Flights from Chicago to Birmingham

• The largest aircraft servicing flights between Chicago and Birmingham from USA 3000 is the A320-1/2 built by Airbus Industrie with 168 seats.
• Skywest Air offers the shortest flight times from Chicago to Birmingham.
• In 2009, there were 6 airline companies operating between Chicago and Birmingham.
• The newest aircraft servicing ORD to BHM in 2009 was go Operated by Mesa Airlines' CRJ-2/4 from Canadair. The CRJ-2/4 started flying in 1997.
• The average flight time from Chicago, IL to Birmingham, AL takes about 83 minutes.
• go Operated by Mesa Airlines carried a total of 31,998 passengers from ORD to BHM in 2009.
• The smallest aircraft servicing flights from ORD to BHM for American Connection is the EMB-145 built by Embraer with 50 seats.
• There were 43,262 passengers that flew from Chicago to Birmingham in 2009.
• The oldest aircraft servicing trips from Chicago, IL to Birmingham, AL in 2009 was Delta Airlines' MD-80 from Mcdonnell Douglas which started flying in 1990.
• Delta Airlines operated flights from ORD to BHM using 2 types of aircraft in 2009.
• 56,146 seats were available on flights from ORD to BHM in 2009. Of those seats, a total of 43,262 passengers flew on all flights from ORD to BHM that year.
• go Operated by Mesa Airlines, Skywest Air, American Connection, ExpressJet Airlines, Delta Airlines, UNITED offer flights from Chicago, IL to Birmingham, AL.
• The shortest flight distance between Chicago and Birmingham is 584 miles.
• The shortest flight between ORD and BHM takes about 80 minutes.
• ExpressJet Airlines, Skywest Air, go Operated by Mesa Airlines operate the shortest flights from Chicago to Birmingham.
• The average aircraft occupancy on flights from Chicago to Birmingham in 2009 was 71.67%.
• Flight #7022, operated by go Operated by Mesa Airlines, was the flight with the most delays in 2009, with 149 minutes average delay between flights from Chicago to Birmingham.

(Source: FAA & BTS 2009 Databases)