All routes to and from ORD
Chicago O'Hare International Airport’s own profile links its busiest, most and least reliable routes only. This is the complete set: every directional route touching ORD that has at least 12,000 flights on record, each linked to its own page, July 2023 – August 2026.
46 routes touch ORD, 23 outbound and 23 inbound. The busiest is LGA → ORD with 34,919 flights; the quietest listed has 12,194.
Across all of them, PHX → ORD scores highest (68) and ORD → EWR lowest (37). On-time arrival on those routes runs from 71.3% to 81.5%, with a median of 75.7%.
23 partners are served in both directions. SFO has the widest gap: ORD → SFO arrives on time 71.3% of the time, SFO → ORD 78.3%.
The five busiest (LGA → ORD, ORD → LGA, ORD → BOS, BOS → ORD, ORD → LAX) carry 16% of the 835,753 flights listed.
Routes from ORD
23 directional routes with ORD as the origin, ordered by flights operated.
| Rank | Route | Flights | On time | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ORD → LGA New York | 34,918 | 73.1% | 39 |
| 2 | ORD → BOS Boston | 22,689 | 72.0% | 45 |
| 3 | ORD → LAX Los Angeles | 21,935 | 75.9% | 59 |
| 4 | ORD → DFW Dallas–Fort Worth | 21,155 | 72.7% | 47 |
| 5 | ORD → DCA Washington | 20,806 | 72.7% | 45 |
| 6 | ORD → DEN Denver | 20,080 | 76.6% | 60 |
| 7 | ORD → ATL Atlanta | 19,214 | 75.3% | 54 |
| 8 | ORD → EWR Newark | 19,011 | 71.5% | 37 |
| 9 | ORD → MSP Minneapolis | 18,903 | 73.1% | 52 |
| 10 | ORD → PHX Phoenix | 18,334 | 77.5% | 62 |
| 11 | ORD → DTW Detroit | 17,983 | 76.5% | 54 |
| 12 | ORD → MCO Orlando | 17,576 | 75.1% | 56 |
| 13 | ORD → IAH Houston | 17,575 | 76.8% | 61 |
| 14 | ORD → SEA Seattle | 16,897 | 73.6% | 60 |
| 15 | ORD → LAS Las Vegas | 16,778 | 76.3% | 62 |
| 16 | ORD → SFO San Francisco | 16,672 | 71.3% | 52 |
| 17 | ORD → BNA Nashville | 15,453 | 75.0% | 53 |
| 18 | ORD → PHL Philadelphia | 14,680 | 71.7% | 42 |
| 19 | ORD → IND Indianapolis | 14,222 | 78.7% | 59 |
| 20 | ORD → CLT Charlotte | 14,213 | 75.7% | 56 |
| 21 | ORD → MIA Miami | 13,993 | 75.9% | 60 |
| 22 | ORD → CMH Columbus | 12,646 | 75.8% | 57 |
| 23 | ORD → CLE Cleveland | 12,199 | 74.1% | 50 |
Source: FlyerIntel analysis of US DOT BTS data · July 2023 – August 2026
Routes to ORD
23 directional routes with ORD as the destination, ordered by flights operated.
| Rank | Route | Flights | On time | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | LGA → ORD New York | 34,919 | 74.5% | 40 |
| 2 | BOS → ORD Boston | 22,677 | 76.4% | 53 |
| 3 | LAX → ORD Los Angeles | 21,929 | 80.7% | 67 |
| 4 | DFW → ORD Dallas–Fort Worth | 21,172 | 72.7% | 47 |
| 5 | DCA → ORD Washington | 20,818 | 78.5% | 53 |
| 6 | DEN → ORD Denver | 20,053 | 73.8% | 55 |
| 7 | ATL → ORD Atlanta | 19,214 | 73.6% | 51 |
| 8 | EWR → ORD Newark | 19,004 | 73.2% | 43 |
| 9 | MSP → ORD Minneapolis | 18,899 | 75.0% | 54 |
| 10 | PHX → ORD Phoenix | 18,318 | 79.9% | 68 |
| 11 | DTW → ORD Detroit | 17,976 | 77.5% | 55 |
| 12 | IAH → ORD Houston | 17,571 | 76.8% | 58 |
| 13 | MCO → ORD Orlando | 17,559 | 73.5% | 51 |
| 14 | SEA → ORD Seattle | 16,886 | 77.1% | 66 |
| 15 | LAS → ORD Las Vegas | 16,775 | 79.2% | 66 |
| 16 | SFO → ORD San Francisco | 16,676 | 78.3% | 65 |
| 17 | BNA → ORD Nashville | 15,430 | 75.8% | 51 |
| 18 | PHL → ORD Philadelphia | 14,678 | 76.8% | 51 |
| 19 | IND → ORD Indianapolis | 14,224 | 81.5% | 63 |
| 20 | CLT → ORD Charlotte | 14,219 | 73.9% | 52 |
| 21 | MIA → ORD Miami | 13,984 | 74.0% | 56 |
| 22 | CMH → ORD Columbus | 12,646 | 77.3% | 57 |
| 23 | CLE → ORD Cleveland | 12,194 | 79.6% | 58 |
Source: FlyerIntel analysis of US DOT BTS data · July 2023 – August 2026
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