minneapolis-Saint Paul Airport (MSP), with 96% of all flights arriving there.

Prices will differ depending on the departure airport, but generally, the cheapest airport to fly to in Minnesota is Rochester Airport (RST), with an average flight price of $214.

Based on KAYAK data, the cheapest day to fly to Minnesota is Thursday where round-trip tickets can be as cheap as $217. On the other hand, the most expensive day to fly is Monday, where round-trip prices are $463 on average.

The cheapest time of day to fly to Minnesota is generally at night, when round-trip flights cost $203 on average. Morning departures are around 25% more expensive than evening flights, on average. The most expensive time of day to fly to Minnesota is generally in the afternoon, which is peak travel time and where the average cost of a ticket is $310.

The cheapest ticket to Minnesota from Illinois found in the last 5 days was to Minneapolis, at $116 round-trip. The most popular route is Chicago Midway Airport (MDW) to Minneapolis (MSP) and the cheapest round-trip airline ticket found on this route in the last 5 days was $116.

The cheapest month for flights from Illinois to Minnesota is January, when tickets cost $40 (return) on average. On the other hand, the most expensive months are April and March, when the average cost of round-trip tickets is $337 and $326 respectively.

To get a below average price on the flight from Illinois to Minnesota, you should book around 5 weeks before departure, which saves you about 66% compared to booking last minute. For the absolute cheapest price, our data suggests you should book 24 weeks before departure.

From Illinois, there are direct flights to Minnesota from 1 city. This city is Chicago and there are 1,122 direct flights each week.

There are around 161 direct flights from within Illinois to Minnesota every day. Most flights (38%) depart in the morning.

Each week there are around 1,122 direct flights from within Illinois to Minnesota. The most common day for departures is Sunday, with 17% of flights taking off on this day.

An average nonstop flight from Illinois to Minnesota takes 7h 35m, covering a distance of 452 miles. The shortest route is Chicago O'Hare Intl Airport (ORD) to Ironwood (IWD) with an average flight time of 1h 15m.

There are not any long-haul (6-12 hour flight duration) or medium-haul (3-6 hour flight duration) flights to Minnesota. Instead, there are 1,122 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 Minneapolis (81% of total searches to Minnesota). The next most popular destinations are Fargo (7%) and Sioux Falls (5%). Searches for flights to Duluth (4%), to Rochester (1%) and to Brainerd (1%) are also popular.