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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 Virginia to Illinois.

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

Virginia and Illinois are connected by different airlines. The airlines that fly that route the most regularly are United Airlines (123 flights per week), Air New Zealand (109 flights per week), and Air Canada (68 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 $288.

Based on KAYAK data, the cheapest day to fly to Illinois is Wednesday where round-trip tickets can be as cheap as $448. On the other hand, the most expensive day to fly is Sunday, where round-trip prices are $550 on average.

The cheapest time of day to fly to Illinois is generally in the evening, when round-trip flights cost $444 on average. Morning departures are around 8% 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 $479.

The cheapest ticket to Illinois from Virginia found in the last 5 days was to Chicago O'Hare Intl Airport, at $233 round-trip. The most popular route is Charlottesville (CHO) to Chicago O'Hare Intl Airport (ORD) and the cheapest round-trip airline ticket found on this route in the last 5 days was $233.

The cheapest month for flights from Virginia to Illinois is August, when tickets cost $52 (return) on average. On the other hand, the most expensive months are May and April, when the average cost of round-trip tickets is $132 and $112 respectively.

To get a below average price on the flight from Virginia to Illinois, you should book around 4 weeks before departure, which saves you about 51% compared to booking last minute. For the absolute cheapest price, our data suggests you should book 13 weeks before departure.

From Virginia, there are direct flights to Illinois from 6 cities. The city with the most direct flights is Richmond, with 223 direct flights each week.

There are around 80 direct flights from within Virginia to Illinois every day. Most flights (64%) depart in the morning.

Each week there are around 560 direct flights from within Virginia to Illinois. The most common day for departures is Monday, with 14% of flights taking off on this day.

An average nonstop flight from Virginia to Illinois takes 4h 35m, covering a distance of 638 miles. The shortest route is Raleigh (RDU) to Chicago Midway Airport (MDW) with an average flight time of 1h 50m.

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 560 short-haul flights (up to 3 hour flight duration), with the most arriving from Richmond.

Based on KAYAK flight searches, the most popular destination is Chicago (92% of total searches to Illinois). The next most popular destinations are St. Louis (6%) and Peoria (1%). Searches for flights to Moline (1%), to Bloomington (0%) and to Champaign (0%) are also popular.