New York (JFK) – Chicago (ORD)
- Distance
- 1,191 km
- 740 mi · 643 nm
- Flight time
- 2 h 51 min / 2 h 21 min
- Average gate to gate: JFK → ORD / back
- Time difference
- 1 h
- CO2 per passenger
- 149 kg
- One way, economy, incl. RF (88 kg CO2 only)
- Passengers / year
- 521,135
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026 · +5.2%
- Flights / week
- 116
- Both directions, average
- Seats filled
- 80%
- 652,050 seats a year
- Airlines nonstop
- 6
- 9E, B6, AA
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 JFK
- 282°
- Heading from ORD
- 92°
- Halfway point
- 41.53, -80.77
- Great-circle km
- 1,188 km (sphere, for EU261)
- In the air JFK → ORD
- 2 h 3 min
- In the air ORD → JFK
- 1 h 43 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 | 39,913 |
| Sep 2025 | 41,915 |
| Oct 2025 | 49,603 |
| Nov 2025 | 49,260 |
| Dec 2025 | 47,359 |
| Jan 2026 | 36,529 |
| Feb 2026 | 32,388 |
| Mar 2026 | 50,260 |
| Apr 2026 | 32,865 |
| May 2026 | 43,354 |
| Jun 2026 | 50,680 |
| Jul 2026 | 47,009 |
Show as a table
| Month | Flights |
|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 486 |
| Sep 2025 | 511 |
| Oct 2025 | 550 |
| Nov 2025 | 504 |
| Dec 2025 | 499 |
| Jan 2026 | 462 |
| Feb 2026 | 427 |
| Mar 2026 | 558 |
| Apr 2026 | 465 |
| May 2026 | 523 |
| Jun 2026 | 545 |
| Jul 2026 | 509 |
Airlines flying JFK–ORD nonstop
| Airline | Flights / week | Share of passengers |
|---|---|---|
| 9EEndeavor Air | 40 | 25% |
| B6JetBlue Airways | 22 | 24% |
| AAAmerican Airlines | 19 | 24% |
| YXRepublic Airline | 30 | 19% |
| F9Frontier Airlines | 4.3 | 8% |
| DLDelta Air Lines | 0.8 | 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
- Canadair CRJ 900 · 2,072 flights
- Embraer ERJ-175 · 1,565 flights
- A220-300 BD-500-1A11 · 798 flights
- Boeing 737-800 · 380 flights
- Airbus Industrie A319 · 371 flights
- Airbus Industrie A320-100/200 · 329 flights
- Boeing B737 Max 800 · 239 flights
- Airbus Industrie A321-200n · 132 flights
Also carried: 114 tonnes of freight and 51 tonnes of mail a year (passenger and cargo flights).
Punctuality
- On time
- 73%
- Arrived within 15 min of schedule
- Average delay
- 25 min
- Late arrivals count, early ones as 0
- Cancelled
- 5.1%
- Flights counted
- 4,147
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026
| Airline | On time | Average delay |
|---|---|---|
| YXRepublic Airline | 77.2% | 18 min |
| B6JetBlue Airways | 74.8% | 23 min |
| AAAmerican Airlines | 68% | 31 min |
| F9Frontier Airlines | 55.6% | 45 min |
| DLDelta Air Lines | 76.9% | 1 h 1 min |
Delay minutes by cause: airline 20% · aircraft arriving late 43% · air traffic system 32% · weather 5% · 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
- $163
- One way, all cabins
- Average over a year
- $186
- Q2 2025 – Q1 2026
- Largest airline
- Delta Air Lines
- 34% of passengers · $196
- Lowest-fare airline
- Frontier Airlines
- 22% of passengers · $103
History, not a price to book: what the average passenger paid per one-way trip in each quarter (Q2 2025 $203 · Q3 2025 $195 · Q4 2025 $178 · Q1 2026 $163).
Fare outlook, Q1 2027: about $166, likely $144–$190
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 6.3%). 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 10% 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: 1,188 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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More routes from JFK
| Route | Distance | Passengers / year |
|---|---|---|
| JFK → LAX | 3,983 km | 3,020,062 |
| JFK → LHR | 5,555 km | 2,984,474 |
| JFK → SFO | 4,162 km | 1,910,892 |
| JFK → CDG | 5,850 km | 1,852,909 |
| JFK → MCO | 1,519 km | 1,430,021 |
| JFK → MIA | 1,753 km | 1,326,964 |
| JFK → ATL | 1,223 km | 1,253,545 |
| JFK → SJU | 2,571 km | 1,142,506 |
| JFK → FCO | 6,884 km | 1,141,515 |
| JFK → LAS | 3,618 km | 1,102,051 |
More routes from ORD
| 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 |