Live flights over Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD)
From 1 to 7 November 2026 the FlyItalyADSB network saw 9,393 departures and 9,525 arrivals at Chicago O'Hare International Airport, 2,703 movements a day on average. The most frequent connections are New York (LGA), Washington (DCA) and Boston (BOS). The airline seen most often is United Airlines.
Airport data
- IATA code
- ORD
- ICAO code
- KORD
- City
- Chicago
- Region
- Illinois
- Country
- United States
- Elevation
- 207 m (680 ft)
- Coordinates
- 41.9786, -87.9048
What you can track here
Every aircraft passing within roughly 80 km of Chicago O'Hare International Airport that the network receives appears on the FlyItalyADSB live map: airliners on approach and departure, business and general aviation, and — where MLAT reaches — aircraft without full ADS-B. Nothing is filtered out; how much of the area is covered depends on the community's receivers near Chicago.
Seen by the network
1–7 November 2026
Movements per day
Show as a table
| Day | Departures | Arrivals | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sun 1 | 1,234 | 1,277 | 2,511 |
| Mon 2 | 1,347 | 1,376 | 2,723 |
| Tue 3 | 1,351 | 1,385 | 2,736 |
| Wed 4 | 1,368 | 1,363 | 2,731 |
| Thu 5 | 1,379 | 1,375 | 2,754 |
| Fri 6 | 1,367 | 1,373 | 2,740 |
| Sat 7 | 1,347 | 1,376 | 2,723 |
Connections
airline flights both ways, with departure and arrival both seen
- New York LGA 424 flights
- Washington DCA 300 flights
- Boston BOS 295 flights
- Minneapolis MSP 257 flights
- Newark EWR 256 flights
- Atlanta ATL 255 flights
- Columbus CMH 247 flights
- Denver DEN 237 flights
- Houston IAH 234 flights
- Los Angeles LAX 233 flights
- Detroit DTW 220 flights
- St Louis STL 220 flights
- San Francisco SFO 218 flights
- Dallas-Fort Worth DFW 215 flights
- Milwaukee MKE 211 flights
- Nashville BNA 208 flights
26 more connections
- Madison MSN 208
- Toronto YYZ 207
- Indianapolis IND 207
- Seattle SEA 205
- Cincinnati / Covington CVG 195
- Cleveland CLE 194
- Kansas City MCI 192
- Grand Rapids GRR 191
- Philadelphia PHL 191
- Orlando MCO 190
- Phoenix PHX 190
- Anchorage ANC 175
- Cedar Rapids CID 168
- Louisville SDF 163
- Charlotte CLT 156
- Miami MIA 156
- Las Vegas LAS 153
- South Bend SBN 153
- Pittsburgh PIT 152
- Raleigh/Durham RDU 145
- Green Bay GRB 142
- Fort Lauderdale FLL 141
- Tampa TPA 140
- Memphis MEM 70
- Des Moines DSM 69
- Omaha OMA 67
Airlines
- United AirlinesUAL 4,656
- SkyWest AirlinesSKW 3,770
- American AirlinesAAL 3,094
- Envoy AirENY 2,048
- Republic AirwaysRPA 1,307
- GoJet AirlinesGJS 835
- Delta Air LinesDAL 444
- PSA AirlinesJIA 161
- NetJetsEJA 150
- Frontier AirlinesFFT 136
Aircraft
- E75L 3,167
- CRJ7 2,785
- Boeing 737-800 B738 2,208
- Embraer E170 E170 1,190
- Airbus A319 A319 1,128
- Airbus A321neo A21N 1,120
- CRJ2 949
- Boeing 737-900 B739 721
- Boeing 737 MAX 8 B38M 674
- Airbus A321 A321 672
How we count: a flight is a departure here when the network first sees it low near the airport (on the ground, or climbing away from it), an arrival when it last sees it low on approach. Where receivers don't reach low altitude the numbers stay below the real traffic. Connections and airlines come only from airline flights.
This data in your app
Every aircraft within 80 km of Chicago O'Hare International Airport, as JSON, with a free key that also allows commercial use:
curl -H "X-Api-Key: YOUR_KEY" \
https://api.flyitalyadsb.com/v2/lat/41.9786/lon/-87.9048/dist/80Or ask Claude, with the FlyItalyADSB connector: “which aircraft are near Chicago right now?”
Frequently asked questions
How can I see live flights over Chicago O'Hare International Airport? +
Open the FlyItalyADSB live map centred on Chicago: it shows every aircraft picked up via ADS-B and MLAT within about 80 km of ORD, refreshed every few seconds.
Which airlines fly from Chicago O'Hare International Airport? +
Among the flights our network saw (1–7 November 2026), the most frequent airlines were United Airlines, SkyWest Airlines, American Airlines, Envoy Air and Republic Airways.
What are the main connections from Chicago O'Hare International Airport? +
The connections with the most flights seen (1–7 November 2026), both ways: New York (LGA, 424), Washington (DCA, 300), Boston (BOS, 295), Minneapolis (MSP, 257) and Newark (EWR, 256). Only flights whose departure and arrival the network both saw are counted.
Does FlyItalyADSB also track military aircraft around Chicago? +
Yes. Thanks to multilateration (MLAT) the network reconstructs the position of aircraft without full ADS-B too, including military and state flights, whenever they are received by feeders in the area. Nothing is filtered out.
What are the codes for Chicago O'Hare International Airport? +
Chicago O'Hare International Airport has IATA code ORD and ICAO code KORD. It lies in Illinois, United States, at coordinates 41.9786, -87.9048.
Is the flight data free and open? +
Yes. The live map and the Free API plan cost nothing, and the data is published under the open CC BY-SA 4.0 licence; paid API plans for higher volumes help cover the infrastructure costs.
Nearby airports
All airports →Improve coverage over Chicago
Coverage quality depends on the density of receivers. With a Raspberry Pi and an RTL-SDR antenna you can help track flights over Illinois, United States.