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Chicago to Appleton

Compare trains, buses, flights and ferries from Chicago to Appleton. From €31.41, fastest 3h 56m, with the total price and every fee shown up front.

Traveling from Chicago to Appleton costs €31.41 at the cheapest and takes 3h 56m door to door at the fastest, across 1 mode and 4 operators. The route covers 284 km. Cheapest is by Flight, fastest is by Flight.

Checked September 7, 2026Priced for September 22, 2026One passenger, all fees included

At a glance

Distance
284 km
Fastest
3h 56m
Average
3h 58m
Services per day
32
Cheapest
€31.41
CO2 per passenger
69.9 kg
Door to door

Every way to make this journey

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 September 22, 2026.

Door to door means the whole journey, including reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end. Fares are the cheapest sold on each mode.
ModeDoor to doorMovingAt the endsFromCO2Per day
Flight3h 56m46m3h 10m€34.3669.9 kg32
  • 3h 56mFastest, by Flight
  • €34.36Cheapest, by Flight
  • 69.9 kgLowest CO2, by Flight
  • 284 kmDistance traveled
Real services

The cheapest and the fastest on September 22, 2026

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

Cheapest€31.41
  1. SkyWest SW555408:3448m09:22Chicago MDWAppleton ATW

Door to door 3h 58mCO2 69.9 kgChanges 0Fixed, no changes

Fastest€31.41
  1. SkyWest SW918110:4746m11:33Chicago MDWAppleton ATW

Door to door 3h 56mCO2 69.9 kgChanges 0Fixed, no changes

Today's real departures

Live from the operators' own published timetables, through the open transit feeds they publish. Times and services are real. Fares are modeled until our booking connectors are live.

No live timetable for this trip yet.

Live from the operators' own published timetables, through the open transit feeds they publish. Times and services are real. Fares are modeled until our booking connectors are live.

Prices over the next three weeks

Live from our own engine, refreshed on every request. The cheapest days for each way of traveling are marked.

Cheapest fare by mode and day for Chicago to Appleton
Cheapest fare by mode and day for Chicago to AppletonTueSep 8WedSep 9ThuSep 10FriSep 11SatSep 12SunSep 13MonSep 14TueSep 15WedSep 16ThuSep 17FriSep 18SatSep 19SunSep 20MonSep 21
Flight€55.60€51.47€62.68€49.11€50.29€47.93€41.44€34.36€37.31€43.80€41.44€42.62€40.26€35.54

Cheapest day: 2026-09-22 · €31.41

Appleton is small enough to walk across, so almost anywhere downtown works. We still do not sell the room.

A hotel room

Where to stay in Appleton

Filter by neighborhood and by nightly price, and the map tells you what is a walk and what is a cab.

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Booking window

When to book Chicago to Appleton

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

  1. €33.1890 days
  2. €31.4160 days
  3. €32.0045 days
  4. €31.4130 days
  5. €31.4121 days
  6. €35.5414 days
  7. €41.447 days
  8. €62.683 days
  9. €55.601 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €31.41.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 100 percent. The most expensive point is €62.68, 3 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.
€62.68€31.411371421304560

Book now Fares on this route are lowest around 21 days ahead. You are inside that window.

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. €40.26Sun
  2. €35.54Mon
  3. €34.36Tue
  4. €37.31Wed
  5. €43.80Thu
  6. €41.44Fri
  7. €42.62Sat
Across the year

How the fare moves month by month

The same journey priced on the fifteenth of each of the next six months.

  1. €34.36Sep
  2. €32.00Oct
  3. €31.41Nov
  4. €31.41Dec
  5. €31.41Jan
  6. €31.41Feb

The route

ChicagoChicagoAppletonAppleton
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.

How far it really runs
The route covers 284 km against 275 km in a straight line, a detour of 3 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
First and last departure
The first service of the day leaves Chicago at 06:09 and the last at 20:46, across 32 departures. The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.
Terminals

Where you leave from and where you arrive

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

Chicago

Rail
  • Chicago Union Station
  • Chicago Ridge
  • Chicago station
Bus
  • Chicago Union Station
  • Chicago & Austin Terminal
Air
  • ORD
  • MDW
Ferry
  • Chicago Avenue
  • Chicago Riverwalk

Appleton

Bus
  • Appleton Transit Center
Air
  • ATW
Carriers

Who runs this route

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

The price

What the fare is made of

Every part of the total, so the number at checkout is the number here.

The cheapest Flight fare we sell on 2026-09-22, broken into its parts. Nothing is added after this.
PartAmountShare
Operator fare€19.0060%
Taxes€3.4211%
Supplier fees€7.0022%
Our service fee€1.996%
Total you pay€31.41100%

Check-in is at three and you will be in Appleton well before then. Lockers are not something we run.

Left luggage lockers

Somewhere to drop the bags in Appleton?

Priced by the bag and by the day, booked before you get there, and insured while it sits.

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Questions about Chicago to Appleton

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 it take to get from Chicago to Appleton?

The fastest journey from Chicago to Appleton takes 3h 56m door to door, of which 46m is spent moving, on the Flight. Most services take around 3h 58m, 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 Appleton?

The cheapest fare from Chicago to Appleton is €31.41, checked on September 22, 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €46.75. 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 Appleton?

The cheapest way from Chicago to Appleton is by Flight, at €34.36 for one passenger on September 22, 2026. That journey takes 3h 56m 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 Appleton?

Fares from Chicago to Appleton bottom out around 60 days before departure, at €31.41. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the most expensive lead time is 100 percent, measured on September 22, 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.

Which day of the week is cheapest for Chicago to Appleton?

Tuesday is the cheapest day to depart from Chicago to Appleton, at €34.36. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, checked on September 22, 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 Appleton?

November is the cheapest of the next 6 months to travel from Chicago to Appleton, at €31.41 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 service from Chicago to Appleton?

4 operators sell services from Chicago to Appleton across 1 modes: Air Wisconsin, GoJet Airlines, SkyWest, 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.

Is there a direct service from Chicago to Appleton?

Every service we sell from Chicago to Appleton is direct, with around 32 departures a day and a fastest journey of 3h 56m door to door. No connection is needed, so there is no missed connection risk to plan around on this corridor.

Which station or terminal do services from Chicago to Appleton use?

Services from Chicago to Appleton by Flight leave from Chicago MDW and arrive at Appleton ATW. 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 Appleton?

0 of the 4 operators we sell from Chicago to Appleton 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

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, Distances

On this page
Every figure above was computed for Chicago to Appleton on September 7, 2026: 284 km of route against 275 km in a straight line, 32 services a day, 4 operators, a cheapest fare of €31.41, and 3h 56m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

The flight is the simple part. What you do once you are in Appleton is somebody else's catalog.

A guided tour group

Things to do in Appleton

Day trips that leave Appleton in the morning and cover a good part of United States by evening.

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