Flights from Chicago to Riverside start at €251.47 and take 7h 57m at their fastest.
Fares and seats move by the day. Price Chicago to Riverside on the date you actually want, rather than on the date this page was built.
The Flights from Chicago to Riverside starts at €251.47 and takes 7h 57m door to door, run by 2 operators over 2,927 km, with around 1 departure a day. Fares bottom out about 60 days before departure.
First and last are taken from the services we sell on October 12, 2026. The return direction keeps its own timetable and is not these times reversed.
€298.67 to €838.53 for one passenger across the 14 departure dates priced here. The low end is one day, not every day. Typical for this corridor. The operator sets the price on the day.
What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.
Typical fares
Based on what this route has cost recently. The live fare is confirmed when you book.
American Airlines AA624407:304h 1m09:31Chicago O'Hare International Airport ORDJohn Wayne Orange County International Airport SNA
Amtrak California AC487811:0030m11:30Santa Ana Regional Transportation CenterRiverside stationChanges at Santa Ana, with 89 minutes between services and a walk of about 14 minutes.
Door to door 7h 57mCO2 601.7 kgChanges 1Fixed, no changes
| Operator | Typical speed | Flexibility | On board |
|---|---|---|---|
| American Airlines | 740 km/h | Fixed fare | Not published |
| Amtrak California | 140 km/h | Refundable | Power outlets, Wi-Fi |
The flight gets you into Riverside. These two partners take it from there, and the bed is theirs to book.
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Median cheapest fare for each weekday, taken across the next three weeks of real prices.
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The Flight from Chicago to Riverside takes 7h 57m door to door, of which 4h 31m is spent moving. The route runs 2,927 km. The difference between the two times is reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end, which every time on this page includes.
The Flight from Chicago to Riverside starts at €251.47 for one passenger, as of September 22, 2026. A typical fare is €251.47. Both are the total including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee, so the price here is the price at checkout.
2 operators run the Flight from Chicago to Riverside: American Airlines, Amtrak California. Between them they file around 1 departure a day. The operator table on this page compares them on fare, journey time, cruising speed, fare conditions and what is provided on board.
The Flight from Chicago to Riverside leaves from Chicago O'Hare International Airport ORD and arrives at Riverside station. Allow about 1h 57m for reaching the departure terminal and leaving the arrival one. That time is already inside every door to door figure quoted on this page.
Fares for the Flight from Chicago to Riverside bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €243.21. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 174 percent, measured on September 22, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
The Flight from Chicago to Riverside produces about 601.7 kg of CO2 per passenger over 2927 km, which works out at roughly 206 grams per passenger kilometer. That figure is for the whole journey and for one traveler, not for the vehicle.
Operators on the Flight from Chicago to Riverside publish Power outlets, Wi-Fi. That is what 2 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 7h 57m door to door. Where a carrier publishes nothing, this page lists nothing for it.
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 names this operator on this pair, carried through unchanged.
Prices come from the supplier wherever we hold a live quote. Elsewhere we show an indicative price built from the real distance, the real operator and a fare curve over lead time, day of the week and season. Those are labeled Estimated fare and cannot be booked.
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7h 57m
4h 31m
€298.67 to €838.53
07:30 to 07:30
1
601.7 kg
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