Flights from Chicago to New Orleans

• There were 182,289 passengers that flew from Chicago to New Orleans in 2009.
• The average flight time from Chicago, IL to New Orleans, LA takes about 111 minutes.
• American Airlines, UNITED, Shuttle America, American Eagle, Gojet Airlines, Continental Airlines, Skywest Air offer flights from Chicago, IL to New Orleans, LA.
• In 2009, there were 7 airline companies operating between Chicago and New Orleans.
• American Airlines carried a total of 79,277 passengers from ORD to MSY in 2009.
• The newest aircraft servicing ORD to MSY in 2009 was Shuttle America's EMB-170 from Embraer. The EMB-170 started flying in 2004.
• The shortest flight between ORD and MSY takes about 108 minutes.
• UNITED, American Airlines, American Eagle operate the shortest flights from Chicago to New Orleans.
• Flight #142, operated by UNITED, was the flight with the most delays in 2009, with 155 minutes average delay between flights from Chicago to New Orleans.
• The smallest aircraft servicing flights from ORD to MSY for American Eagle is the EMB-145 built by Embraer with 50 seats.
• American Eagle offers the shortest flight times from Chicago to New Orleans.
• The largest aircraft servicing flights between Chicago and New Orleans from American Airlines is the B757-2 built by Boeing with 188 seats.
• The oldest aircraft servicing trips from Chicago, IL to New Orleans, LA in 2009 was American Airlines' MD-80 from Mcdonnell Douglas which started flying in 1990.
• The average aircraft occupancy on flights from Chicago to New Orleans in 2009 was 78.52%.
• American Airlines operated flights from ORD to MSY using 3 types of aircraft in 2009.
• 236,882 seats were available on flights from ORD to MSY in 2009. Of those seats, a total of 182,289 passengers flew on all flights from ORD to MSY that year.
• The shortest flight distance between Chicago and New Orleans is 837 miles.

(Source: FAA & BTS 2009 Databases)