There are 10 ways to get from Chicago to Skagway by plane, car ferry, train, car, or bus
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Fly Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Juneau International Airport, car ferry
best- Fly from Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) to Juneau International Airport (JNU)plane ORD - JNU
- Take the car ferry from Juneau, AK to Skagwaycarferry
17h 52m$250–946Fly Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Skagway Airport
cheapest- Fly from Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) to Skagway Airport (SGY)plane ORD - SGY
12h 1m$202–805Train, car ferry
- Take the train from Chicago Union Station to Edmondstrain
- Take the train from Edmonds to Bellingham Amtrak Stationtrain
- Take the car ferry from Bellingham, WA to Juneaucarferry
- Take the car ferry from Juneau, AK to Skagwaycarferry
4d 20h$985–2,288Drive 2,907.9 mi
- Drive from Chicago to Skagwaycar 2,907.9 mi
2d 4h$531–767Fly Chicago Midway International Airport to Skagway Airport
- Fly from Chicago Midway International Airport (MDW) to Skagway Airport (SGY)plane MDW - SGY
11h 44m$272–1,105Train to General Mitchell International Airport, fly to Juneau International Airport, car ferry
- Take the train from Chicago Union Station to Milwaukeetrain
- Fly from General Mitchell International Airport (MKE) to Juneau International Airport (JNU)plane MKE - JNU
- Take the car ferry from Juneau, AK to Skagwaycarferry
19h 26m$367–1,360Fly Chicago Midway International Airport to Haines Airport, car ferry
- Fly from Chicago Midway International Airport (MDW) to Haines Airport (HNS)plane MDW - HNS
- Take the car ferry from Haines to Skagwaycarferry
14h 17m$268–1,123Fly Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Haines Airport, car ferry
- Fly from Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) to Haines Airport (HNS)plane ORD - HNS
- Take the car ferry from Haines to Skagwaycarferry
14h 44m$208–823Fly Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Erik Nielsen Whitehorse International Airport, bus
- Fly from Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) to Erik Nielsen Whitehorse International Airport (YXY)plane ORD - YXY
- Take the bus from Whitehorse, YT to Skagway, AKbus
17h 50m$376–979Fly Chicago Midway International Airport to Juneau International Airport, car ferry
- Fly from Chicago Midway International Airport (MDW) to Juneau International Airport (JNU)plane MDW - JNU
- Take the car ferry from Juneau, AK to Skagwaycarferry
17h 44m$310–1,196
Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) to Juneau International Airport (JNU) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Chicago to Skagway is to fly which costs $200 - $850 and takes 12h 1m.
The fastest way to get from Chicago to Skagway is to fly which takes 11h 44m and costs $270 - $1,100.
The distance between Chicago and Skagway is 2418 miles. The road distance is 2924.9 miles.
The best way to get from Chicago to Skagway without a car is to train and car ferry which takes 4 days 20h and costs $950 - $2,300.
It takes approximately 17h 52m to get from Chicago to Skagway, including transfers.
Skagway is 3h behind Chicago. It is currently 9:01 PM in Chicago and 6:01 PM in Skagway.
Yes, the driving distance between Chicago to Skagway is 2925 miles. It takes approximately 2 days 4h to drive from Chicago to Skagway.
There are three+ hotels available in Skagway.
What companies run services between Chicago, IL, USA and Skagway, AK, USA?
Southwest Airlines, Alaska Airlines, Inc., and two other airlines fly from Chicago Midway International Airport (MDW) to Skagway Airport (SGY) once daily.
Flights from Chicago Midway International Airport to Skagway Airport via Seattle, Juneau International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 7m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $270–1,100
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Skagway Airport via Seattle, Juneau International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 2m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $200–950
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Skagway Airport via Anchorage, Juneau International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 16m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $270–950
Flights from Chicago Midway International Airport to Haines Airport via Seattle, Juneau International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 57m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $260–1,100
Flights from Chicago Midway International Airport to Haines Airport via Spokane, Seattle, Juneau International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 45m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $260–1,100
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Haines Airport via Seattle, Juneau International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 53m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $200–950
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Haines Airport via Anchorage, Juneau International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $270–950
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Haines Airport via Seattle, Juneau International Airport, Skagway Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $250–950
- Website
- flyalaskaseaplanes.com
Flights from Chicago Midway International Airport to Skagway Airport via Seattle, Juneau International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 10m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $270–1,100
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Skagway Airport via Seattle, Juneau International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 27m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $200–950
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Skagway Airport via Anchorage, Juneau International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 16m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $270–950
Flights from Chicago Midway International Airport to Haines Airport via Seattle, Juneau International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $260–1,100
Flights from Chicago Midway International Airport to Haines Airport via Spokane, Seattle, Juneau International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 45m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $260–1,100
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Haines Airport via Seattle, Juneau International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $200–950
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Haines Airport via Anchorage, Juneau International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 36m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $270–950
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Haines Airport via Seattle, Juneau International Airport, Skagway Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $250–950
- Website
- alaskaair.com
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Juneau International Airport via Seattle
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $260–1,000
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Juneau International Airport via Anchorage
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 59m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $280–1,000
Flights from General Mitchell International Airport to Juneau International Airport via Seattle
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 56m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $380–1,500
Flights from General Mitchell International Airport to Juneau International Airport via Seattle, Sitka
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $380–1,500
Flights from Chicago Midway International Airport to Juneau International Airport via Seattle
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 2m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $270–1,100
Flights from Chicago Midway International Airport to Juneau International Airport via Boise, Seattle
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 2m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $280–1,100
Flights from Chicago Midway International Airport to Juneau International Airport via Omaha, Seattle
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 17m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $330–1,300
Flights from Chicago Midway International Airport to Juneau International Airport via Bozeman, Seattle
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 32m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $270–1,100
Flights from Chicago Midway International Airport to Juneau International Airport via Spokane, Seattle
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 35m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $270–1,100
Flights from Chicago Midway International Airport to Juneau International Airport via Seattle, Ketchikan
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 50m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- $270–1,100
- Website
- flyairnorth.com
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Erik Nielsen Whitehorse International Airport via Calgary
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 50m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $200–800
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Erik Nielsen Whitehorse International Airport via Vancouver
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 39m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $220–900
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Juneau International Airport via Seattle
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 26m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $210–850
Flights from General Mitchell International Airport to Juneau International Airport via Minneapolis, Seattle
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 34m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $300–1,200
- Website
- aircanada.com
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Erik Nielsen Whitehorse International Airport via Vancouver
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 46m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $220–900
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- amtrak.com
Train from Chicago Union Station to Edmonds
- Ave. Duration
- 45h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $700–1,500
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
Train from Edmonds to Bellingham Amtrak Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 38m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $25–50
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
Train from Chicago Union Station to Milwaukee
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 29m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $28–55
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
- Phone
- +1 800 343 7373
- [email protected]
- Website
- wpyr.com
Bus from Whitehorse, YT to Skagway, AK
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $170
- Website
- https://wpyr.com/
- Phone
- +1 800-642-0066
- [email protected]
- Website
- dot.alaska.gov
Car ferry from Juneau, AK to Skagway
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 45m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- $20–70
- Website
- https://dot.alaska.gov
- Schedules at
- https://dot.alaska.gov/amhs/schedules.shtml
- Adult 12+
- $20–70
Car ferry from Bellingham, WA to Juneau
- Ave. Duration
- 2d 11h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $220–750
- Website
- https://dot.alaska.gov
- Schedules at
- https://dot.alaska.gov/amhs/schedules.shtml
- Adult 12+
- $220–750
Car ferry from Juneau, AK to Skagway
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 45m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- $20–70
- Website
- https://dot.alaska.gov
- Schedules at
- https://dot.alaska.gov/amhs/schedules.shtml
- Adult 12+
- $20–70
Car ferry from Juneau, AK to Skagway
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 45m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- $20–70
- Website
- https://dot.alaska.gov
- Schedules at
- https://dot.alaska.gov/amhs/schedules.shtml
- Adult 12+
- $20–70
Car ferry from Haines to Skagway
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- $3–16
- Website
- https://dot.alaska.gov
- Schedules at
- https://dot.alaska.gov/amhs/schedules.shtml
- Adult 12+
- $3–16
Car ferry from Haines to Skagway
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- $3–16
- Website
- https://dot.alaska.gov
- Schedules at
- https://dot.alaska.gov/amhs/schedules.shtml
- Adult 12+
- $3–16
Car ferry from Juneau, AK to Skagway
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 45m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- $20–70
- Website
- https://dot.alaska.gov
- Schedules at
- https://dot.alaska.gov/amhs/schedules.shtml
- Adult 12+
- $20–70
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