$80 Find Cheap Flights from Kansas City to Illinois

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Cheap Flights from Kansas City to Illinois

Cheapest round-trip prices found by our users on KAYAK in the last 72 hours
Chicago
Chicagononstop$203
Moline
Moline1 stop$264
St. Louis
St. Louisnonstop$193
Chicago
Chicagononstop$203
Moline
Moline1 stop$264
St. Louis
St. Louisnonstop$193

Book Cheap Kansas City to Illinois Plane Tickets

 
Here are some of the best deals found on KAYAK recently from the most popular airlines for round-trip flights from Kansas City to Illinois that are departing in the next months. While these flights were available on KAYAK in the last 72 hours, prices and availability are subject to change and deals may expire.
Discover the best prices for you by selecting your travel dates on KAYAK.

Recent round-trip flight deals from Kansas City to Illinois

Thu, Apr 2 - Sat, Apr 4
Southwest Logo
5:35 pm - 6:40 pm
MCI
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STL
1h 05mnonstop
Southwest Logo
8:25 am - 9:35 am
STL
-
MCI
1h 10mnonstop
$193Southwest
Sat, Apr 4 - Sat, Apr 11
United Airlines Logo
6:15 am - 7:58 am
MCI
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ORD
1h 43mnonstop
United Airlines Logo
8:40 am - 10:27 am
ORD
-
MCI
1h 47mnonstop
$203United Airlines
Thu, Apr 2 - Thu, Apr 9
Southwest Logo
5:35 pm - 6:40 pm
MCI
-
STL
1h 05mnonstop
Southwest Logo
3:45 pm - 10:10 pm
STL
-
MCI
6h 25m
1 stop
$203Southwest
Sat, Apr 18 - Thu, Apr 30
Frontier Logo
2:51 pm - 9:45 am
MCI
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ORD
18h 54m
1 stop
Frontier Logo
4:28 pm - 2:06 pm
ORD
-
MCI
45h 38m
2 stops
$210Frontier
Fri, Apr 10 - Mon, Apr 13
Frontier Logo
4:31 pm - 10:39 pm
MCI
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ORD
6h 08m
1 stop
Frontier Logo
5:15 am - 3:36 pm
ORD
-
MCI
10h 21m
1 stop
$215Frontier
Sat, Apr 4 - Sat, Apr 11
Delta Logo
6:35 am - 1:24 pm
MCI
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ORD
6h 49m
1 stop
Delta Logo
6:15 am - 11:37 am
ORD
-
MCI
5h 22m
1 stop
$221Delta
Sat, Apr 4 - Sat, Apr 11
Delta Logo
6:35 am - 12:29 pm
MCI
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MDW
5h 54m
1 stop
Delta Logo
1:10 pm - 4:55 pm
MDW
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MCI
3h 45m
1 stop
$221Delta
Sat, Mar 28 - Mon, Mar 30
American Airlines Logo
7:15 am - 8:56 am
MCI
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ORD
1h 41mnonstop
American Airlines Logo
10:11 pm - 11:54 pm
ORD
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MCI
1h 43mnonstop
$223American Airlines
Sat, Apr 4 - Mon, Apr 6
United Airlines Logo
6:15 am - 7:58 am
MCI
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ORD
1h 43mnonstop
United Airlines Logo
8:11 pm - 9:59 pm
ORD
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MCI
1h 48mnonstop
$224United Airlines
Sat, Apr 11 - Mon, Apr 13
American Airlines Logo
7:50 pm - 9:40 pm
MCI
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ORD
1h 50mnonstop
American Airlines Logo
10:12 pm - 11:59 pm
ORD
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MCI
1h 47mnonstop
$225American Airlines
Booking Insights

KAYAK's insights & trends for Kansas City to Illinois flights

Get data-powered insights and trends into flights from Kansas City to Illinois to help you find the cheapest flights, the best time to fly and much more.

What is the cheapest Kansas City to Illinois flight route?

Data is based on round-trip flight searches on KAYAK over the past month.

The cheapest ticket to Illinois from Kansas City found in the last 72 hours was to Chicago, at $267 round-trip. The most popular route is from Kansas City (MCI) to Chicago O'Hare Intl Airport (ORD), and the cheapest round-trip airline ticket found on this route in the last 72 hours was $267.

What is the cheapest time of day to fly to Illinois?

The average price for all round-trip flights from Kansas City to Illinois depending on the time of departure, clicked by users on KAYAK in the last 2 weeks.

The cheapest time of day to fly to Illinois is generally in the morning, when round-trip flights cost $612 on average. Morning departures are around 34% cheaper than evening flights, on average. The most expensive time of day to fly to Illinois is generally in the afternoon, which is peak travel time and where the average cost of a ticket is $966.

Can I save money by flying with a layover from Kansas City to Illinois?

The average round-trip price for all non-stop flights, flights with one layover, and flights with two layovers for the route found by users searching on KAYAK in the last 2 weeks.

No, with an average price for the route of $388, prices are generally cheapest when you fly direct.

What is the cheapest month to fly from Kansas City to Illinois?

To calculate monthly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each month over the last year for round-trip flights from Kansas City to Illinois, removes the top 0.1% to account for outliers, and then takes the median of all values for each month.

The cheapest month for flights from Kansas City to Illinois is September, when tickets cost $236 (return) on average. On the other hand, the most expensive months are March and June, when the average cost of round-trip tickets is $370 and $329 respectively.

What’s the cheapest day of the week to fly from Kansas City to Illinois?

The average price of all round-trip flights from Kansas City to Illinois clicked on KAYAK for each day over the last 12 months.

For Kansas City to Illinois, Thursday is the cheapest day to fly on average and Saturday is the most expensive. Flying from Illinois back to Kansas City, the best deals are generally found on Wednesday, with Monday being the most expensive.

How far in advance should I book a flight from Kansas City to Illinois?

To calculate weekly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each week before departure over the last year for round-trip flights from Kansas City to Illinois, removes the top 0.1% to account for outliers, and then takes the average of all the values for each week.

To get a below average price on the flight from Kansas City to Illinois, you should book around 4 weeks before departure, which saves you about 50% compared to booking last minute. For the absolute cheapest price, our data suggests you should book 13 weeks before departure.

Good to know

Low seasonFebruary
Cheapest flight$80
Best time to beat the crowds but there is an average 42% increase in price.
Most popular time to fly and prices are also 1% lower on average.
Flight from Kansas City to Chicago O'Hare Airport

FAQs - booking Illinois flights

  • How does KAYAK find such low prices on flights from Kansas City to Illinois?

    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 Kansas City to Illinois.

  • How does KAYAK's flight Price Forecast tool help me choose the right time to buy my flight ticket from Kansas City to Illinois?

    KAYAK’s flight Price Forecast tool uses historical data to determine whether the price for a flight from Kansas City to Illinois is likely to change within 7 days, so travelers know whether to wait or book now.

  • What is the Hacker Fare option on flights from Kansas City to Illinois?

    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 Kansas City to Illinois with an airline and back with another airline.

  • What is KAYAK's "flexible dates" feature and why should I care when looking for a flight from Kansas City to Illinois?

    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 Kansas City to Illinois up to 3 days before/after your preferred dates. You can then pick the flights that suit you best.

Top tips for finding cheap flights to Illinois

  • Looking for a cheap flight? 25% of our users found tickets from Kansas City to the following destinations at these prices or less: Chicago $235 one-way - $454 round-trip

Reviews of the top 4 airlines serving from Kansas City to Illinois

 
See real verified KAYAK customer reviews for airlines flying from Kansas City to Illinois. Airline scores are aggregated from all reviews left by passengers on KAYAK after flying with an airline. KAYAK doesn’t show reviews that are older than 5 years. Learn how KAYAK collects reviews.
Need help choosing which airline to fly with from Kansas City to Illinois? KAYAK airline reviews give an overall score for each airline based on loads of factors, including comfort, boarding, in-flight entertainment and more, to make your decision easier. See airline scores according to verified KAYAK customer reviews.
8.0
SouthwestOverall score based on 4317 reviews
7.0Food
8.1Boarding
7.5Entertainment
8.6Crew
8.0Comfort
Airline reviews

Long layover between flights to Long Island from BWI - need better coordination between flights

4.0 OkayKenny, Mar 2026
TPA - BWI
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Long layover between flights to Long Island from BWI - need better coordination between flights

I elected to pay for the upgrades and found very little difference

The new seating arrangement is so over priced for what you get.

The problem with the seat assignments is that there were a lot of rows in the front that were empty but my row at the back was full. Just not so pleasant.

No food or entertainment, just a quick 40 minute flight. A little bumpy due to Santa Ana winds but pilot has no control over that. Good flight and landing!

Good but I prefer choose your own seat. With the new assigned seats they should board from the back I see no advantage to this new boarding. Just like every other airline

I realize they are still working out kinks with the new boarding process, but by the time I boarded in group 5, most of the bins were full. All airlines should better enforce small bags and jackets going under the seats until everyone has boarded.

WiFi was not working and didn’t have a beverage service

Snacks are always pretzels. Why can't you also offer peanuts ?

Flight boarded late after announcing on time boarding. Flight arrived only a little late despite late departure. Had trouble connecting to WiFi

Wonderful. Quick boarding. Early departure and we arrived 30 minutes early at our destination. Unfortunately, when you arrive early, there is still a departing aircraft at our gate. We had to park for 30 minutes until the gate was clear. So our early arrival was not really early at the gate. Otherwise it was a quick and smooth flight. Appreciated the efficiency.

Crew was great (professional, attentive, prompt). Snacks for 4 hrs flight is deplorable.

Fine not above and beyond as I had a connection that was delayed due to maintenance

United Airlines is my preferred airlines and I am thankful for Gary who also help support me on the phone to switch my flight literally last min.

Seated dude next to me even though lots of empty rows. But main thing was we sat on the tarmac after landing for 30 minutes because of, in the words of the dude who sat next to me, “operational incompetence”. We got changing directions about where to pick up gate checked bags. Pilot and flight attendant were awesome though.

It was a pretty standard flight... until the almost hour and a half spent on the taxi way. I get that the weather has been poor but the delay had nothing to do with the weather and more to do with a plane with several issues tying up the gate. I get that that happens from time to time but this has been EVERY flight I've been on for the past 5 years and I fly 3 to 5 times a year. This isn't just United... it's American, it's Delta. It's an issue with the entire industry. I work for UPS and packages on a cargo plane get better service than people do these days. Anymore I HATE flying.

Perfect flight. Smooth flight. Arrived 20 minutes early at destination. Excellent service.

The flights were on time which was great give. It was holiday travel season and there’d been some weather issues. The only complaint and this is every time with United is the terrible seat design. The head rest is not built for comfort and having my neck bent forward for a cross country trip reminded me while I try not to take United flights as a rule.

Everything was absolutely wonderful from check in to baggage claim. Staff was very professional and sweet. Will definitely recommend United to family and friends.

They did the one thing that really matters - got to Chicago early.

The chicken wrap was tiny ($13 for what looked like a 1/3 of a normal wrap?) and disgusting.

It was good experience this time. The flight was on time.

I very rarely fly American and my experience today reenforces that is the correct decision. While the staff were all very courteous, our flight was first thing in the morning so there was no reason to be delayed, yet appropriate maintenance checks weren’t completed prior to our flight so we were delayed multiple times. Not a great showing, American Airlines.

There was a delay with the plan which cause the flight to leave later and once arrived in Chicago there was another delay and some passengers missed their connecting flights

The gate agent had a really bad attitude and refused to help me get on the standby list. She just handed me a card and said I needed to call a number. I asked her to help with the AA app on my phone and she just shrugged and said she didnt know. After a few phone calls, I eventually just went to a different gate agent on the other side of the terminal and got the help I needed.

Overall, my last three trips on American Airlines have all been either delayed or "rescheduled" due to mechanical issues. At least on delay caused me to miss two possible connecting flights each later than the first. My last option for my last connection required the assistance of the onsite service desk (O'Hare Airport). The wait time for the service desk was such that it jeopardized getting booked on the last connecting flight available for the night. Suffice it to say, my latest experiences with American Airlines have caused me extensive loss of productive business and personal time and can therefore be classified as significantly less than satisfactory.

Waiting for gate in RDU for more than 20mins is crazy.

American Airlines was great and worked very hard to change my ticket so I could get an earlier, direct flight back to Dallas. However, I was informed that Kayak made mistakes with my itinerary and classified my ticket as desiring to be on the earlier flight instead of taking the necessary step of calling AA to get me on the standby list. This ended up keeping me from being added to the standby list and delayed me getting home by 6 hours. I am happy to discuss this further with Kayak so they can correct their procedures so this won't happen again.

Waited for oxygen tanks for 30 minutes after boarding was complete.

We flew in first class. The crew did not offer drinks before the flight took off, but they treated us well during the flight. The food was excellent. There was actually too much food served, but it was nice to have all the options.

Flight was canceled. Most upsetting was message from Kayak, stating that the flight was canceled and click with Kayak for details regarding rebook, refund details. THERE'S NO INFORMATION PROVIDED BY KAYAK EXCEPT THAT FLIGHT IS CANCELED. AND NOW THIS SURVEY TO FIND OUT HOW WAS THE FLIGHT !!!!!!!

The flight never took off and we spent 7 hours at the airport

Gate not determined until I got to the airport - hard to plan the trip to the airport.

Our flight was canceled. I will never use Kayak nor Frontier for travel again. The entire experience was a headache.

Frontier.. nickel and dime add-ons. Flight late, on time, late again, last minute gate change, arrival gate required a shuttle to the terminal. They sure keep you guessing.. if you like a little chaos and airport anxiety, this is the airline for you!

This is my second time flying with Frontier. My current experience was very favorable. The staff from the gate to the plane was friendly, warm and professional. The food options lacked in my opinion. This area needs some attention in my opinion.

There was no food and no entertainment, so I'm not sure why these are even in the survey, as my understanding is frontier does not ever offer food without a few, not even a snack, and there are no screens so unless the flight safety talk is our entertainment why ask how we liked it?. One of the flight attendants say in the back of the plane as people filed in to their seats, yelling orders about where to put baggage and telling people to hurry up. It was the least professional experience I've ever had on a flight.

Very well recently! Frontier is improving and less harrassing customer on luggages! Positive!

Good for a budget airline! It was easy to get on, staff was really nice. Can’t say anything about the food or entertainment because it wasn’t available, which is fine.

I am writing to express my disappointment with my recent Frontier Airlines flight. I was charged $99 at the gate because my bag was said to be too large, yet once onboard there was no available overhead bin space, and I was required to place the bag under the seat in front of me anyway. This made the charge feel unnecessary and unfair. Additionally, before the flight even took off, I was asked to move from the seat I paid for into a middle seat so another passenger and her cat could have my seat to themselves. I was not offered compensation or an explanation for being moved from a paid seat. Between the unexpected bag fee and being forced to give up my seat, this experience fell well below acceptable customer service standards. I would appreciate a review of this situation and appropriate compensation.

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