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Chicago O'Hare International Airport

Monday, July 13, 2026ORDU.S. flights only12 months ending April 2026BTS source data through April 2026
Arriving passengers
34.63M
▲ 8.33% year over year · Rank No. 4
Departing passengers
34.52M
▲ 8.22% year over year · Rank No. 4
Scheduled departures
378,620
▲ 12.62% year over year · Rank No. 1
Freight and mail
1.26B lb.
▼ 7.48% year over year · Rank No. 9
Scheduled carriers
26
▲ 4.00% year over year

Airline Market Share

Total passengers · 69.15 million

April 2026
Carrier Passengers Share United38.51%
26.62 million passengers
American22.58%
15.61 million passengers
SkyWest9.73%
6.73 million passengers
Envoy Air8.46%
5.85 million passengers
Delta3.47%
2.40 million passengers
Other17.26%
11.94 million passengers

Busiest U.S. Destinations

Passengers in thousands, compared with the prior 12-month period

Top 10
1
LGANew York, NY
1,383.34k
▲ 4.3%
2
LAXLos Angeles, CA
1,153.10k
▼ 0.6%
3
DENDenver, CO
1,008.60k
▼ 4.5%
4
MCOOrlando, FL
985.84k
▲ 23.8%
5
SFOSan Francisco, CA
976.33k
▲ 3.5%
6
DFWDallas/Fort Worth, TX
946.03k
▼ 0.6%
7
BOSBoston, MA
918.37k
▲ 6.9%
8
PHXPhoenix, AZ
855.98k
▼ 0.1%
9
IAHHouston, TX
847.78k
▲ 0.8%
10
EWRNewark, NJ
833.40k
▼ 5.6%

Flightline Insight

Carrier Passengers Share United is the largest scheduled carrier at ORD, accounting for 38.5 percent of reported passengers. The airport's busiest reported U.S. destinations are LGA, LAX and DEN.

Data note: Passenger totals represent scheduled enplaned revenue passengers on U.S. flights. Carrier shares are based on BTS-reported scheduled enplaned revenue passengers and are displayed here in millions. Freight and mail include scheduled and nonscheduled activity; BTS reports ORD at 999 million pounds, so Flightline preserves that published level of precision. Destination figures are BTS-reported passenger totals in thousands. Rankings are among 762 U.S. airports in the BTS profile dataset.