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Routes and flights · the DOT's airline reports, August 2025 to July 2026

Hong Kong ⇄ Chicago O'Hare International HKG–ORD

Airlines flew 788 flights between Hong Kong, Hong Kong HKG in Hong Kong, HK and Chicago O'Hare International ORD in Chicago, IL in the twelve months to July 2026, both directions together: 212,500 passengers in 239,162 seats, 89% of them filled, and 11,166,672 pounds of freight. 7,792 miles, about 4 minutes in the air, on 3 airlines: Cathay Pacific Airways Ltd. (717), Atlas Air Inc. (69), United Air Lines Inc. (2).

788
flights, twelve months
HKG-ORD: 360 · ORD-HKG: 428
212,500
passengers
89% of seats filled
7,792
miles
about 4 minutes airborne
3
airlines
6 aircraft types

Flights by month both directions

0244873971/254/257/2510/251/264/26627/26
By month, as a table
flights
1/2586
2/2569
3/2588
4/2581
5/2591
6/2592
7/2597
8/2575
9/2564
10/2571
11/2570
12/2573
1/2665
2/2657
3/2665
4/2662
5/2663
6/2661
7/2662

Passengers by month

05,03510,07015,10420,1391/254/257/2510/251/264/2618,3097/26
By month, as a table
passengers
1/2518,336
2/2514,571
3/2517,483
4/2516,777
5/2518,696
6/2518,444
7/2517,216
8/2516,537
9/2513,897
10/2517,227
11/2517,638
12/2518,382
1/2618,986
2/2616,408
3/2620,139
4/2617,696
5/2619,005
6/2618,276
7/2618,309

The airlines twelve months, both directions

AirlineFlightsPassengersSeats filledService
Cathay Pacific Airways Ltd. CX717212,50089%scheduled passenger service
Atlas Air Inc. 5Y6900%charter cargo service
United Air Lines Inc. UA20charter cargo service

The aircraft as the airlines report their types

AircraftFlightsSeats a flightPassengers
Airbus 350-1000711334211,114
Boeing 747-4003500
Boeing 777-200ER/200LR/233LR2500
Boeing B747-8900
Airbus Industrie A350-90062801,386
B787-800 Dreamliner200

HKG → ORD this direction alone · flown January 2025 to July 2026

360 flights, 110,273 passengers in 119,410 seats, 9,391,505 pounds of freight. Cathay Pacific Airways Ltd. 358; United Air Lines Inc. 2.

ORD → HKG this direction alone · flown January 2025 to July 2026

428 flights, 102,227 passengers in 119,752 seats, 1,775,167 pounds of freight. Cathay Pacific Airways Ltd. 359; Atlas Air Inc. 69.

Source: the Bureau of Transportation Statistics' T-100 Segment table (all carriers). A flight is one departure performed on this segment; seats and passengers are the airlines' own monthly reports; "seats filled" is passengers divided by seats. The miles are the DOT's great-circle distance. Both ends: Hong Kong, Hong Kong HKG and Chicago O'Hare International ORD; all routes.