$521 Find Cheap Flights from Illinois to China

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 Illinois to China.

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

There are 223 airports in China. The busiest airport is Shanghai Pudong Airport (PVG), with 6% of all flights arriving there.

Based on KAYAK data, the cheapest day to fly to China is Thursday where round-trip tickets can be as cheap as $1,297. On the other hand, the most expensive day to fly is Thursday, where round-trip prices are $1,297 on average.

The cheapest time of day to fly to China is generally in the afternoon, when round-trip flights cost $1,229 on average. Morning departures are around 100% cheaper than evening flights, on average. The most expensive time of day to fly to China is generally in the evening, which is peak travel time and where the average cost of a ticket is $1,517.

The cheapest ticket to China from Illinois found in the last 72 hours was to Beijing Capital Airport, at $1,605 round-trip. The most popular route is Chicago O'Hare Intl Airport (ORD) to Beijing Capital Airport (PEK) and the cheapest round-trip airline ticket found on this route in the last 72 hours was $1,605.

The cheapest month for flights from Illinois to China is February, when tickets cost $1,079 (return) on average. On the other hand, the most expensive months are June and December, when the average cost of round-trip tickets is $1,869 and $1,713 respectively.

To get a below average price on the flight from Illinois to China, you should book around 1 week before departure. For the absolute cheapest price, our data suggests you should book 17 weeks before departure.

An average nonstop flight from Illinois to China takes 30h 47m, covering a distance of 7130 miles. The shortest route is Chicago O'Hare Intl Airport (ORD) to Shanghai Pu Dong Airport (PVG) with an average flight time of 18h 50m.

Based on KAYAK flight searches, the most popular destination is Shanghai (60% of total searches to China). The next most popular destinations are Guangzhou (6%) and Shenyang (4%). Searches for flights to Xiamen (2%), to Xi'an (2%) and to Chongqing (2%) are also popular.