Chicago to Cape Girardeau runs about 3 times a day, with the first departure around 06:01 and the last around 07:30. One passenger pays between €57.37 and €58.55, every fee included, depending on the operator and the way you travel. The fastest door to door is 4h 16m over 546 km, on services run by 1 operator across 1 mode.
What one seat costs
The spread between the cheapest and dearest typical fare on this corridor, across 1 operator and 1 way of making the journey. The operator sets the price on the day.
Typical fares
€57.37 to €58.55
- 159%Moves across the booking window
When it runs, leaving Chicago
No operator has filed a timetable for this direction yet, so the first and last departure below follow the pattern of the corridor. Read them as the shape of the service day rather than as times to turn up for.
- 06:01First departure
- 07:30Last departure
- 3Services per day
- 33%Run direct
Fares by date
What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.
Typical fares
- about €115.78Wed16
- about €128.17Thu17
- about €134.66Fri18
- about €120.50Sat19
- about €111.65Sun20
- about €97.49Mon21
- about €95.72Tue22
- about €62.68Wed23
- about €95.72Thu24
- about €70.35Fri25
- about €85.69Sat26
- about €78.61Sun27
- about €71.53Mon28
- about €58.55Tue29
- about €71.53Wed30
- about €79.20Thu1
- about €72.12Fri2
- about €71.53Sat3
- about €57.96Sun4
- about €59.14Mon5
- about €57.37Tue6
Based on what this route has cost recently. The operator sets the price on the day, and the live fare is confirmed when you book.
The flight gets you into Cape Girardeau. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
A room in Cape Girardeau for the night the flight gets in
The search opens on Cape Girardeau with your nights already filled in, so it is one step to a real price.
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When to book Chicago to Cape Girardeau
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €60.9190 days
- €52.0660 days
- €62.0945 days
- €55.0130 days
- €57.3721 days
- €58.5514 days
- €95.727 days
- €134.663 days
- €115.781 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €52.06.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 159 percent. The dearest point is €134.66, 3 days out.
- What that means
- Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 60 days before departure. Waiting from here has usually cost money on this corridor rather than saved it.
Book now Fares on this route are lowest around 60 days ahead. You are inside that window.
This corridor, specifically
Facts that apply to Chicago to Cape Girardeau and to no other route on the site.
Clocks
Both ends keep the same time, so the arrival is the departure plus the journey.
The shape of it
546 km
530 km as the crow flies, 3% further by the route services actually take. The bearing runs south.
Who lives at each end
2,664,452 → 39,462
Population at the departure city and at the arrival city, which is usually what decides how often anything runs.
How we know
Observed
Every operator on this corridor is named in a carrier record.
The route
What the journey actually looks like
Direct or connecting, how far the route really runs, and what happens when a connection is missed.
- Direct or connecting
- 33% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 67% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 546 km against 530 km in a straight line, a detour of 3 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
- Where the change is
- Connections are made at St. Louis, Nashville. The gap between arriving and leaving is 88 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 11 percent chance of not being made on the timetable alone. Part of this journey is a self transfer between separate tickets, so leave more time than the minimum and expect to check in again.
Who runs this route
Cape Girardeau is small enough to see in an afternoon, which is easier without the luggage. Storing it is not our business.
Where to leave your bags in Cape Girardeau
Shops, cafes and hotels that take luggage, with the opening hours on the map so you know what is still open when you come back.
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Questions about Chicago to Cape Girardeau
The questions people actually ask about this journey, answered from the same prices and times the page above is built on rather than written once and left to go stale.
How long does it take to get from Chicago to Cape Girardeau?
The fastest journey from Chicago to Cape Girardeau takes 4h 16m door to door, of which 1h 10m is spent moving, on the flight. Most services take around 4h 20m, because that average includes slower stopping services and journeys with a connection. Times include reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end.
How much does it cost to travel from Chicago to Cape Girardeau?
The cheapest fare from Chicago to Cape Girardeau is €57.37, as of 15 September 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €79.20. Both figures are the total for one passenger, including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee, so nothing is added at checkout.
What is the cheapest way to get from Chicago to Cape Girardeau?
The cheapest way from Chicago to Cape Girardeau is by flight, at €58.55 for one passenger on 6 October 2026. That journey takes 4h 20m door to door. Cheaper is rarely faster on this corridor, and the comparison table on this page shows what each mode costs against what it saves.
When should I book Chicago to Cape Girardeau?
Fares from Chicago to Cape Girardeau bottom out around 60 days before departure, at €52.06. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the dearest lead time is 159 percent, measured on 15 September 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.
Which day of the week is cheapest for Chicago to Cape Girardeau?
Tuesday is the cheapest day to depart from Chicago to Cape Girardeau, at €58.55. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, as of 15 September 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.
Which month is cheapest for Chicago to Cape Girardeau?
February is the cheapest of the next 5 months to travel from Chicago to Cape Girardeau, at €42.62 for one passenger. Each month is priced on its fifteenth, so the comparison is like for like rather than a mix of weekends and midweek departures.
Who runs services from Chicago to Cape Girardeau?
1 operators sell services from Chicago to Cape Girardeau across 1 mode: Contour Airlines. Journey times, fares and fare conditions differ between them, and the operator table on this page compares all of them on speed, flexibility and what is provided on board.
Is there a direct service from Chicago to Cape Girardeau?
33 percent of the services we sell from Chicago to Cape Girardeau are direct. The rest connect at St. Louis, Nashville, with about 88 minutes between the two services. Both legs are sold on one booking, so a missed connection is rebooked at no charge.
Which station or terminal do services from Chicago to Cape Girardeau use?
Services from Chicago to Cape Girardeau by flight leave from Chicago MDW and arrive at Cape Girardeau CGI. Allow about 3h 10m in total for reaching the departure terminal and leaving the arrival one, which is already included in every door to door time on this page.
Can I change or refund a ticket from Chicago to Cape Girardeau?
0 of the 1 operators we sell from Chicago to Cape Girardeau allow a change or a refund. A change on a changeable fare costs €5.00. The operator table on this page names which is which, and the condition is shown again before you pay.
Where these numbers come from
Places, coordinates, operators, which operator serves which pair, and every distance on this page are real and come from open data. Where a corridor has a filed timetable the departure times are real too, and ferry fares are the prices the operators publish themselves.
Observed service A carrier record shows this named operator serving this named pair, and we carry that through unchanged.
Where no operator publishes a fare for a corridor, the price here is our own estimate, worked out from the real distance and the real operator through a fare curve that follows lead time, day of the week and season. It tells you roughly what the journey costs. It is not a seat anyone has agreed to sell, and the payment step will not take it.
Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon, Distances
- On this page
- Every figure above was computed for Chicago to Cape Girardeau on 15 September 2026: 546 km of route against 530 km in a straight line, 3 services a day, 1 operator a cheapest fare of €57.37, and 4h 16m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
The flight is the simple part. What you do once you are in Cape Girardeau is somebody else's catalogue.
Day trips out of Cape Girardeau and across United States
Day trips that leave Cape Girardeau in the morning and cover a good part of United States by evening.
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The two ends, compared
Chicago reaches 266 places in 40 countries on services we hold, over distances from 41 to 12,539 km. Cape Girardeau reaches 3 places in 1 countries, from 159 to 530 km.
Other ways to make this journey
Leaving Chicago
- 266Places you can leave for
- 40Countries
- 77Operators
Arriving in Cape Girardeau
Leaving Cape Girardeau
- 3Places you can leave for
- 1Countries
- 2Operators