Flights from Austin to Chicago

• American Airlines, go Operated by Mesa Airlines, Skywest Air operate the shortest flights from Austin to Chicago.
• The largest aircraft servicing flights between Austin and Chicago from American Airlines is the MD-80 built by Mcdonnell Douglas with 139 seats.
• There were 208,218 passengers that flew from Austin to Chicago in 2009.
• The shortest flight distance between Austin and Chicago is 978 miles.
• The shortest flight between AUS and ORD takes about 125 minutes.
• go Operated by Mesa Airlines offers the shortest flight times from Austin to Chicago.
• The smallest aircraft servicing flights from AUS to ORD for go Operated by Mesa Airlines is the CRJ-2/4 built by Canadair with 50 seats.
• American Airlines, go Operated by Mesa Airlines, Shuttle America, Gojet Airlines, Skywest Air offer flights from Austin, TX to Chicago, IL.
• Flight #7236, operated by go Operated by Mesa Airlines, was the flight with the most delays in 2009, with 20 minutes average delay between flights from Austin to Chicago.
• go Operated by Mesa Airlines operated flights from AUS to ORD using 2 types of aircraft in 2009.
• 278,560 seats were available on flights from AUS to ORD in 2009. Of those seats, a total of 208,218 passengers flew on all flights from AUS to ORD that year.
• In 2009, there were 5 airline companies operating between Austin and Chicago.
• American Airlines carried a total of 144,388 passengers from AUS to ORD in 2009.
• The average flight time from Austin, TX to Chicago, IL takes about 128 minutes.
• The average aircraft occupancy on flights from Austin to Chicago in 2009 was 77.44%.
• The newest aircraft servicing AUS to ORD in 2009 was Shuttle America's EMB-170 from Embraer. The EMB-170 started flying in 2004.
• The oldest aircraft servicing trips from Austin, TX to Chicago, IL in 2009 was American Airlines' MD-80 from Mcdonnell Douglas which started flying in 1990.

(Source: FAA & BTS 2009 Databases)