Chicago to Reykjavik runs about 8 times a day, with the first departure around 06:08 and the last around 14:53. One passenger pays between €365.94 and €395.44, every fee included, depending on the operator and the way you travel. The fastest door to door is 9h 43m over 4,901 km, on services run by 2 operators across 1 mode.
What one seat costs
The spread between the cheapest and dearest typical fare on this corridor, across 2 operators and 1 way of making the journey. The operator sets the price on the day.
Typical fares
€365.94 to €395.44
- 129%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.
- 06:08First departure
- 14:53Last departure
- 8Services per day
- 50%Run direct
Fares by date
What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.
Typical fares
- about €836.17Wed16
- about €1,016.71Thu17
- about €839.71Fri18
- about €725.25Sat19
- about €688.67Sun20
- about €643.83Mon21
- about €460.34Tue22
- about €557.69Wed23
- about €692.21Thu24
- about €561.23Fri25
- about €591.91Sat26
- about €616.10Sun27
- about €480.99Mon28
- about €395.44Tue29
- about €413.73Wed30
- about €512.26Thu1
- about €445.00Fri2
- about €535.86Sat3
- about €467.42Sun4
- about €404.88Mon5
- about €365.94Tue6
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 Reykjavik. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
A room in Reykjavik for the night the flight gets in
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When to book Chicago to Reykjavik
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €405.4790 days
- €378.9260 days
- €417.2745 days
- €425.5330 days
- €365.9421 days
- €395.4414 days
- €460.347 days
- €839.713 days
- €836.171 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 21 days ahead, at €365.94.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 129 percent. The dearest point is €839.71, 3 days out.
- What that means
- Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 21 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 21 days ahead. You are inside that window.
This corridor, specifically
Facts that apply to Chicago to Reykjavik and to no other route on the site.
Clocks
5 hours ahead on arrival. The clock moves even though you do not.
The shape of it
4,901 km
4,759 km as the crow flies, 3% further by the route services actually take. The bearing runs north-east.
Who lives at each end
2,664,452 → 118,918
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
- 50% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 50% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 4,901 km against 4,759 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 Boston, Toronto, Pittsburgh, Cincinnati. The gap between arriving and leaving is 51 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 18 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.
The fare from KEF into Reykjavik is the one price on this journey we cannot show you, because it is not ours.
A car waiting when you land in Reykjavik
Settled in advance, so the ride into Reykjavik costs what it said it would rather than what the rank says.
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Who runs this route
Reykjavik is small enough to see in an afternoon, which is easier without the luggage. Storing it is not our business.
Left luggage near Reykjavik BSI
Most of the points near Reykjavik BSI open before the first train and shut after the last one.
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Questions about Chicago to Reykjavik
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 Reykjavik?
The fastest journey from Chicago to Reykjavik takes 9h 43m door to door, of which 6h 34m is spent moving, on the flight. Most services take around 10h 15m, 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 Reykjavik?
The cheapest fare from Chicago to Reykjavik is €365.94, as of 15 September 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €620.53. 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 Reykjavik?
The cheapest way from Chicago to Reykjavik is by flight, at €395.44 for one passenger on 6 October 2026. That journey takes 9h 44m 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 Reykjavik?
Fares from Chicago to Reykjavik bottom out around 21 days before departure, at €365.94. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the dearest lead time is 129 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 Reykjavik?
Tuesday is the cheapest day to depart from Chicago to Reykjavik, at €395.44. 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 Reykjavik?
February is the cheapest of the next 5 months to travel from Chicago to Reykjavik, at €352.37 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 Reykjavik?
2 operators sell services from Chicago to Reykjavik across 1 mode: European Air Transport, Icelandair. 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 Reykjavik?
50 percent of the services we sell from Chicago to Reykjavik are direct. The rest connect at Boston, Toronto, Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, with about 51 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 Reykjavik use?
Services from Chicago to Reykjavik by flight leave from Chicago MDW and arrive at Reykjavík KEF. 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 Reykjavik?
0 of the 2 operators we sell from Chicago to Reykjavik 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 Reykjavik on 15 September 2026: 4901 km of route against 4759 km in a straight line, 8 services a day, 2 operators a cheapest fare of €365.94, and 9h 43m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
Being on the water gives Reykjavik a set of days out that do not start at a station. We do not sell those either.
Day trips out of Reykjavik and across Iceland
Day trips that leave Reykjavik in the morning and cover a good part of Iceland 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. Reykjavik reaches 78 places in 26 countries, from 249 to 6,027 km.
Other ways to make this journey
Leaving Chicago
- 266Places you can leave for
- 40Countries
- 77Operators
Arriving in Reykjavik
Leaving Reykjavik
- 78Places you can leave for
- 26Countries
- 31Operators