Flights from Chicago to Phoenix

• The average flight time from Chicago, IL to Phoenix, AZ takes about 197 minutes.
• The oldest aircraft servicing trips from Chicago, IL to Phoenix, AZ in 2009 was American Airlines' MD-80 from Mcdonnell Douglas which started flying in 1990.
• UNITED, American Airlines, US Airways operate the shortest flights from Chicago to Phoenix.
• Flight #371, operated by US Airways, was the flight with the most delays in 2009, with 20 minutes average delay between flights from Chicago to Phoenix.
• The shortest flight between ORD and PHX takes about 196 minutes.
• US Airways carried a total of 231,343 passengers from ORD to PHX in 2009.
• US Airways offers the shortest flight times from Chicago to Phoenix.
• 716,629 seats were available on flights from ORD to PHX in 2009. Of those seats, a total of 626,860 passengers flew on all flights from ORD to PHX that year.
• There were 626,860 passengers that flew from Chicago to Phoenix in 2009.
• The smallest aircraft servicing flights from ORD to PHX for UNITED is the A319 built by Airbus Industrie with 120 seats.
• The largest aircraft servicing flights between Chicago and Phoenix from US Airways is the B757-2 built by Boeing with 190 seats.
• The shortest flight distance between Chicago and Phoenix is 1440 miles.
• The newest aircraft servicing ORD to PHX 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 Phoenix in 2009 was 85.25%.
• In 2009, there were 5 airline companies operating between Chicago and Phoenix.
• US Airways operated flights from ORD to PHX using 5 types of aircraft in 2009.
• US Airways, American Airlines, UNITED, Northwest Airlines, Continental Airlines offer flights from Chicago, IL to Phoenix, AZ.

(Source: FAA & BTS 2009 Databases)