There are 11 ways to get from Cape Cod to Chicago by bus, plane, bus (Greyhound), train, car, or bus (Flixbus)
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Bus to Boston Logan Airport, fly to Chicago Midway International Airport
best- Take the bus from Hyannis to Bostonbus
- Fly from Boston Logan Airport (BOS) to Chicago Midway International Airport (MDW)plane BOS - MDW
7h 18m$111–531Bus, train to Theodore Francis Green State Airport, fly to Chicago O'Hare International Airport
cheapest- Take the bus from Hyannis to Bostonbus
- Take the train from South Station to TF Green Airporttrain
- Fly from Theodore Francis Green State Airport (PVD) to Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD)plane PVD - ORD
10h 3m$100–436Bus via Brook Park
- Take the bus from Hyannis Transportation Center to Boston South Busesbus
- Take the bus from Boston to Cleveland Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Cleveland Bus Station to Chicago Bus Stationbus
26h 4m$207–310Bus, train
- Take the bus from Hyannis Transportation Center to Boston South Busesbus Hyannis - South Shore to Logan Airport
- Take the train from Boston to Chicago Union Stationtrain Lake Shore Limited
26h 11m$577–935Drive 1,031 mi
- Drive from Cape Cod to Chicagocar 1,031 mi
17h 58m$189–272Bus to Boston Logan Airport, fly to Chicago O'Hare International Airport
- Take the bus from Hyannis to Bostonbus
- Fly from Boston Logan Airport (BOS) to Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD)plane BOS - ORD
7h 41m$566–1,031Bus, bus to Manchester Airport, fly to Chicago Midway International Airport
- Take the bus from Hyannis to Bostonbus
- Take the bus from Boston to Boston Manchester Airportbus
- Fly from Manchester Airport (MHT) to Chicago Midway International Airport (MDW)plane MHT - MDW
8h 55m$105–484Bus, train to Theodore Francis Green State Airport, fly to Chicago Midway International Airport
- Take the bus from Hyannis to Bostonbus
- Take the train from South Station to TF Green Airporttrain
- Fly from Theodore Francis Green State Airport (PVD) to Chicago Midway International Airport (MDW)plane PVD - MDW
9h 38m$120–596Bus to Boston Logan Airport, fly to General Mitchell International Airport, train
- Take the bus from Hyannis to Bostonbus
- Fly from Boston Logan Airport (BOS) to General Mitchell International Airport (MKE)plane BOS - MKE
- Take the train from Milwaukee to Chicago Union Stationtrain
9h 43m$711–2,015Fly Barnstable Municipal Airport to Chicago Midway International Airport
- Fly from Barnstable Municipal Airport (HYA) to Chicago Midway International Airport (MDW)plane HYA - MDW
7h 35m$103–556Bus
- Take the bus from Hyannis Transportation Center to Boston South Busesbus
- Take the bus from Boston to New York Midtownbus
- Take the bus from New York Midtown to Chicago Bus Stationbus
29h 31m$207–325
Cape Cod to Chicago by bus
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Cape Cod to Chicago is to drive which costs $180 - $280 and takes 17h 58m.
The fastest way to get from Cape Cod to Chicago is to bus and fly which takes 7h 18m and costs $110 - $550.
No, there is no direct bus from Cape Cod to Chicago station. However, there are services departing from Town Hall Lawton Bus Shelter and arriving at Chicago Bus Station via Hyannis Transportation Center, Boston and Cleveland Bus Station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 26h 4m.
The distance between Cape Cod and Chicago is 955 miles. The road distance is 1037.1 miles.
The best way to get from Cape Cod to Chicago without a car is to bus via Brook Park which takes 26h 4m and costs $200 - $310.
It takes approximately 7h 18m to get from Cape Cod to Chicago, including transfers.
Cape Cod to Chicago bus services, operated by Plymouth & Brockton, depart from Hyannis Transportation Center station.
The best way to get from Cape Cod to Chicago is to bus via Brook Park which takes 26h 4m and costs $200 - $310. Alternatively, you can fly, which costs $100 - $600 and takes 7h 35m.
Cape Cod to Chicago bus services, operated by Plymouth & Brockton, arrive at Boston South Buses station.
Yes, the driving distance between Cape Cod to Chicago is 1037 miles. It takes approximately 17h 58m to drive from Cape Cod to Chicago.
What companies run services between Cape Cod, MA, USA and Chicago, IL, USA?
You can take a bus from Town Hall Lawton Bus Shelter to Chicago Bus Station via Hyannis Transportation Center, Boston, South Station, Boston, and Cleveland Bus Station in around 26h 4m. Alternatively, American Airlines, Southwest Airlines, and Cape Air fly from Barnstable Municipal Airport (HYA) to Chicago Midway International Airport (MDW) 4 times a day.
- Website
- southwest.com
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to Chicago Midway International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $95–500
Flights from Manchester Airport to Chicago Midway International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $80–440
Flights from Manchester Airport to Chicago Midway International Airport via Baltimore
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- $90–460
Flights from Theodore Francis Green State Airport to Chicago Midway International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 31m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $95–550
Flights from Theodore Francis Green State Airport to Chicago Midway International Airport via Baltimore
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Monday to Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $100–550
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to General Mitchell International Airport via Chicago Midway International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Saturday to Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $140–750
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to General Mitchell International Airport via Baltimore
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Monday to Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $140–750
Flights from Barnstable Municipal Airport to Chicago Midway International Airport via Philadelphia
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 43m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $110–550
Flights from Barnstable Municipal Airport to Chicago Midway International Airport via Boston Logan Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 42m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- $100–550
Flights from Barnstable Municipal Airport to Chicago Midway International Airport via Reagan Washington
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $110–600
Flights from Barnstable Municipal Airport to Chicago Midway International Airport via New York La Guardia
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 51m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $100–550
Flights from Barnstable Municipal Airport to Chicago Midway International Airport via Martha's Vineyard, Boston Logan Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 20m
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $110–550
Flights from Barnstable Municipal Airport to Chicago Midway International Airport via Nantucket, Boston Logan Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 18m
- When
- Monday to Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $110–600
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 9m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $70–380
Flights from Theodore Francis Green State Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 2m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $75–390
Flights from Theodore Francis Green State Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport via Philadelphia
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 3m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday, and Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $75–400
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 3m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $70–380
Flights from Theodore Francis Green State Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 9m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $75–390
Flights from Theodore Francis Green State Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport via Washington Dulles
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 8m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $80–410
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to General Mitchell International Airport via Chicago O'Hare International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 57m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $140–750
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to Chicago Midway International Airport via Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 6m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $95–500
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $70–380
Flights from Theodore Francis Green State Airport to Chicago Midway International Airport via Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 57m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $95–550
Flights from Theodore Francis Green State Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport via Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 28m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $75–390
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to General Mitchell International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 43m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $130–700
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to General Mitchell International Airport via Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 29m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $130–700
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to General Mitchell International Airport via New York La Guardia
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 56m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- $140–750
- Website
- jetblue.com
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 6m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $70–380
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to General Mitchell International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 36m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $130–700
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from Boston to Chicago Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 22m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $550–900
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from Milwaukee to Chicago Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 29m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $45–75
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from South Station to TF Green Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $9–16
- Website
- Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority
- Website
- MBTA: World Cup 2026
- Adult
- $9–16
Train from South Station to TF Green Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $9–16
- Website
- Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority
- Website
- MBTA: World Cup 2026
- Adult
- $9–16
- Phone
- 1-800-343-9999
- Website
- Peter Pan
Bus from Hyannis to Boston
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $14–26
- Website
- Peter Pan
Bus from Hyannis to Boston
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $14–26
- Website
- Peter Pan
Bus from Hyannis to Boston
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $14–25
- Website
- Peter Pan
Bus from Hyannis to Boston
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $14–25
- Website
- Peter Pan
Bus from Hyannis to Boston
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $14–25
- Website
- Peter Pan
Bus from Hyannis to Boston
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $14–26
- Website
- Peter Pan
- Phone
- +1 (508) 746-0378
- [email protected]
- Website
- Plymouth & Brockton
Bus from Hyannis Transportation Center to Boston South Buses
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $27–35
- Website
- Plymouth & Brockton
- One Way - Adult
- $27–35
Bus from Hyannis Transportation Center to Boston South Buses
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $27–35
- Website
- Plymouth & Brockton
- One Way - Adult
- $27–35
Bus from Hyannis Transportation Center to Boston South Buses
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $27–35
- Website
- Plymouth & Brockton
- One Way - Adult
- $27–35
Rome2Rio's guide to Greyhound USA
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +1 214-849-8100
- [email protected]
- Website
- Greyhound
Bus from Boston to Cleveland Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 50m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $120–180
- Website
- Greyhound
Bus from Cleveland Bus Station to Chicago Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 25m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $60–95
- Website
- Greyhound
Bus from Boston to Boston Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $9–14
- Website
- Greyhound
- Phone
- +1 (855) 626-8585
- Website
- Flixbus USA
Bus from Boston to New York Midtown
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $30–50
- Schedules at
- Flixbus USA
Bus from New York Midtown to Chicago Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 25m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $150–240
- Schedules at
- Flixbus USA
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