- IATA
- ORD
- the code on your bag tag
- ICAO
- KORD
- used by air traffic control
- Opened
- 1944
- per Wikidata
- Passengers
- 84.9M
- in 2025
History & name
Chicago O'Hare International Airport opened in 1944 and is named after Edward O'Hare (1914–1943), the United States Navy Medal of Honor recipient. It lies 26 km from Chicago, has 8 runways up to 3,962 m long and handled 84.9 million passengers in 2025.
Named afterEdward O'Hare — United States Navy Medal of Honor recipient (1914–1943)
Read more: Wikipedia ↗ · Wikidata ↗
At a glance
- Full name
- Chicago O'Hare International Airport
- Serves
- Chicago, United States
- City centre
- 26 km from Chicago
- Opened
- 1944
- Passengers
- 84.9 million in 2025
- Runways
- 8 runways, longest 3,962 m
- Elevation
- 680 ft (207 m)
- Website
- flychicago.com ↗
Where it sits
42.0°N, 87.9°W puts ORD in the northern hemisphere, 4,668 km from the equator and 5,340 km from the North pole.
Of the 661 airports on this site it is the 145th most northerly, which makes it the 517th most southerly.
Straight through the middle
Straight down through the centre of the Earth comes out at 42.0°S, 92.1°E. The nearest airport on this site to that point is Perth (PER) in Australia, still 2,385 km away — most of the planet's antipodes are ocean.
What’s near it
The closest other airport on this site is Chicago Midway (MDW), 25 km away in a straight line. It is the only one within 100 km.
Distances from ORD
Great circle distance and an estimated time in the air. The longest is London, at 6,344 km.
| To | Distance | Estimated | |
|---|---|---|---|
| New York | JFK | 1,188 km | 1h 59m |
| Denver | DEN | 1,426 km | 2h 16m |
| Los Angeles | LAX | 2,802 km | 3h 59m |
| London | LHR | 6,344 km | 8h 23m |
Where these facts come from
The profile is looked up, not written from memory: type, runways, elevation and the official website from OurAirports (public domain); opening year, namesake, operator and passenger count from Wikidata (CC0); the city centre from GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Where a source has nothing, the line is left out. Distances, neighbours and the antipode are computed from the coordinates.
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