Flights from Grand Rapids to Chicago

• UNITED operated flights from GRR to ORD using 6 types of aircraft in 2009.
• The shortest flight between GRR and ORD takes about 31 minutes.
• There were 185,876 passengers that flew from Grand Rapids to Chicago in 2009.
• The smallest aircraft servicing flights from GRR to ORD for American Eagle is the EMB-135 built by Embraer with 37 seats.
• The largest aircraft servicing flights between Grand Rapids and Chicago from UNITED is the B767-3/R built by Boeing with 183 seats.
• 264,229 seats were available on flights from GRR to ORD in 2009. Of those seats, a total of 185,876 passengers flew on all flights from GRR to ORD that year.
• Flight #7286, operated by go Operated by Mesa Airlines, was the flight with the most delays in 2009, with 61 minutes average delay between flights from Grand Rapids to Chicago.
• The oldest aircraft servicing trips from Grand Rapids, MI to Chicago, IL in 2009 was Air Greenland's B737-4 from Boeing which started flying in 1990.
• American Eagle, go Operated by Mesa Airlines, UNITED, Gojet Airlines, Shuttle America, Skywest Air, American Airlines, ExpressJet Airlines offer flights from Grand Rapids, MI to Chicago, IL.
• The newest aircraft servicing GRR to ORD in 2009 was Shuttle America's EMB-170 from Embraer. The EMB-170 started flying in 2004.
• go Operated by Mesa Airlines offers the shortest flight times from Grand Rapids to Chicago.
• In 2009, there were 8 airline companies operating between Grand Rapids and Chicago.
• The shortest flight distance between Grand Rapids and Chicago is 137 miles.
• The average aircraft occupancy on flights from Grand Rapids to Chicago in 2009 was 72.85%.
• American Eagle carried a total of 70,287 passengers from GRR to ORD in 2009.
• American Eagle, go Operated by Mesa Airlines, Skywest Air, UNITED operate the shortest flights from Grand Rapids to Chicago.
• The average flight time from Grand Rapids, MI to Chicago, IL takes about 32 minutes.

(Source: FAA & BTS 2009 Databases)