Flights from Fort Lauderdale to Chicago

• American Airlines offers the shortest flight times from Fort Lauderdale to Chicago.
• The shortest flight distance between Fort Lauderdale and Chicago is 1182 miles.
• Flight #1005, operated by American Airlines, was the flight with the most delays in 2009, with 4 minutes average delay between flights from Fort Lauderdale to Chicago.
• 236,786 seats were available on flights from FLL to ORD in 2009. Of those seats, a total of 203,860 passengers flew on all flights from FLL to ORD that year.
• The average flight time from Fort Lauderdale, FL to Chicago, IL takes about 165 minutes.
• American Airlines operated flights from FLL to ORD using 4 types of aircraft in 2009.
• American Airlines operates the shortest flights from Fort Lauderdale to Chicago.
• In 2009, there were 4 airline companies operating between Fort Lauderdale and Chicago.
• The shortest flight between FLL and ORD takes about 165 minutes.
• The smallest aircraft servicing flights from FLL to ORD for Air Greenland is the B737-4 built by Boeing with 68 seats.
• Spirit Airlines carried a total of 107,819 passengers from FLL to ORD in 2009.
• The newest aircraft servicing FLL to ORD in 2009 was American Airlines' B737-8 from Boeing. The B737-8 started flying in 1998.
• There were 203,860 passengers that flew from Fort Lauderdale to Chicago in 2009.
• The oldest aircraft servicing trips from Fort Lauderdale, FL to Chicago, IL in 2009 was Air Greenland's B737-4 from Boeing which started flying in 1990.
• Spirit Airlines, American Airlines, Sun Country Airlines, Delta Airlines offer flights from Fort Lauderdale, FL to Chicago, IL.
• The largest aircraft servicing flights between Fort Lauderdale and Chicago from American Airlines is the B767-3/R built by Boeing with 225 seats.
• The average aircraft occupancy on flights from Fort Lauderdale to Chicago in 2009 was 85.13%.

(Source: FAA & BTS 2009 Databases)