Chicago (ORD) – Portland (PDX)
- Distance
- 2,799 km
- 1,739 mi · 1,511 nm
- Flight time
- 4 h 28 min / 4 h 2 min
- Average gate to gate: ORD → PDX / back
- Time difference
- 2 h
- CO2 per passenger
- 351 kg
- One way, economy, incl. RF (208 kg CO2 only)
- Passengers / year
- 844,009
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026 · +17.4%
- Flights / week
- 107
- Both directions, average
- Seats filled
- 86%
- 982,929 seats a year
- Airlines nonstop
- 3
- UA, AA, AS
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 ORD
- 290°
- Heading from PDX
- 86°
- Halfway point
- 45.12, -104.71
- Great-circle km
- 2,792 km (sphere, for EU261)
- In the air ORD → PDX
- 3 h 56 min
- In the air PDX → ORD
- 3 h 26 min
- Clocks
- Portland is 2 h behind Chicago
The estimate for a route without real times is 4 h 5 min; how it is worked out is on Sources.
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| Month | Passengers |
|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 95,160 |
| Sep 2025 | 80,064 |
| Oct 2025 | 82,287 |
| Nov 2025 | 50,399 |
| Dec 2025 | 51,048 |
| Jan 2026 | 38,431 |
| Feb 2026 | 41,112 |
| Mar 2026 | 52,794 |
| Apr 2026 | 67,414 |
| May 2026 | 81,452 |
| Jun 2026 | 97,922 |
| Jul 2026 | 105,926 |
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| Month | Flights |
|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 579 |
| Sep 2025 | 510 |
| Oct 2025 | 524 |
| Nov 2025 | 340 |
| Dec 2025 | 327 |
| Jan 2026 | 275 |
| Feb 2026 | 295 |
| Mar 2026 | 354 |
| Apr 2026 | 474 |
| May 2026 | 568 |
| Jun 2026 | 634 |
| Jul 2026 | 667 |
Airlines flying ORD–PDX nonstop
| Airline | Flights / week | Share of passengers |
|---|---|---|
| UAUnited Air Lines | 53 | 51% |
| AAAmerican Airlines | 34 | 31% |
| ASAlaska Airlines | 19 | 18% |
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 · 1,856 flights
- Boeing 737-900ER · 1,136 flights
- Boeing B737 Max 900 · 933 flights
- Airbus Industrie A321Neoxlr · 692 flights
- Airbus Industrie A321-200n · 483 flights
- Boeing B737 Max 800 · 362 flights
- Airbus Industrie A320-100/200 · 60 flights
- Airbus Industrie A319 · 20 flights
Also carried: 180 tonnes of freight and 433 tonnes of mail a year (passenger and cargo flights).
Punctuality
- On time
- 74%
- Arrived within 15 min of schedule
- Average delay
- 19 min
- Late arrivals count, early ones as 0
- Cancelled
- 0.9%
- Flights counted
- 5,613
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026
| Airline | On time | Average delay |
|---|---|---|
| UAUnited Air Lines | 77.5% | 16 min |
| AAAmerican Airlines | 68.1% | 28 min |
| ASAlaska Airlines | 74.6% | 14 min |
Delay minutes by cause: airline 31% · aircraft arriving late 39% · air traffic system 26% · 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
- $263
- One way, all cabins
- Average over a year
- $249
- Q2 2025 – Q1 2026
- Largest airline
- United Air Lines
- 45% of passengers · $293
- Lowest-fare airline
- American Airlines
- 19% of passengers · $231
History, not a price to book: what the average passenger paid per one-way trip in each quarter (Q2 2025 $245 · Q3 2025 $235 · Q4 2025 $262 · Q1 2026 $263).
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: 2,792 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 Chicago and Portland
Kilometres. Linked numbers have a page of their own. All Chicago airports
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 |