Flights from Denver to Chicago

• UNITED carried a total of 626,439 passengers from DEN to ORD in 2009.
• UNITED, American Airlines operate the shortest flights from Denver to Chicago.
• UNITED offers the shortest flight times from Denver to Chicago.
• UNITED, American Airlines, Skywest Air, Delta Airlines, go Operated by Mesa Airlines, American Connection, Continental Airlines offer flights from Denver, CO to Chicago, IL.
• The average aircraft occupancy on flights from Denver to Chicago in 2009 was 80.32%.
• The newest aircraft servicing DEN to ORD in 2009 was Shuttle America's EMB-170 from Embraer. The EMB-170 started flying in 2004.
• There were 787,942 passengers that flew from Denver to Chicago in 2009.
• The oldest aircraft servicing trips from Denver, CO to Chicago, IL in 2009 was American Airlines' MD-80 from Mcdonnell Douglas which started flying in 1990.
• The largest aircraft servicing flights between Denver and Chicago from UNITED is the B747-4 built by Boeing with 363 seats.
• In 2009, there were 7 airline companies operating between Denver and Chicago.
• Flight #859, operated by UNITED, was the flight with the most delays in 2009, with 25 minutes average delay between flights from Denver to Chicago.
• 929,021 seats were available on flights from DEN to ORD in 2009. Of those seats, a total of 787,942 passengers flew on all flights from DEN to ORD that year.
• UNITED operated flights from DEN to ORD using 8 types of aircraft in 2009.
• The shortest flight between DEN and ORD takes about 110 minutes.
• The smallest aircraft servicing flights from DEN to ORD for American Connection is the EMB-145 built by Embraer with 50 seats.
• The average flight time from Denver, CO to Chicago, IL takes about 111 minutes.
• The shortest flight distance between Denver and Chicago is 888 miles.

(Source: FAA & BTS 2009 Databases)