Flights from Boston to Chicago

• The average aircraft occupancy on flights from Boston to Chicago in 2009 was 75.02%.
• The oldest aircraft servicing trips from Boston, MA to Chicago, IL in 2009 was American Airlines' B757-2 from Boeing which started flying in 1990.
• American Airlines carried a total of 375,056 passengers from BOS to ORD in 2009.
• UNITED operated flights from BOS to ORD using 6 types of aircraft in 2009.
• The shortest flight distance between Boston and Chicago is 867 miles.
• There were 747,603 passengers that flew from Boston to Chicago in 2009.
• 986,073 seats were available on flights from BOS to ORD in 2009. Of those seats, a total of 747,603 passengers flew on all flights from BOS to ORD that year.
• The shortest flight between BOS and ORD takes about 129 minutes.
• UNITED, American Airlines, JetBlue Airways operate the shortest flights from Boston to Chicago.
• The newest aircraft servicing BOS to ORD in 2009 was JetBlue Airways' EMB-190 from Embraer. The EMB-190 started flying in 2005.
• In 2009, there were 5 airline companies operating between Boston and Chicago.
• The largest aircraft servicing flights between Boston and Chicago from American Airlines is the B777-2 built by Boeing with 247 seats.
• Flight #1377, operated by American Airlines, was the flight with the most delays in 2009, with 15 minutes average delay between flights from Boston to Chicago.
• UNITED offers the shortest flight times from Boston to Chicago.
• The smallest aircraft servicing flights from BOS to ORD for Shuttle America is the EMB-170 built by Embraer with 70 seats.
• American Airlines, UNITED, JetBlue Airways, Shuttle America, Republic Airlines offer flights from Boston, MA to Chicago, IL.
• The average flight time from Boston, MA to Chicago, IL takes about 132 minutes.

(Source: FAA & BTS 2009 Databases)