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Find cheap flights from New Zealand to Chicago from $581

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Flights to Chicago - Travel Insights & Trends

Get data-powered insights and trends for flights to Chicago to help you find the cheapest flights, the best time to fly and much more.

What is the cheapest day to fly to Chicago?

The average price of all flights to Chicago O'Hare Intl Airport clicked on KAYAK for each day over the last 12 months.
Based on KAYAK data, the cheapest day to fly to Chicago is Tuesday where tickets can be as cheap as $1,202. On the other hand, the most expensive day to fly is Wednesday, where prices are $1,501 on average.

What is the cheapest month to fly to Chicago O'Hare Intl Airport?

To calculate monthly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each month over the last year for flights to Chicago O'Hare Intl Airport, 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 to Chicago O'Hare Intl Airport is November, where tickets cost $1,165 on average for one-way flights. On the other hand, the most expensive months are December and April, where the average cost of tickets from New Zealand is $1,501 and $1,450 respectively. For return trips, the best month to travel is November with an average price of $1,165.

What is the cheapest time of day to fly to Chicago O'Hare Intl Airport?

The average price for all flights to Chicago O'Hare Intl Airport depending on the time of departure, clicked by users on KAYAK in the last 2 weeks.
The cheapest time of day to fly to Chicago O'Hare Intl Airport is generally in the evening, when flights cost $1,206 on average. The most expensive time of day to fly to Chicago O'Hare Intl Airport is generally at night, which is peak travel time and where the average cost of a ticket is $1,368.

How far in advance should I book a flight to Chicago O'Hare Intl Airport?

To calculate daily average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each day before departure over the last year for flights to Chicago O'Hare Intl Airport, removes the top 0.1% to account for outliers, and then takes the average of all the values for each month.
To get a below average price, you should book around 0 weeks before departure. For the absolute cheapest price, our data suggests you should book 26 days before departure.

How long is the flight to Chicago O'Hare Intl Airport?

The duration of your flight to Chicago depends on your departure and arrival airports. Obviously any flights that include a layover will also be longer. The most popular routes to Chicago on KAYAK are from Auckland, which takes 21h 35m, Christchurch, which takes 26h 32m, and Wellington, which takes 28h 44m.

How many direct flights to Chicago O'Hare Intl Airport are there each day?

There are around 1,399 direct flights from within New Zealand to Chicago O'Hare Intl Airport every day. Most flights depart in the morning, with 6:00 am the most common departure time and 51% of flights departing in the morning.

How many direct flights to Chicago O'Hare Intl Airport are there each week?

Each week there are around 9,791 direct flights from within New Zealand to Chicago O'Hare Intl Airport. The most common day for departures is Thursday, with 16% of flights taking off on this day.

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Low season

January

High season

June

Cheapest flight

$581
Best time to beat the crowds but there is an average 7% increase in price.
Most popular time to fly with an average 7% increase in price.
Flight from Auckland to Chicago

FAQs - booking Chicago flights

  • How far is Chicago from central Chicago?

    You’ll need to travel 16 miles to reach the Chicago city center from Chicago.

  • How much is a flight to Chicago?

    On average, a flight to Chicago costs $1,183. The cheapest price found on KAYAK in the last 2 weeks cost $685 and departed from Auckland Intl Airport.

  • How does KAYAK find such low prices on flights to Chicago?

    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 to Chicago.

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

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

  • What is the Hacker Fare option on flights to Chicago?

    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 to Chicago 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 to Chicago?

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

  • Which airline offers the most flights to Chicago O'Hare Intl Airport?

    Of the 12 airlines that fly to Chicago O'Hare Intl Airport, United Airlines offers the most flights, with around 4,850 per week, followed by American Airlines with 3,724 flights per week.

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Prefer to fly non-stop to Chicago O'Hare Intl?

Find which airlines fly direct to O'Hare Intl, which days they fly and book direct flights.

Nonstop departures

New Zealand to Chicago O'Hare Intl

Monday

ANA, Aer Lingus, Aeromexico, +77 more

ANA, Aer Lingus, +78 more

Tuesday

ANA, Aer Lingus, Aerolineas Argentinas, +76 more

ANA, Aer Lingus, +77 more

Wednesday

ANA, Aer Lingus, Aeromexico, +77 more

ANA, Aer Lingus, +78 more

Thursday

ANA, Aer Lingus, Aeromexico, +76 more

ANA, Aer Lingus, +77 more

Friday

ANA, Aer Lingus, Aerolineas Argentinas, +78 more

ANA, Aer Lingus, +79 more

Saturday

ANA, Aer Lingus, Aeromexico, +76 more

ANA, Aer Lingus, +77 more

Sunday

ANA, Aer Lingus, Aerolineas Argentinas, +76 more

ANA, Aer Lingus, +77 more

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Nonstop returns

Chicago O'Hare Intl to New Zealand

Monday

ANA, Aer Lingus, Aeromexico, +77 more

ANA, Aer Lingus, +78 more

Tuesday

ANA, Aer Lingus, Aerolineas Argentinas, +76 more

ANA, Aer Lingus, +77 more

Wednesday

ANA, Aer Lingus, Aeromexico, +77 more

ANA, Aer Lingus, +78 more

Thursday

ANA, Aer Lingus, Aeromexico, +76 more

ANA, Aer Lingus, +77 more

Friday

ANA, Aer Lingus, Aerolineas Argentinas, +78 more

ANA, Aer Lingus, +79 more

Saturday

ANA, Aer Lingus, Aeromexico, +76 more

ANA, Aer Lingus, +77 more

Sunday

ANA, Aer Lingus, Aerolineas Argentinas, +76 more

ANA, Aer Lingus, +77 more

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Top 3 airlines serving from New Zealand to Chicago

 
See real verified KAYAK customer reviews for airlines flying to Chicago. Airline scores are aggregated from all reviews left by passengers on KAYAK after flying with an airline from New Zealand to Chicago. KAYAK doesn’t show reviews that are older than 5 years. Learn how KAYAK collects reviews.
Need help choosing which airline to fly with to Chicago? 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.
8.2
Air New ZealandOverall score based on 658 reviews
7.9entertainment
8.1comfort
8.4boarding
8.8crew
7.6food
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Short flight so no entertainment, turbulence so no food service - overall flight as expected

8.0 ExcellentMichelle, Apr 2024NPL - AKL
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Short flight so no entertainment, turbulence so no food service - overall flight as expected

All was good, the only thing was it didn't run on time.

The staff and crew on board were excellent. Business class however, was very weird. I thought we would have individual pods, but the way it was set up was unexpected. Not very private and If you wanted to lay down, you had to have an entire bed made up for you by the crew, rather than how Delta one works where you could just lie down whenever you feel like it. It was a 16 hour flight. I chose not to have my bed made, and that turned out to be a good idea because everybody who had their bed made had to wait for the crew to roll up their mattresses. So strange!

Crew were pleasant, happy to be there and were a joy to be around. Entire operation was professional, well thought out and ran like a Swiss clock.

Couldn’t request a vegan meal somehow but I noticed other people getting them

United flight from SFO to PDX was cancelled. I will ask for a refund. Had to book on Alaska

Good food and entertainment options. Great Staff that were all welcoming and caregiving.

The recline on the seat in front of me came back so that I was staring at the top of the man’s head in front of me the whole trip. He refused to bring his seat back up twice every time he was instructed to do so and only relented when he had a tray of good in front of him. And then right back in my lap!!! Horrible man!! I complained to the staff multiple times, but no one would address the issue. Otherwise, it would have been a perfect flight.

Flight was canceled due to technical issue shortly before the check-in counters opened. Passengers were rebooked on a flight three days later. Request to be accommodated on Air Tahiti Nui could not be processed. Customer service sorted out the refund after calling and being put on hold for almost an hour.

Carring crew, nice ambiance of the cabin, comfortable beds, good food well served. We liked everything.

The delays (5 hrs) were a comedy of errors, and the multiple safety issues encountered were very concerning.

Wifi wasn't working on one of the UA flights after boarding.

The flight was delayed instead of leaving at 11 it left at 12.20

United WiFi is consistently unusable (it can take 10 mins to load a single web page). If you need Wifi to do work, be prepared to lose half a day of productivity.

Crew was not very helpful. They forgot to serve me coffee and had to wait for a long time.It looked as if they were not very happy with what they were doing.

Good movies, iffy pay WiFi, food ok- on time though and that was great!

Unfortunately this is not a happy ending comment. Positive: flown United before no issue Negative: it only takes one bad experience to not plan future travel with United Cancún departure was delayed by 1h20 minutes, connection in Chicago was 1h30 minutes. Flight departure time 6:08 Miraculously 7 of us ran 4 kilometres through Chicago to arrive at 6:00 to be told very rudely by the 2 unprofessional United attendants you missed your flight and that we should of arrived early. Did I mention that reason I was flying? I received a call that my brother was dying and to get home. They provided no assistance would not answer any of our questions, ignorantly walked away. Deplorable

Awful…flight was delayed more than 12hrs, missed all connections to Fort Wayne, IN, had to get flight to another city 2 hours from my destination, flight was again delayed by 40 mins because they did not have enough fuel, again missed a connection, finally arrived in Indiana at 11pm…but before my 2 hour drive home, ay, no Five That Our Luggage Never Made On The plane and Still In Chicago

If United expects people to use their own devices for entertainment they should put charging outlets in each seating area. I arrived with 14%battery power. That is not good when you arrive anywhere and need to communicate for transportation.

Boarding was friendly and quick. While the plane model was older with no live tv, the entertainment was full of movies and tv shows. All food was available. Pilots were very communicative with status of the flight. Flight landed on time.

Those seats were way too narrow. I had the middle seat, one person was a very skinny person and we still couldn’t avoid touching each other anytime one of us moved. The other person was larger and we were basically sitting in each others lap the entire flight. There was zero entertainment. The flight was long enough to justify tvs, but no. Gotta sit there in your infant seat and twiddle your thumbs.

Flight was fine. It took an unusually long time to have baggage delivered to the carousel in ORD.

Average - flew with Jet Blue internal and it was far more comfortable and better food and entertainment. Notable difference

The flight got canceled due to mechanical issues, and he to be rebooked and missed my appointments for that day

The flight was scheduled to depart DCA at 12:30 pm but was delayed twice on the ground so that we were finally scheduled to depart at around 4:00 pm. Once we boarded, it was announced that takeoff would be delayed again to fix a hydraulic problem which delayed our eventual takeoff until around 5:00 pm. Once we departed, it was a smooth flight back to ORD. We did not get any explanation about what caused the original significant delay. In my experience, this happens frequently with AA.

The only problem experienced was a ground stop in Chicago due to weather. But the crew handled everything professionally. They prioritized rebooking those passengers who had connecting flights and then deplaning the other passengers. When the hold was lifted, they efficiently re-boarded all the passengers so that we could depart before our departure limit expired.

lounge was the highlight - seats weren't that comfortable - it was a full flight but no complaints

Our second leg to Jackson WY was unable to land due to weather. We were flown back to Dallas after stopping in SLC. We were given hotel rooms and vouchers. We were told that we would be back on the same plane in the morning. Instead we were given a different flight with different seats. Not a good experience. No one knew what was going on.

Turn on the heat. Flight was way too cold from Arizona to Chicago.

Perfect flight. On time departure and early arrival. Smooth flight.

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Recent round-trip flight deals

 
These are the cheapest round-trip flights to Chicago found on KAYAK in the last 72 hours.
10/17Thu
2 stopsAmerican Airlines
37h 50mCHC-ORD
10/21Mon
2 stopsAmerican Airlines
38h 55mORD-CHC
$1,111
5/6Mon
2 stopsQantas Airways
26h 45mAKL-ORD
5/19Sun
2 stopsQantas Airways
27h 54mORD-AKL
$1,142
5/6Mon
1 stopAir New Zealand
26h 28mAKL-ORD
5/19Sun
1 stopAir New Zealand
29h 00mORD-AKL
$1,148
7/30Tue
2 stops
25h 21mAKL-ORD
8/6Tue
2 stops
30h 25mORD-AKL
$1,178
8/9Fri
2 stops
24h 46mAKL-ORD
8/18Sun
2 stops
29h 30mORD-AKL
$1,190
7/30Tue
1 stopAir New Zealand
20h 44mAKL-ORD
8/6Tue
1 stopAir New Zealand
22h 50mORD-AKL
$1,201
5/6Mon
2 stopsUnited Airlines
26h 13mAKL-ORD
5/19Sun
1 stopUnited Airlines
30h 50mORD-AKL
$1,208
8/24Sat
1 stopUnited Airlines
18h 02mAKL-ORD
9/14Sat
1 stopUnited Airlines
39h 55mORD-AKL
$1,221
5/15Wed
3 stopsAir Canada
41h 49mAKL-ORD
5/23Thu
2 stopsAir Canada
38h 45mORD-AKL
$1,266
5/15Wed
3 stopsAir Canada
41h 49mAKL-ORD
5/23Thu
3 stopsAir Canada
33h 35mORD-AKL
$1,290

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Recent one-way flight deals

 
Only flying one-way? Below are some of the best deals for one-way flights to Chicago found on KAYAK in the last 72 hours.
6/11Tue
2 stops
31h 37mAKL-ORD
$581
6/13Thu
1 stopAir New Zealand
21h 33mAKL-ORD
$592
6/4Tue
2 stopsAir New Zealand
24h 59mCHC-ORD
$596
6/11Tue
1 stopAir New Zealand
20h 44mAKL-ORD
$596
7/20Sat
2 stopsAmerican Airlines
31h 19mCHC-ORD
$604
6/12Wed
2 stopsDelta
27h 56mAKL-ORD
$604
6/10Mon
2 stopsAmerican Airlines
27h 56mAKL-ORD
$607
6/14Fri
1 stopUnited Airlines
26h 45mAKL-ORD
$624
9/20Fri
2 stopsQantas Airways
27h 36mAKL-ORD
$625
9/7Sat
3 stopsQantas Airways
31h 11mWLG-ORD
$633

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Flights to Chicago

Destination:

Chicago (ORD)United States

Return flight deals:

Chicago - New Zealand

Cabin classes:

$5,881
$3,123
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