KORD · Chicago O'Hare International Airport
ICAO · US · 153 NTSB events
Live conditions
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Runways
16 runway ends on file. Longest: 13,000 ft. Max gradient: 0.29%
| Designator | Heading | Length | Width | Surface | Lighting | Gradient |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10L | 090° | 13,000 ft | 150 ft | Concrete | Yes | — |
| 28R | 270° | 13,000 ft | 150 ft | Concrete | Yes | — |
| 09R | 090° | 11,260 ft | 150 ft | ASP | Yes | — |
| 27L | 270° | 11,260 ft | 150 ft | ASP | Yes | — |
| 09C | 090° | 11,245 ft | 200 ft | concrete | Yes | — |
| 27C | 270° | 11,245 ft | 200 ft | concrete | Yes | — |
| 10C | 090° | 10,800 ft | 200 ft | Concrete | Yes | — |
| 28C | 270° | 10,800 ft | 200 ft | Concrete | Yes | — |
| 04R | 042° | 8,075 ft | 150 ft | ASP | Yes | — |
| 22L | 222° | 8,075 ft | 150 ft | ASP | Yes | — |
| 04L | 039° | 7,500 ft | 150 ft | ASP | Yes | — |
| 22R | 219° | 7,500 ft | 150 ft | ASP | Yes | — |
| 09L | 090° | 7,500 ft | 150 ft | ASP | Yes | — |
| 27R | 270° | 7,500 ft | 150 ft | ASP | Yes | — |
| 10R | 090° | 7,500 ft | 150 ft | CONCRETE | Yes | — |
| 28L | 270° | 7,500 ft | 150 ft | CONCRETE | Yes | — |
Lengths + headings: in-app airport database. Surface, width, lighting: OurAirports. Gradient: derived from FAA NASR runway-end elevations (NASR's RWY_GRAD field is empty in 99.99% of rows).
Communications · 9 frequencies
- ATIS ATIS 135.400
- ASOS ASOS 135.400
- CLD CLNC DEL 121.600
- GND GND 121.675
- TWR TWR 126.900
- APP APP 119.000
- DEP DEP 125.000
- PTD PTD 126.200
- UNIC UNICOM 122.950
Live ATC audio (streaming + archived): Open KORD on LiveATC ↗
Navaids
- DME GCO
Chicago O'Hare
108.25 MHz · DME 108.25 · TERMINAL · MEDIUM
- NDB IA
Taffs
0.41 MHz · TERMINAL · LOW
- NDB ID
Inddy
0.39 MHz · LO · LOW
- NDB ME
Deana
0.35 MHz · TERMINAL · MEDIUM
- NDB OH
Leama
0.37 MHz · TERMINAL · LOW
- NDB OR
Chstr
0.39 MHz · LO · LOW
Chart Supplement remarks, plain English · cycle 22JAN2026 · 2 matched · 88 not yet translated
Translations anchored to the FAA text; the raw FAA text is authoritative.
TL;DR
- ·Wildlife on or near runways. Vigilant scan during taxi, takeoff, and landing roll. Birds also reported in the area.
Watch for
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Wildlife on or near runways. Vigilant scan during taxi, takeoff, and landing roll. Birds also reported in the area.
wildlife hazard
All translated remarks (2)
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Wildlife on or near runways. Vigilant scan during taxi, takeoff, and landing roll. Birds also reported in the area.
Raw FAA text · airport remarks · operational
Birds on and invof arpt.
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Landing fee in effect. Contact FBO or airport ops for current rates.
Raw FAA text · airport remarks · advisory
Ldg fee.
Not yet translated · raw FAA text (88 sentences)
- ·ILLINOIS 43 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – CHICAGO O'HARE INTL (ORD)(KORD) 14 NW UTC–6(–5DT) N41º58.62´ W87º54.49´ 680 B LRA Class I, ARFF Index E NOTAM FILE ORD RWY 10L–28R: H13000X150 (ASPH–CONC–GRVD) S–120, D–250, 2S–175, 2D–550, 2D/2D2–1118 PCR 1180 R/C/W/U HIRL CL RWY 10L: ALSF2.
- ·PAPI(P4L)—GA 3.0º TCH 74´.
- ·PAPI(P4L)—GA 3.0º TCH 70´.
- ·RWY 09R–27L: H11260X150 (ASPH–CONC–GRVD) S–120, D–250, 2S–175, 2D–550, 2D/2D2–1118 PCR 1180 R/C/W/T HIRL CL RWY 09R: ALSF2.
- ·PAPI(P4L)—GA 3.0º TCH 76´.
- ·PAPI(P4R)—GA 3.0º TCH 77´.
- ·RWY 09C–27C: H11245X200 (CONC–GRVD) S–120, D–250, 2D–550, 2D/2D2–1118 PCR 1180 R/C/W/T HIRL CL RWY 09C: ALSF2.
- ·PAPI(P4L)—GA 3.0º TCH 72´.
- ·RVR–TMR Antenna. 0.3% down.
- ·PAPI(P4L)—GA 3.0º TCH 75´.
- ·RVR–TMR RWY 10C–28C: H10800X200 (CONC–GRVD) S–120, D–250, 2D–550, 2D/2D2–1118 PCR 1180 R/C/W/T HIRL CL RWY 10C: ALSF2.
- ·PAPI(P4L)—GA 3.0º TCH 75´.
- ·PAPI(P4L)—GA 3.0º TCH 80´.
- ·RVR–TMR RWY 04R–22L: H8075X150 (ASPH–GRVD) S–120, D–250, 2S–175, 2D–550, 2D/2D2–1118 PCR 1180 R/C/W/U HIRL CL RWY 04R: MALSR.
- ·PAPI(P4R)—GA 3.0º TCH 67´.
- ·PAPI(P4L)—GA 3.0º TCH 73´.
- ·RWY 04L–22R: H7500X150 (ASPH–GRVD) S–120, D–250, 2D–550, 2D/2D2–1118 PCR 1180 R/C/W/T HIRL CL RWY 22R: MALSR.
- ·PAPI(P4L)—GA 3.0º TCH 69´.
- ·RWY 09L–27R: H7500X150 (CONC–GRVD) S–120, D–243, 2D–392, 2D/2D2–891 PCR 800 R/C/W/U HIRL CL RWY 09L: ALSF2.
- ·PAPI(P4L)—GA 3.0º TCH 69´.
- ·PAPI(P4L)—GA 3.0º TCH 69´.
- ·RWY 10R–28L: H7500X150 (CONC–GRVD) S–120, D–243, 2D–392, 2D/2D2–891 PCR 800 R/C/W/T HIRL CL 0.3% up W RWY 10R: ALSF2.
- ·RVR–TMR LAND AND HOLD–SHORT OPERATIONS LDG RWY HOLD–SHORT POINT AVBL LDG DIST RWY 09C TWY TT 8830 RWY 09R TWY TT 8780 RWY 10C TWY GG 9610 RWY 27C TWY VV 9725 RWY 27L TWY VV 9620 RWY 28C TWY Z 9610 RWY 28R TWY SS 10530
- ·RWY 04L:TORA–7500 TODA–7500 ASDA–7500 RWY 04R:TORA–8075 TODA–8075 ASDA–8075 LDA–8075 RWY 09C:TORA–11245 TODA–11245 ASDA–11245 LDA–11245 RWY 09L:TORA–7500 TODA–7500 ASDA–7500 LDA–7500 RWY 09R:TORA–11260TODA–11260 ASDA–11260 LDA–11260 RWY 10C:TORA–10800 TODA–10800 ASDA–10540 LDA–10540 RWY 10L:TORA–13000 TODA–13000 ASDA–13000 LDA–12246 RWY 10R:TORA–7500 TODA–7500 ASDA–7500 LDA–7500 RWY 22L:TORA–8075 TODA–8075 ASDA–8075 LDA–8075 RWY 22R: LDA–7300 RWY 27C:TORA–11245 TODA–11245 ASDA–11245 LDA–11245 RWY 27L:TORA–11260 TODA–11260 ASDA–11260 LDA–11260 RWY 27R:TORA–7500 TODA–7500 ASDA–7500 LDA–7500 RWY 28C:TORA–10800 TODA–10800 ASDA–10800 LDA–10800 RWY 28L:TORA–7500 TODA–7500 ASDA–7500 LDA–7500 RWY 28R:TORA–13000TODA–13000 ASDA–13000 LDA–13000 ARRESTING GEAR/SYSTEM RWY 04R: EMAS RWY 22L: EMAS
- ·S4 FUEL 100LL, JET A OX 1, 2, 3 LGT Rwy 27L PAPI unusbl byd 8 degs right and 9 degs left of cntrln.
- ·Rwy 09R PAPI unusable byd 5 deg right of cntrln.
- ·Noise abatement proc in effect from 0400Z‡ to 1300Z‡; ctc amgr 773–686–2255.
- ·CONTINUED ON NEXT PAGE CHICAGO COPTER H–5E, L–28H, A IAP, AD EC, 22 JAN 2026 to 19 MAR 2026 44 ILLINOIS CONTINUED FROM PRECEDING PAGE
- ·Special Air Traffic Rules—Part 93.
- ·Pyrotechnics and bird cannons in use.
+ 58 more sentences · see Chart Supplement page below for the full text
FAA Chart Supplement
NTSB events
153 NTSB-recorded events on file at this airport — showing the 61 most recent.
Total events
154
since 1982
Fatal
3
1.9% of total
Last 5 years
9
≈ 1.8/yr
Last 10 years
18
≈ 1.8/yr
Ranking across all airports · Open in accident map ↗
Operations volume
FAA TAF · history through 2024
Peak: 989,082 ops in 2004
2024 total
757,750
10-yr total
7,888,369
2024 mix
AC/AT 99% · GA 0% · Mil 0%
Events / million ops
2.3
last 10 years
Fatal / million ops
0.04
approximate · 10-yr scaled
Last 10 years · n=18
- Other 6
- Ground collision 5
- Weather · wind / icing / convective 3
- Engine failure / power loss 2
- Runway excursion 1
- Fuel exhaustion / starvation 1
All time · n=153
- Other 64
- Ground collision 29
- Weather · wind / icing / convective 16
- Stall / spin 13
- Gear-up landing 9
- Undershoot / overshoot 5
- Midair / near-midair 4
- Engine failure / power loss 4
Categories rule-matched from NTSB findings and probable-cause text. "Other" = not enough agency text to classify.
+ 92 more on file
NASA ASRS reports · 6 de-identified reports in the public ASRS Database Report Sets
Voluntary first-person accounts; they represent the reporter's perspective and cannot infer prevalence.
- ACN 1613267 Commuter and Corporate Flight Crew Fatigue Reports
EMB-145 flight crew reported an altitude deviation occurred after encountering wake turbulence on arrival into ORD in trail of a heavy aircraft.
EMB ERJ 145 ER/LR
- ACN 2055349 Multi-Engine Turbojet Aircraft Upsets Incidents
CRJ-200 flight crew reported experiencing a runaway rudder trim issue shortly after encountering wake turbulence. The flight continued to destination after successful troubleshooting of the rudder trim anomaly, but the f
Regional Jet 200 ER/LR (CRJ200)
- ACN 1981530 Pilot / Controller Communications
ORD Controllers reported an air carrier aircraft initiated a wrong turn resulting in controllers taking expedited measures to maintain separation with two other departing aircraft. Controller stated that this is an extre
Commercial Fixed Wing
- ACN 1969688 Pilot / Controller Communications
Air carrier flight crew reported ORD Tower assigned them a 180 heading after departure, but were later advised they had been assigned a right turn heading 040.
Commercial Fixed Wing
- ACN 2291299 Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) Reports
Part 107 UAS pilot reported flying in airspace with UAS restrictions near a Class B airport.
Small UAS (At or above 0.55 lbs and less than 55 lbs)
- ACN 2289998 Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) Reports
Air carrier flight crew reported an NMAC with a UAS during descent on approach. No evasive action was taken.
Medium Large Transport, Low Wing, 2 Turbojet Eng
Designees in IL
DPEs nearby
Distance is city-centroid to airport, a first cut, not the exam location.
| Designee | City | ST | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Adam Milnes | Des Plaines | IL | 3 nm |
| Alan Wayne Zielinski | Niles | IL | 5 nm |
| Alexander Quinn Waterloo | Forest Park | IL | 8 nm |
| Michael Biewenga | Arlington Heights | IL | 8 nm |
| Devin John Macdonald | Chicago | IL | 13 nm |
| Gerry F Ventrella | Chicago | IL | 13 nm |
| Gregory Holden Morris | Chicago | IL | 13 nm |
| Logan Arlis | West Chicago | IL | 15 nm |
| Kevin Carlyle Lindsay | Naperville | IL | 18 nm |
| Ronald Neal Ridenour | Naperville | IL | 18 nm |
Showing 10 closest of ~1,400 DPEs nationwide. Source: FAA Designee Locator.
CFIs nearby
City-centroid distance; ratings as on the FAA certificate.
| Instructor | City | ST | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Igor Valeryevich Kononov | Rosemont | IL | 2 nm |
| Tomasz Wojcik | Bensenville | IL | 2 nm |
| Maurizio Hatem Ben Abdallah | Franklin Park | IL | 3 nm |
| Perry Ewald Heidinger | Des Plaines | IL | 3 nm |
| Norman Paul Mosk | Des Plaines | IL | 3 nm |
| Dirk Holger Schaefer | Des Plaines | IL | 3 nm |
| Jeffrey Michael Cortez | Des Plaines | IL | 3 nm |
| John Keith Szmurlo | Des Plaines | IL | 3 nm |
| Matthew Jose | Des Plaines | IL | 3 nm |
| David Aaron Major | Des Plaines | IL | 3 nm |
Showing 10 closest of ~70,900 active CFIs nationwide. Source: FAA Airmen Certification Database.
A&P mechanics nearby
City-centroid distance. A = airframe, P = powerplant, IA = inspection authorization.
| Mechanic | City | ST | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| George Hernandez | Schiller Park | IL | 2 nm |
| Scot William Raimer | Schiller Park | IL | 2 nm |
| Thor G Bergquist Iii | Schiller Park | IL | 2 nm |
| Jose Louis Cabrera | Schiller Park | IL | 2 nm |
| Minjia Zhang | Schiller Park | IL | 2 nm |
| Anees Abdulla Saleh | Schiller Park | IL | 2 nm |
| Keith Waldon Bedard | Bensenville | IL | 2 nm |
| Peter Luigi Mastronuzzi | Bensenville | IL | 2 nm |
| Claudio Prunotto | Bensenville | IL | 2 nm |
| Claudio Rauzi | Bensenville | IL | 2 nm |
Showing 10 closest of ~248,300 certificated mechanics nationwide. Source: FAA Airmen Certification Database.
Repair stations nearby
By airport location.
| Shop | Distance |
|---|---|
| West Star Aviation, Inc Wheeling, IL | 8 nm |
| Aircraft Propeller Service, LLC Lake Zurich, IL | 16 nm |
| The Polished Hare West Chicago, IL | 16 nm |
| Mobile Avionics Technologies, Inc. Lake In The Hills, IL | 23 nm |
| Northwest Aviation Maintenance, Inc. Griffith, IN | 36 nm |
| Sunshine Aircraft Repair, Inc. Kenosha, WI | 37 nm |
| Avionics Place, Inc Rockford, IL | 54 nm |
| Cessna Citation Service Center Milwaukee, WI | 58 nm |
| PAW Aviation LaPorte, IN | 58 nm |
| Skycom Avionics, Inc. Waukesha, WI | 65 nm |
Showing 10 closest of ~400 geocoded shops in the repair-station directory. Source: AOPA business listings.
References
- FAA Chart Supplement (CSUP) A/FD entry — official FAA ↗
- SkyVector — sectional + IFR charts Charts, runways, fuel, NOTAMs ↗
- AirNav — frequencies, FBOs, fuel Pilot-facing summary ↗
- NTSB CAROL — accident search Filter by airport name ↗
- FAA Notice to Air Missions NOTAMs (live) ↗
- aviationweather.gov — METAR / TAF Live observation ↗