Compare trains, coaches, flights and ferries from Chicago to Columbia. From €83.33, fastest 4h 56m, with the total price and every fee shown up front.
Travelling from Chicago to Columbia costs €83.33 at the cheapest and takes 4h 56m door to door at the fastest, across 1 mode and 3 operators. The route covers 1,079 km. Cheapest is by flight, fastest is by flight.
Journey times below are door to door, so they include getting to the terminal and away from it at the other end. Fares are the cheapest we currently sell on 29 September 2026.
| Mode | Door to door | Moving | At the ends | From | CO2 | Per day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flight | 4h 58m | 1h 48m | 3h 10m | €102.21 | 265.4 kg | 16 |
Two journeys we can sell today, with the service number each operator files them under.
Changes at Dayton, with 67 minutes between services and a walk of about 14 minutes.
Door to door 14h 29mCO2 116.2 kgChanges 1Fixed, no changes
Door to door 4h 58mCO2 265.4 kgChanges 0Fixed, no changes
Live from the operators' own published timetables, through the open transit feeds they publish. Times and services are real. Fares are modelled until our booking connectors are live.
Live from the operators' own published timetables, through the open transit feeds they publish. Times and services are real. Fares are modelled until our booking connectors are live.
Live from our own engine, refreshed on every request. The cheapest days for each way of travelling are marked.
| Cheapest fare by mode and day for Chicago to Columbia | Sun13 Sept | Mon14 Sept | Tue15 Sept | Wed16 Sept | Thu17 Sept | Fri18 Sept | Sat19 Sept | Sun20 Sept | Mon21 Sept | Tue22 Sept | Wed23 Sept | Thu24 Sept | Fri25 Sept | Sat26 Sept |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flight | €229.65 | €147.05 | €156.49 | €138.79 | €171.83 | €165.34 | €161.80 | €111.06 | €111.06 | €102.21 | €114.60 | €141.74 | €114.01 | €127.58 |
Cheapest day: 2026-09-29 · €83.33
That is the travelling done. What happens after you walk out into Columbia is not something we sell.
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Book now Fares on this route are lowest around 45 days ahead. You are inside that window.
Median cheapest fare for each weekday, taken across the next three weeks of real prices.
The same journey priced on the fifteenth of each of the next six months.
Direct or connecting, how far the route really runs, and what happens when a connection is missed.
The stations, airports and ports each mode on this corridor actually uses.
Speed, flexibility and what is on board. Nothing here is a rating, because we have not earned one.
| Operator | From |
|---|---|
 Air Wisconsin | €93.95 |
 GoJet Airlines | €94.54 |
| United Airlines | €96.90 |
Every part of the total, so the number at checkout is the number here.
| Part | Amount | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Operator fare | €63.00 | 76% |
| Taxes | €11.34 | 14% |
| Supplier fees | €7.00 | 8% |
| Our service fee | €1.99 | 2% |
| Total you pay | €83.33 | 100% |
The flight gets in hours before any room is ready. Holding a bag is not what we sell.
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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The fastest journey from Chicago to Columbia takes 4h 56m door to door, of which 1h 48m is spent moving, on the flight. Most services take around 5h 3m, because that average includes slower stopping services and journeys with a connection. Times include reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end.
The cheapest fare from Chicago to Columbia is €83.33, checked on 12 September 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €149.12. Both figures are the total for one passenger, including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee, so nothing is added at checkout.
The cheapest way from Chicago to Columbia is by flight, at €102.21 for one passenger on 29 September 2026. That journey takes 4h 58m 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.
Fares from Chicago to Columbia bottom out around 45 days before departure, at €65.63. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the dearest lead time is 250 percent, measured on 12 September 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.
Tuesday is the cheapest day to depart from Chicago to Columbia, at €102.21. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, checked on 12 September 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.
February is the cheapest of the next 6 months to travel from Chicago to Columbia, at €74.48 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.
3 operators sell services from Chicago to Columbia across 1 mode: Air Wisconsin, GoJet Airlines, United 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.
75 percent of the services we sell from Chicago to Columbia are direct. The rest connect at Columbus, Dayton, Charlotte, Knoxville, with about 54 minutes between the two services. Both legs are sold on one booking, so a missed connection is rebooked at no charge.
Services from Chicago to Columbia by flight leave from Chicago MDW and arrive at Columbia CAE. 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.
0 of the 3 operators we sell from Chicago to Columbia 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.
Observed service A carrier record shows this named operator serving this named pair, and we carry that through unchanged.
Schedules, seat counts and fares are generated by our own model until the supplier contracts are signed. Places, coordinates, operators, which operator serves which pair, and every distance are real. We would rather say that on every page than let a modelled number pass for a filed one.
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