Direct Flights from Chicago to Sacramento
Sacramento · California
Nonstop service from ORD and MDW to SMF on American, Southwest, United. Here's the schedule at a glance — plus what to do once you land.
Which airports fly this route
Chicago has 2 airports with nonstop service to Sacramento. Fares differ by airport — each row opens that exact search on Kayak.
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- Find flights ↗ORDSMFChicago O'Hare International
- Find flights ↗MDWSMFChicago Midway International
How rare is this nonstop?
37 cities have a nonstop to Sacramento, Chicago among them.
How long to go to Sacramento for, from Chicago
4h 5m in the air, 1,777 miles. A two-night trip loses most of two days to travel; three or four nights is where this one starts to make sense.
With roughly 5 departures a day, you are not tied to one flight: if a meeting overruns or the weather turns, there is another one behind it.
About Sacramento
Sacramento is the state capital of California in the United States. It is the regional center for the Greater Sacramento metropolitan area, which dominates much of the surrounding Sacramento Valley and stretches into parts of Gold Country.
Summary from Wikivoyage (CC BY-SA).
Top things to do in Sacramento
- The Crocker Art Museum is the oldest art museum in the Western United States, located in Sacramento, California. Founded in 1885, the museum holds one of the premier collections of Californian art.
- The Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament is the mother church of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Sacramento, in Sacramento, capital of the state of California. It is the seat of Bishop Jaime Soto.
- The Sacramento Zoo is a zoo located in William Land Park in Sacramento, California, United States. It opened on June 2, 1927, with 40 animals and occupied 4.2 acres (1.7 ha).
- Sutter's Fort was a 19th-century agricultural and trade colony in the Mexican Alta California province.
- The California Governor's Mansion is the official residence of the governor of California, located in Sacramento, the capital of California.
- The Folsom City Zoo Sanctuary is a zoo and animal sanctuary located in the city of Folsom, California, in the United States, which has been open since 1963.
- The California Museum is the state history museum of the US state of California, located in its capital city of Sacramento.
- The California State Railroad Museum is a museum in the California State Parks system that interprets the role of railroads in the Western U.S.
- The Bohart Museum of Entomology was founded in 1946 on the campus of the University of California, Davis.
- Folsom Powerhouse State Historic Park is a historical site preserving an 1895 alternating current (AC) hydroelectric power station—one of the first in the United States.
- Marshall Gold Discovery State Historic Park is a state park of California, United States, marking the discovery of gold by James W. Marshall at Sutter's Mill in 1848, sparking the California Gold Rush.
- The Leland Stanford Mansion, often known simply as the Stanford Mansion, is a historic mansion and California State Park in Sacramento, California, which serves as the official reception center for the Government of Cali…
Attraction descriptions from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA); place data from Wikidata (CC0).
Sacramento weather, compared with Chicago
15° warmer than Chicago on average across the year, on daytime highs:
- January
- Sacramento 55°F · Chicago 31°F · 24° warmer
- April
- Sacramento 72°F · Chicago 59°F · 13° warmer
- July
- Sacramento 93°F · Chicago 84°F · 9° warmer
- October
- Sacramento 78°F · Chicago 62°F · 16° warmer
July averages 93°F, hot enough to plan the middle of the day around. Sacramento is the steadier of the two, moving 38° between its coldest and warmest months where Chicago moves 53°.
Daily highs averaged from Meteostat station records (CC BY 4.0), measured at each city's airport.
Planning a trip to Sacramento
- Best time to visit
- The best time to visit Sacramento is February–May and October–November, when daytime highs are a comfortable 60–80°F.
- How long to stay
- Sacramento rewards a longer visit — a full week lets you explore its many sights, from Crocker Art Museum, Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament (Sacramento, California), and Sacramento Zoo and beyond.
Frequently asked questions
- Is there a direct flight from Chicago to Sacramento?
- Yes — you can fly nonstop from Chicago (ORD, MDW) to Sacramento (SMF) on American, Southwest, United.
- Which airlines fly nonstop from Chicago to Sacramento?
- American, Southwest, United fly nonstop between Chicago (ORD, MDW) and Sacramento (SMF).
- Which Chicago airport has nonstop flights to Sacramento?
- You can leave from 2 Chicago airports: ORD (Chicago O'Hare International) on American, United; MDW (Chicago Midway International) on Southwest.
- How many nonstop flights are there from Chicago to Sacramento?
- There are about 5 nonstop departures per day (roughly 35 per week) from Chicago to Sacramento.
- How far is Sacramento from Chicago?
- Sacramento is about 1,777 miles from Chicago by air.
- What is there to do in Sacramento?
- Popular things to do include Crocker Art Museum, Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament (Sacramento, California), Sacramento Zoo, Sutter's Fort, and more.
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