Flights from Raleigh to Chicago

• The average aircraft occupancy on flights from Raleigh to Chicago in 2009 was 82.1%.
• go Operated by Mesa Airlines, UNITED, American Airlines, American Eagle operate the shortest flights from Raleigh to Chicago.
• The shortest flight between RDU and ORD takes about 99 minutes.
• go Operated by Mesa Airlines offers the shortest flight times from Raleigh to Chicago.
• The average flight time from Raleigh, NC to Chicago, IL takes about 100 minutes.
• American Airlines, Shuttle America, American Eagle, go Operated by Mesa Airlines, UNITED, ExpressJet Airlines offer flights from Raleigh, NC to Chicago, IL.
• American Airlines carried a total of 115,326 passengers from RDU to ORD in 2009.
• The oldest aircraft servicing trips from Raleigh, NC to Chicago, IL in 2009 was American Airlines' MD-80 from Mcdonnell Douglas which started flying in 1990.
• The shortest flight distance between Raleigh and Chicago is 647 miles.
• The newest aircraft servicing RDU to ORD in 2009 was Shuttle America's EMB-170 from Embraer. The EMB-170 started flying in 2004.
• The largest aircraft servicing flights between Raleigh and Chicago from American Airlines is the B757-2 built by Boeing with 188 seats.
• Flight #317, operated by UNITED, was the flight with the most delays in 2009, with 73 minutes average delay between flights from Raleigh to Chicago.
• In 2009, there were 6 airline companies operating between Raleigh and Chicago.
• The smallest aircraft servicing flights from RDU to ORD for American Eagle is the EMB-135 built by Embraer with 37 seats.
• There were 242,670 passengers that flew from Raleigh to Chicago in 2009.
• American Eagle operated flights from RDU to ORD using 4 types of aircraft in 2009.
• 301,949 seats were available on flights from RDU to ORD in 2009. Of those seats, a total of 242,670 passengers flew on all flights from RDU to ORD that year.

(Source: FAA & BTS 2009 Databases)