Chicago O'Hare International

The airport

This airport's record at the FAA

Runways 10

For understanding the field, not for navigation.

• 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

Automated weather (ASOS), by phone 773-800-0035.

Fuel and services as reported to the FAA

Other fields with jet fuel nearby: Chicago Executive (8 nm north), Schaumburg Regional (9 nm west), Chicago Midway International (13 nm southeast).

The FAA's file records what is sold and done at the field, as the airport manager reports it, not who sells it or the price; fuel sellers (FBOs) are not named in any public file. Airports selling jet fuel in Illinois · avgas.

The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file, spelled out

• 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.

Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024

No based-aircraft count is published for this airport.

The FAA's count is the general-aviation aircraft kept on the field (singles, twins, business jets, helicopters) from its Terminal Area Forecast, the latest year with an actual count; airline fleets are never counted as based anywhere, so a big airline airport shows a small number. The register section below shows how many aircraft are registered to owners in town, a different measure again.

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. How this compares nationally: Airports by the numbers.

Aircraft registered in Chicago from the FAA register

1,559 aircraft are registered to owners in Chicago, Illinois: 1,222 airliners and large jets, 182 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, not named (the site's policy at this time). All aircraft registered in Illinois.

Who works here from the FAA's certificate lists and the register

Fuel and service companies in Chicago, by their names on the register (a start, not a directory):

• Aviation Services LLC

Flight schools, flying clubs and college flight programmes based within about 15 miles:

• Neo Flites Flying Club INC 1 aircraft · Elmhurst, 6 miles away Neo-Flites Flying Club is a recreational flying club based at DuPage Airport in West Chicago, serving members from the western suburbs of Chicago.
• Boraam Aviation INC 4 aircraft · Prospect Heights, 9 miles away Boraam Aviation is a flight school in Prospect Heights, Illinois that offers pilot training programs including discovery flights, private pilot certificates, instrument ratings, and commercial pilot certificates.
• W Air LLC 5 aircraft · Wheeling, 11 miles away WAir Aviation is a Part 61 flight school located at Chicago Executive Airport (KPWK) in Wheeling, Illinois.
• Schaumburg Flying Club Nfp 2 aircraft · Palatine, 12 miles away
• Fox Flying Club INC 3 aircraft · Wheaton, 13 miles away Fox Flying Club is a member-owned non-profit flying club based at DuPage Airport near Chicago.
• International Flying Club INC 2 aircraft · Winfield, 14 miles away International Flying Club is a non-profit flying club based at DuPage Airport in West Chicago, Illinois.
• Vagabond Flying Association 2 aircraft · Winfield, 14 miles away The Vagabond Flying Association is a member-owned flying club based at DuPage Airport in West Chicago, Illinois.
• J3 Flying Club INC 1 aircraft · Bartlett, 14 miles away

Charter operators and airlines based in Chicago:

• Wair You Fly, LLC 1 aircraft on the certificate WAir You Fly operates private charter flights from Chicago Executive Airport.
• Flying M Air LLC 1 aircraft on the certificate

Repair stations in Chicago:

• Air Spares Unlimited, LLC Air Spares Unlimited is a service provider for the commercial aerospace aftermarket specializing in landing gear, wheels, and brakes.
• Jen-Air LLC

Companies in the same town as this airport, and schools within about 15 miles of it (each placed at the main public airport of its town, or at the town's centre); not every one of them works from this field. All operators · all repair stations · all flight schools · all FBOs.

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. The country as a whole: Where accidents happen.

Nearby within 30 nautical miles