Cheapest€236.14
- American Airlines AA713218:124h 14m22:26Chicago MDWVancouver YVR
Door to door 7h 24mCO2 722.7 kgChanges 0Fixed, no changes
Chicago to Vancouver flight
Flights from Chicago to Vancouver start at €278.62 and take 7h 18m at their fastest.
The Flights from Chicago to Vancouver starts at €278.62 and takes 7h 18m door to door, run by 4 operators over 2,938 km, with around 20 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 60 days before departure.
- 7h 18mDoor to door
- 4h 8mMoving
- €278.62From
- 722.7 kgCO2
The cheapest and the fastest on September 28, 2026
Two journeys we can sell today, with the service number each operator files them under.
Fastest€307.53
- American Airlines AA916510:384h 8m14:46Chicago MDWVancouver YVR
Door to door 7h 18mCO2 722.7 kgChanges 0Fixed, no changes
Lowest CO2€259.74
- American Airlines AA505807:304h 30m12:00Chicago ORDSeattle BFI
- Amtrak A454513:411h 26m15:07Seattle King StreetVancouver Pacific Central
Changes at Seattle, with 101 minutes between services and a walk of about 14 minutes.
Door to door 9h 34mCO2 712.8 kgChanges 1Fixed, no changes
Airlines
Speed, flexibility and what is on board. Nothing here is a rating, because we have not earned one.
| Operator | From | Fastest |
|---|---|---|
 American Airlines | €236.14 | 7h 16m |
 Air Canada | €236.73 | 7h 16m |
 Air Canada Jazz | €242.04 | 7h 16m |
| United Airlines | €247.35 | 7h 17m |
The trip ends at Vancouver Pacific Central. Everything past the gates belongs to somebody else, the rooms included.
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When to book Chicago to Vancouver
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €296.9190 days
- €186.5860 days
- €188.9445 days
- €226.7030 days
- €265.0521 days
- €343.5214 days
- €433.797 days
- €431.433 days
- €621.411 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €186.58.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 233 percent. The most expensive point is €621.41, 1 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.
Which departure day costs least
Median cheapest fare for each weekday, taken across the next three weeks of real prices.
- €322.87Sun
- €278.62Mon
- €279.21Tue
- €301.63Wed
- €377.74Thu
- €343.52Fri
- €359.45Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
The stations, airports and ports each mode on this corridor actually uses.
Chicago
Air
- ORD
- MDW
Vancouver
Air
- YVR
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
- 80% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 20% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 2,938 km against 2,852 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 Minneapolis, Winnipeg, Calgary, Seattle. The gap between arriving and leaving is 92 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.
- First and last departure
- The first service of the day leaves Chicago at 06:25 and the last at 18:39, across 20 departures. The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.
Questions about Chicago to Vancouver
The questions people actually ask about this trip, 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 the Flight from Chicago to Vancouver take?
The Flight from Chicago to Vancouver takes 7h 18m door to door, of which 4h 8m is spent moving. The route runs 2,938 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.
How much does the Flight from Chicago to Vancouver cost?
The Flight from Chicago to Vancouver starts at €278.62 for one passenger, checked on September 28, 2026. A typical fare is €281.28. Both are the total including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee, so the price here is the price at checkout.
Who runs the Flight from Chicago to Vancouver?
4 operators run the Flight from Chicago to Vancouver: American Airlines, Air Canada, Air Canada Jazz, United Airlines. Between them they file around 20 departures a day. The operator table on this page compares them on fare, journey time, cruising speed, fare conditions and what is provided on board.
Which terminal does the Flight from Chicago to Vancouver use?
The Flight from Chicago to Vancouver leaves from Chicago MDW and arrives at Vancouver YVR. Allow about 3h 10m for reaching the departure terminal and leaving the arrival one. That time is already inside every door to door figure quoted on this page.
When should I book the Flight from Chicago to Vancouver?
Fares for the Flight from Chicago to Vancouver bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €186.58. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 233 percent, measured on September 28, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Flight from Chicago to Vancouver produce?
The Flight from Chicago to Vancouver produces about 722.7 kg of CO2 per passenger over 2938 km, which works out at roughly 246 grams per passenger kilometer. That figure is for the whole journey and for one traveler, not for the vehicle.
Where these numbers come from
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 modeled number pass for a filed one.
Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon
- On this page
- Every figure above was computed for Chicago to Vancouver on September 11, 2026: 2938 km of route against 2852 km in a straight line, 20 services a day, 4 operators, a cheapest fare of €278.62, and 7h 18m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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