What is the cheapest airline that flies from Cape Town Intl to Chicago?

Turkish Airlines, Qatar Airways, and Delta are the most popular carriers operating from Cape Town Intl to Chicago

Which airlines fly to Chicago?

United Airlines, KLM and Qatar Airways are the top three most popular airlines that fly to Chicago from Cape Town according to our data. United Airlines is the first choice among our users, with 42% of people opting to fly with this airline when travelling to Chicago. Keep in mind that there are 5 different airlines that fly to Chicago on a routine basis, so you have a few additional options to choose from.

When did momondo last update prices for flights from Cape Town Intl Airport to Chicago?

Prices for flights from Cape Town Intl Airport to Chicago are refreshed on a daily basis.

How many operators does momondo search for flights from Cape Town Intl Airport to Chicago?

There are 5 operators available for flights from Cape Town Intl Airport to Chicago as of November 2026.

How old do you have to be to fly from Cape Town Intl Airport to Chicago?

The minimum age a child must be to fly alone is five but airlines that offer an unaccompanied minor (UNMR) service will have their own age restrictions, including rules around flight length, timings, and stopovers. We always recommend checking with the individual airline you are booking with to travel from Cape Town Intl Airport to Chicago.

What documentation or ID do you need to fly to Chicago?

The travel and health documents you'll need for your trip to Chicago may differ based on your itinerary and personal situation. Typically, you should have several documents on hand, such as a national ID card or driver's licence and a passport that is valid for six months after your intended arrival at Chicago. It is always advisable to seek advice from your airline or a trusted third party, such as IATA.

R9 152 Cheap Flights from Cape Town to Chicago in 2026/27

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17:15 - 18:20CPT Cape Town Intl-ORD Chicago O'Hare Intl

33h 05m1 stop Istanbul

11:45 - 12:05ORD Chicago O'Hare Intl-CPT Cape Town Intl

40h 20m1 stop Istanbul

R17 560Turkish Airlines

Thu, Feb 11 - Mon, Feb 15

12:35 - 14:30CPT Cape Town Intl-ORD Chicago O'Hare Intl

33h 55m1 stop Doha Hamad Intl

18:50 - 10:30ORD Chicago O'Hare Intl-CPT Cape Town Intl

31h 40m1 stop Doha Hamad Intl

R17 659JetBlue

Thu, Feb 11 - Mon, Feb 15

12:35 - 14:30CPT Cape Town Intl-ORD Chicago O'Hare Intl

33h 55m1 stop Doha Hamad Intl

18:50 - 10:30ORD Chicago O'Hare Intl-CPT Cape Town Intl

31h 40m1 stop Doha Hamad Intl

R17 725JetBlue

Thu, Feb 11 - Mon, Feb 15

20:50 - 13:02CPT Cape Town Intl-ORD Chicago O'Hare Intl

24h 12m1 stop Newark

14:30 - 7:40ORD Chicago O'Hare Intl-CPT Cape Town Intl

33h 10m2 stops Newark Munich Franz Josef Strauss

R19 163United Airlines

Wed, Dec 2 - Wed, Dec 9

20:50 - 11:51CPT Cape Town Intl-ORD Chicago O'Hare Intl

23h 01m2 stops Newark Washington, D.C. Reagan-National

14:30 - 7:40ORD Chicago O'Hare Intl-CPT Cape Town Intl

33h 10m2 stops Newark Munich Franz Josef Strauss

R19 163United Airlines

Wed, Dec 2 - Wed, Dec 9

20:50 - 15:29CPT Cape Town Intl-ORD Chicago O'Hare Intl

26h 39m1 stop Newark

16:10 - 7:35ORD Chicago O'Hare Intl-CPT Cape Town Intl

31h 25m1 stop Zurich

R19 691SWISS

Wed, Dec 2 - Wed, Dec 9

20:50 - 22:56CPT Cape Town Intl-MDW Chicago Midway

34h 06m1 stop Atlanta Hartsfield-Jackson

9:58 - 23:35MDW Chicago Midway-CPT Cape Town Intl

29h 37m2 stops Atlanta Hartsfield-Jackson Johannesburg OR Tambo

R20 038Multiple Airlines

Thu, Dec 17 - Thu, Dec 24

20:50 - 13:08CPT Cape Town Intl-ORD Chicago O'Hare Intl

24h 18m2 stops Washington, D.C. Dulles Intl Newark

18:10 - 10:35ORD Chicago O'Hare Intl-CPT Cape Town Intl

32h 25m2 stops Washington, D.C. Dulles Intl Frankfurt am Main

R25 655United Airlines

Fri, Dec 18 - Fri, Dec 25

0:55 - 10:00CPT Cape Town Intl-ORD Chicago O'Hare Intl

41h 05m1 stop Istanbul

20:15 - 23:00ORD Chicago O'Hare Intl-CPT Cape Town Intl

42h 45m1 stop Istanbul

R26 481Turkish Airlines

Sat, Dec 19 - Sun, Dec 27

13:50 - 7:40CPT Cape Town Intl-ORD Chicago O'Hare Intl

25h 50m2 stops Addis Ababa Bole Rome Fiumicino

9:45 - 18:55ORD Chicago O'Hare Intl-CPT Cape Town Intl

25h 10m2 stops Addis Ababa Bole Johannesburg OR Tambo

R29 339Ethiopian Air

Mon, Dec 21 - Mon, Dec 28

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20:50 - 17:05CPT Cape Town Intl-ORD Chicago O'Hare Intl

28h 15m1 stop Atlanta Hartsfield-Jackson

13:30 - 18:35ORD Chicago O'Hare Intl-CPT Cape Town Intl

21h 05m1 stop Atlanta Hartsfield-Jackson

R15 132Virgin Atlantic

Sun, Nov 8 - Mon, Nov 23

21:00 - 22:36CPT Cape Town Intl-ORD Chicago O'Hare Intl

33h 36m2 stops London Heathrow Boston Logan Intl

13:30 - 18:35ORD Chicago O'Hare Intl-CPT Cape Town Intl

21h 05m1 stop Atlanta Hartsfield-Jackson

R15 148Virgin Atlantic

Sun, Nov 8 - Mon, Nov 23

20:50 - 10:39CPT Cape Town Intl-ORD Chicago O'Hare Intl

21h 49m2 stops Atlanta Hartsfield-Jackson Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County

8:45 - 18:35ORD Chicago O'Hare Intl-CPT Cape Town Intl

25h 50m2 stops New York LaGuardia Atlanta Hartsfield-Jackson

R15 925Delta

Sun, Nov 8 - Mon, Nov 23

8:30 - 16:15CPT Cape Town Intl-ORD Chicago O'Hare Intl

39h 45m1 stop Paris Charles de Gaulle

18:25 - 6:25ORD Chicago O'Hare Intl-CPT Cape Town Intl

28h 00m1 stop Paris Charles de Gaulle

R16 255Air France

Sat, Nov 7 - Thu, Jan 21

14:00 - 14:25CPT Cape Town Intl-ORD Chicago O'Hare Intl

32h 25m2 stops Johannesburg OR Tambo Amsterdam Schiphol

18:25 - 6:25ORD Chicago O'Hare Intl-CPT Cape Town Intl

28h 00m1 stop Paris Charles de Gaulle

R16 272Multiple Airlines

Sat, Nov 7 - Thu, Jan 21

20:50 - 14:36CPT Cape Town Intl-ORD Chicago O'Hare Intl

25h 46m2 stops Newark Washington, D.C. Dulles Intl

8:50 - 16:10ORD Chicago O'Hare Intl-CPT Cape Town Intl

23h 20m2 stops New York LaGuardia Washington, D.C. Dulles Intl

R16 866United Airlines

Sat, Nov 7 - Thu, Jan 21

14:20 - 17:20CPT Cape Town Intl-ORD Chicago O'Hare Intl

35h 00m2 stops Nairobi Jomo Kenyatta Intl New York John F Kennedy Intl

10:40 - 13:35ORD Chicago O'Hare Intl-CPT Cape Town Intl

66h 55m3 stops New York John F Kennedy Intl Nairobi Jomo Kenyatta Intl Livingstone

R20 203Multiple Airlines

Sat, Nov 7 - Thu, Jan 21

14:25 - 17:20CPT Cape Town Intl-ORD Chicago O'Hare Intl

34h 55m3 stops Livingstone Nairobi Jomo Kenyatta Intl New York John F Kennedy Intl

6:00 - 13:35ORD Chicago O'Hare Intl-CPT Cape Town Intl

47h 35m3 stops New York John F Kennedy Intl Nairobi Jomo Kenyatta Intl Victoria Falls

R24 184Kenya Airways

Sun, Nov 8 - Mon, Nov 23

5:45 - 7:35CPT Cape Town Intl-ORD Chicago O'Hare Intl

33h 50m2 stops Johannesburg OR Tambo Abu Dhabi Zayed Intl

18:30 - 10:30ORD Chicago O'Hare Intl-CPT Cape Town Intl

32h 00m3 stops Reykjavik Keflavik Intl Dublin Doha Hamad Intl

R26 976Multiple Airlines

Sun, Nov 8 - Mon, Nov 23

16:20 - 18:45CPT Cape Town Intl-ORD Chicago O'Hare Intl

34h 25m3 stops Johannesburg OR Tambo Doha Hamad Intl Atlanta Hartsfield-Jackson

21:00 - 14:35ORD Chicago O'Hare Intl-CPT Cape Town Intl

33h 35m3 stops Dublin Zurich Johannesburg OR Tambo

R33 518Multiple Airlines

Sat, Nov 7 - Thu, Jan 21

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Turkish Airlines flights from Cape Town to Chicago

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Turkish Airlines

Feb 11

CPT17:15Cape Town Intl

33h 05m

1 stop

ORD18:20Chicago O'Hare Intl

Feb 15

ORD11:45Chicago O'Hare Intl

40h 20m

1 stop

CPT12:05Cape Town Intl

R17 560

Turkish Airlines

Dec 19

CPT0:55Cape Town Intl

41h 05m

1 stop

ORD10:00Chicago O'Hare Intl

Dec 27

ORD20:15Chicago O'Hare Intl

42h 45m

1 stop

CPT23:00Cape Town Intl

R26 481

Kenya Airways flights from Cape Town to Chicago

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Kenya Airways

Feb 11

CPT14:25Cape Town Intl

30h 03m

3 stops

ORD12:28Chicago O'Hare Intl

Feb 15

ORD6:20Chicago O'Hare Intl

47h 15m

3 stops

CPT13:35Cape Town Intl

R20 930

Kenya Airways

Feb 11

CPT14:25Cape Town Intl

30h 03m

3 stops

ORD12:28Chicago O'Hare Intl

Feb 15

ORD6:20Chicago O'Hare Intl

47h 15m

3 stops

CPT13:35Cape Town Intl

R20 996

Kenya Airways

Feb 11

CPT14:25Cape Town Intl

30h 03m

3 stops

ORD12:28Chicago O'Hare Intl

Feb 15

ORD6:20Chicago O'Hare Intl

47h 15m

3 stops

CPT13:35Cape Town Intl

R21 013

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CPT Cape Town Intl - ORD Chicago O'Hare Intl

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Thu 11/2

17:15-18:20

1 stop33h 05m

Chicago O'Hare Intl

Mon 15/2

11:45-12:05

1 stop40h 20m

R17 560

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CPT Cape Town Intl - ORD Chicago O'Hare Intl

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Thu 11/2

12:35-14:30

1 stop33h 55m

Chicago O'Hare Intl

Mon 15/2

18:50-10:30

1 stop31h 40m

R17 659

Cape TownChicago

CPT Cape Town Intl - ORD Chicago O'Hare Intl

CPTORD

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Thu 11/2

12:35-14:30

1 stop33h 55m

Chicago O'Hare Intl

Mon 15/2

18:50-10:30

1 stop31h 40m

R17 725

Cape TownChicago

CPT Cape Town Intl - ORD Chicago O'Hare Intl

CPTORD

Cape Town Intl

Wed 2/12

20:50-13:02

1 stop24h 12m

Chicago O'Hare Intl

Wed 9/12

14:30-7:40

2 stops33h 10m

R19 163

Cape TownChicago

CPT Cape Town Intl - ORD Chicago O'Hare Intl

CPTORD

Cape Town Intl

Wed 2/12

20:50-11:51

2 stops23h 01m

Chicago O'Hare Intl

Wed 9/12

14:30-7:40

2 stops33h 10m

R19 163

Cape TownChicago

CPT Cape Town Intl - ORD Chicago O'Hare Intl

CPTORD

Cape Town Intl

Wed 2/12

20:50-15:29

1 stop26h 39m

Chicago O'Hare Intl

Wed 9/12

16:10-7:35

1 stop31h 25m

R19 691

Cape TownChicago

CPT Cape Town Intl - MDW Chicago Midway

CPTMDW

Cape Town Intl

Thu 17/12

20:50-22:56

1 stop34h 06m

Chicago Midway

Thu 24/12

9:58-23:35

2 stops29h 37m

R20 038

Cape TownChicago

CPT Cape Town Intl - ORD Chicago O'Hare Intl

CPTORD

Cape Town Intl

Fri 18/12

20:50-13:08

2 stops24h 18m

Chicago O'Hare Intl

Fri 25/12

18:10-10:35

2 stops32h 25m

R25 655

Cape TownChicago

CPT Cape Town Intl - ORD Chicago O'Hare Intl

CPTORD

Cape Town Intl

Sat 19/12

0:55-10:00

1 stop41h 05m

Chicago O'Hare Intl

Sun 27/12

20:15-23:00

1 stop42h 45m

R26 481

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Cape TownChicago

CPT Cape Town Intl - ORD Chicago O'Hare Intl

CPTORD

Cape Town Intl

Mon 21/12

13:50-7:40

2 stops25h 50m

Chicago O'Hare Intl

Mon 28/12

9:45-18:55

2 stops25h 10m

R29 339

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What is the typical price of a round-trip flight between Cape Town and Chicago?

Prices are currently typical for flights on this route.

Typical prices usually range from R15 991 to R20 699.
The lowest price recently found on this route was R17 511.

What is the cheapest month to fly to Chicago?

The month of October is, on average, the cheapest month to fly to Chicago from Cape Town, with most prices found around R16 767. If you are unable to visit Chicago during the month of October, then departing from Cape Town during the month September is also very affordable. Most momondo users find prices during this month for around R16 784.

Can stopping save me money on Cape Town to Chicago flights?

You could potentially save up to 5% on your flight if you consider stops on a Cape Town to Chicago flight.

How have Cape Town to Chicago flight prices changed over time?

As of November 2026, prices for Cape Town to Chicago flights are approximately 16% cheaper when compared to flights at the same time last year.

When to book flights from Cape Town to Chicago

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Best price found	R9 152
Fastest flight time	20h 50m
Direct flights	None

The best one-way flight to Chicago from Cape Town in the past 72 hours is R9 152. The best return flight deal from Cape Town to Chicago found on momondo in the last 72 hours is R17 560.

The fastest flight from Cape Town to Chicago takes 20h 50m

There are no direct flights from Cape Town to Chicago. There are no popular flight routes from Cape Town to Chicago.

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Frequently asked questions about flying from Cape Town to Chicago

How far is Cape Town Intl to Chicago by plane?
Chicago is 13659,5 km away from Cape Town Intl. A reasonable flight in good conditions will take 20h 50m.
When did momondo last update prices for flights from Cape Town Intl Airport to Chicago?
Prices for flights from Cape Town Intl Airport to Chicago are refreshed on a daily basis.
How many operators does momondo search for flights from Cape Town Intl Airport to Chicago?
There are 5 operators available for flights from Cape Town Intl Airport to Chicago as of November 2026.
How old do you have to be to fly from Cape Town Intl Airport to Chicago?
The minimum age a child must be to fly alone is five but airlines that offer an unaccompanied minor (UNMR) service will have their own age restrictions, including rules around flight length, timings, and stopovers. We always recommend checking with the individual airline you are booking with to travel from Cape Town Intl Airport to Chicago.
What documentation or ID do you need to fly to Chicago?
The travel and health documents you'll need for your trip to Chicago may differ based on your itinerary and personal situation. Typically, you should have several documents on hand, such as a national ID card or driver's licence and a passport that is valid for six months after your intended arrival at Chicago. It is always advisable to seek advice from your airline or a trusted third party, such as IATA.
What is the most popular airline from Cape Town to Chicago?
momondo data reveals that the most frequently booked airline on the route from Cape Town to Chicago is United Airlines, representing 39% of all bookings. The subsequent popular airlines are KLM at 18%, Qatar Airways at 16%, and Ethiopian Air at 14%.

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Ethiopian Air	PriceFrom R5 706	Free Cancellation	Rating 7,2 1 046 reviews	Search Ethiopian Air flights
United Airlines	PriceFrom R15 439	Free Cancellation	Rating 7,3 10 472 reviews	Search United Airlines flights
Turkish Airlines	PriceFrom R15 439	Free Cancellation	Rating 7,4 4 469 reviews	Search Turkish Airlines flights
KLM	PriceFrom R16 729	Free Cancellation	Rating 7,8 1 594 reviews	Search KLM flights
Qatar Airways	PriceFrom R18 391	Free Cancellation	Rating 7,4 3 711 reviews	Search Qatar Airways flights

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