Manchester to Chicago flight

Flights from Manchester to Chicago start at €126.40 and take 5h 22m at their fastest.

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The Flights from Manchester to Chicago starts at €126.40 and takes 5h 22m door to door, run by 2 operators over 1,373 km, with around 8 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 60 days before departure.

Checked September 12, 2026Priced for September 30, 2026One passenger, all fees included

  • 5h 22mDoor to door
  • 2h 12mMoving
  • €126.40From
  • 337.8 kgCO2
Real services

The cheapest and the fastest on September 30, 2026

Two journeys we can sell today, with the service number each operator files them under.

Cheapest€114.60
  1. Endeavor Air EA962107:301h 40m09:10Manchester MHTDetroit DTW
  2. PARTA PA286110:405h 40m16:20Greyhound Detroit StationChicago Union Station

Changes at Detroit, with 90 minutes between services and a walk of about 14 minutes.

Door to door 10h 47mCO2 251.0 kgChanges 1Fixed, no changes

Fastest€160.62
  1. United Airlines UA507114:212h 12m16:33Manchester MHTChicago MDW

Door to door 5h 22mCO2 337.8 kgChanges 0Fixed, no changes

Carriers

Airlines

Speed, flexibility and what is on board. Nothing here is a rating, because we have not earned one.

Every operator we sell on this corridor. Speed is the carrier's own typical cruising speed, not the average over this route.
OperatorFromFastest
United Airlines€116.375h 18m
Southwest Airlines€120.505h 19m

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Booking window

When to book Manchester to Chicago

The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.

  1. €129.9490 days
  2. €80.3860 days
  3. €90.4145 days
  4. €95.1330 days
  5. €133.4821 days
  6. €187.7614 days
  7. €211.367 days
  8. €208.413 days
  9. €295.731 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €80.38.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 268 percent. The most expensive point is €295.73, 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.
Day of the week

Which departure day costs least

Median cheapest fare for each weekday, taken across the next three weeks of real prices.

  1. €164.75Sun
  2. €126.40Mon
  3. €137.61Tue
  4. €152.95Wed
  5. €185.99Thu
  6. €151.77Fri
  7. €187.76Sat
Terminals

Where you leave from and where you arrive

The stations, airports and ports each mode on this corridor actually uses.

Manchester

Air
  • MHT

Chicago

Air
  • ORD
  • MDW
The journey

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 1,373 km against 1,333 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 Philadelphia, Cleveland, Detroit, New York City. The gap between arriving and leaving is 50 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
If the connection is missed
The tightest connection we sell here has a 19 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 Manchester at 06:10 and the last at 14:23, across 8 departures. The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.

Questions about Manchester to Chicago

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 Manchester to Chicago take?

The Flight from Manchester to Chicago takes 5h 22m door to door, of which 2h 12m is spent moving. The route runs 1,373 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 Manchester to Chicago cost?

The Flight from Manchester to Chicago starts at €126.40 for one passenger, checked on September 12, 2026. A typical fare is €147.64. 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 Manchester to Chicago?

2 operators run the Flight from Manchester to Chicago: United Airlines, Southwest Airlines. Between them they file around 8 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 Manchester to Chicago use?

The Flight from Manchester to Chicago leaves from Manchester MHT and arrives at Chicago MDW. 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 Manchester to Chicago?

Fares for the Flight from Manchester to Chicago bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €80.38. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 268 percent, measured on September 12, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.

How much CO2 does the Flight from Manchester to Chicago produce?

The Flight from Manchester to Chicago produces about 337.8 kg of CO2 per passenger over 1373 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.

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On this page
Every figure above was computed for Manchester to Chicago on September 12, 2026: 1373 km of route against 1333 km in a straight line, 8 services a day, 2 operators, a cheapest fare of €126.40, and 5h 22m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

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