Flights from Chicago to Richmond

• The shortest flight distance between Chicago and Richmond is 642 miles.
• There were 152,613 passengers that flew from Chicago to Richmond in 2009.
• UNITED offers the shortest flight times from Chicago to Richmond.
• In 2009, there were 6 airline companies operating between Chicago and Richmond.
• Flight #350, operated by UNITED, was the flight with the most delays in 2009, with 5 minutes average delay between flights from Chicago to Richmond.
• UNITED carried a total of 50,650 passengers from ORD to RIC in 2009.
• The average aircraft occupancy on flights from Chicago to Richmond in 2009 was 73.97%.
• The average flight time from Chicago, IL to Richmond, VA takes about 89 minutes.
• The shortest flight between ORD and RIC takes about 88 minutes.
• UNITED operated flights from ORD to RIC using 4 types of aircraft in 2009.
• 209,994 seats were available on flights from ORD to RIC in 2009. Of those seats, a total of 152,613 passengers flew on all flights from ORD to RIC that year.
• The smallest aircraft servicing flights from ORD to RIC for American Eagle is the EMB-135 built by Embraer with 37 seats.
• The newest aircraft servicing ORD to RIC in 2009 was American Eagle's EMB-140 from Embraer. The EMB-140 started flying in 2001.
• The oldest aircraft servicing trips from Chicago, IL to Richmond, VA in 2009 was Comair's RJ-700 from Canadair which started flying in 1990.
• The largest aircraft servicing flights between Chicago and Richmond from UNITED is the A320-1/2 built by Airbus Industrie with 140 seats.
• UNITED, American Connection, American Eagle, Gojet Airlines, Comair, go Operated by Mesa Airlines offer flights from Chicago, IL to Richmond, VA.
• UNITED, American Eagle operate the shortest flights from Chicago to Richmond.

(Source: FAA & BTS 2009 Databases)