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

Chicago O'Hare International ⇄ Barcelona ORD–BCN

Airlines flew 885 flights between Chicago O'Hare International ORD in Chicago, IL and Barcelona, Spain BCN in Barcelona, ES in the twelve months to July 2026, both directions together: 187,024 passengers in 213,508 seats, 88% of them filled, and 8,275,432 pounds of freight. 4,420 miles, about 469 minutes in the air, on 3 airlines: United Air Lines Inc. (463), American Airlines Inc. (421), VistaJet Limited (1).

885
flights, twelve months
ORD-BCN: 445 · BCN-ORD: 440
187,024
passengers
88% of seats filled
4,420
miles
about 469 minutes airborne
3
airlines
5 aircraft types

Flights by month both directions

03162931243/256/259/2512/255/261217/26
By month, as a table
flights
3/253
4/2577
5/25123
6/25118
7/25121
8/25123
9/25121
10/25110
11/2558
12/253
3/268
4/2698
5/26124
6/26119
7/26121

Passengers by month

06,67413,34820,02326,6973/256/259/2512/255/2625,5357/26
By month, as a table
passengers
3/25633
4/2516,783
5/2526,697
6/2525,920
7/2524,774
8/2524,428
9/2525,897
10/2524,285
11/2512,153
12/25553
3/261,464
4/2619,913
5/2626,617
6/2626,179
7/2625,535

The airlines twelve months, both directions

AirlineFlightsPassengersSeats filledService
United Air Lines Inc. UA46398,31886%scheduled passenger service
American Airlines Inc. AA42188,69990%scheduled passenger service
VistaJet Limited VJT1750%charter passenger service

The aircraft as the airlines report their types

AircraftFlightsSeats a flightPassengers
B787-800 Dreamliner821238173,247
B787-900 Dreamliner352567,459
Boeing 787-10 Dreamliner263185,804
Boeing 777-200ER/200LR/233LR2274507
Bombardier Global 6000/Global Xrs1147

ORD → BCN this direction alone · flown March 2025 to July 2026

445 flights of 448 scheduled, 93,579 passengers in 107,201 seats, 1,389,314 pounds of freight. United Air Lines Inc. 233; American Airlines Inc. 211; VistaJet Limited 1.

BCN → ORD this direction alone · flown March 2025 to July 2026

440 flights of 447 scheduled, 93,445 passengers in 106,307 seats, 6,886,118 pounds of freight, 7,027 pounds of mail. United Air Lines Inc. 230; American Airlines Inc. 210.

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: Chicago O'Hare International ORD and Barcelona, Spain BCN; all routes.