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O'Hare International Airport

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Chicago O'Hare International Airport
Summary
Airport typePublic
Owner/OperatorChicago Department of Aviation
ServesChicago metropolitan area
LocationO'Hare, Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
OpenedFebruary 1944 (1944-02)[1]
Hub for
Focus city forPolar Air Cargo
Operating base for
Elevation AMSL668 ft / 204 m
Coordinates41°58′43″N 87°54′17″W / 41.97861°N 87.90472°W / 41.97861; -87.90472
Websiteflychicago.com/ohare
Maps
FAA airport diagram
FAA airport diagram
Map
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
4L/22R 7,500 2,286 Asphalt
4R/22L 8,075 2,461 Asphalt
9L/27R 7,500 2,286 Concrete
9C/27C 11,245 3,427 Concrete
9R/27L 11,260 3,432 Asphalt/concrete
10L/28R 13,000 3,962 Asphalt/concrete
10C/28C 10,800 3,292 Concrete
10R/28L 7,500 2,286 Concrete
Helipads
Number Length Surface
ft m
H1 200 61 Concrete
Statistics (2023)
Passenger volume73,894,226
Aircraft movements720,582
Cargo (metric tons)1,906,462.5
Source: O'Hare International Airport[3]

Chicago O'Hare International Airport[a] (IATA: ORD, ICAO: KORD, FAA LID: ORD) is a major international airport serving Chicago, Illinois, located on the city's Northwest Side, approximately 17 miles (27 km) northwest of the Loop business district. Operated by the Chicago Department of Aviation[4] and covering 7,627 acres (3,087 ha),[5][6] O'Hare has non-stop flights to 214 destinations in North America, South America, the Caribbean, Europe, Africa, Asia, the Middle East, Oceania, and the North Atlantic region as of November 2022.[7][8] As of 2023, O'Hare is considered the world's most connected airport.[9]

Designed to be the successor to Chicago's Midway International Airport, itself once nicknamed the "busiest square mile in the world," O'Hare began as an airfield serving a Douglas manufacturing plant for C-54 military transports during World War II. It was renamed Orchard Field Airport in the mid-1940s and assigned the IATA code ORD. In 1949, it was renamed after aviator Edward "Butch" O'Hare, the U.S. Navy's first Medal of Honor recipient during that war.[10][11] As the first major airport planned after World War II, O'Hare's innovative design pioneered concepts such as concourses, direct highway access to the terminal, jet bridges, and underground refueling systems.[12]

O'Hare became famous during the jet age, holding the distinction as the world's busiest airport by passenger traffic from 1963 to 1998. It still ranks as one the busiest airports in the world, according to the Airports Council International rankings.[13][14] In 2019, O'Hare had 919,704 aircraft movements, averaging 2,520 per day, the most of any airport in the world in part because of a large number of regional flights.[15] On the ground, road access to the airport is offered by airport shuttle, bus, the Chicago "L", or taxis. Interstate 190 (Kennedy Expressway) goes directly into the airport. O'Hare is a hub for American Airlines and United Airlines (which is headquartered in Willis Tower),[16][17] as well as an operating base for Spirit Airlines.[18][19]

  1. ^ "Chicago O'Hare International Airport". AirNav, LLC. Archived from the original on October 29, 2016. Retrieved October 28, 2016.
  2. ^ "Frontier Airlines to Re-Open Pilot Base in Chicago". Frontier Newsroom. November 21, 2023. Retrieved November 22, 2023.
  3. ^ "Year to Date Operations-Passengers, Cargo Summary December 2023" (PDF). flychicago.com. Retrieved March 6, 2024.
  4. ^ "About the CDA". City of Chicago Department of Aviation. Archived from the original on May 4, 2018. Retrieved May 3, 2018.
  5. ^ FAA Airport Form 5010 for ORD PDF, effective January 25, 2024.
  6. ^ "ORD airport data at skyvector.com". skyvector.com. Retrieved August 25, 2022.
  7. ^ "Non-stop Service". Chicago Department of Aviation. Archived from the original on March 26, 2019. Retrieved March 26, 2019.
  8. ^ "O'Hare to offer first direct Chicago-to-Africa flights". Chicago Tribune. Chicago: Tribune Publishing. Associated Press. Archived from the original on April 1, 2018. Retrieved April 1, 2018.
  9. ^ "Chicago O'Hare Airport named 'World's Best-Connected Airport' on 2022 Megahub Connectivity Index". ABC News. Chicago: ABC Owned Television Stations. September 21, 2022. Retrieved October 4, 2022.
  10. ^ Petchmo, Ian. "The Fascinating History Chicago's O'Hare International Airport: 1920–1960". airwaysmag.com. Airways International Inc. Archived from the original on November 7, 2017. Retrieved April 7, 2018.
  11. ^ "O'Hare History". Chicago: Chicago Department of Transportation. Retrieved July 18, 2022.
  12. ^ Burley, Paul. "Ralph H. Burke: Early Innovator of Chicago O'Hare International Airport". Chicago: Northwestern University. Archived from the original on May 11, 2018. Retrieved May 10, 2018. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  13. ^ "O'Hare Ranks as World's Fourth-Busiest Airport, According to New Report". NBC News. Chicago: NBC Owned Television Stations. April 11, 2022. Retrieved April 19, 2022.
  14. ^ Josephs, Leslie (April 15, 2024). "World's busiest airports show surge in international travel. Here are the rankings". CNBC. Retrieved April 15, 2024.
  15. ^ Hetter, Katia. "This is the world's busiest airport". CNN Travel. Atlanta: Warner Bros. Discovery. Archived from the original on November 19, 2019. Retrieved November 26, 2019.
  16. ^ Mutzbaugh, Ben. "The fleet and hubs of United Airlines, by the numbers". USA Today. Washington: Gannett. Archived from the original on February 12, 2018. Retrieved January 29, 2018.
  17. ^ "Chicago, IL: O'Hare (ORD)". Washington: Bureau of Transportation Statistics. Archived from the original on October 6, 2014. Retrieved September 1, 2015.
  18. ^ Harden, Mark (September 30, 2014). "Frontier Airlines making Chicago's O'Hare a focus". Chicago Business Journal. Chicago: American City Business Journals. Archived from the original on October 3, 2014. Retrieved September 30, 2014.
  19. ^ Bhaskara, Vinay (October 1, 2014). "Spirit Airlines Adds Two New Routes at Chicago O'Hare". Airways News. Archived from the original on October 3, 2014. Retrieved October 1, 2014.


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