KORD — Chicago O'hare Intl
Chicago, IL · field elevation 680 ft · Class B airspace · ATCT
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KORD current weather
VFR ceiling above 3,000 ft and visibility better than 5 statute miles
METAR KORD 111151Z 00000KT 10SM SCT021 BKN190 BKN250 24/21 A2992 RMK AO2 SLP125 T02390211 10244 20228 55000 $
- Wind
- calm
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Sky
- ceiling 19,000 ft AGL
- Temperature
- 24 °C / dewpoint 21 °C
- Altimeter
- 29.92 inHg
- Density altitude
- 1,897 ft · pressure altitude 680 ft
- Observed
- 25 minutes ago
48-hour trend
Eight days of observations, each readable in full — in the EFB →
Calculators: density altitude, pressure altitude, cloud base, crosswind
Pilot reports
7 within 50 nm in the last six hours, 2,000–8,000 ft.
Read them where they were filed — in the EFB →
Forecast
MOS guidance beside this TAF, both drawn along your route — in the EFB →
TAF KORD 111137Z 1112/1218 02006KT P6SM SCT020 BKN035 FM111400 15006KT P6SM SCT020 BKN035 PROB30 1114/1116 VRB15G25KT 3SM -TSRA BR BKN020CB FM111600 16007KT 5SM -TSRA BR SCT015 OVC035CB TEMPO 1116/1118 30030G50KT 1SM +TSRA BR SCT009 OVC015CB FM111900 10008KT P6SM FEW020 BKN050 FM120600 VRB03KT 6SM BR FEW004 SCT009 BKN015 FM121400 VRB05KT P6SM SCT020
Learn: reading a TAF, the weather course
Airport information
- Coordinates
- 41.97694, -87.90815
- Elevation
- 680 ft MSL
- Surface airspace
-
Class B
An ATC clearance is required before you enter.
The words matter: being told “stand by” is not a clearance, and neither is being given a squawk. You need “cleared into the Class Bravo”. Mode C is required within 30 nm of the primary airport — the veil — whether or not you enter the Bravo itself, and the VFR weather minimum is 3 statute miles and clear of clouds, because ATC is separating everyone inside.
- Sunrise / sunset
- 1056Z / 0057Z
- Tower hours
- Continuous (24 hours)
- Magnetic variation
- -3° (2010)
- Fuel
- 100LL,A
- Sectional
- Chicago
- County
- Cook, IL
Airport diagram
Everything else KORD publishes — in the EFB →
Runways
| Runway | Length (ft) | Width (ft) | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10L/28R | 13,000 | 150 | ASPH-CONC | HIGH |
| 09R/27L | 11,260 | 150 | ASPH-CONC | HIGH |
| 09C/27C | 11,245 | 200 | CONC | HIGH |
| 10C/28C | 10,800 | 200 | CONC | HIGH |
| 04R/22L | 8,075 | 150 | ASPH | HIGH |
| 04L/22R | 7,500 | 150 | ASPH | HIGH |
| 09L/27R | 7,500 | 150 | CONC | HIGH |
| 10R/28L | 7,500 | 150 | CONC | HIGH |
| H1 | 200 | 100 | CONC | PERI |
| 10X | — | — | — | — |
Frequencies
- Tower RWY 04R/22L · Continuous (24 hours)
- 120.75
- Tower RWY 09C/27C · Continuous (24 hours)
- 121.15
- Ground TWR SOUTH
- 118.05
- Ground
- 121.675
- Ground TWR CENTER OUTBOUND
- 121.75
- Ground TWR CENTER INBOUND
- 121.9
- Clearance
- 119.25
- Clearance
- 121.6
- Approach 360-179
- 119.0
- Approach
- 124.35
- Approach 180-359
- 125.7
- Approach 180-359
- 133.625
- Departure 150-219 SOUTH
- 126.625
- Departure 320-149 EAST/NORTH
- 128.575
Published procedures
- 60 approaches — ILS, LD, LOC, LS, RNAV (GPS)
- 1 departure published
- 11 arrivals published
Read the approach plates georeferenced — in the EFB →
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Elsewhere
- Make a poster of the KORD airport diagram or an approach plate
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Weather from METAR and TAF, National Weather Service Aviation Weather Center. Airport, runway, frequency and procedure data from the FAA NASR 28-day cycle; charts from the FAA d-TPP. Advisory only — this is not a weather briefing.