Where to fly for less this summer

Though summer is nearly upon us, many travelers are still on the fence about where to travel this June, July and August for vacation. Tight budgets remain a major factor for prospective travelers — especially when it comes to flying.

Here to the rescue, Cheapflights has generated lists of the 10 most affordable places to fly this summer from every major region of the country. Chicago, Orlando, New York — major cities have topped the list, giving folks who want to get away even more incentive to visit the country’s major metropolises.

By reviewing the average roundtrip airfare users found on Cheapflights.com to each airport over the last three months, we created a national list. From there, we created localized lists based on average airfares users found in searches for flights departing from the 10 most popular airports in each of the country’s six regions: the Northeast, Southeast, Midwest, South Central states, Mountain states and West Coast.

We’ve only listed the top three destinations for each region below, so be sure to click through to the full list of the 10 most affordable places to fly this summer from your part of the States.

From the Northeast:

1. Chicago, IL – $175
2. Milwaukee, WI – $203
3. Detroit, MI – $215

From the Southeast:

1. Washington, DC – $199
2. Baltimore, MD – $206
3. St. Louis – $206

From the Midwest:

1. Nashville, TN – $187
2. New York, NY – $196
3. Orlando, Fl – $199

From the South Central states:

1. Kansas City, MO – $179
2. Denver, CO – $192
3. Atlanta, GA – $219

From the Mountain states:

1. Los Angeles, CA – $133
2. San Diego, CA – $163
3. San Francisco, CA – $174

From the West Coast:

1. Las Vegas, NV – $119
2. Reno, NV – $190
3. Phoenix, AZ – $196

(Images: Plane, irargerich; Chicago, David Paul Ohmer; DC, Rob Shenk; Nashville, Space Ritual; Kansas City, Doug Wertman; LA, ricardodiaz11; Las Vegas, Alex E. Proimos)