Flights from Washington, DC to Chicago

• UNITED, American Airlines, American Eagle offer flights from Washington, DC to Chicago, IL.
• 989,426 seats were available on flights from DCA to ORD in 2009. Of those seats, a total of 730,559 passengers flew on all flights from DCA to ORD that year.
• UNITED carried a total of 458,279 passengers from DCA to ORD in 2009.
• Flight #889, operated by American Airlines, was the flight with the most delays in 2009, with 14 minutes average delay between flights from Washington to Chicago.
• The shortest flight distance between Washington and Chicago is 612 miles.
• There were 730,559 passengers that flew from Washington to Chicago in 2009.
• The oldest aircraft servicing trips from Washington, DC to Chicago, IL in 2009 was American Airlines' MD-80 from Mcdonnell Douglas which started flying in 1990.
• The smallest aircraft servicing flights from DCA to ORD for American Eagle is the EMB-145 built by Embraer with 50 seats.
• UNITED operated flights from DCA to ORD using 5 types of aircraft in 2009.
• UNITED offers the shortest flight times from Washington to Chicago.
• The average aircraft occupancy on flights from Washington to Chicago in 2009 was 73.88%.
• The shortest flight between DCA and ORD takes about 93 minutes.
• The average flight time from Washington, DC to Chicago, IL takes about 93 minutes.
• In 2009, there were 3 airline companies operating between Washington and Chicago.
• The newest aircraft servicing DCA to ORD in 2009 was American Airlines' B737-8 from Boeing. The B737-8 started flying in 1998.
• UNITED, American Airlines, American Eagle operate the shortest flights from Washington to Chicago.
• The largest aircraft servicing flights between Washington and Chicago from American Airlines is the B757-2 built by Boeing with 188 seats.

(Source: FAA & BTS 2009 Databases)