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

Chicago O'Hare International ⇄ Columbia Metro ORD–CAE

Airlines flew 2,333 flights between Chicago O'Hare International ORD in Chicago, IL and Columbia Metro CAE in Columbia, SC in the twelve months to July 2026, both directions together: 107,238 passengers in 131,101 seats, 82% of them filled, and 50,300 pounds of freight. 666 miles, about 90 minutes in the air, on 6 airlines: GoJet Airlines LLC d/b/a United Express (1,336), SkyWest Airlines Inc. (718), Envoy Air (273), United Parcel Service (4) and 2 more. Planning to fly it yourself? The weather and winds along this route right now.

2,333
flights, twelve months
ORD-CAE: 1,172 · CAE-ORD: 1,161
107,238
passengers
82% of seats filled
666
miles
about 90 minutes airborne
6
airlines
8 aircraft types

Flights by month both directions

0741482222961/254/257/2510/251/264/262967/26
By month, as a table
flights
1/25127
2/25108
3/25124
4/25116
5/25124
6/25120
7/25120
8/25118
9/25168
10/25229
11/25165
12/25155
1/26148
2/26123
3/26164
4/26222
5/26264
6/26281
7/26296

Passengers by month

03,4366,87310,31013,7461/254/257/2510/251/264/2613,7467/26
By month, as a table
passengers
1/257,110
2/255,516
3/255,441
4/255,125
5/255,555
6/255,379
7/255,262
8/255,152
9/257,803
10/2510,313
11/259,211
12/258,445
1/267,162
2/265,852
3/266,865
4/269,151
5/2610,904
6/2612,634
7/2613,746

The airlines twelve months, both directions

AirlineFlightsPassengersSeats filledService
GoJet Airlines LLC d/b/a United Express G71,33655,29883%scheduled passenger service
SkyWest Airlines Inc. OO71837,35681%scheduled passenger service
Envoy Air MQ27314,42781%scheduled passenger service
United Parcel Service 5X40scheduled cargo service
American Airlines Inc. AA115783%scheduled passenger service
CFM Inc d/b/a Contour Airlines d/b/a One Jet Shuttle LF100%charter passenger service

The aircraft as the airlines report their types

AircraftFlightsSeats a flightPassengers
Bombardier CRJ5501,4115058,518
Embraer ERJ-1754547326,348
Embraer-Emb-1702636513,821
Canadair RJ-200ER /RJ-440199508,394
Boeing 767-300/300ER300
Bombardier Challenger 604/6051300
Airbus Industrie A321Neoxlr1190157
Airbus Industrie A300-600/R/CF/RCF100

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

1,172 flights of 1,203 scheduled, 54,559 passengers in 66,016 seats, 919 pounds of freight, 2,088 pounds of mail. GoJet Airlines LLC d/b/a United Express 673; SkyWest Airlines Inc. 360; Envoy Air 137; American Airlines Inc. 1; CFM Inc d/b/a Contour Airlines d/b/a One Jet Shuttle 1.

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

1,161 flights of 1,203 scheduled, 52,679 passengers in 65,085 seats, 49,381 pounds of freight. GoJet Airlines LLC d/b/a United Express 663; SkyWest Airlines Inc. 358; Envoy Air 136; United Parcel Service 4.

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 Columbia Metro CAE; all routes.