Flights from New York to Chicago

• Comair, JetBlue Airways, American Airlines operate the shortest flights from New York to Chicago.
• The average flight time from New York, NY to Chicago, IL takes about 119 minutes.
• American Airlines operated flights from JFK to ORD using 4 types of aircraft in 2009.
• The oldest aircraft servicing trips from New York, NY to Chicago, IL in 2009 was American Airlines' B767-2/R from Boeing which started flying in 1990.
• The smallest aircraft servicing flights from JFK to ORD for Comair is the RJ100/ER built by Canadair with 49 seats.
• The shortest flight between JFK and ORD takes about 117 minutes.
• In 2009, there were 5 airline companies operating between New York and Chicago.
• The shortest flight distance between New York and Chicago is 740 miles.
• Flight #589, operated by American Airlines, was the flight with the most delays in 2009, with 22 minutes average delay between flights from New York to Chicago.
• The largest aircraft servicing flights between New York and Chicago from American Airlines is the B777-2 built by Boeing with 247 seats.
• JetBlue Airways, Comair, American Airlines, Chautauqua Airlines, UNITED offer flights from New York, NY to Chicago, IL.
• The average aircraft occupancy on flights from New York to Chicago in 2009 was 72.55%.
• JetBlue Airways carried a total of 109,138 passengers from JFK to ORD in 2009.
• American Airlines offers the shortest flight times from New York to Chicago.
• The newest aircraft servicing JFK to ORD in 2009 was JetBlue Airways' EMB-190 from Embraer. The EMB-190 started flying in 2005.
• There were 228,327 passengers that flew from New York to Chicago in 2009.
• 310,849 seats were available on flights from JFK to ORD in 2009. Of those seats, a total of 228,327 passengers flew on all flights from JFK to ORD that year.

(Source: FAA & BTS 2009 Databases)