Flights from Chicago to Washington, DC

• The oldest aircraft servicing trips from Chicago, IL to Washington, DC in 2009 was American Airlines' MD-80 from Mcdonnell Douglas which started flying in 1990.
• UNITED, American Airlines, go Operated by Mesa Airlines, JetBlue Airways, Air Greenland, American Eagle, Gojet Airlines, American Connection offer flights from Chicago, IL to Washington, DC.
• The average flight time from Chicago, IL to Washington, DC takes about 80 minutes.
• UNITED operated flights from ORD to IAD using 8 types of aircraft in 2009.
• Flight #460, operated by UNITED, was the flight with the most delays in 2009, with 61 minutes average delay between flights from Chicago to Washington.
• The newest aircraft servicing ORD to IAD in 2009 was Air Greenland's B737-8 from Boeing. The B737-8 started flying in 1998.
• UNITED offers the shortest flight times from Chicago to Washington.
• The smallest aircraft servicing flights from ORD to IAD for American Connection is the EMB-145 built by Embraer with 50 seats.
• The shortest flight distance between Chicago and Washington is 589 miles.
• The largest aircraft servicing flights between Chicago and Washington from UNITED is the B747-4 built by Boeing with 363 seats.
• JetBlue Airways, UNITED operate the shortest flights from Chicago to Washington.
• 440,719 seats were available on flights from ORD to IAD in 2009. Of those seats, a total of 302,228 passengers flew on all flights from ORD to IAD that year.
• In 2009, there were 8 airline companies operating between Chicago and Washington.
• The average aircraft occupancy on flights from Chicago to Washington in 2009 was 70.25%.
• There were 302,228 passengers that flew from Chicago to Washington in 2009.
• The shortest flight between ORD and IAD takes about 77 minutes.
• UNITED carried a total of 300,316 passengers from ORD to IAD in 2009.

(Source: FAA & BTS 2009 Databases)