Live flights over Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD)
From 23 to 24 October 2026 the FlyItalyADSB network saw 2,750 departures and 2,758 arrivals at Chicago O'Hare International Airport, 2,754 movements a day on average. The most frequent connections are New York (LGA), Boston (BOS) and Los Angeles (LAX). 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
23–24 October 2026
Movements per day
Show as a table
| Day | Departures | Arrivals | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fri 23 | 1,415 | 1,403 | 2,818 |
| Sat 24 | 1,335 | 1,355 | 2,690 |
Connections
airline flights both ways, with departure and arrival both seen
- New York LGA 111 flights
- Boston BOS 92 flights
- Los Angeles LAX 83 flights
- Washington DCA 80 flights
- Minneapolis MSP 80 flights
- Dallas-Fort Worth DFW 77 flights
- Atlanta ATL 74 flights
- Denver DEN 74 flights
- Houston IAH 71 flights
- Detroit DTW 69 flights
- Newark EWR 69 flights
- Columbus CMH 66 flights
- Seattle SEA 64 flights
- Indianapolis IND 62 flights
- Philadelphia PHL 62 flights
- Phoenix PHX 61 flights
27 more connections
- Orlando MCO 60
- San Francisco SFO 60
- Toronto YYZ 59
- Milwaukee MKE 58
- Louisville SDF 57
- Nashville BNA 56
- Cleveland CLE 56
- Madison MSN 56
- Cincinnati / Covington CVG 55
- Grand Rapids GRR 55
- St Louis STL 54
- Kansas City MCI 51
- Anchorage ANC 49
- Charlotte CLT 47
- Las Vegas LAS 46
- Pittsburgh PIT 46
- Raleigh/Durham RDU 46
- San Diego SAN 45
- Des Moines DSM 42
- Cedar Rapids CID 38
- Green Bay GRB 37
- New York JFK 37
- Memphis MEM 22
- Miami MIA 20
- Austin AUS 19
- London LHR 18
- Fort Lauderdale FLL 18
Airlines
- United AirlinesUAL 1,467
- SkyWest AirlinesSKW 991
- American AirlinesAAL 923
- Envoy AirENY 621
- Republic AirwaysRPA 390
- GoJet AirlinesGJS 187
- Delta Air LinesDAL 142
- Frontier AirlinesFFT 56
- Alaska AirlinesASA 38
- NetJetsEJA 36
Aircraft
- E75L 830
- CRJ7 646
- Boeing 737-800 B738 635
- Embraer E170 E170 407
- Airbus A319 A319 356
- Airbus A321neo A21N 338
- CRJ2 290
- Boeing 737-900 B739 261
- Airbus A321 A321 193
- Boeing 737 MAX 8 B38M 179
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 (23–24 October 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 (23–24 October 2026), both ways: New York (LGA, 111), Boston (BOS, 92), Los Angeles (LAX, 83), Washington (DCA, 80) and Minneapolis (MSP, 80). 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.
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