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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 New York State.

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

Illinois and New York State are connected by different airlines. The airlines that fly that route the most regularly are United Airlines (362 flights per week), Air New Zealand (334 flights per week), and American Airlines (270 flights per week).

There are 19 airports in New York State. The busiest airport is New York John F Kennedy Airport (JFK), with 52% of all flights arriving there.

Prices will differ depending on the departure airport, but generally, the cheapest airport to fly to in New York State is New York LaGuardia Airport (LGA), with an average flight price of $208.

Based on KAYAK data, the cheapest day to fly to New York State is Friday where round-trip tickets can be as cheap as $271. On the other hand, the most expensive day to fly is Sunday, where round-trip prices are $396 on average.

The cheapest time of day to fly to New York State is generally at night, when round-trip flights cost $277 on average. Morning departures are around 24% cheaper than evening flights, on average. The most expensive time of day to fly to New York State is generally in the evening, which is peak travel time and where the average cost of a ticket is $374.

The cheapest ticket to New York State from Illinois found in the last 5 days was to Newark Airport, at $155 round-trip. The most popular route is Chicago Midway Airport (MDW) to Newark Airport (EWR) and the cheapest round-trip airline ticket found on this route in the last 5 days was $155.

The cheapest month for flights from Illinois to New York State is September, when tickets cost $160 (return) on average. On the other hand, the most expensive months are July and March, when the average cost of round-trip tickets is $222 and $219 respectively.

To get a below average price on the flight from Illinois to New York State, you should book around 2 weeks before departure, which saves you about 34% compared to booking last minute. For the absolute cheapest price, our data suggests you should book 5 weeks before departure.

From Illinois, there are direct flights to New York State from 1 city. This city is Chicago and there are 2,656 direct flights each week.

There are around 380 direct flights from within Illinois to New York State every day. Most flights (39%) depart in the morning.

Each week there are around 2,656 direct flights from within Illinois to New York State. The most common day for departures is Sunday, with 16% of flights taking off on this day.

An average nonstop flight from Illinois to New York State takes 4h 13m, covering a distance of 748 miles. The shortest route is Chicago Midway Airport (MDW) to Buffalo (BUF) with an average flight time of 1h 25m.

There are not any long-haul (6-12 hour flight duration) or medium-haul (3-6 hour flight duration) flights to New York State. Instead, there are 2,656 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 New York (94% of total searches to New York State). The next most popular destinations are Albany (2%) and Buffalo (2%). Searches for flights to Syracuse (1%), to White Plains (1%) and to Rochester (1%) are also popular.