Chicago O'Hare International Airport safety profile
67 recorded occurrences at or near Chicago O'Hare International Airport (1983–2025): 8 at the airport, 59 nearby; 0 fatal, 0 fatalities.
What happens most
Runway incursions
The FAA Runway Safety database records 519 runway incursions at this airport, including 18 serious (Category A/B) events. Full runway incursion history.
Notable investigated occurrences
- 2025-02-02 — American Eagle — 0.0 km
- 2023-10-19 — UNITED AIRLINES INC — 2.4 km
- 2022-09-11 — SOUTHWEST AIRLINES CO — 0.4 km
- 2021-10-02 — SKYWEST AIRLINES INC — 0.3 km
- 2019-08-27 — Boeing MD-88, Delta Air Lines, Inc — 0.5 km
- 2018-07-04 — Air Choice One — 0.6 km
- 2017-07-01 — American Airlines — 0.6 km
- 2017-06-10 — SKYWEST AIRLINES INC — 1.3 km
- 2015-03-14 — GOJET AIRLINES LLC — 1.1 km
- 2014-09-13 — ERJ145XR, United Express — 0.7 km
- 2013-07-17 — Air Choice One — 0.3 km
Runways
- 10L/28R: 13,000 ft, CON, lighted
- 09R/27L: 11,260 ft, ASP, lighted
- 09C/27C: 11,245 ft, concrete, lighted
- 10C/28C: 10,800 ft, CON, lighted
- 04R/22L: 8,075 ft, ASP, lighted
- 04L/22R: 7,500 ft, ASP, lighted
- 09L/27R: 7,500 ft, ASP, lighted
- 10R/28L: 7,500 ft, CONCRETE, lighted
Weather patterns
- Fog: 28.996 days/year
- Thunderstorms: 48.293 days/year
- Snow: 50.993 days/year
- Crosswind >15kt: 0.143% of observations
- Crosswind >25kt: 0.001% of observations
Counts reflect occurrences geo-attached within 25 km of the airport from our investigation-record corpus; they are not a complete history and are not a safety ranking. A recorded occurrence decades ago says little about operations today.