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

Get data-powered insights and trends into flights from Traverse City 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 Traverse City to Illinois?

Flight prices are typical for this route right now.

Flights to Illinois from Traverse City usually cost between $244 and $407 in November.
The lowest price found in the past 5 days was $255 on United Airlines (Nov 21-Nov 28).

What is the cheapest Traverse City to Illinois flight route?

The cheapest ticket to Illinois from Traverse City found in the last 5 days was to Chicago, at $278 round-trip. The most popular route is from Traverse City (TVC) to Chicago O'Hare Intl Airport (ORD), and the cheapest round-trip airline ticket found on this route in the last 5 days was $278.

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

The cheapest time of day to fly to Illinois is generally at night, when round-trip flights cost $438 on average. Morning departures are around 5% more expensive 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 $469.

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

No, with an average price for the route of $309, prices are generally cheapest when you fly direct.

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

The cheapest month for flights from Traverse City to Illinois is November, when tickets cost $215 (return) on average. On the other hand, the most expensive months are July and September, when the average cost of round-trip tickets is $340 and $309 respectively.

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

When flying from Traverse City to Illinois, you should consider leaving on a Friday and avoid Sundays if you are looking for the best rates. For your return to Traverse City, you’ll find the best rates on Wednesdays and the most expensive ones on Mondays.

Good to know

Low season

May

Cheapest flight

$179
Best time to beat the crowds with an average 19% drop in price.
Most popular time to fly with an average 22% increase in price.
Flight from Traverse City to Chicago O'Hare Airport

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    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 Traverse 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 Traverse City to the following destinations at these prices or less: Chicago $342 one-way - $358 round-trip

Reviews of the top airlines flying from Traverse City to Illinois

 
Need help choosing which airline to fly with from Traverse 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.
7.4
United AirlinesOverall score based on 10173 reviews
7.7Boarding
7.3Comfort
7.1Entertainment
8.1Crew
6.6Food
Airline reviews

Crew was great. Seats are cramped and uncomfortable and I’m a small person.

8.0 ExcellentSharon, Sep 2026
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Crew was great. Seats are cramped and uncomfortable and I’m a small person.

Awful. Delay after delay. And then again on the tarmac.

Kept changing the takeoff time and the moved it up so arrived when boarding had already started. Then sat waiting to taxi in for a long time

Food was not Good Nuts came very wet & not tasting Good Main course I asked for Steak they got me Chicken because they don’t have more !!!!

It cancelled and we were unable to catch our connecting international flights.

Leaving at 7 when scheduled to leave at 4:20 - you tell me. Understood there was a ground stop. Then having to "reboot" the plane because of a lighting strike, also understood. But basically the flight was a "clusterf#$%".

This flight is a quick way to get to Chicago, but a bit expensive.

I liked that the flight was nonstop from ORD to CIU for $200 round trip.

Some sort of compensation for missing work because of a cancelled flight that was United’s fault

I was told we'd have a hot breakfast option in first class, so I chose not get a hot breakfast. It was a very strange meal, but the fresh fruit was very good quality. Service was excellent from ORD to ELP. No service from MBS to ORD, not even water. However, when flying American from FNT to ORD, which is a shorter flight, they at least pass out snacks and offer water.

Our flight from Chicago to Des Moines was the problem flight due to a dismissive flight attendant. His conduct was unnecessary and unprofessional.. I will avoid using Americam Airlines again because of the situation. Very disappointing.

Mostly excellent. However, many too many gate changes. Connecting flight at ORD changed gate 6 times.

Mechanical issues and delays. I get it but bad experience. Turned my 3 hour airport experience into a 9 hours

The baggage process at the gate was terrible. Stay was not friendly at all

Flight was delayed because of mechanical. Could not get landing space which caused me to miss my connection. Messy and not organized.

We landed slightly early but then sat in holding area waiting for our gate to clear out for about an hour, so technically we arrived one hour late at the gate at ORD. The airport may be partially responsible here, but regardless of who is responsible, it was a bad experience to be so close yet unable to get off the plane.

Delays and cancellations. Mechanics weren’t on site. Replacement plane took hours to arrive although it should have arrived within 90 minutes. Flight back was cancelled. Ended up driving over 12 hours and wasting 3 days between everything.

Little bit of trouble getting my KTN and pre-check status onto the ticket, but otherwise the counter staff were friendly and truly concerned to get it right.

There was over an hour delay to get my bags. Communication should have been better.

I had first class itinerary, yet they put me boarding group 5! I spoke with the gate agent though, and she let me board in Group 1 like I should have been assigned. Would've liked water

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