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

Chicago O'Hare International ⇄ Shenzhen ORD–SZX

Airlines flew 285 flights between Chicago O'Hare International ORD in Chicago, IL and Shenzhen, China SZX in Shenzhen, CN in the twelve months to July 2026, both directions together: 0 passengers, and 38,277,121 pounds of freight. 7,773 miles, about 74 minutes in the air, on 2 airlines: China Southern Airlines (274), Atlas Air Inc. (11).

285
flights, twelve months
ORD-SZX: 140 · SZX-ORD: 145
0
passengers
no seats reported (cargo)
7,773
miles
about 74 minutes airborne
2
airlines
2 aircraft types

Flights by month both directions

0122437491/254/257/2510/252/266/26497/26
By month, as a table
flights
1/254
2/254
3/2518
4/2523
5/2523
6/2525
7/2522
8/2523
9/2514
10/2517
11/2517
12/2517
2/2628
4/2640
5/2638
6/2642
7/2649

Passengers by month

000111/254/257/2510/252/266/2607/26
By month, as a table
passengers
1/250
2/250
3/250
4/250
5/250
6/250
7/250
8/250
9/250
10/250
11/250
12/250
2/260
4/260
5/260
6/260
7/260

The airlines twelve months, both directions

AirlineFlightsPassengersSeats filledService
China Southern Airlines CZ2740scheduled cargo service
Atlas Air Inc. 5Y110charter cargo service

The aircraft as the airlines report their types

AircraftFlightsSeats a flightPassengers
Boeing 747-400F27400
Boeing 777-200ER/200LR/233LR1100

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

140 flights, 0 passengers, 6,960,338 pounds of freight. China Southern Airlines 129; Atlas Air Inc. 11.

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

145 flights, 0 passengers, 31,316,783 pounds of freight. China Southern Airlines 145.

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 Shenzhen, China SZX; all routes.