Flights from Chicago to Atlanta

• Delta Airlines operated flights from MDW to ATL using 4 types of aircraft in 2009.
• Comair offers the shortest flight times from Chicago to Atlanta.
• The shortest flight distance between Chicago and Atlanta is 590 miles.
• The oldest aircraft servicing trips from Chicago, IL to Atlanta, GA in 2009 was Air Greenland's B737-4 from Boeing which started flying in 1990.
• The average aircraft occupancy on flights from Chicago to Atlanta in 2009 was 71.16%.
• The newest aircraft servicing MDW to ATL in 2009 was Shuttle America's EMB-170 from Embraer. The EMB-170 started flying in 2004.
• Northwest Airlink, Comair, Delta Airlines, Atlantic Southeast, AirTran Airways operate the shortest flights from Chicago to Atlanta.
• 648,446 seats were available on flights from MDW to ATL in 2009. Of those seats, a total of 471,151 passengers flew on all flights from MDW to ATL that year.
• The smallest aircraft servicing flights from MDW to ATL for ExpressJet Airlines is the EMB-145 built by Embraer with 50 seats.
• AirTran Airways, Delta Airlines, Shuttle America, Atlantic Southeast, Northwest Airlink, Comair, Northwest Airlines offer flights from Chicago, IL to Atlanta, GA.
• Flight #6369, operated by Comair, was the flight with the most delays in 2009, with 47 minutes average delay between flights from Chicago to Atlanta.
• AirTran Airways carried a total of 253,932 passengers from MDW to ATL in 2009.
• There were 471,151 passengers that flew from Chicago to Atlanta in 2009.
• The shortest flight between MDW and ATL takes about 63 minutes.
• In 2009, there were 7 airline companies operating between Chicago and Atlanta.
• The largest aircraft servicing flights between Chicago and Atlanta from Delta Airlines is the B737-8 built by Boeing with 160 seats.
• The average flight time from Chicago, IL to Atlanta, GA takes about 81 minutes.

(Source: FAA & BTS 2009 Databases)