Flights from San Diego to Chicago

• The average flight time from San Diego, CA to Chicago, IL takes about 205 minutes.
• UNITED, American Airlines operate the shortest flights from San Diego to Chicago.
• UNITED operated flights from SAN to ORD using 3 types of aircraft in 2009.
• The shortest flight between SAN and ORD takes about 204 minutes.
• UNITED, American Airlines, Delta Airlines offer flights from San Diego, CA to Chicago, IL.
• The oldest aircraft servicing trips from San Diego, CA to Chicago, IL in 2009 was American Airlines' MD-80 from Mcdonnell Douglas which started flying in 1990.
• There were 381,649 passengers that flew from San Diego to Chicago in 2009.
• UNITED offers the shortest flight times from San Diego to Chicago.
• The largest aircraft servicing flights between San Diego and Chicago from Delta Airlines is the B757-2 built by Boeing with 184 seats.
• The newest aircraft servicing SAN to ORD in 2009 was American Airlines' B737-8 from Boeing. The B737-8 started flying in 1998.
• In 2009, there were 3 airline companies operating between San Diego and Chicago.
• 426,784 seats were available on flights from SAN to ORD in 2009. Of those seats, a total of 381,649 passengers flew on all flights from SAN to ORD that year.
• The smallest aircraft servicing flights from SAN to ORD for UNITED is the A319 built by Airbus Industrie with 120 seats.
• UNITED carried a total of 202,589 passengers from SAN to ORD in 2009.
• The average aircraft occupancy on flights from San Diego to Chicago in 2009 was 88.2%.
• Flight #500, operated by American Airlines, was the flight with the most delays in 2009, with 8 minutes average delay between flights from San Diego to Chicago.
• The shortest flight distance between San Diego and Chicago is 1723 miles.

(Source: FAA & BTS 2009 Databases)