Market · U.S. Airport Market Profile

Chicago (ORD)

U.S. flights only 12 months ending April 2026 BTS 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
Passengers daily each way
94,723
Average passengers per direction per day
Scheduled departures
378,620
▲ 12.62% year over year · Rank No. 1 · 1,037 daily
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
United38.51%
26.62 million passengers
American22.58%
15.61 million passengers
Other17.26%
11.94 million passengers
SkyWest9.73%
6.73 million passengers
Envoy Air8.46%
5.85 million passengers
Delta3.47%
2.40 million passengers

Busiest U.S. Destinations

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

Top 10
1
LGANew York, NY
1,383.34k1,895 PDEW
▲ 4.3%
2
LAXLos Angeles, CA
1,153.10k1,580 PDEW
▼ 0.6%
3
DENDenver, CO
1,008.60k1,382 PDEW
▼ 4.5%
4
MCOOrlando, FL
985.84k1,350 PDEW
▲ 23.8%
5
SFOSan Francisco, CA
976.33k1,337 PDEW
▲ 3.5%
6
DFWDallas/Fort Worth, TX
946.03k1,296 PDEW
▼ 0.6%
7
BOSBoston, MA
918.37k1,258 PDEW
▲ 6.9%
8
PHXPhoenix, AZ
855.98k1,173 PDEW
▼ 0.1%
9
IAHHouston, TX
847.78k1,161 PDEW
▲ 0.8%
10
EWRNewark, NJ
833.40k1,142 PDEW
▼ 5.6%
Total passengers69.15 million
Largest carrierUnited · 38.5%
Largest U.S. destinationNew York (LGA)
Average departures1,037 per day

Passenger History

Rolling 12-month arriving and departing passengers

Growing monthly

Operations and Cargo History

Scheduled departures and freight/mail volume

BTS

Flightline Insight

ORD handled 69.15 million arriving and departing passengers during the latest 12-month reporting period, up 8.3% year over year. United was the largest scheduled carrier with 38.5% of reported passengers. The busiest reported U.S. destinations were New York (LGA), Los Angeles (LAX) and Denver (DEN).

Data note: Passenger totals represent scheduled enplaned revenue passengers on U.S. flights. PDEW is calculated as total arriving and departing passengers divided by two directions and 365 days. Carrier shares are based on BTS-reported scheduled enplaned revenue passengers. Freight and mail include scheduled and nonscheduled activity. Destination figures are BTS-reported passenger totals in thousands; route PDEW is calculated from the latest rolling 12-month passenger total. Historical charts retain each monthly BTS endpoint as future updates are generated.