$105 Find Cheap Flights from John Wayne (Santa Ana) to Illinois

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Cheap Flights from Santa Ana to Illinois

Cheapest round-trip prices found by our users on KAYAK in the last 72 hours
Chicago
Chicagononstop$315
Moline
Moline1 stop$302
Peoria
Peoria1 stop$349
Bloomington
Bloomington1 stop$477
Champaign
Champaign1 stop$439
Springfield
Springfield1 stop$519
St. Louis
St. Louis1 stop$247
Paducah
Paducah1 stop$508
Chicago
Chicagononstop$315
Moline
Moline1 stop$302
Peoria
Peoria1 stop$349
Bloomington
Bloomington1 stop$477
Champaign
Champaign1 stop$439
Springfield
Springfield1 stop$519
St. Louis
St. Louis1 stop$247
Paducah
Paducah1 stop$508

Book Cheap Santa Ana 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 Santa Ana 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 Santa Ana to Illinois

Tue, May 19 - Wed, May 27
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7:45 am - 6:06 pm
SNA
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STL
8h 21m
1 stop
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8:08 pm - 9:09 am
STL
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SNA
15h 01m
1 stop
$247Multiple Airlines
Thu, May 28 - Mon, Jun 1
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9:54 am - 7:23 pm
SNA
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STL
7h 29m
1 stop
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5:27 pm - 9:05 pm
STL
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SNA
53h 38m
2 stops
$252Multiple Airlines
Thu, May 28 - Tue, Jun 2
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9:54 am - 7:23 pm
SNA
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STL
7h 29m
1 stop
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8:08 pm - 12:19 pm
STL
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SNA
42h 11m
2 stops
$260Frontier
Mon, Jun 1 - Tue, Jun 9
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11:45 am - 2:48 pm
SNA
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STL
25h 03m
1 stop
Frontier Logo
8:08 pm - 12:34 pm
STL
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SNA
42h 26m
2 stops
$268Frontier
Wed, May 27 - Sat, May 30
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2:10 pm - 8:26 pm
SNA
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ORD
4h 16mnonstop
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5:00 am - 9:07 am
ORD
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SNA
6h 07m
1 stop
$315United Airlines
Wed, May 20 - Sun, May 24
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3:35 pm - 12:45 am
SNA
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ORD
7h 10m
1 stop
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7:58 pm - 10:32 pm
ORD
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SNA
4h 34mnonstop
$319United Airlines
Thu, May 28 - Tue, Jun 2
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12:33 pm - 9:24 pm
SNA
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ORD
6h 51m
1 stop
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8:15 am - 10:41 am
ORD
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SNA
4h 26mnonstop
$320American Airlines
Wed, May 27 - Sat, May 30
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9:45 am - 8:20 pm
SNA
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MDW
8h 35m
1 stop
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5:10 am - 9:40 am
MDW
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SNA
6h 30m
1 stop
$323Southwest
Wed, May 27 - Sat, May 30
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9:45 am - 8:10 pm
SNA
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MDW
8h 25m
2 stops
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6:55 am - 10:50 am
MDW
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SNA
5h 55m
1 stop
$328Southwest
Fri, May 29 - Sat, Jun 6
American Airlines Logo
12:33 pm - 11:38 pm
SNA
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PIA
9h 05m
2 stops
American Airlines Logo
9:58 am - 2:30 pm
PIA
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SNA
6h 32m
1 stop
$354American Airlines
Booking Insights

KAYAK's insights & trends for Santa Ana to Illinois flights

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

How much is a round-trip flight from Santa Ana, California to Illinois?

This analysis is based on the cheapest round-trip price found on KAYAK in the last 12 months by searching for a flight from Santa Ana, California to Illinois departing in May.

What is the cheapest John Wayne (Santa Ana) to Illinois flight route?

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

The cheapest ticket to Illinois from John Wayne (Santa Ana) found in the last 72 hours was to Chicago, at $329 round-trip. The most popular route is from John Wayne (Santa Ana) (SNA) to Chicago O'Hare Intl Airport (ORD), and the cheapest round-trip airline ticket found on this route in the last 72 hours was $329.

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

The average price for all round-trip flights from Santa Ana 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 evening, when round-trip flights cost $402 on average. Morning departures are around 17% more expensive than evening flights, on average. The most expensive time of day to fly to Illinois is generally in the morning, which is peak travel time and where the average cost of a ticket is $472.

Can I save money by flying with a layover from John Wayne (Santa Ana) 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 $480, prices are generally cheapest when you fly direct.

What is the cheapest month to fly from John Wayne (Santa Ana) to Illinois?

To calculate monthly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each month over the last year for round-trip flights from Santa Ana 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 John Wayne (Santa Ana) to Illinois is March, when tickets cost $72 (return) on average. On the other hand, the most expensive months are January and February, when the average cost of round-trip tickets is $269 and $220 respectively.

What’s the cheapest day of the week to fly from John Wayne (Santa Ana) to Illinois?

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

Your flight ticket price will generally be cheaper if you fly to Illinois on a Wednesday and more expensive on a Sunday. On your return trip to John Wayne (Santa Ana), you should consider flying back on a Saturday, and avoid Sundays for better deals.

How far in advance should I book a flight from John Wayne (Santa Ana) 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 Santa Ana 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 John Wayne (Santa Ana) to Illinois, you should book around 5 weeks before departure, which saves you about 29% compared to booking last minute. For the absolute cheapest price, our data suggests you should book 6 weeks before departure.

Good to know

Low seasonFebruary
Cheapest flight$105
Best time to beat the crowds with an average 11% drop in price.
Most popular time to fly with an average 5% increase in price.
Flight from John Wayne (Santa Ana) to St. Louis

FAQs - booking Illinois flights

  • How does KAYAK find such low prices on flights from John Wayne (Santa Ana) 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 John Wayne (Santa Ana) to Illinois.

  • How does KAYAK's flight Price Forecast tool help me choose the right time to buy my flight ticket from John Wayne (Santa Ana) to Illinois?

    KAYAK’s flight Price Forecast tool uses historical data to determine whether the price for a flight from John Wayne (Santa Ana) 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 John Wayne (Santa Ana) 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 John Wayne (Santa Ana) 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 John Wayne (Santa Ana) 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 John Wayne (Santa Ana) 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 John Wayne (Santa Ana) to the following destinations at these prices or less: Chicago $300 one-way - $448 round-trip

Reviews of the top 5 airlines serving from Santa Ana to Illinois

 
See real verified KAYAK customer reviews for airlines flying from John Wayne (Santa Ana) 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 Santa Ana 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.
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SouthwestOverall score based on 4314 reviews
8.0Comfort
7.5Entertainment
8.6Crew
7.0Food
8.1Boarding
Airline reviews

The entire experience from boarding to landing was amazing! The crew were very friendly. Will definitely be back.

10.0 Excellentlarry, Apr 2026
LGB - PHX
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The entire experience from boarding to landing was amazing! The crew were very friendly. Will definitely be back.

no service at all due to turbulence. they should've at least given us snacks, there were only 10 people on the entire flight.

Delayed flight, lack of information, boarding process is a mess as is the carryon luggage causing issues when leaving the plane….just a poor experience.

Comfortable. Easy. No problems. Just wish they had gf options for snacks.

The crew was very kind and made going to Hawaii relaxing and fun to look forward to! Thank you Southwest for a pleasant flight!

For the first time in a long time, the Wi-Fi actually worked the entire flight! The flight crew was amazing as usual.

Great flight. I didn't get a drink because I was asleep whole on the flight.

Terrible. Even though there’s assigned seating now, they are still the slowest boarding airline of anyone.

It was good from LAX to Phoenix, But the connection in Phoenix to Tulsa was not that great. The staff on both flights were great. The choice of free entertainment was ok nothing to brag about. The 45 min delay because of some electrical issue wasn't great from Phoenix to Tulsa. We sat there with hardly any air, The seat I had was between windows so the side of the plane pushed in on you. My being a bigger man it then made the seating area uncomfortable. The seats on the plane had no power to connect to recharge your phone or anything. I would recommend that they should look into a slot or clamp to hold your phone to enjoy while watching the entertainment choices hands-free. Also make it possible to raise the inner seat by the window be able to raise the arm rest up to make more room for larger people to set more comfortably. I would also say other then that stop price gouging the airfare or nickel and diming everything. Not fair for people having to fly for emergencies and be paying for higher prices due to the season or holidays. Your making your money either way and the cost of flying is still going to be the same regardless if there's 100 people or 200 people.

Love them will get a Southwest card to track my points and keep flying with them. My family and I were pleased with the services.

They were flexible and able to get me home a day earlier due to a family members illness. Flight was on time and great friendly crew.

Affirmed my disability by allowing me to board when most accessible. Very parable, helpful and friendly staff. Smooth flight overall! I always fly Alaska when possible! Thank you!

Agent could not provide me a boarding pass for the second leg of my flights - yet with a partner airline. Not understood.

I had to change my flight last minute due to a medical emergency. Their agent was compassionate and extremely helpful. This airlines really cares about making travel, for fun, work, or an emergency a customer-focused experience. Thank you!

On time, friendly and professional staff and crew Very nice new terminal in Spokane

Wi-Fi cut out for a bit, then resumed. Otherwise flawless flight.

I'm not sure if you are going to ask me about the check in process. I could not get my boarding pass, so I had to stop at the American desk before security. I also had a difficult time downloading the app with the confirmation code for the two flights.

Worst first/business class I have ever flown after 75 years on planes. Barely acceptable seats, terrible food, uninterested attendants, unavailable WiFi. I’ll never fly this airline again.

You need categories to denote when food and entertainment are not available.

Dropping off of the checked bags took way longer than it should have. The agent for the pre-tagged and ready to drop off line was gone and didn't come back for about 15 minutes. The other bag check lines were barely moving. Agents were standing around and not much was getting done. Everything else about the flight was great.

Booked through Kayak Business, had a seat in middle and towards back due to booking rate, not comfortable.

Standard flight with a drinks and a snack- overall very quick flight. The flight attendants were very strict, bordered on rude.

Delayed - weather wasn't bad at either end. Also sat on tarmac in ORD.

boarded early to only find out that flight would sit at gate for 45 min to an hour. Landed in chicago and sat on runway for over an hour before got to gate. Total delay was extensive for a 45 min flight door to door.

The flight was significantly delayed. The inbound flight from EWR was delayed departing because of mechanical problems. My original departure from CLT was 5:28 pm but due to the delay of the inbound flight, after arrival, deplaning, cleaning, boarding, we did not push back from the gate until 9:00 pm. Once in the air, the flight was smooth and what was originally supposed to be an arrival in ORD at 7:30 pm local time turned out to be 9:35 pm.

The flight I was supposed to be on was supposed to take off at 1:50 from State College. It was delayed over and over and over again until somehow I had to rebook on a flight that was supposed to have left State College at 8 am that morning but didn't end up taking off until almost 6 pm. Not only was this completely unacceptable, the "token from United" was a 15 dollar meal voucher that has to be used by today. I would personally like some miles added to my account for this inconvenience. I was in transit for 8 hours from the time I arrive at State College Aiport to when I got home. I was supposed to be home at 3 pm and I returned at 8 pm. Unacceptable. I have not been on an on Time united flight in nearly 5 years.

newer aircraft, ability to connect my headset via blue tooth for entertainment.

Very comfortable flight, snacks and drinks were good, good communication from crew. Could have used a little more information on timing of boarding for group 5

Great flight. Got to watch a movie. Smooth flight and early arrival at ORD.

It was better than excellent. The staff in Mason City were great. The young woman that pushed my wheelchair did more than could be expected of her. She came from India 17 years ago. I don't remember her name.

It was good, the staff was great, and the food, was as usual, tea and biscuit. Bathroom was clean, and the plane was clean as well.

Very good I can’t complain one bit. Thank you American Airlines for making my flight enjoyable and safe!

The staff and service on American Airlines were truly outstanding. I had requested wheelchair assistance for my mother due to her knee issues, and the team went above and beyond every step of the way—from boarding in Boston to our arrival in Chicago. Their care, professionalism, and attentiveness made the entire experience smooth and stress-free. I’m very grateful for the support they provided.

The new planes (American Eagle) are beautiful and especially comfortable. The flight attendants are consistently professional and courteous. And, while it may seem inconsequential, the new liquid tube of coffee creamer—in contrast to the powdered coffee creamer—makes all the difference in a cup of coffee.

Boarding was quick and efficient. We arrived at our destination early.

I'm not sure American is capable of on-time arrivals and departures. When you land at ORD, you almost always get held on the tarmac because your gate is still occupied. I may have missed my connection, but that ended up up being significantly delayed as well. Once again, I finally got home well after midnight.

Crew at the gate was very crabby and not at all polite. The plane was very hot the entire flight. And the seat cushion was very worn out.

The staff are very, very professional. It's what flying should feel like.

Flight was delayed half hour before boarding, but when I checked flight aware the plane that would Pick us up had a delay of more than an hour. AA should let us know in advance to avoid waiting several hours in the airport

Delays with no explanation. It could have been handled better.

My first time experience with Spirit Air was not good at all.The reason i did not know to cancel 24Hrs before flight depature you do charge cancellation fee. It's ridiculous policy.Actually you should provide full voucher instead of charging cancellation fee. Confirmation Code# ZNVPHG Thanks Much , Rita S

That this is my second time the they cancel flights and they always wait until the last minute to let people know

Spirit is awful. Do not fly spirit. Nothing but delays, cancellations.

Nothing. We didn’t even have a pilot until one hour after our flight was set to depart and now we are waiting for a gate on a very hot packed aircraft. Spirit has lost its goddamn minds and we will never fly again. On the way down the delay went from 5 minutes to 6 hours to cancelled.

Delayed 11 hours with two being on our destinations tarmac, no compensation or refund and was told I would actually get charged a $200 cancellation fee if I decided to switch airlines for my return flight. For their inconvenience they gave a $10 meal voucher to split between two people in a airport.

Like Spirit but bad that you have to pay for water 🙃

If there are delays, it takes less than a minute for a Spirit employee to make an announcement. It’s very simple.

For a change, friendly staff at check-in and in flight.

Delayed both in takeoff and landing, trash plane no amenities, I've said it before but I'll never fly Spirit again.

It’s was a cheap flight and they got us there safely. It’s just their whole business model that make the experience “meh.” They make you paranoid about whether your personal item is too big. They make you paranoid about being crammed into a middle seat at the back of the plane. They purposely cram people together leaving multiple rows completely empty and even after the door closes the FA’s announce that everyone has to sit in their assigned seat. We knew what we were buying and in that regard we got a cheap and safe flight but it felt like they do their best to take any enjoyment out of the experience. That’s all on management, not the crew.

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