Albany (ALB) – Chicago (ORD)
- Distance
- 1,164 km
- 723 mi · 628 nm
- Flight time
- 2 h 39 min / 2 h 7 min
- Average gate to gate: ALB → ORD / back
- Time difference
- 1 h
- CO2 per passenger
- 146 kg
- One way, economy, incl. RF (86 kg CO2 only)
- Passengers / year
- 354,477
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026 · +17.0%
- Flights / week
- 87
- Both directions, average
- Seats filled
- 78%
- 453,618 seats a year
- Airlines nonstop
- 4
- UA, MQ, YX
Traffic: U.S. DOT, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, T-100 Segment (all carriers, scheduled service), Aug 2025 – Jul 2026. Distance: WGS-84 ellipsoid. CO2: UK DESNZ 2026 factors. Sources
The way there
- Heading from ALB
- 271°
- Heading from ORD
- 81°
- Halfway point
- 42.58, -80.90
- Great-circle km
- 1,161 km (sphere, for EU261)
- In the air ALB → ORD
- 1 h 55 min
- In the air ORD → ALB
- 1 h 32 min
- Clocks
- Chicago is 1 h behind Albany
The estimate for a route without real times is 2 h 10 min; how it is worked out is on Sources.
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| Month | Passengers |
|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 34,670 |
| Sep 2025 | 33,253 |
| Oct 2025 | 36,248 |
| Nov 2025 | 25,157 |
| Dec 2025 | 23,120 |
| Jan 2026 | 16,722 |
| Feb 2026 | 19,799 |
| Mar 2026 | 25,371 |
| Apr 2026 | 29,218 |
| May 2026 | 35,219 |
| Jun 2026 | 34,584 |
| Jul 2026 | 41,116 |
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| Month | Flights |
|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 374 |
| Sep 2025 | 385 |
| Oct 2025 | 417 |
| Nov 2025 | 411 |
| Dec 2025 | 329 |
| Jan 2026 | 226 |
| Feb 2026 | 265 |
| Mar 2026 | 345 |
| Apr 2026 | 433 |
| May 2026 | 514 |
| Jun 2026 | 404 |
| Jul 2026 | 424 |
Airlines flying ALB–ORD nonstop
| Airline | Flights / week | Share of passengers |
|---|---|---|
| UAUnited Air Lines | 29 | 52% |
| MQEnvoy Air | 26 | 22% |
| YXRepublic Airline | 20 | 18% |
| OOSkyWest Airlines | 11 | 9% |
Both directions, Aug 2025 – Jul 2026. Airlines with at least one flight a month. U.S. DOT, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, T-100 Segment (all carriers, scheduled service). Sources
Aircraft on this route
- Embraer ERJ-175 · 2,094 flights
- Embraer-Emb-170 · 727 flights
- Airbus Industrie A320-100/200 · 331 flights
- Boeing 737-800 · 312 flights
- Airbus Industrie A319 · 262 flights
- Boeing B737 Max 900 · 195 flights
- Canadair RJ-700 · 187 flights
- Boeing 737-900ER · 184 flights
Also carried: 7 tonnes of freight and 0 tonnes of mail a year (passenger and cargo flights).
Punctuality
- On time
- 77%
- Arrived within 15 min of schedule
- Average delay
- 19 min
- Late arrivals count, early ones as 0
- Cancelled
- 2.7%
- Flights counted
- 4,643
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026
| Airline | On time | Average delay |
|---|---|---|
| UAUnited Air Lines | 76.5% | 20 min |
| MQEnvoy Air | 81.2% | 14 min |
| YXRepublic Airline | 73.8% | 20 min |
| OOSkyWest Airlines | 74.1% | 23 min |
Delay minutes by cause: airline 24% · aircraft arriving late 38% · air traffic system 31% · weather 8% · security 0%.
Both directions, Aug 2025 – Jul 2026. BTS Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance (US domestic flights of the larger US airlines). Sources
What passengers paid
- Average fare, Q4 2025
- $246
- One way, all cabins
- Average over a year
- $253
- Q2 2025 – Q4 2025
- Largest airline
- United Air Lines
- 61% of passengers · $249
- Lowest-fare airline
- American Airlines
- 38% of passengers · $238
History, not a price to book: what the average passenger paid per one-way trip in each quarter (Q2 2025 $259 · Q3 2025 $253 · Q4 2025 $246).
U.S. DOT Consumer Airfare Report, Table 1a (airline ticket sample, US domestic airport pairs). Sources
Delay compensation (EU261 / UK261)
Measured by great-circle distance: 1,161 km.
Neither EU261 nor UK261 covers this route: it neither starts nor ends in the EU, EEA, Switzerland or the UK. Other countries have their own rules (for example Canada's APPR or Brazil's ANAC rules).
Also owed for a cancellation with less than 14 days' notice or denied boarding. Not owed for extraordinary circumstances. On a connection, the distance to the final destination counts. From 23 October 2027 the EU's Regulation 2026/2202 applies; it keeps these amounts (what changes in 2027). Information, not legal advice.
Every airport pair between Albany and Chicago
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| Route | Distance | Passengers / year |
|---|---|---|
| ORD → LGA | 1,180 km | 2,736,902 |
| ORD → LAX | 2,808 km | 2,332,419 |
| ORD → SFO | 2,971 km | 1,976,484 |
| ORD → DEN | 1,430 km | 1,974,190 |
| ORD → MCO | 1,617 km | 1,924,694 |
| ORD → DFW | 1,290 km | 1,916,312 |
| ORD → BOS | 1,395 km | 1,886,038 |
| ORD → EWR | 1,157 km | 1,731,402 |
| ORD → IAH | 1,489 km | 1,711,056 |
| ORD → PHX | 2,317 km | 1,706,053 |