Cheap flights from Chicago to Manchester from $249

The cheapest month to fly to Manchester from Chicago is in January. Flight prices, which tend to average around $619, are often lower during this time because this is during the off-season. If you don’t want to visit Manchester in January, then you should wait until February to fly from Chicago, when ticket prices are also cheap, with an average price of $670.

You are more likely to see cheaper flights to Manchester from Chicago when booking weeks ahead of your departure date. In general, you can expect to find flights to Manchester for around $844 when searching weeks out. However, flight prices might be lower outside of this timeframe. For example, people recently found flights to Manchester from Chicago for as low as $703 on momondo.

You could potentially save up to 52% on your flight if you consider stops on a Chicago to Manchester flight.

As of August 2026, prices for Chicago to Manchester flights are approximately 18% cheaper when compared to flights at the same time last year.

Icelandair, British Airways, and Virgin Atlantic are the most popular carriers operating from Chicago to Manchester

Aer Lingus, Icelandair and British Airways are the top three most popular airlines that fly to Manchester from Chicago according to our data. Aer Lingus is the first choice among our users, with 53% of people opting to fly with this airline when traveling to Manchester. Keep in mind that there are 10 different airlines that fly to Manchester on a routine basis, so you have a few additional options to choose from.

London (LHR) was the most common stop: 26% of momondo users choosing 1-stop flights on this route connected there.

Flights via Reykjavik (KEF) offer the lowest average round-trip price of $670.

Flights connecting via Reykjavik (KEF) have the shortest average one-way travel time: 10h 15m.

Zurich (ZRH) has the shortest average layover time for this route: 1h 05m.