Flights from Memphis to Chicago

• 210,315 seats were available on flights from MEM to ORD in 2009. Of those seats, a total of 137,432 passengers flew on all flights from MEM to ORD that year.
• The largest aircraft servicing flights between Memphis and Chicago from Northwest Airlines is the A320-1/2 built by Airbus Industrie with 148 seats.
• Northwest Airlines operated flights from MEM to ORD using 5 types of aircraft in 2009.
• American Eagle, Northwest Airlink, Northwest Airlines, go Operated by Mesa Airlines, Skywest Air operate the shortest flights from Memphis to Chicago.
• The average aircraft occupancy on flights from Memphis to Chicago in 2009 was 66.1%.
• American Eagle, Skywest Air, Northwest Airlines, go Operated by Mesa Airlines, Northwest Airlink, American Airlines offer flights from Memphis, TN to Chicago, IL.
• The shortest flight between MEM and ORD takes about 80 minutes.
• In 2009, there were 6 airline companies operating between Memphis and Chicago.
• The smallest aircraft servicing flights from MEM to ORD for American Eagle is the EMB-135 built by Embraer with 37 seats.
• Northwest Airlink offers the shortest flight times from Memphis to Chicago.
• There were 137,432 passengers that flew from Memphis to Chicago in 2009.
• American Eagle carried a total of 40,873 passengers from MEM to ORD in 2009.
• The shortest flight distance between Memphis and Chicago is 491 miles.
• The newest aircraft servicing MEM to ORD in 2009 was Shuttle America's EMB-170 from Embraer. The EMB-170 started flying in 2004.
• The average flight time from Memphis, TN to Chicago, IL takes about 80 minutes.
• Flight #7085, operated by go Operated by Mesa Airlines, was the flight with the most delays in 2009, with 50 minutes average delay between flights from Memphis to Chicago.
• The oldest aircraft servicing trips from Memphis, TN to Chicago, IL in 2009 was American Airlines' MD-80 from Mcdonnell Douglas which started flying in 1990.

(Source: FAA & BTS 2009 Databases)