Flights from Rapid City to Chicago

• UNITED carried a total of 9,560 passengers from RAP to ORD in 2009.
• Flight #7030, operated by go Operated by Mesa Airlines, was the flight with the most delays in 2009, with 21 minutes average delay between flights from Rapid City to Chicago.
• There were 15,298 passengers that flew from Rapid City to Chicago in 2009.
• The oldest aircraft servicing trips from Rapid City, SD to Chicago, IL in 2009 was go Operated by Mesa Airlines' RJ-700 from Canadair which started flying in 1990.
• The shortest flight distance between Rapid City and Chicago is 780 miles.
• The smallest aircraft servicing flights from RAP to ORD for ExpressJet Airlines is the EMB-145 built by Embraer with 50 seats.
• The shortest flight between RAP and ORD takes about 75 minutes.
• 20,976 seats were available on flights from RAP to ORD in 2009. Of those seats, a total of 15,298 passengers flew on all flights from RAP to ORD that year.
• In 2009, there were 4 airline companies operating between Rapid City and Chicago.
• The largest aircraft servicing flights between Rapid City and Chicago from UNITED is the A320-1/2 built by Airbus Industrie with 149 seats.
• ExpressJet Airlines, go Operated by Mesa Airlines, Skywest Air, UNITED operate the shortest flights from Rapid City to Chicago.
• UNITED, Skywest Air, ExpressJet Airlines, go Operated by Mesa Airlines offer flights from Rapid City, SD to Chicago, IL.
• UNITED operated flights from RAP to ORD using 4 types of aircraft in 2009.
• The average aircraft occupancy on flights from Rapid City to Chicago in 2009 was 76.06%.
• The average flight time from Rapid City, SD to Chicago, IL takes about 89 minutes.
• ExpressJet Airlines offers the shortest flight times from Rapid City to Chicago.
• The newest aircraft servicing RAP to ORD in 2009 was go Operated by Mesa Airlines' CRJ-2/4 from Canadair. The CRJ-2/4 started flying in 1997.

(Source: FAA & BTS 2009 Databases)