Flights from Atlanta to Chicago

• The oldest aircraft servicing trips from Atlanta, GA to Chicago, IL in 2009 was Atlantic Southeast's RJ-700 from Canadair which started flying in 1990.
• Flight #6368, operated by Comair, was the flight with the most delays in 2009, with 79 minutes average delay between flights from Atlanta to Chicago.
• The average flight time from Atlanta, GA to Chicago, IL takes about 87 minutes.
• Delta Airlines operated flights from ATL to MDW using 4 types of aircraft in 2009.
• There were 466,803 passengers that flew from Atlanta to Chicago in 2009.
• The largest aircraft servicing flights between Atlanta and Chicago from Delta Airlines is the B737-8 built by Boeing with 160 seats.
• The smallest aircraft servicing flights from ATL to MDW for Northwest Airlines is the A319 built by Airbus Industrie with 54 seats.
• The average aircraft occupancy on flights from Atlanta to Chicago in 2009 was 71.47%.
• AirTran Airways carried a total of 251,713 passengers from ATL to MDW in 2009.
• 649,681 seats were available on flights from ATL to MDW in 2009. Of those seats, a total of 466,803 passengers flew on all flights from ATL to MDW that year.
• AirTran Airways, Delta Airlines, Shuttle America, Atlantic Southeast, Northwest Airlink, Comair, Frontier, Northwest Airlines offer flights from Atlanta, GA to Chicago, IL.
• Northwest Airlink, AirTran Airways, Comair, Delta Airlines, Atlantic Southeast operate the shortest flights from Atlanta to Chicago.
• The shortest flight distance between Atlanta and Chicago is 590 miles.
• The shortest flight between ATL and MDW takes about 82 minutes.
• Atlantic Southeast offers the shortest flight times from Atlanta to Chicago.
• The newest aircraft servicing ATL to MDW in 2009 was Shuttle America's EMB-170 from Embraer. The EMB-170 started flying in 2004.
• In 2009, there were 8 airline companies operating between Atlanta and Chicago.

(Source: FAA & BTS 2009 Databases)