Flights from Chicago to Austin

• American Airlines carried a total of 152,339 passengers from ORD to AUS in 2009.
• American Airlines, go Operated by Mesa Airlines, Gojet Airlines, Shuttle America, Skywest Air offer flights from Chicago, IL to Austin, TX.
• The largest aircraft servicing flights between Chicago and Austin from American Airlines is the MD-80 built by Mcdonnell Douglas with 139 seats.
• The shortest flight distance between Chicago and Austin is 978 miles.
• In 2009, there were 5 airline companies operating between Chicago and Austin.
• The oldest aircraft servicing trips from Chicago, IL to Austin, TX in 2009 was American Airlines' MD-80 from Mcdonnell Douglas which started flying in 1990.
• The newest aircraft servicing ORD to AUS in 2009 was Shuttle America's EMB-170 from Embraer. The EMB-170 started flying in 2004.
• American Airlines, go Operated by Mesa Airlines, Skywest Air operate the shortest flights from Chicago to Austin.
• The shortest flight between ORD and AUS takes about 134 minutes.
• 280,338 seats were available on flights from ORD to AUS in 2009. Of those seats, a total of 218,849 passengers flew on all flights from ORD to AUS that year.
• The smallest aircraft servicing flights from ORD to AUS for go Operated by Mesa Airlines is the CRJ-2/4 built by Canadair with 50 seats.
• The average flight time from Chicago, IL to Austin, TX takes about 136 minutes.
• go Operated by Mesa Airlines offers the shortest flight times from Chicago to Austin.
• There were 218,849 passengers that flew from Chicago to Austin in 2009.
• go Operated by Mesa Airlines operated flights from ORD to AUS using 2 types of aircraft in 2009.
• The average aircraft occupancy on flights from Chicago to Austin in 2009 was 80.07%.
• Flight #7326, operated by go Operated by Mesa Airlines, was the flight with the most delays in 2009, with 64 minutes average delay between flights from Chicago to Austin.

(Source: FAA & BTS 2009 Databases)