Grand Rapids (GRR) – Chicago (ORD)
- Distance
- 220 km
- 137 mi · 119 nm
- Flight time
- 1 h 19 min / 1 h 5 min
- Average gate to gate: GRR → ORD / back
- Time difference
- 1 h
- CO2 per passenger
- 50 kg
- One way, economy, incl. RF (30 kg CO2 only)
- Passengers / year
- 649,507
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026 · +16.1%
- Flights / week
- 177
- Both directions, average
- Seats filled
- 76%
- 856,343 seats a year
- Airlines nonstop
- 6
- 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 GRR
- 244°
- Heading from ORD
- 62°
- Halfway point
- 42.44, -86.72
- Great-circle km
- 220 km (sphere, for EU261)
- In the air GRR → ORD
- 34 min
- In the air ORD → GRR
- 30 min
- Clocks
- Chicago is 1 h behind Grand Rapids
The estimate for a route without real times is 1 h 5 min; how it is worked out is on Sources.
Show as a table
| Month | Passengers |
|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 56,741 |
| Sep 2025 | 56,964 |
| Oct 2025 | 63,730 |
| Nov 2025 | 45,543 |
| Dec 2025 | 47,414 |
| Jan 2026 | 45,352 |
| Feb 2026 | 54,094 |
| Mar 2026 | 52,538 |
| Apr 2026 | 58,921 |
| May 2026 | 61,172 |
| Jun 2026 | 50,359 |
| Jul 2026 | 56,679 |
Show as a table
| Month | Flights |
|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 744 |
| Sep 2025 | 724 |
| Oct 2025 | 780 |
| Nov 2025 | 727 |
| Dec 2025 | 706 |
| Jan 2026 | 691 |
| Feb 2026 | 645 |
| Mar 2026 | 725 |
| Apr 2026 | 965 |
| May 2026 | 977 |
| Jun 2026 | 712 |
| Jul 2026 | 784 |
Airlines flying GRR–ORD nonstop
| Airline | Flights / week | Share of passengers |
|---|---|---|
| UAUnited Air Lines | 41 | 36% |
| AAAmerican Airlines | 20 | 16% |
| MQEnvoy Air | 35 | 15% |
| OOSkyWest Airlines | 31 | 12% |
| YXRepublic Airline | 25 | 12% |
| G7GoJet Airlines | 24 | 8% |
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 · 2,424 flights
- Bombardier CRJ550 · 1,704 flights
- Airbus Industrie A319 · 1,349 flights
- Embraer-Emb-170 · 1,072 flights
- Canadair RJ-700 · 649 flights
- Boeing 737-800 · 526 flights
- Airbus Industrie A320-100/200 · 421 flights
- Boeing 737-900ER · 327 flights
Also carried: 12 tonnes of freight and 2 tonnes of mail a year (passenger and cargo flights).
Punctuality
- On time
- 69.6%
- Arrived within 15 min of schedule
- Average delay
- 26 min
- Late arrivals count, early ones as 0
- Cancelled
- 3%
- Flights counted
- 8,061
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026
| Airline | On time | Average delay |
|---|---|---|
| UAUnited Air Lines | 65.8% | 27 min |
| MQEnvoy Air | 74% | 18 min |
| OOSkyWest Airlines | 69.7% | 31 min |
| YXRepublic Airline | 72.4% | 22 min |
| AAAmerican Airlines | 66.7% | 35 min |
Delay minutes by cause: airline 27% · aircraft arriving late 39% · air traffic system 25% · weather 9% · security 0%.
Both directions, Aug 2025 – Jul 2026. BTS Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance (US domestic flights of the larger US airlines). Sources
Delay compensation (EU261 / UK261)
Measured by great-circle distance: 220 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 Grand Rapids 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 |