Flights from Chicago to Sioux Falls

• UNITED offers the shortest flight times from Chicago to Sioux Falls.
• go Operated by Mesa Airlines, Skywest Air, UNITED operate the shortest flights from Chicago to Sioux Falls.
• go Operated by Mesa Airlines operated flights from ORD to FSD using 2 types of aircraft in 2009.
• The smallest aircraft servicing flights from ORD to FSD for go Operated by Mesa Airlines is the CRJ-2/4 built by Canadair with 50 seats.
• Skywest Air carried a total of 31,784 passengers from ORD to FSD in 2009.
• The newest aircraft servicing ORD to FSD in 2009 was go Operated by Mesa Airlines' CRJ-2/4 from Canadair. The CRJ-2/4 started flying in 1997.
• The largest aircraft servicing flights between Chicago and Sioux Falls from UNITED is the A319 built by Airbus Industrie with 120 seats.
• The average aircraft occupancy on flights from Chicago to Sioux Falls in 2009 was 64.81%.
• 84,120 seats were available on flights from ORD to FSD in 2009. Of those seats, a total of 55,520 passengers flew on all flights from ORD to FSD that year.
• Flight #7256, operated by go Operated by Mesa Airlines, was the flight with the most delays in 2009, with 159 minutes average delay between flights from Chicago to Sioux Falls.
• There were 55,520 passengers that flew from Chicago to Sioux Falls in 2009.
• The shortest flight distance between Chicago and Sioux Falls is 462 miles.
• The oldest aircraft servicing trips from Chicago, IL to Sioux Falls, SD in 2009 was go Operated by Mesa Airlines' RJ-700 from Canadair which started flying in 1990.
• The average flight time from Chicago, IL to Sioux Falls, SD takes about 70 minutes.
• The shortest flight between ORD and FSD takes about 67 minutes.
• Skywest Air, go Operated by Mesa Airlines, UNITED, Northwest Airlines offer flights from Chicago, IL to Sioux Falls, SD.
• In 2009, there were 4 airline companies operating between Chicago and Sioux Falls.

(Source: FAA & BTS 2009 Databases)