Flights from Minneapolis to Chicago

• UNITED offers the shortest flight times from Minneapolis to Chicago.
• The average flight time from Minneapolis, MN to Chicago, IL takes about 54 minutes.
• The smallest aircraft servicing flights from MSP to ORD for American Eagle is the EMB-145 built by Embraer with 50 seats.
• The shortest flight distance between Minneapolis and Chicago is 334 miles.
• The largest aircraft servicing flights between Minneapolis and Chicago from UNITED is the B747-4 built by Boeing with 374 seats.
• There were 793,759 passengers that flew from Minneapolis to Chicago in 2009.
• The newest aircraft servicing MSP to ORD in 2009 was Compass Airlines' ERJ-175 from Embraer. The ERJ-175 started flying in 2004.
• 1,188,211 seats were available on flights from MSP to ORD in 2009. Of those seats, a total of 793,759 passengers flew on all flights from MSP to ORD that year.
• American Airlines, Northwest Airlines, UNITED operate the shortest flights from Minneapolis to Chicago.
• The shortest flight between MSP and ORD takes about 53 minutes.
• Flight #2108, operated by Northwest Airlines, was the flight with the most delays in 2009, with 33 minutes average delay between flights from Minneapolis to Chicago.
• The average aircraft occupancy on flights from Minneapolis to Chicago in 2009 was 67.86%.
• UNITED, American Airlines, Northwest Airlines, Shuttle America, Compass Airlines, Alaska Airlines, Delta Airlines, ExpressJet Airlines, Northwest Airlink offer flights from Minneapolis, MN to Chicago, IL.
• The oldest aircraft servicing trips from Minneapolis, MN to Chicago, IL in 2009 was American Airlines' B767-3/R from Boeing which started flying in 1990.
• In 2009, there were 9 airline companies operating between Minneapolis and Chicago.
• UNITED carried a total of 295,820 passengers from MSP to ORD in 2009.
• UNITED operated flights from MSP to ORD using 7 types of aircraft in 2009.

(Source: FAA & BTS 2009 Databases)