Flights from Chicago to Springfield

• In 2009, there were 4 airline companies operating between Chicago and Springfield.
• go Operated by Mesa Airlines, American Eagle, American Connection, Skywest Air offer flights from Chicago, IL to Springfield, IL.
• The average flight time from Chicago, IL to Springfield, IL takes about 31 minutes.
• The average aircraft occupancy on flights from Chicago to Springfield in 2009 was 55.45%.
• 94,877 seats were available on flights from ORD to SPI in 2009. Of those seats, a total of 52,060 passengers flew on all flights from ORD to SPI that year.
• Flight #7166, operated by go Operated by Mesa Airlines, was the flight with the most delays in 2009, with 57 minutes average delay between flights from Chicago to Springfield.
• Skywest Air offers the shortest flight times from Chicago to Springfield.
• go Operated by Mesa Airlines, Skywest Air, American Eagle operate the shortest flights from Chicago to Springfield.
• The largest aircraft servicing flights between Chicago and Springfield from go Operated by Mesa Airlines is the RJ-700 built by Canadair with 66 seats.
• The oldest aircraft servicing trips from Chicago, IL to Springfield, IL in 2009 was go Operated by Mesa Airlines' RJ-700 from Canadair which started flying in 1990.
• The shortest flight between ORD and SPI takes about 30 minutes.
• There were 52,060 passengers that flew from Chicago to Springfield in 2009.
• The shortest flight distance between Chicago and Springfield is 174 miles.
• The newest aircraft servicing ORD to SPI in 2009 was American Eagle's EMB-140 from Embraer. The EMB-140 started flying in 2001.
• American Eagle operated flights from ORD to SPI using 3 types of aircraft in 2009.
• go Operated by Mesa Airlines carried a total of 20,736 passengers from ORD to SPI in 2009.
• The smallest aircraft servicing flights from ORD to SPI for American Eagle is the EMB-135 built by Embraer with 37 seats.

(Source: FAA & BTS 2009 Databases)