New York (LGA) – Chicago (ORD)
- Distance
- 1,180 km
- 733 mi · 637 nm
- Flight time
- 2 h 45 min / 2 h 13 min
- Average gate to gate: LGA → ORD / back
- Time difference
- 1 h
- CO2 per passenger
- 148 kg
- One way, economy, incl. RF (88 kg CO2 only)
- Passengers / year
- 2,736,902
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026 · +1.2%
- Flights / week
- 422
- Both directions, average
- Seats filled
- 84%
- 3,258,027 seats a year
- Airlines nonstop
- 7
- UA, AA, DL
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 LGA
- 281°
- Heading from ORD
- 92°
- Halfway point
- 41.59, -80.82
- Great-circle km
- 1,177 km (sphere, for EU261)
- In the air LGA → ORD
- 1 h 57 min
- In the air ORD → LGA
- 1 h 39 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 | 258,478 |
| Sep 2025 | 255,413 |
| Oct 2025 | 269,093 |
| Nov 2025 | 235,871 |
| Dec 2025 | 213,612 |
| Jan 2026 | 159,493 |
| Feb 2026 | 151,251 |
| Mar 2026 | 194,613 |
| Apr 2026 | 221,501 |
| May 2026 | 260,876 |
| Jun 2026 | 259,835 |
| Jul 2026 | 256,866 |
Show as a table
| Month | Flights |
|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 1,873 |
| Sep 2025 | 1,929 |
| Oct 2025 | 2,002 |
| Nov 2025 | 1,863 |
| Dec 2025 | 1,730 |
| Jan 2026 | 1,758 |
| Feb 2026 | 1,639 |
| Mar 2026 | 1,743 |
| Apr 2026 | 1,859 |
| May 2026 | 1,950 |
| Jun 2026 | 1,824 |
| Jul 2026 | 1,772 |
Airlines flying LGA–ORD nonstop
| Airline | Flights / week | Share of passengers |
|---|---|---|
| UAUnited Air Lines | 172 | 45% |
| AAAmerican Airlines | 108 | 28% |
| DLDelta Air Lines | 83 | 17% |
| YXRepublic Airline | 45 | 5% |
| NKSpirit Air Lines | 11 | 3% |
| OOSkyWest Airlines | 3.0 | 0% |
| 9EEndeavor Air | 0.3 | 0% |
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 737-800 · 12,040 flights
- Embraer ERJ-175 · 2,490 flights
- A220-300 BD-500-1A11 · 2,059 flights
- Boeing B737 Max 800 · 1,999 flights
- A200-100 BD-500-1A10 · 1,356 flights
- Airbus Industrie A319 · 1,109 flights
- Airbus Industrie A320-100/200 · 434 flights
- Airbus Industrie A321Neoxlr · 129 flights
Also carried: 63 tonnes of freight and 0 tonnes of mail a year (passenger and cargo flights).
Punctuality
- On time
- 67.7%
- Arrived within 15 min of schedule
- Average delay
- 28 min
- Late arrivals count, early ones as 0
- Cancelled
- 5.2%
- Flights counted
- 23,222
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026
| Airline | On time | Average delay |
|---|---|---|
| UAUnited Air Lines | 67.3% | 28 min |
| AAAmerican Airlines | 66.9% | 29 min |
| DLDelta Air Lines | 69.8% | 29 min |
| YXRepublic Airline | 69.7% | 21 min |
| NKSpirit Air Lines | 58% | 41 min |
| OOSkyWest Airlines | 61.4% | 31 min |
Delay minutes by cause: airline 21% · aircraft arriving late 40% · air traffic system 35% · weather 4% · 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
- $208
- Q2 2025 – Q1 2026
- Largest airline
- United Air Lines
- 46% of passengers · $200
- Lowest-fare airline
- American Airlines
- 30% of passengers · $185
History, not a price to book: what the average passenger paid per one-way trip in each quarter (Q2 2025 $220 · Q3 2025 $207 · Q4 2025 $206 · Q1 2026 $194).
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: 1,177 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 New York and Chicago
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More routes from LGA
More routes from ORD
| Route | Distance | Passengers / year |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| ORD → SEA | 2,769 km | 1,622,991 |