Chicago O'Hare
Chicago, US.
- Code
- ORD
- Position
- 41.979, -87.905
- Runway
- 3,050 m paved
- Capacity
- About 3,800 movements a week, 34 stands, terminal generation 2
- Weather
- Worst month loses about 2.3% of flights
- Confidence
- estimated (to be verified). Coordinates agree with published sources to within about 2.5 km. Other figures are estimates unless the evidence below says otherwise.
Source: Coordinates and selected runway and terminal facts checked against published sources, see evidence. Capacity, passenger and weather figures are estimates.
Evidence
Facts checked against published sources. Where a source gives a present day figure for a field that has changed, the game value is kept and the difference is noted in the repository file docs/research/airport-verification.json.
| Field | Year | Checked value | Agreement | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| runwayLengthM | 1956 | 2438 | differs | en.wikipedia.org |
| runwayLengthM | 3536 | differs | en.wikipedia.org | |
| other | 1962 | New terminal complex opened January 1962; first scheduled jet (American 707) 22 March 1959; last scheduled fixed-wing flight left Midway July 1962. | new | airporthistory.org, en.wikipedia.org |
| paxPerYear | 1961 | 9600000 | differs | airporthistory.org |