Flights from Chicago to San Diego

• UNITED, American Airlines operate the shortest flights from Chicago to San Diego.
• The average flight time from Chicago, IL to San Diego, CA takes about 230 minutes.
• In 2009, there were 3 airline companies operating between Chicago and San Diego.
• The shortest flight distance between Chicago and San Diego is 1723 miles.
• UNITED operated flights from ORD to SAN using 3 types of aircraft in 2009.
• American Airlines offers the shortest flight times from Chicago to San Diego.
• UNITED, American Airlines, Delta Airlines offer flights from Chicago, IL to San Diego, CA.
• The newest aircraft servicing ORD to SAN in 2009 was American Airlines' B737-8 from Boeing. The B737-8 started flying in 1998.
• The smallest aircraft servicing flights from ORD to SAN for UNITED is the A319 built by Airbus Industrie with 120 seats.
• The average aircraft occupancy on flights from Chicago to San Diego in 2009 was 85.8%.
• UNITED carried a total of 232,180 passengers from ORD to SAN in 2009.
• There were 413,632 passengers that flew from Chicago to San Diego in 2009.
• 467,900 seats were available on flights from ORD to SAN in 2009. Of those seats, a total of 413,632 passengers flew on all flights from ORD to SAN that year.
• The largest aircraft servicing flights between Chicago and San Diego from Delta Airlines is the B757-2 built by Boeing with 184 seats.
• Flight #719, operated by UNITED, was the flight with the most delays in 2009, with 16 minutes average delay between flights from Chicago to San Diego.
• The shortest flight between ORD and SAN takes about 229 minutes.
• The oldest aircraft servicing trips from Chicago, IL to San Diego, CA in 2009 was American Airlines' MD-80 from Mcdonnell Douglas which started flying in 1990.

(Source: FAA & BTS 2009 Databases)