Flights from Buffalo to Chicago

• The oldest aircraft servicing trips from Buffalo, NY to Chicago, IL in 2009 was American Eagle's RJ-700 from Canadair which started flying in 1990.
• 258,550 seats were available on flights from BUF to ORD in 2009. Of those seats, a total of 220,500 passengers flew on all flights from BUF to ORD that year.
• UNITED carried a total of 128,576 passengers from BUF to ORD in 2009.
• The shortest flight distance between Buffalo and Chicago is 473 miles.
• UNITED offers the shortest flight times from Buffalo to Chicago.
• In 2009, there were 4 airline companies operating between Buffalo and Chicago.
• The largest aircraft servicing flights between Buffalo and Chicago from UNITED is the B767-3/R built by Boeing with 244 seats.
• The average aircraft occupancy on flights from Buffalo to Chicago in 2009 was 83.22%.
• The smallest aircraft servicing flights from BUF to ORD for American Eagle is the EMB-135 built by Embraer with 37 seats.
• The shortest flight between BUF and ORD takes about 78 minutes.
• Flight #7346, operated by go Operated by Mesa Airlines, was the flight with the most delays in 2009, with 56 minutes average delay between flights from Buffalo to Chicago.
• UNITED, American Eagle, go Operated by Mesa Airlines operate the shortest flights from Buffalo to Chicago.
• UNITED, American Eagle, go Operated by Mesa Airlines, Shuttle America offer flights from Buffalo, NY to Chicago, IL.
• The average flight time from Buffalo, NY to Chicago, IL takes about 79 minutes.
• There were 220,500 passengers that flew from Buffalo to Chicago in 2009.
• UNITED operated flights from BUF to ORD using 6 types of aircraft in 2009.
• The newest aircraft servicing BUF to ORD in 2009 was Shuttle America's EMB-170 from Embraer. The EMB-170 started flying in 2004.

(Source: FAA & BTS 2009 Databases)