Chicago O'Hare International
ORD · KORD · Chicago, Illinois · Cook County · map
Chicago O'Hare International is a public-use airport owned by the City of Chicago, 14 miles northwest of Chicago, Illinois, 680 feet above sea level. It has 10 runways; the longest, 10L/28R, is 13,000 feet of asphalt and concrete. It has a control tower and fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A). The FAA counts about 757,750 takeoffs and landings a year. About 31,388,080 passengers boarded flights here in the FAA's fiscal year 2024.
Weather right now KORD · observed 4:51 pm CDT (21:51 UTC), 61 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind from the south-southwest (210°) at 13 knots, gusting to 24
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Sky: a few clouds at 25,000 feet
- Temperature 73°F (23°C), dew point 41°F (5°C)
- Altimeter 29.92 inHg
The forecast issued Tue 3:53 pm CDT (20:53 UTC), good until Wed 7:00 pm CDT (00:00 UTC)
- From Tue 4:00 pm CDT (21:00 UTC): wind from the south-southwest at 13 knots, gusting to 24, visibility more than 6 miles, clear skies VFR
- From Tue 6:00 pm CDT (23:00 UTC): wind from the south-southwest at 8 knots, visibility more than 6 miles, scattered clouds at 6,000 feet, scattered clouds at 30,000 feet VFR
- From Wed 9:00 am CDT (14:00 UTC): wind from the west-northwest at 9 knots, visibility more than 6 miles, scattered clouds at 25,000 feet VFR
The codes as issued (METAR and TAF)
METAR KORD 062151Z 21013G24KT 10SM FEW250 23/05 A2992 RMK AO2 SLP129 T02280050 $
TAF KORD 062053Z 0621/0724 21013G24KT P6SM SKC FM062300 20008KT P6SM SCT060 SCT300 FM071400 30009KT P6SM SCT250
From the National Weather Service's aviation weather service, refreshed every few minutes; times are local to the airport with UTC in brackets. For a flight, get your briefing from Flight Service or an approved provider.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA ORD · ICAO KORD
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- City of Chicago
- Elevation
- 680 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- A control tower · around the clock
- Attended
- around the clock
- Lights
- beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A
- Repairs
- airframe: major repairs; engine: major repairs
- Notes
- landing fee · certified for airline service (Part 139)
- On the chart
- Chicago sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 3W
- In the FAA's files since
- February 1944
Runways 10
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10L/28R | 13,000 × 150 ft | Asphalt and concrete, good | High-intensity lights |
| 09R/27L | 11,260 × 150 ft | Asphalt and concrete, excellent | High-intensity lights |
| 09C/27C | 11,245 × 200 ft | Concrete, excellent | High-intensity lights |
| 10C/28C | 10,800 × 200 ft | Concrete, excellent | High-intensity lights |
| 04R/22L | 8,075 × 150 ft | Asphalt, good | High-intensity lights |
| 04L/22R | 7,500 × 150 ft | Asphalt, good | High-intensity lights |
| 09L/27R | 7,500 × 150 ft | Concrete, good | High-intensity lights |
| 10R/28L | 7,500 × 150 ft | Concrete, excellent | High-intensity lights |
| H1 | 200 × 100 ft | Concrete | Perimeter lights |
| 10X |
- Runway 10L: ILS with DME, PAPI, four lights on the left, approach lights with sequenced flashers (ALSF-2), 12,246 ft available for landing
- Runway 28R: ILS with DME, PAPI, four lights on the left, approach lights with sequenced flashers (ALSF-2), trees 47 ft high 2,336 ft from the end
- Runway 09R: ILS with DME, PAPI, four lights on the left, approach lights with sequenced flashers (ALSF-2), tree 47 ft high 2,157 ft from the end
- Runway 27L: ILS with DME, PAPI, four lights on the right, approach lights with sequenced flashers (ALSF-2), rr 50 ft high 1,938 ft from the end
- Runway 09C: ILS with DME, PAPI, four lights on the left, approach lights with sequenced flashers (ALSF-2), ant 126 ft high 5,411 ft from the end
- Runway 27C: ILS with DME, PAPI, four lights on the left, approach lights with sequenced flashers (ALSF-2)
- Runway 10C: ILS with DME, PAPI, four lights on the left, approach lights with sequenced flashers (ALSF-2), 10,540 ft available for landing
- Runway 28C: ILS with DME, PAPI, four lights on the left, approach lights with sequenced flashers (ALSF-2)
- Runway 04R: ILS, PAPI, four lights on the right, medium-intensity approach lights with runway alignment lights (MALSR)
- Runway 22L: ILS, PAPI, four lights on the left, medium-intensity approach lights with runway alignment lights (MALSR), trees 45 ft high 1,997 ft from the end
- Runway 22R: ILS, PAPI, four lights on the left, medium-intensity approach lights with runway alignment lights (MALSR), 7,300 ft available for landing, trees 43 ft high 2,415 ft from the end
- Runway 09L: ILS with DME, PAPI, four lights on the left, approach lights with sequenced flashers (ALSF-2), tower 745 ft high 27,413 ft from the end
- Runway 27R: ILS with DME, PAPI, four lights on the right, approach lights with sequenced flashers (ALSF-2), building 84 ft high 3,793 ft from the end
- Runway 10R: ILS with DME, approach lights with sequenced flashers (ALSF-2), tree 74 ft high 2,555 ft from the end
- Runway 28L: ILS with DME, approach lights with sequenced flashers (ALSF-2)
- Runway 10X: ILS with DME
Radio frequencies
| UNICOM | 122.95 | |
| Digital ATIS | 135.4 | O Hare |
| Clearance delivery Pre Taxi Clearance · Clearance delivery | 121.6 | O Hare |
| Clearance delivery (secondary) | 119.25 | O Hare |
| Ground Tower south | 118.05 | O Hare |
| Ground and metering | 121.675 | O Hare |
| Ground Tower center outbound | 121.75 | O Hare |
| Ground Tower center inbound | 121.9 | O Hare |
| Ground Tower north | 124.125 | O Hare |
| Ground (secondary) Tower center | 134.15 | O Hare |
| Tower Runway 04R/22L; Runway 10C/28C | 120.75 | O Hare |
| Tower Runway 09C/27C | 121.15 | O Hare |
| Tower Runway 09R/27L; Runway 22R | 126.9 | O Hare |
| Tower Runway 09L/27R | 128.15 | O Hare |
| Tower Runway 10L/28R | 132.7 | O Hare |
| Tower Runway 10R/28L | 133.0 | O Hare |
| Approach arriving from headings 360 to 179 | 119.0 | O Hare |
| Approach arriving from headings 180 to 359 | 133.625 | O Hare |
| Approach (secondary) | 124.35 | O Hare |
| Approach (secondary) arriving from headings 180 to 359 | 125.7 | O Hare |
| Departure · Departure procedure (OHARE) 150-219 south; 220-319 west | 126.625 | O Hare |
| Departure · Departure procedure (OHARE) 320-149 east/north; East/north | 128.575 | O Hare |
| Class B airspace North | 120.55 | O Hare |
| Emergency | 121.5 | O Hare |
| Class B airspace Southeast | 128.2 | O Hare |
| Class B airspace South | 133.5 | O Hare |
| Prm Runway 10C/28C | 119.625 | O Hare |
| VFR and adzy | 126.8 | O Hare |
| Prm Runway 10R/28L | 128.05 | O Hare |
Automated weather (ASOS), by phone 773-800-0035.
Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024
No based-aircraft count is published for this airport.
Takeoffs and landings a year about 757,750, the FAA's fiscal year 2024 (October 2023 to September 2024)
Local flights stay in the traffic pattern or nearby, often practice; travelling flights arrive from or leave for somewhere else. Counts at airports without a tower are the FAA's estimates.
Wind map live wind over the area, from Windy.com
Colours show wind speed, the moving lines its direction; drag the time bar for the coming days. Map and forecast by Windy.com.
Aircraft registered in Chicago from the FAA register
1,553 aircraft are registered to owners in Chicago, Illinois: 1,219 airliners and large jets, 179 piston singles, 73 business jets, 29 piston twins, 17 turboprops. Not every one of them is based at this airport; the based-aircraft count above is the FAA's figure for this airport alone.
Companies and organisations in town with two or more aircraft:
Individuals are counted, never named. All aircraft registered in Illinois.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 153 since 1982, 1 fatal
Cases the NTSB recorded with this as the nearest airport, newest first. Each opens the full report in plain English.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file
- And DU page county.
- Engineered materials arresting system (emas), 170 feet wide by 546 feet length, located at the der 04R.
- Engineered materials arresting system (emas), 170 feet wide by 303 feet length, located at the der 22L.
- Triple dual tandem (3D) 768,000 pounds; dual tandum west/dual wheel (2D/D1) 632,755 pounds.
- Runway 10X supports the second straight in ILS system I-IZJ on runway 10R.
- APCH/ departure paths are east and west.
- Closed to arrival.
- Closed to departure.
- PAPI unusable beyond 8 degreess right and 9 degreess left of centerline.
- Birds on and in the vicinity of airport; pyrotechnics and bird cannons in use.
- See lnd and hold short operations section.
- Alert: dupe ALPHA-NUMERIC taxiway designators and terminal gate designations involving the ltrs B, C, G, H, K, L and M.
Facts from the FAA's airport file effective October 1, 2026, written out in plain English; weather from the National Weather Service's aviation weather service; registered aircraft from the FAA register as of October 5, 2026; accidents from the NTSB's public database. Owners are shown only when they are an organisation; no person is named. Check the official sources before a flight: this page is for understanding an airport, not for planning one.