Chicago (ORD) – Richmond (RIC)
- Distance
- 1,033 km
- 642 mi · 558 nm
- Flight time
- 2 h 9 min / 2 h 22 min
- Average gate to gate: ORD → RIC / back
- Time difference
- 1 h
- CO2 per passenger
- 130 kg
- One way, economy, incl. RF (77 kg CO2 only)
- Passengers / year
- 308,608
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026 · +23.0%
- Flights / week
- 92
- Both directions, average
- Seats filled
- 82%
- 376,315 seats a year
- Airlines nonstop
- 5
- YX, OO, UA
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
- 115°
- Heading from RIC
- 302°
- Halfway point
- 39.86, -82.44
- Great-circle km
- 1,032 km (sphere, for EU261)
- In the air ORD → RIC
- 1 h 30 min
- In the air RIC → ORD
- 1 h 44 min
- Clocks
- Richmond is 1 h ahead of Chicago
The estimate for a route without real times is 2 h; how it is worked out is on Sources.
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| Month | Passengers |
|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 25,894 |
| Sep 2025 | 28,100 |
| Oct 2025 | 27,548 |
| Nov 2025 | 21,988 |
| Dec 2025 | 21,407 |
| Jan 2026 | 16,360 |
| Feb 2026 | 19,880 |
| Mar 2026 | 25,958 |
| Apr 2026 | 29,625 |
| May 2026 | 31,236 |
| Jun 2026 | 30,870 |
| Jul 2026 | 29,742 |
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| Month | Flights |
|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 373 |
| Sep 2025 | 422 |
| Oct 2025 | 451 |
| Nov 2025 | 354 |
| Dec 2025 | 333 |
| Jan 2026 | 290 |
| Feb 2026 | 352 |
| Mar 2026 | 402 |
| Apr 2026 | 469 |
| May 2026 | 498 |
| Jun 2026 | 449 |
| Jul 2026 | 415 |
Airlines flying ORD–RIC nonstop
| Airline | Flights / week | Share of passengers |
|---|---|---|
| YXRepublic Airline | 34 | 37% |
| OOSkyWest Airlines | 24 | 22% |
| UAUnited Air Lines | 11 | 21% |
| MQEnvoy Air | 14 | 13% |
| G7GoJet Airlines | 10.0 | 7% |
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 · 2,261 flights
- Canadair RJ-700 · 1,036 flights
- Bombardier CRJ550 · 543 flights
- Embraer-Emb-170 · 388 flights
- Airbus Industrie A320-100/200 · 246 flights
- Airbus Industrie A319 · 127 flights
- Boeing B737 Max 800 · 76 flights
- Boeing 737-800 · 53 flights
Also carried: 7 tonnes of freight and 0 tonnes of mail a year (passenger and cargo flights).
Punctuality
- On time
- 74.8%
- Arrived within 15 min of schedule
- Average delay
- 22 min
- Late arrivals count, early ones as 0
- Cancelled
- 3.4%
- Flights counted
- 4,439
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026
| Airline | On time | Average delay |
|---|---|---|
| YXRepublic Airline | 80.4% | 16 min |
| OOSkyWest Airlines | 65.5% | 36 min |
| MQEnvoy Air | 79.4% | 14 min |
| UAUnited Air Lines | 71.8% | 21 min |
Delay minutes by cause: airline 34% · aircraft arriving late 31% · air traffic system 23% · weather 13% · 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
- $270
- One way, all cabins
- Average over a year
- $258
- Q2 2025 – Q1 2026
- Largest airline
- American Airlines
- 50% of passengers · $252
- Lowest-fare airline
- American Airlines
- 50% of passengers · $252
History, not a price to book: what the average passenger paid per one-way trip in each quarter (Q2 2025 $260 · Q3 2025 $247 · Q4 2025 $258 · Q1 2026 $270).
Fare outlook, Q1 2027: about $276, likely $238–$314
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 90% of the time over 21 quarters (median error 5.3%). 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
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: 1,032 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 Richmond
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 |