Summary Only three regional jet routes in the US have overnight flights in August. Come October, San Francisco-Monterrey will have such RJ service for the first time. Tucson-Chicago O'Hare, which has not had overnight RJ flights before, will join in December.
Few aircraft types elicit as much negative response from passengers as regional jets , although I'm fond of them. More specifically, they dislike the 50-seat, single-class, cramped CRJ200 and Embraer ERJ145, where they might be unable to stand up or store carry-on bags. It is somewhat different for larger equipment, although the sense of small space is still present for many.
While passengers’ anxiety might rise further for overnight RJ flights, US readers might be pleased that very few exist. Overnight RJ flights in the US: August Using Cirium to analyze 209,000 RJ-operated US flights indicates they'll operate 1,400+ routes in August. Of these, just three have overnight flights .
I define this as any scheduled passenger flight departing before or after midnight and arriving after 04:00. The following three routes have previously had overnight RJ services. However, regular red-eye operations ended in 2018 (not 2019).
Routes Departure time (local) Arrival time (local) Airline/aircraft in August Comments Fresno to Chicago O'Hare (RJs return on August 19) 23:59 06:12+1 United Express (SkyWest); E175 All flights end for the season on October 25 but return on December 19 (but on the A319/737-700) for Christmas and New Year Las Vegas to Austin 23:59 04:57+1 American Eagle (Envoy Air); E175 Had overnight E175 flights in June, July, and August 2024, the latter only on August 1, 2, and 4 (so all have operated this month). American ends the route on October 6 Spokane to Chicago O'Hare 23:59 05:42+1 United Express (SkyWest); E175 Overnight RJ flights from May to October 2024. All flights end for the season on October 25 but return on December 19 (A319/A320/737 MAX 8) for Christmas and New Year How many of them can you name? What about later this year? Come September, only Fresno-O'Hare and Spokane-O'Hare will have red-eye RJ services.
With the addition of a new service, things will change in October, while only one overnight RJ operation is scheduled for November. From December, two routes meet the criteria of having a 04:00+ arrival: San Francisco-Monterrey , Mexico: overnight United Express (SkyWest) E175 flights from October 27 . They'll initially depart at 23:59 and arrive at 04:43+1 before switching to 23:25-05:09+1 in early November.
It will be the first time it has had overnight RJ services Tucson-Chicago O'Hare : overnight United Express (SkyWest) E175 from December 19 , departing daily from Arizona at 23:59 and arriving at 04:40+1. It becomes daytime-only in early January. It will be the first time it has had overnight RJ services, although larger equipment previously operated such flights.
