New York (EWR) – Chicago (ORD)
- Distance
- 1,157 km
- 719 mi · 625 nm
- Flight time
- 2 h 43 min / 2 h 13 min
- Average gate to gate: EWR → ORD / back
- Time difference
- 1 h
- CO2 per passenger
- 145 kg
- One way, economy, incl. RF (86 kg CO2 only)
- Passengers / year
- 1,731,402
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026 · −0.6%
- Flights / week
- 227
- Both directions, average
- Seats filled
- 86%
- 2,011,866 seats a year
- Airlines nonstop
- 5
- UA, AA, MQ
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 EWR
- 282°
- Heading from ORD
- 93°
- Halfway point
- 41.54, -80.97
- Great-circle km
- 1,154 km (sphere, for EU261)
- In the air EWR → ORD
- 1 h 56 min
- In the air ORD → EWR
- 1 h 35 min
- Clocks
- Chicago is 1 h behind New York
The estimate for a route without real times is 2 h 10 min; how it is worked out is on Sources.
Show as a table
| Month | Passengers |
|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 151,000 |
| Sep 2025 | 141,771 |
| Oct 2025 | 151,724 |
| Nov 2025 | 142,232 |
| Dec 2025 | 148,746 |
| Jan 2026 | 114,753 |
| Feb 2026 | 105,512 |
| Mar 2026 | 142,519 |
| Apr 2026 | 144,948 |
| May 2026 | 165,769 |
| Jun 2026 | 163,269 |
| Jul 2026 | 159,159 |
Show as a table
| Month | Flights |
|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 982 |
| Sep 2025 | 935 |
| Oct 2025 | 1,004 |
| Nov 2025 | 986 |
| Dec 2025 | 1,010 |
| Jan 2026 | 906 |
| Feb 2026 | 822 |
| Mar 2026 | 979 |
| Apr 2026 | 1,052 |
| May 2026 | 1,110 |
| Jun 2026 | 1,031 |
| Jul 2026 | 976 |
Airlines flying EWR–ORD nonstop
| Airline | Flights / week | Share of passengers |
|---|---|---|
| UAUnited Air Lines | 166 | 80% |
| AAAmerican Airlines | 30 | 13% |
| MQEnvoy Air | 22 | 4% |
| NKSpirit Air Lines | 4.8 | 2% |
| YXRepublic Airline | 3.7 | 1% |
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
- Boeing 737-900ER · 3,075 flights
- Airbus Industrie A321-200n · 3,012 flights
- Boeing 757-200 · 1,195 flights
- Boeing 737-800 · 1,155 flights
- Boeing B737 Max 900 · 950 flights
- Embraer-Emb-170 · 793 flights
- Boeing B737 Max 800 · 568 flights
- Embraer ERJ-175 · 526 flights
Also carried: 1,117 tonnes of freight and 819 tonnes of mail a year (passenger and cargo flights).
Punctuality
- On time
- 70.8%
- Arrived within 15 min of schedule
- Average delay
- 26 min
- Late arrivals count, early ones as 0
- Cancelled
- 3.6%
- Flights counted
- 12,137
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026
| Airline | On time | Average delay |
|---|---|---|
| UAUnited Air Lines | 71.7% | 24 min |
| AAAmerican Airlines | 67.4% | 32 min |
| MQEnvoy Air | 76.1% | 20 min |
| NKSpirit Air Lines | 48.6% | 48 min |
| YXRepublic Airline | 56.6% | 37 min |
Delay minutes by cause: airline 20% · aircraft arriving late 35% · air traffic system 39% · weather 7% · 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, Q1 2026
- $194
- One way, all cabins
- Average over a year
- $217
- Q2 2025 – Q1 2026
- Largest airline
- United Air Lines
- 79% of passengers · $205
- Lowest-fare airline
- American Airlines
- 13% of passengers · $184
History, not a price to book: what the average passenger paid per one-way trip in each quarter (Q2 2025 $238 · Q3 2025 $222 · Q4 2025 $210 · Q1 2026 $194).
Fare outlook, Q1 2027: about $198, likely $175–$225
The average fare paid we expect a year after Q1 2026, the newest DOT quarter. On this route, past forecasts made this way fell inside the range 76% of the time over 21 quarters (median error 9.9%). An estimate from US DOT data: not a price you can book, not a guarantee, not advice on when to buy. How the outlook works
Cheapest quarter on this route: Q1, typically 8% below the year's average (9 years of DOT data, without 2020–21).
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: 1,154 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.
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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 → IAH | 1,489 km | 1,711,056 |
| ORD → PHX | 2,317 km | 1,706,053 |
| ORD → SEA | 2,769 km | 1,622,991 |