Flights from Chicago to Fort Lauderdale

• The largest aircraft servicing flights between Chicago and Fort Lauderdale from American Airlines is the B767-3/R built by Boeing with 225 seats.
• The shortest flight distance between Chicago and Fort Lauderdale is 1182 miles.
• American Airlines operates the shortest flights from Chicago to Fort Lauderdale.
• The oldest aircraft servicing trips from Chicago, IL to Fort Lauderdale, FL in 2009 was American Airlines' MD-80 from Mcdonnell Douglas which started flying in 1990.
• There were 204,656 passengers that flew from Chicago to Fort Lauderdale in 2009.
• American Airlines offers the shortest flight times from Chicago to Fort Lauderdale.
• Spirit Airlines carried a total of 108,550 passengers from ORD to FLL in 2009.
• The shortest flight between ORD and FLL takes about 155 minutes.
• American Airlines operated flights from ORD to FLL using 4 types of aircraft in 2009.
• Spirit Airlines, American Airlines, Sun Country Airlines, UNITED offer flights from Chicago, IL to Fort Lauderdale, FL.
• Flight #2244, operated by American Airlines, was the flight with the most delays in 2009, with 16 minutes average delay between flights from Chicago to Fort Lauderdale.
• The smallest aircraft servicing flights from ORD to FLL for Sun Country Airlines is the B737-7 built by Boeing with 135 seats.
• The average flight time from Chicago, IL to Fort Lauderdale, FL takes about 155 minutes.
• In 2009, there were 4 airline companies operating between Chicago and Fort Lauderdale.
• 236,629 seats were available on flights from ORD to FLL in 2009. Of those seats, a total of 204,656 passengers flew on all flights from ORD to FLL that year.
• The newest aircraft servicing ORD to FLL in 2009 was American Airlines' B737-8 from Boeing. The B737-8 started flying in 1998.
• The average aircraft occupancy on flights from Chicago to Fort Lauderdale in 2009 was 83.82%.

(Source: FAA & BTS 2009 Databases)