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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 Minnesota to Illinois.

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

Minnesota and Illinois are connected by different airlines. The airlines that fly that route the most regularly are United Airlines (90 flights per week), Air New Zealand (80 flights per week), and Delta (63 flights per week).

There are 12 airports in Illinois. The busiest airport is Chicago O'Hare Airport (ORD), with 91% of all flights arriving there.

Prices will differ depending on the departure airport, but generally, the cheapest airport to fly to in Illinois is Chicago Midway Airport (MDW), with an average flight price of $253.

Based on KAYAK data, the cheapest day to fly to Illinois is Friday where round-trip tickets can be as cheap as $396. On the other hand, the most expensive day to fly is Monday, where round-trip prices are $714 on average.

The cheapest time of day to fly to Illinois is generally at night, when round-trip flights cost $413 on average. Morning departures are around 17% 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 $857.

The cheapest ticket to Illinois from Minnesota found in the last 5 days was to Chicago O'Hare Intl Airport, at $117 round-trip. The most popular route is Duluth (DLH) to Chicago O'Hare Intl Airport (ORD) and the cheapest round-trip airline ticket found on this route in the last 5 days was $117.

The cheapest month for flights from Minnesota to Illinois is February, when tickets cost $38 (return) on average. On the other hand, the most expensive months are March and April, when the average cost of round-trip tickets is $415 and $313 respectively.

To get a below average price on the flight from Minnesota to Illinois, you should book around 3 weeks before departure, which saves you about 47% compared to booking last minute. For the absolute cheapest price, our data suggests you should book 10 weeks before departure.

From Minnesota, there are direct flights to Illinois from 3 cities. The city with the most direct flights is Minneapolis, with 832 direct flights each week.

There are around 137 direct flights from within Minnesota to Illinois every day. Most flights (41%) depart in the afternoon.

Each week there are around 956 direct flights from within Minnesota to Illinois. The most common day for departures is Sunday, with 16% of flights taking off on this day.

An average nonstop flight from Minnesota to Illinois takes 7h 03m, covering a distance of 383 miles. The shortest route is Ironwood (IWD) to Chicago O'Hare Intl Airport (ORD) 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 Illinois. Instead, there are 956 short-haul flights (up to 3 hour flight duration), with the most arriving from Minneapolis.

Based on KAYAK flight searches, the most popular destination is Chicago (98% of total searches to Illinois). The next most popular destinations are Peoria (1%) and Moline (0%). Searches for flights to Bloomington (0%), to Springfield (0%) and to Champaign (0%) are also popular.