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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 South America.

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

ANA connects Illinois to South America with 7 flights per week. United Airlines also offers 7 flights per week, while Avianca follows with 6 flights per week.

There are 295 airports in South America. The busiest airport is Sao Paulo Guarulhos Airport (GRU), with 17% of all flights arriving there.

Prices will differ depending on the departure airport, but generally, the cheapest airport to fly to in South America is Bogotá El Dorado Airport (BOG), with an average flight price of $505.

The cheapest ticket to South America from Illinois found in the last 5 days was to Bogotá, at $448 round-trip. The most popular route is Chicago O'Hare Intl Airport (ORD) to Bogotá (BOG) and the cheapest round-trip airline ticket found on this route in the last 5 days was $448.

The cheapest month for flights from Illinois to South America is April, when tickets cost $246 (return) on average. On the other hand, the most expensive months are December and July, when the average cost of round-trip tickets is $388 and $375 respectively.

To get a below average price on the flight from Illinois to South America, you should book around 2 weeks before departure, which saves you about 3% compared to booking last minute. For the absolute cheapest price, our data suggests you should book 4 weeks before departure.

From Illinois, there are direct flights to South America from 1 city. This city is Chicago and there are 26 direct flights each week.

There are around 4 direct flights from within Illinois to South America every day. Most flights (54%) depart in the evening.

Each week there are around 26 direct flights from within Illinois to South America. The most common day for departures is Monday, with 15% of flights taking off on this day.

An average nonstop flight from Illinois to South America takes 13h 03m, covering a distance of 4110 miles. The shortest route is Chicago O'Hare Intl Airport (ORD) to Bogotá (BOG) with an average flight time of 6h 00m.

Each week, there are 14 long-haul flights (6-12 hour flight duration) and 12 medium-haul flights (3-6 hour flight duration) to South America. There aren't any short-haul flights (up to 3 hour flight duration).

Based on KAYAK flight searches, the most popular destination is Lima (37% of total searches to South America). The next most popular destinations are Bogotá (32%) and Quito (17%). Searches for flights to Santiago (14%) are also popular.