Chicago to Colorado Springs

Compare trains, buses, flights and ferries from Chicago to Colorado Springs. From €119.32, fastest 5h 30m, with the total price and every fee shown up front.

Chicago to Colorado Springs runs about 17 times a day, with the first departure around 06:10 and the last around 19:27. One passenger pays between €119.32 and €140.56, every fee included, depending on the operator and the way you travel. The fastest door to door is 5h 30m over 1,535 km, on services run by 3 operators across 1 mode.

Checked September 18, 2026Priced for October 5, 2026One passenger, all fees included

What one seat costs

The spread between the cheapest and dearest typical fare on this corridor, across 3 operators and 1 way of making the journey. The operator sets the price on the day.

Typical fares · Priced for October 5, 2026

€119.32 to €140.56

  • 267%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.

  • 06:10First departure
  • 19:27Last departure
  • 17Services per day
  • 88%Run direct

Fares by date

What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.

Typical fares

  1. about €349.42Sat19
  2. about €262.69Sun20
  3. about €248.53Mon21
  4. about €181.86Tue22
  5. about €200.15Wed23
  6. about €242.04Thu24
  7. about €229.65Fri25
  8. about €189.53Sat26
  9. about €180.68Sun27
  10. about €157.07Mon28
  11. about €150.00Tue29
  12. about €156.49Wed30
  13. about €199.56Thu1
  14. about €173.60Fri2
  15. about €144.69Sat3
  16. about €134.66Sun4
  17. about €119.32Mon5
  18. about €124.63Tue6
  19. about €122.86Wed7
  20. about €154.13Thu8
  21. about €142.92Fri9

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 Colorado Springs. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.

A hotel room

A room in Colorado Springs for the night the flight gets in

Sort by distance from Manitou Depot and you can see which places are ten minutes on foot and which are not.

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Booking window

When to book Chicago to Colorado Springs

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

  1. €163.5790 days
  2. €95.1360 days
  3. €98.6745 days
  4. €117.5530 days
  5. €142.9221 days
  6. €173.6014 days
  7. €229.657 days
  8. €248.533 days
  9. €349.421 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €95.13.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 267 percent. The most expensive point is €349.42, 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.
€349.42€95.13137142130456090

Book now Fares on this route are lowest around 60 days ahead. You are inside that window.

This corridor, specifically

Facts that apply to Chicago to Colorado Springs and to no other route on the site.

Clocks

1 hours behind on arrival. You land earlier than the journey suggests.

The shape of it

1,535 km

1,491 km as the crow flies, 3% further by the route services take. The bearing runs west.

Who lives at each end

2,664,452456,568

Population at the departure city and at the arrival city, which is usually what decides how often anything runs.

How we know

0/2

2 of these connections were inferred from service-area overlap rather than observed in a timetable. We would rather say so.

The route

ChicagoChicagoColorado SpringsColorado Springs
The journey

What the journey looks like

Direct or connecting, how far the route really runs, and what happens when a connection is missed.

Direct or connecting
88% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 12% involve one connection.
How far it really runs
The route covers 1,535 km against 1,491 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 Denver, Dallas. The gap between arriving and leaving is 80 minutes, of which about 14 is walking.
If the connection is missed
The tightest connection we sell here has a 12 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.

Who runs this route

The flight gets in hours before any room is ready. Holding a bag is not what we sell.

Left luggage lockers

Baggage storage near Manitou Depot

Most of the points near Manitou Depot open before the first train and close after the last one.

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Questions about Chicago to Colorado Springs

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 Colorado Springs?

The fastest journey from Chicago to Colorado Springs takes 5h 30m door to door, of which 2h 21m is spent moving, on the flight. Most services take around 5h 40m, 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 Colorado Springs?

The cheapest fare from Chicago to Colorado Springs is €119.32, as of September 18, 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €201.92. 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 Colorado Springs?

The cheapest way from Chicago to Colorado Springs is by flight, at €119.32 for one passenger on October 5, 2026. That journey takes 5h 31m 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 Colorado Springs?

Fares from Chicago to Colorado Springs bottom out around 60 days before departure, at €95.13. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the most expensive lead time is 267 percent, measured on September 18, 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.

Which day of the week is cheapest for Chicago to Colorado Springs?

Tuesday is the cheapest day to depart from Chicago to Colorado Springs, at €150.00. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, as of September 18, 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 Colorado Springs?

February is the cheapest of the next 5 months to travel from Chicago to Colorado Springs, at €99.26 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 Colorado Springs?

No operator record names Chicago to Colorado Springs directly. SkyWest, Southwest Airlines, United Airlines publish service areas covering both ends and may serve it, so we list them as possible operators rather than confirmed ones.

Is there a direct service from Chicago to Colorado Springs?

88 percent of the services we sell from Chicago to Colorado Springs are direct. The rest connect at Denver, Dallas, with about 80 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 Colorado Springs use?

Services from Chicago to Colorado Springs by flight leave from Chicago ORD and arrive at Colorado Springs COS. 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 Colorado Springs?

0 of the 3 operators we sell from Chicago to Colorado Springs 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.

Derived from service area No carrier record names this exact pair. The operators listed publish a service area covering both places at a distance their mode plausibly carries people, which is evidence that the corridor is served and not evidence of a specific service. Pages state which, because presenting the two as the same thing would be dishonest.

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 Colorado Springs on September 18, 2026: 1535 km of route against 1491 km in a straight line, 17 services a day, 3 operators a cheapest fare of €119.32, and 5h 30m 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 Colorado Springs is somebody else's catalog.

A guided tour group

Day trips out of Colorado Springs and across United States

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

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The two ends, compared

Chicago reaches 268 places in 41 countries on services we hold, over distances from 41 to 12,539 km. Colorado Springs reaches 18 places in 1 countries, from 99 to 2,381 km.

Other ways to make this journey

Leaving Chicago

  • 268Places you can leave for
  • 41Countries
  • 77Operators

Arriving in Colorado Springs

Leaving Colorado Springs

  • 18Places you can leave for
  • 1Countries
  • 12Operators

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