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ORD

Chicago O'Hare International Airport
Chicago, United States · KORD
CHANCE YOU STEP OFF ANY BOARDING SAFELY
99.999993%
This is the worldwide boarding figure, not ORD's — two different numbers, answering two different questions. ORD's own NTSB/FAA safety record is below.
FLIGHTS / YEAR
38.7M
DEATH RISK
1 / 13.7M boardings
SOURCE: MIT / ARNOLD BARNETT, 2024 (opens in a new window) HOW THIS NUMBER IS DERIVED
AIRPORT FACTS
IATA / ICAOORD / KORD
CityChicago
CountryUnited States
Airport classLarge airport
Runways8
Longest runway3,962 m (13,000 ft)
Coordinates41.979, -87.905
Its longest runway beats 96% of the 3,254 commercial airports listed on this site. Runway figures from OurAirports (opens in a new window), public domain.
NTSB / FAA SAFETY RECORD — ORD §
2.494
ACCIDENTS / MILLION DEPARTURES §
0.000
WITH FATALITIES §
37 accidents (no fatal accidents, 0 deaths) over 14,836,148 FAA-tracked departures, 2008–2025. §

No fatal accident in the NTSB record for ORD, 2008–2025 — absence of record, not a guarantee.

Checked 2026-07-10.
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Statistically Fine — ORD — Chicago O'Hare International Airport safety record
https://statisticallyfine.com/airport/ORD/
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EXAMPLE FLIGHTS — NOT ORD DEPARTURES

ALL FLIGHTS →
BA 249 LHR → GIG · 787-9 SAFE ✓ UA 92 EWR → LIS · 767-300 SAFE ✓ AA 100 JFK → LHR · 777-300ER SAFE ✓ JL 44 HND → SYD · A350-900 SAFE ✓
These are example flights from elsewhere on the site, not real ORD arrivals. Live per-airport schedules wire in with a flight-data API.
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