Flights from Seattle to Chicago

• The shortest flight between SEA and ORD takes about 200 minutes.
• The average aircraft occupancy on flights from Seattle to Chicago in 2009 was 86.44%.
• The average flight time from Seattle, WA to Chicago, IL takes about 202 minutes.
• UNITED carried a total of 278,177 passengers from SEA to ORD in 2009.
• The newest aircraft servicing SEA to ORD in 2009 was Alaska Airlines' B737-9 from Boeing. The B737-9 started flying in 2002.
• In 2009, there were 3 airline companies operating between Seattle and Chicago.
• The oldest aircraft servicing trips from Seattle, WA to Chicago, IL in 2009 was Alaska Airlines' B737-4 from Boeing which started flying in 1990.
• UNITED, American Airlines, Alaska Airlines offer flights from Seattle, WA to Chicago, IL.
• UNITED operated flights from SEA to ORD using 5 types of aircraft in 2009.
• Flight #208, operated by UNITED, was the flight with the most delays in 2009, with 33 minutes average delay between flights from Seattle to Chicago.
• 674,935 seats were available on flights from SEA to ORD in 2009. Of those seats, a total of 594,035 passengers flew on all flights from SEA to ORD that year.
• The shortest flight distance between Seattle and Chicago is 1721 miles.
• There were 594,035 passengers that flew from Seattle to Chicago in 2009.
• UNITED offers the shortest flight times from Seattle to Chicago.
• The largest aircraft servicing flights between Seattle and Chicago from UNITED is the B747-4 built by Boeing with 347 seats.
• The smallest aircraft servicing flights from SEA to ORD for UNITED is the A319 built by Airbus Industrie with 120 seats.
• American Airlines, Alaska Airlines, UNITED operate the shortest flights from Seattle to Chicago.

(Source: FAA & BTS 2009 Databases)