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Chicago O'Hare International Airport

ORD · Chicago, IL

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IATA Code
ORD
ICAO Code
KORD
City
Chicago
Country
United States
Website
www.flychicago.com

Chicago O'Hare International Airport is a major airport serving Chicago, IL. Its IATA code is ORD and its ICAO code is KORD.

The airfield sits 680 feet above sea level.

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ORD by the numbers

IATA ORD · ICAO KORD · 680 ft elevation · Map

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Official departure punctuality

Ranks #324 of 358 U.S. airports for on-time departures

On-time departures
72.9%
Less than 15 minutes late
Cancelled
2.8%
Of scheduled flights
Average delay when late
83 min
Flights arriving 15+ minutes late
Flights tracked
363,008
Scheduled flights in the period

What caused the delays

  • Late-arriving aircraft 42%
  • Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning) 27%
  • Air traffic control & airport 21%
  • Extreme weather 10%
  • Security 0%

Share of delay minutes airlines attributed to each cause (BTS).

Source: U.S. DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics on-time data, September 2025 – August 2026. Covers flights operated by reporting U.S. carriers. About our data

Busiest routes from ORD

RouteFlightsOn time
New York (LGA) 11,630 67%
Boston (BOS) 7,864 67%
Los Angeles (LAX) 7,121 72%
Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW) 7,111 70%
Washington (DCA) 7,104 69%
Atlanta (ATL) 6,495 74%
Minneapolis (MSP) 6,395 70%
Orlando (MCO) 6,220 73%
Houston (IAH) 6,141 76%
Newark (EWR) 6,126 70%
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Airlines departing ORD

AirlineFlightsOn-time departures
United Airlines 102,132 76%
SkyWest Airlines 78,955 71%
American Airlines 61,506 66%
Envoy Air 57,966 77%
Republic Airways 33,415 79%
Delta Air Lines 10,687 73%
Frontier Airlines 4,179 72%
NK 3,558 63%
Alaska Airlines 3,346 71%
Southwest Airlines 3,139 69%

Runways

Runway Length Surface
10L/28R 13,000 ft CON, lighted
09R/27L 11,260 ft ASP, lighted
09C/27C 11,245 ft concrete, lighted
10C/28C 10,800 ft CON, lighted
04R/22L 8,075 ft ASP, lighted
04L/22R 7,500 ft ASP, lighted
09L/27R 7,500 ft ASP, lighted
10R/28L 7,500 ft CONCRETE, lighted

Listen to the tower

Air traffic control frequencies, for scanners and airband radios.

  • Recorded airport information (ATIS) 135.400 MHz
  • Tower 126.900 MHz
  • Ground 121.675 MHz
  • Clearance delivery 121.600 MHz
  • Departure 125.000 MHz
  • Approach 119.000 MHz

Runways and frequencies: OurAirports (public domain). Not for navigation.

Tags: ORD, KORD, Chicago airport, Chicago O'Hare International Airport

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