There are 4 ways to get from Chicago to Santander by plane or bus
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Fly Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Santander Airport
best- Fly from Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) to Santander Airport (SDR)plane ORD - SDR
13h 43m€252–1,004Fly Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Bilbao Airport, bus
- Fly from Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) to Bilbao Airport (BIO)plane ORD - BIO
- Take the bus from Bilbao Intermodal to Santander E.A.bus
16h 50m€361–772Fly Chicago Midway International Airport to Santander Airport
- Fly from Chicago Midway International Airport (MDW) to Santander Airport (SDR)plane MDW - SDR
18h 1m€352–1,404Fly Chicago O'Hare International Airport to San Sebastián Airport, bus
- Fly from Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) to San Sebastián Airport (EAS)plane ORD - EAS
- Take the bus from San Sebastian / Donostia to Santanderbus
18h 57m€469–778
Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) to Santander Airport (SDR) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Chicago to Santander is to fly and bus which costs €360 - €800 and takes 16h 50m.
The fastest way to get from Chicago to Santander is to fly which takes 13h 43m and costs €250 - €1000.
The distance between Chicago and Santander is 6586 km.
It takes approximately 13h 43m to get from Chicago to Santander, including transfers.
Santander is 7h ahead of Chicago. It is currently 8:35 AM in Chicago and 3:35 PM in Santander.
There are 1941+ hotels available in Santander.
What companies run services between Chicago, IL, USA and Santander, Spain?
American Airlines, Vueling Airlines, and three other airlines fly from Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) to Santander Airport (SDR) 4 times a day.
- Website
- iberia.com
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Santander Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 25m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €270–1,100
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Santander Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €300–1,300
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Santander Airport via Philadelphia, Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €260–1,100
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Santander Airport via Toronto, Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 30m
- When
- Friday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €300–1,300
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Bilbao Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 12h
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €210–850
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Bilbao Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 10m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €240–1,000
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Bilbao Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €200–850
Flights from Chicago Midway International Airport to Santander Airport via Boston, Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 17h
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €350–1,700
Flights from Chicago Midway International Airport to Santander Airport via Philadelphia, Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €360–1,400
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to San Sebastián Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 30m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €310–1,200
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to San Sebastián Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €350–1,500
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to San Sebastián Airport via Boston, Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 7m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €360–1,500
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to San Sebastián Airport via Philadelphia, Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 10m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €310–1,200
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Bilbao Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 10m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €240–1,000
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to San Sebastián Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €350–1,500
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to San Sebastián Airport via Boston, Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 7m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €360–1,500
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to San Sebastián Airport via Philadelphia, Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 10m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €310–1,200
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to San Sebastián Airport via Toronto, Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 40m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €350–1,500
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Santander Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 55m
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €250–1,000
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Santander Airport via Edinburgh
- Ave. Duration
- 16h
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €260–1,100
Flights from Chicago Midway International Airport to Santander Airport via Boston, Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 30m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €440–1,800
Flights from Chicago Midway International Airport to Santander Airport via Hartford, Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 5m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €440–1,800
- Website
- vueling.com
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Santander Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 5m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €270–1,100
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Santander Airport via Toronto, Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 30m
- When
- Friday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €300–1,300
Flights from Chicago Midway International Airport to Santander Airport via Boston, Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 30m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €350–1,400
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Bilbao Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 10m
- When
- Tuesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €210–800
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Bilbao Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 5m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €220–850
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Bilbao Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 10m
- When
- Tuesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €210–800
- Website
- aerlingus.com
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Bilbao Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 15m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €250–1,100
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Bilbao Airport via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 55m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €220–850
- Website
- brusselsairlines.com
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Bilbao Airport via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 55m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €220–850
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Bilbao Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €200–850
- Website
- flytap.com
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Bilbao Airport via Lisboa
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 40m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €200–750
- Phone
- +34 910 207 007
- alsa@alsa.es
- Website
- alsa.com
Bus from Bilbao Intermodal to Santander E.A.
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €8–15
- Website
- https://www.alsa.com/en/
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from San Sebastian / Donostia to Santander
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €17–24
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
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