Flights from Chicago to Minneapolis

• Northwest Airlines carried a total of 110,894 passengers from MDW to MSP in 2009.
• The oldest aircraft servicing trips from Chicago, IL to Minneapolis, MN in 2009 was Air Canada's A320-1/2 from Airbus Industrie which started flying in 1990.
• In 2009, there were 7 airline companies operating between Chicago and Minneapolis.
• The newest aircraft servicing MDW to MSP in 2009 was Compass Airlines' ERJ-175 from Embraer. The ERJ-175 started flying in 2004.
• The smallest aircraft servicing flights from MDW to MSP for ExpressJet Airlines is the EMB-145 built by Embraer with 50 seats.
• Flight #1422, operated by Northwest Airlines, was the flight with the most delays in 2009, with 20 minutes average delay between flights from Chicago to Minneapolis.
• The average aircraft occupancy on flights from Chicago to Minneapolis in 2009 was 52.97%.
• Northwest Airlink offers the shortest flight times from Chicago to Minneapolis.
• The shortest flight between MDW and MSP takes about 61 minutes.
• Northwest Airlines operated flights from MDW to MSP using 5 types of aircraft in 2009.
• The average flight time from Chicago, IL to Minneapolis, MN takes about 62 minutes.
• There were 177,224 passengers that flew from Chicago to Minneapolis in 2009.
• 334,306 seats were available on flights from MDW to MSP in 2009. Of those seats, a total of 177,224 passengers flew on all flights from MDW to MSP that year.
• The largest aircraft servicing flights between Chicago and Minneapolis from Northwest Airlines is the B757-2 built by Boeing with 182 seats.
• Northwest Airlines, Compass Airlines, Air Canada, Northwest Airlink, UNITED, Continental Airlines, ExpressJet Airlines offer flights from Chicago, IL to Minneapolis, MN.
• The shortest flight distance between Chicago and Minneapolis is 349 miles.
• Northwest Airlines, Northwest Airlink operate the shortest flights from Chicago to Minneapolis.

(Source: FAA & BTS 2009 Databases)