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Cheap flights from Tampa to Chicago

27 nonstop flights a week, 3 of them today. Operated by 5 airlines, about 3h 5m in the air, 1,005 mi (1,618 km). Tickets from $135.

Flights from Tampa to Chicago

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Prices by day: Tampa to Chicago

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Best fares from Tampa to Chicago

Lowest one-way prices found by recent searches for the next 120 days; press a card to search that date

Cheapest one-way $135 14 November 2026, nonstop Cheapest nonstop $135 14 November 2026, American Airlines Cheapest in the next 7 days $135 14 November, Sat Cheapest weekend departure $135 Sat, 14 November 2026 Cheapest month November 2026 tickets from $135

Tampa to Chicago at a glance

flight time, from 2h 45m to 8h 15m
3h 5m
straight-line distance
1,005 mi (1,618 km)
flights a week
27
flights today
3
first and last departure
06:45 - 08:45
lowest price, nonstop, 14 November
$135
airlines
5

Tampa to Chicago flight schedule

27 flights a week, 3 today, 65 seasonal or one-off. Departure and arrival times are local.

FlightDepartsArrivesDurationDaysAircraft
AA 2886
American Airlines
06:45 Tampa International
09:00 , terminal 3
3h 15m
Sat
Boeing 737
AA 1869
American Airlines
07:09 Tampa International
09:26 , terminal 3
3h 17m
Sat
Boeing 737-800
UA 777
United Airlines
07:13 Tampa International
09:18 , terminal 1
3h 5m
Fri
Boeing 737
WN 2899
Southwest Airlines
07:15 Tampa International
09:10 Chicago Midway International
2h 55m
Sat
AA 1869
American Airlines
07:18 Tampa International
09:33 , terminal 3
3h 15m
Mon, Thu, Fri, Sun
Boeing 737
UA 777
United Airlines
07:19 Tampa International
09:24 , terminal 1
3h 5m
Daily
Boeing 737
WN 2899
Southwest Airlines
07:20 Tampa International
09:05 Chicago Midway International
2h 45m
Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu
Boeing 737
WN 2899
Southwest Airlines
07:25 Tampa International
09:15 Chicago Midway International
2h 50m
Mon, Thu, Fri, Sat, Sun
Boeing 737
AA 2886
American Airlines
07:51 Tampa International
10:00 , terminal 3
3h 9m
Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri, Sun
Boeing 737
WN 1231
Southwest Airlines
08:45 Tampa International
12:00 Chicago Midway International
4h 15m
Sat

Seasonal and one-off flights

Not operating in the next two weeks. The first of them is on 24 November.

FlightDepartsArrivesDurationDaysAircraft
WN 2899
Southwest Airlines
05:15 Tampa International
07:00 Chicago Midway International
2h 45m
Seasonal
Boeing 737-800
AA 1869
American Airlines
06:59 Tampa International
09:14 , terminal 3
3h 15m
Seasonal
Boeing 737
WN 483
Southwest Airlines
07:35 Tampa International
09:20 Chicago Midway International
2h 45m
Seasonal
Boeing 737
WN 3555
Southwest Airlines
05:10 Tampa International
08:45 Chicago Midway International
4h 35m
Selected dates
WN 2899
Southwest Airlines
05:55 Tampa International
07:40 Chicago Midway International
2h 45m
Seasonal
UA 2331
United Airlines
08:55 Tampa International
14:23 , terminal 1
6h 28m
Seasonal
Boeing 737-800
AA 3032
American Airlines
07:48 Tampa International
10:00 , terminal 3
3h 12m
Seasonal
Boeing 737
G4 1062
Allegiant Air
07:30 St. Petersburg-Clearwater International
09:26 Chicago Rockford International
2h 56m
Selected dates
Boeing 737
UA 2189
United Airlines
07:10 Tampa International
09:15 , terminal 1
3h 5m
Seasonal
Boeing 737
G4 2720
Allegiant Air
07:30 St. Petersburg-Clearwater International
09:26 Chicago Rockford International
2h 56m
Seasonal
Boeing 737
AA 1861
American Airlines
06:19 Tampa International
08:25 , terminal 3
3h 6m
Seasonal
Boeing 737-800
UA 2189
United Airlines
07:00 Tampa International
09:11 , terminal 1
3h 11m
Seasonal
Boeing 737-800
AA 1073
American Airlines
07:08 Tampa International
09:20 , terminal 3
3h 12m
Seasonal
Boeing 737
F9 1251
Frontier Airlines
07:35 Tampa International
09:48 , terminal 5
3h 13m
Seasonal
Airbus A320 NEO
AA 1861
American Airlines
06:17 Tampa International
08:25 , terminal 3
3h 8m
Seasonal
Airbus A319
AA 1073
American Airlines
07:17 Tampa International
09:30 , terminal 3
3h 13m
Seasonal
Airbus A321
AA 1861
American Airlines
05:00 Tampa International
07:16 , terminal 3
3h 16m
Seasonal
Airbus A319
G4 2612
Allegiant Air
08:00 St. Petersburg-Clearwater International
09:54 Chicago Rockford International
2h 54m
Selected dates
Boeing 737
AA 1861
American Airlines
06:00 Tampa International
08:08 , terminal 3
3h 8m
Seasonal
Airbus A319
G4 2673
Allegiant Air
08:00 St. Petersburg-Clearwater International
09:54 Chicago Rockford International
2h 54m
Selected dates
Boeing 737
AA 1073
American Airlines
07:16 Tampa International
09:29 , terminal 3
3h 13m
Seasonal
Airbus A321
F9 1251
Frontier Airlines
07:00 Tampa International
09:13 , terminal 5
3h 13m
Seasonal
Airbus A321
UA 745
United Airlines
07:00 Tampa International
14:15 , terminal 1
8h 15m
Seasonal
Boeing 737
AA 1073
American Airlines
06:49 Tampa International
09:00 , terminal 3
3h 11m
Seasonal
Boeing 737
WN 3907
Southwest Airlines
07:30 Tampa International
09:15 Chicago Midway International
2h 45m
Seasonal
Boeing 737
UA 2331
United Airlines
09:00 Tampa International
14:24 , terminal 1
6h 24m
Seasonal
Boeing 737-800
G4 1095
Allegiant Air
07:00 St. Petersburg-Clearwater International
08:52 Chicago Rockford International
2h 52m
Selected dates
Airbus A319
AA 1073
American Airlines
07:19 Tampa International
09:30 , terminal 3
3h 11m
Seasonal
Boeing 737-800
WN 3907
Southwest Airlines
07:20 Tampa International
09:10 Chicago Midway International
2h 50m
Seasonal
Boeing 737
AA 1073
American Airlines
07:18 Tampa International
09:29 , terminal 3
3h 11m
Seasonal
Boeing 737-800
AA 1073
American Airlines
06:48 Tampa International
08:59 , terminal 3
3h 11m
Seasonal
Boeing 737
G4 1091
Allegiant Air
07:00 St. Petersburg-Clearwater International
08:52 Chicago Rockford International
2h 52m
Seasonal
Airbus A319
G4 1091
Allegiant Air
06:25 St. Petersburg-Clearwater International
08:17 Chicago Rockford International
2h 52m
Seasonal
Airbus A319
WN 3907
Southwest Airlines
07:25 Tampa International
09:10 Chicago Midway International
2h 45m
Seasonal
Boeing 737-800
G4 2686
Allegiant Air
06:25 St. Petersburg-Clearwater International
08:17 Chicago Rockford International
2h 52m
Seasonal
Airbus A319
G4 1100
Allegiant Air
06:10 St. Petersburg-Clearwater International
08:06 Chicago Rockford International
2h 56m
Seasonal
Airbus A319
WN 3907
Southwest Airlines
06:45 Tampa International
08:30 Chicago Midway International
2h 45m
Seasonal
Boeing 737
AA 1510
American Airlines
07:22 Tampa International
09:30 , terminal 3
3h 8m
Seasonal
Boeing 737-800
UA 2189
United Airlines
07:35 Tampa International
09:45 , terminal 1
3h 10m
Seasonal
Boeing 737-800
WN 446
Southwest Airlines
05:05 Tampa International
09:15 Chicago Midway International
5h 10m
Seasonal
AA 1533
American Airlines
07:22 Tampa International
09:30 , terminal 3
3h 8m
Seasonal
Boeing 737-800
WN 4234
Southwest Airlines
07:30 Tampa International
09:15 Chicago Midway International
2h 45m
Seasonal
Boeing 737
WN 3964
Southwest Airlines
05:30 Tampa International
07:20 Chicago Midway International
2h 50m
Seasonal
Boeing 737
WN 854
Southwest Airlines
06:00 Tampa International
09:15 Chicago Midway International
4h 15m
Seasonal
WN 4234
Southwest Airlines
07:00 Tampa International
08:45 Chicago Midway International
2h 45m
Seasonal
Boeing 737-800
G4 1046
Allegiant Air
08:40 St. Petersburg-Clearwater International
10:35 Chicago Rockford International
2h 55m
Selected dates
Boeing 737
WN 4234
Southwest Airlines
07:15 Tampa International
09:00 Chicago Midway International
2h 45m
Seasonal
Boeing 737
G4 1078
Allegiant Air
08:00 St. Petersburg-Clearwater International
09:55 Chicago Rockford International
2h 55m
Selected dates
Airbus A319
UA 2315
United Airlines
08:55 Tampa International
10:54 , terminal 1
2h 59m
Seasonal
Boeing 737-800
AA 354
American Airlines
06:41 Tampa International
08:54 , terminal 3
3h 13m
Seasonal
Airbus A321
WN 4161
Southwest Airlines
07:25 Tampa International
09:10 Chicago Midway International
2h 45m
Seasonal
Boeing 737-800
G4 974
Allegiant Air
08:40 St. Petersburg-Clearwater International
10:30 Chicago Rockford International
2h 50m
Seasonal
Boeing 737
WN 4161
Southwest Airlines
07:30 Tampa International
09:15 Chicago Midway International
2h 45m
Seasonal
Boeing 737
WN 417
Southwest Airlines
08:40 Tampa International
13:35 Chicago Midway International
5h 55m
Seasonal
Boeing 737
WN 4161
Southwest Airlines
07:15 Tampa International
09:00 Chicago Midway International
2h 45m
Seasonal
WN 1003
Southwest Airlines
08:35 Tampa International
12:35 Chicago Midway International
5h
Seasonal
Boeing 737
AA 354
American Airlines
07:00 Tampa International
09:08 , terminal 3
3h 8m
Seasonal
Boeing 737
WN 4016
Southwest Airlines
05:35 Tampa International
07:20 Chicago Midway International
2h 45m
Seasonal
Boeing 737
WN 4464
Southwest Airlines
08:00 Tampa International
09:45 Chicago Midway International
2h 45m
Seasonal
WN 4016
Southwest Airlines
05:20 Tampa International
07:05 Chicago Midway International
2h 45m
Seasonal
Boeing 737
WN 4464
Southwest Airlines
07:20 Tampa International
09:05 Chicago Midway International
2h 45m
Seasonal
Boeing 737
WN 4016
Southwest Airlines
07:30 Tampa International
09:15 Chicago Midway International
2h 45m
Seasonal
WN 4016
Southwest Airlines
05:40 Tampa International
07:25 Chicago Midway International
2h 45m
Seasonal
Boeing 737
AA 354
American Airlines
06:44 Tampa International
08:49 , terminal 3
3h 5m
Seasonal
Boeing 737
AA 354
American Airlines
06:23 Tampa International
08:30 , terminal 3
3h 7m
Seasonal
Boeing 737

Days of the week are taken from the schedule for the next 14 days; schedules change by season. Chicago is 1 hour behind Tampa. The search shows seat availability and the price for your date.

Airlines flying Tampa to Chicago

Flights a week by schedule and the cheapest nonstop fare of each airline found by recent searches

American Airlines12 a week Southwest Airlines8 a week United Airlines7 a week Allegiant Airfrom 4 December Frontier Airlinesfrom 17 December
  • American Airlines: 8 flights, first departure at 06:45, last at 07:51, tickets from $135 on 14 November MTWTFSS American Airlines Tampa to Chicago
  • Southwest Airlines: 14 flights, first departure at 07:15, last at 08:45 MTWTFSS Southwest Airlines Tampa to Chicago
  • United Airlines: 5 flights, first departure at 07:13, last at 07:19, tickets from $174 on 12 November MTWTFSS United Airlines Tampa to Chicago
  • Allegiant Air: 11 flights, first departure at 06:10, last at 08:40 MTWTFSS
  • Frontier Airlines: 1 flight, first departure at 07:00, last at 07:35 MTWTFSS

Airports

Where flights from Tampa to Chicago depart and land

Departure from Tampa

Tampa International closest to the centreTPA

27 flights a week, 5 mi (8 km) from the city centre

About the airport
St. Petersburg-Clearwater International PIE

14 mi (23 km) from the city centre

About the airport

Arrival in Chicago

Chicago Midway International closest to the centreMDW

8 flights a week, 9 mi (14 km) from the city centre

About the airport
Chicago Rockford International RFD

87 mi (140 km) from the city centre

About the airport

When to visit Chicago

Weather by month

Best time to visit: May, June, July, August, September and October, +18° to +27° by day. In November it is +10° by day and +2° at night, with 7 rainy days.

Jan
0° −7° 10 days
Feb
+2° −6° 7 days
Mar
+9° 0° 12 days
Apr
+14° +5° 13 days
May
+19° +10° 11 days
Jun
+27° +17° 9 days
Jul
+27° +19° 12 days
Aug
+27° +19° 10 days
Sep
+24° +16° 7 days
Oct
+18° +10° 11 days
Nov
+10° +2° 7 days
Dec
+4° −3° 10 days

Daytime and night temperatures in °C, rainy days. Months with the most comfortable weather are in green. Long-term averages.

Frequently asked questions

How long is the flight from Tampa to Chicago?
A nonstop flight takes 3 hours 5 minutes on average, from 2h 45m to 8h 15m depending on the flight.
How far is Chicago from Tampa?
1,005 mi (1,618 km) in a straight line between the cities.
Which airlines fly nonstop from Tampa to Chicago?
American Airlines (12 a week), Southwest Airlines (8 a week), United Airlines (7 a week), Allegiant Air and Frontier Airlines.
How many flights a day are there from Tampa to Chicago?
3 flights today and 27 a week, about 3.9 a day on average.
When are the first and last flights from Tampa to Chicago?
The first departure is at 06:45 (AA2886), the last at 08:45 (WN1231). Local time.
What is the cheapest upcoming date to fly from Tampa to Chicago?
14 November 2026 (Saturday): from $135 one way, nonstop, by recent searches. The search shows the price for your dates.
Which airline is the cheapest from Tampa to Chicago?
American Airlines: nonstop tickets from $135 on 14 November by recent searches. Prices change daily, so compare the sellers in the search.
What is the time difference between Tampa and Chicago?
Chicago is 1 hour behind Tampa. Schedule times on this page are local to each airport.
Which Tampa airport do flights to Chicago leave from?
Tampa International (27 a week) and St. Petersburg-Clearwater International.
Which Chicago airport is closest to the city centre?
Chicago Midway International (MDW), 9 mi (14 km) from the city centre. Others: Chicago Rockford International 87 mi (140 km).