Chicago to Moline

Compare trains, buses, flights and ferries from Chicago to Moline. From €31.41, fastest 3h 54m, with the total price and every fee shown up front.

Traveling from Chicago to Moline costs €31.41 at the cheapest and takes 3h 54m door to door at the fastest, across 1 mode and 5 operators. The route covers 248 km. Cheapest is by Flight, fastest is by Flight.

Checked September 9, 2026Priced for September 22, 2026One passenger, all fees included

At a glance

Distance
248 km
Fastest
3h 54m
Average
3h 55m
Services per day
40
Cheapest
€31.41
CO2 per passenger
61.0 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 54m44m3h 10m€31.4161.0 kg40
  • 3h 54mFastest, by Flight
  • €31.41Cheapest, by Flight
  • 61.0 kgLowest CO2, by Flight
  • 248 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. GoJet Airlines GJ949718:4844m19:32Chicago ORDMoline MLI

Door to door 3h 54mCO2 61.0 kgChanges 0Fixed, no changes

Fastest€33.18
  1. American Airlines AA616910:1344m10:57Chicago MDWMoline MLI

Door to door 3h 54mCO2 61.0 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 Moline
Cheapest fare by mode and day for Chicago to MolineThuSep 10FriSep 11SatSep 12SunSep 13MonSep 14TueSep 15WedSep 16ThuSep 17FriSep 18SatSep 19SunSep 20MonSep 21TueSep 22WedSep 23
Flight€63.86€53.24€54.42€42.03€37.31€36.72€39.08€39.67€37.31€37.90€36.13€32.00€31.41€33.18

Cheapest day: 2026-09-22 · €31.41

Moline sits on the water, which usually settles which side of town you want to wake up on. Rooms are not ours to sell.

A hotel room

Rooms within reach of Moline

Hotels and apartments near downtown, most of them with free cancellation, on a map that shows what is walkable.

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Booking window

When to book Chicago to Moline

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

  1. €31.4190 days
  2. €31.4160 days
  3. €31.4145 days
  4. €31.4130 days
  5. €31.4121 days
  6. €33.1814 days
  7. €39.087 days
  8. €54.423 days
  9. €63.861 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 90 days ahead, at €31.41.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 103 percent. The most expensive point is €63.86, 1 days out.
What that means
Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 90 days before departure. Waiting from here has usually cost money on this corridor rather than saved it.
€63.86€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. €36.13Sun
  2. €32.00Mon
  3. €31.41Tue
  4. €33.18Wed
  5. €39.67Thu
  6. €37.31Fri
  7. €37.90Sat
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. €36.72Sep
  2. €31.41Oct
  3. €31.41Nov
  4. €31.41Dec
  5. €31.41Jan
  6. €31.41Feb

The route

ChicagoChicagoMolineMoline
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 248 km against 241 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 40 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

Moline

Rail
  • Moline
Bus
  • Centre Station
  • SouthPark Mall
Air
  • MLI
Ferry
  • Riverbend Commons Ferry Terminal
  • John Deere Commons Ferry Terminal
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 Moline well before then. Lockers are not something we run.

Left luggage lockers

Somewhere to drop the bags in Moline?

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 Moline

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 Moline?

The fastest journey from Chicago to Moline takes 3h 54m door to door, of which 44m is spent moving, on the Flight. Most services take around 3h 55m, 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 Moline?

The cheapest fare from Chicago to Moline is €31.41, checked on September 22, 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €41.74. 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 Moline?

The cheapest way from Chicago to Moline is by Flight, at €31.41 for one passenger on September 22, 2026. That journey takes 3h 54m 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 Moline?

Fares from Chicago to Moline bottom out around 90 days before departure, at €31.41. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the most expensive lead time is 103 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 Moline?

Tuesday is the cheapest day to depart from Chicago to Moline, at €31.41. 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 Moline?

October is the cheapest of the next 6 months to travel from Chicago to Moline, 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 Moline?

5 operators sell services from Chicago to Moline across 1 modes: Air Wisconsin, American Airlines, 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 Moline?

Every service we sell from Chicago to Moline is direct, with around 40 departures a day and a fastest journey of 3h 54m 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 Moline use?

Services from Chicago to Moline by Flight leave from Chicago MDW and arrive at Moline MLI. 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 Moline?

0 of the 5 operators we sell from Chicago to Moline 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 Moline on September 9, 2026: 248 km of route against 241 km in a straight line, 40 services a day, 5 operators, a cheapest fare of €31.41, and 3h 54m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

Plenty of what is worth seeing sits outside Moline and elsewhere in United States. None of it is ours to sell.

A guided tour group

What to book in Moline before you go

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

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