Frequent Terminal 5 user here. I’m torn. Rideshare pickup at Terminal 5 was a circus and in the afternoons the traffic was frequently so bad that this riding over to Terminal 2 may actually be a time saver. Don't ride to T2 instead do what I do when I arrive into T5 take the ATS over to Lot F/ Rent...
Jump to postSome non-route news (apologies if already posted): All rideshare at ORD will now pickup from T2 departures. If arriving into T5, have to take ATS to T2 to pick up a rideshare, started yesterday - https://abc7chicago.com/ohare-airport-chicago-terminal-5-ube/12887425/ They should do better. Is a mess...
Jump to postWell, somebody paid for tickets to ORD... They still trying, fourth time now and seems like they landed.
Jump to post@22R plenty of go arounds, some doubles. Looking on KZ B748 and see which runway will land. AA2457 after second go around diverted to MKE.
Noticed NASA Lockhead ER-2 N806NA overflying Chicagoland @ 60000 feet.
For those interested, I wonder if we might see some 4R arrivals early tomorrow morning, before winds switch around later in the morning. Could certainly see some crosswind usage tomorrow. I have fond memories of watching arrivals on 4R from Irving Park Rd. before OMP started. So departures might be...
Jump to post7101983 Icelandair is bumping up its KEF-ORD schedule a bit to 14/wk this year starting the week of June 4. Double daily continues through September 10. If my memory serves me, last summer was 13 flights per week through the summer. Meanwhile United will serve the route once per day starting May 13...
Jump to postLufthansa is sending a 744 today on LH430, due to arrive at ~1pm today (Wednesday). Just thought it curious - Haven't seen LH operating one of those to O'Hare in years. 7102737 Seems like B744 by LH will visit ORD entire week. They started on Monday and 744 is scheduled till Friday. I think last ye...
Jump to postAvelo XP9541 N803XP landed from HVN on 27R around 7pm. Now is about to departure to FRG. Seems like ferry flighs.
Jump to postN743A was performing flight testing out of RFD yesterday (01/20/2023). This is one of two ex-Saudi Aramco Aviation B737-7AX aircraft being converted to C-40A configuration for the United States Marine Corps (USMC) by AAR Corp. at their RFD MRO : ⋅ N743A to be registered as USMC 170041 C-4...
Jump to postAirX 9H-BIG as AXY625U is scheduled to arrive at ORD tomorrow around 1:30pm from HAM. Last time when we saw this bird was in November 2022.
Jump to postRode the terminal train today. Wow. It's slow. Compared to Dallas air train - that one is like a sports car. New signs in T1-2-3 stations. T5 arrival hall is just too small. Apparently there is now Only one exit from customs to the open - the one by MCD. The other side is dry walled and painted. Li...
Jump to postRode the terminal train today. Wow. It's slow. Compared to Dallas air train - that one is like a sports car. New signs in T1-2-3 stations. T5 arrival hall is just too small. Apparently there is now Only one exit from customs to the open - the one by MCD. The other side is dry walled and painted. Li...
Jump to postWQ2227 HOU-ORD - Houston Rockets B767-322/ER N625HR due in ORD at 21:24 on 12/25/2022 for the Bulls game on Monday (12/26/2022 @ 19:00 CDT). The Houston Rockets started using this plane for the NBA 2021-2022 Season games in early February, 2022. The aircraft is operated by iAero Airways (here is th...
Jump to postInteresting morning at ORD, as a "minor" security issue arose in T1 - https://wgntv.com/news/chicago-news/all-clear-issued-after-bomb-threat-closes-portion-of-chicagos-ohare-airport/ And also bomb threat tread in WAW on airplane arrived from ORD. All passengers and crew evacuated and now ...
Jump to postI did it few times from MDW to DEN (living 7 minutes drive from ORD).
Jump to postGlobalX Blue livery N278GX GXA626 landed from BWI at 28C around noon. Now enroute LAX as GXA137.
Jump to postFirst flight to ORD ** for MSC Air Cargo N707GT B777-F operating as Atlas Air 5Y8654 (HKG-ICN-ANC-ORD). It landed this morning (12/16/2022) at 04:10 CST and is parked at the Southeast Cargo Ramp. This aircraft is brand new and was just delivered on 11/21/2022 **. 7069389,0,0 ** Source: ADS-B Exchan...
Jump to postFlightradar24 shows FI765 B767 KEF-ORD arriving at 07:00 today (12/04) and also operating on 12/05, 12/07 and 12/11. Flightware shows ICE765 as an old flight (B757) from 2021. However, according to ADS-B Exchange, none of the 5 FI B767s ( TF-ISH, TF-ISN, TF-ISO, TF-ISP** and TF-ISW ) show flying to...
Jump to postJust saw scheduled flight from KEF to ORD tomorrow morning - FI765 (odd flight number as for ORD) operated on B767. ETA 7am. In 2021 this flight was operating to BOS but on B752. Not sure if this is glitch or FI adding morning flight to ORD.
Jump to postRAF Falcon 900 G-ZABH flight RRR1224 is scheduled to arrive to ORD around 3:30 am tomorrow from LAX for refuel I believe. Same aircraft arrived to ORD from SEN today early morning for refuel and departed to LAX around 6:15 am. It is a year old newest addition to Royal Air Force.
Jump to postFor those that might have missed this yesterday. DL838 A333 diverted to ORD and parked on M11. This gives DL another option for any diversions either domestic or internationally they didn't have before on the E gates. https://flightaware.com/live/flight/DAL838/history/20221129/1733Z/KATL/KORD That’...
Jump to postFor those that might have missed this yesterday. DL838 A333 diverted to ORD and parked on M11. This gives DL another option for any diversions either domestic or internationally they didn't have before on the E gates. https://flightaware.com/live/flight/DAL838/history/20221129/1733Z/KATL/KORD I saw...
Jump to postJust heard in news that it was false alarm. Plane will be back to service soon.
Jump to postAtlas Air GTI517 N480MC made an emergency landing at ORD this afternoon. Flight originated at FOE heading POZ with 300 US soldiers as NATO support was diverted to ORD due to potiential abnormality in the cargo hold. Landed safely at 5pm on 28C and was safely de-planed. Actual callsign was CMB517/5Y...
Jump to postAtlas Air GTI517 N480MC made an emergency landing at ORD this afternoon. Flight originated at FOE heading POZ with 300 US soldiers as NATO support was diverted to ORD due to potiential abnormality in the cargo hold. Landed safely at 5pm on 28C and was safely de-planed. Actual callsign was CMB517/5Y...
Jump to postAtlas Air GTI517 N480MC made an emergency landing at ORD this afternoon. Flight originated at FOE heading POZ with 300 US soldiers as NATO support was diverted to ORD due to potiential abnormality in the cargo hold. Landed safely at 5pm on 28C and was safely de-planed.
Jump to postBesides these flight I have flown last summer I got one more next month.
ORD-LAS on UA1356 December 29.
So far just one booked already and one that will be booked soon.
LAS-ORD NK182 in January 3.
MDW-DEN on WN in March.
Also. LOT will be saying goodbye to the Q400 by end of December. On DEC 6 they will have a special (already sold out) 2 hour goodbye flight WAW-WAW with event. https://www.fly4free.pl/lot-organizuje-pozegnalny-lot-bombariera-q400/ I’m glad that they will have something to say goodbye because if I r...
Jump to postLAN Cargo flight LCO1800 N542LA is on the way to ORD from MIA. ETA around 10:30am. They were flying regularly to ORD twice a week 4 years ago or so.
Jump to post9H-BIG (A340-313X) operating as AVY279V (CMH-ORD) scheduled arrival today (11/07/22) at 13:02 CST. It just flew the Columbus Blue Jackets NHL team back home yesterday (11/06/22) from HEL (this was for the NHL Global Series games in Finland). Deparature scheduled at 15:55 CST as AXY322A (ORD- ARN )....
Jump to postAF1 departed ORD at 12:53 CDT for PHL. Departed from 22L versus the normal 9C/27C (obvously due to the strong SW winds today). USAF C-17A 04-4137 (Callsign TEDDY57) from WRI (McGuire Air Force Base in NJ) and USAF C-17A 01-0187 (Callsign RCH3289) from TCM (McChord Air Force Base in WA) just landed ...
Jump to postAir Force One (82-8000) landed on runway 9C shortly before 8pm tonight. Should depart tomorrow (Saturday) around noon. Air Force Two should arrive at MDW on Sunday around 11am and will stay till 6pm the same day. I believe that support a/c for V-ce President visit will be C-130. Perhaps this explai...
Jump to postAir Force One (82-8000) landed on runway 9C shortly before 8pm tonight. Should depart tomorrow (Saturday) around noon. Air Force Two should arrive at MDW on Sunday around 11am and will stay till 6pm the same day. I believe that support a/c for V-ce President visit will be C-130.
Jump to postCargojet Airways CJT1791/W81791 B757 C-GIAJ due in ORD just after 07:00AM today (9/29/2022) from YHZ . 2575105 Very unusual for O'Hare! Gabriel ("gabik001") has the only photo in the database of Cargojet at O'Hare. She's on final approach to 9L at the moment. Well, it was taken when CJT w...
Jump to postIcelandair FI853 operating KEF-ORD as a B767 (versus the usual B757) on Saturday (9/10/2022). Currently showing as TF-ISW 767-319/ER ( of course this could change ) Icelandair FI853 switched back to the usual B757 for 9/10/2022. Yesterdays FI852 (TF-ISX) returned to ORD after 20 min of flight. Don'...
Jump to postscaledesigns wrote:ANA snuck a 7879 in today for a cargo flight. I see it went right to NE cargo.
yeogeo wrote:
Also, OE-LFC snuck into O'Hare town this evening. Can't say I've seen this aircraft on the field before.
D-AXGB was moved from T5 hardstand to GRE today around 11am.
Jump to postAlitalia EI-DBM departed around 6pm tonight to AMM as EIDBM. It was like 30 mins when show up on the radar and taxi to departure from 28R.
Jump to postI was passing by on Mannheim and saw Eurowings A332 D-AXGB standing on the T5 hardstand. Quick checked and seems like diversion from enroute SLC-FRA on Monday. Any info when she is gonna depart?
Jump to postJetOneX TF-AMJ as CC662 is on the way to ORD, ETA 4:35pm
Jump to postWent today to the lakefront at North Avenue beach to see some birds. I was very happy how my Sigma 150-600 was working at the Northern Lighting so decided to check it again at Chicago Air and Water show. I wasn't disappointed again. Photos went well, especially F-35 and V-22 however they shorten ent...
Jump to postyeogeo wrote:gabik001 wrote:GlobalX A322 N628VA flight GXA610 from BED is scheduled to ORD at 3:43pm today. Former Virgin America and Alaska bird.
Whoa! 22 R and 22L arrivals this morning.. what's up?? Rehearsal for the air and water show tomorrow! TFR is in place along the lakeshore precluding arrivals on the 27s. Anyway wind [email protected]... BTW GlobalX A322 N628VA flight GXA610 from BED is scheduled to ORD at 3:43pm today. Former Virgin America a...
Jump to postLooks like OE-LFC is finally making the trip to ORD today (08/16/22) as KF9287 . Currently due in ORD at 15:49. OE-LFC landed at ORD at 15:24 on 10C and is parked over at the North East Cargo Ramp. Due to depart at 19:25 as KF9288 (ORD-BRU) I missed it! ...Hoping that OE-LFC will be back soon! Air ...
Jump to postLooks like OE-LFC is finally making the trip to ORD today (08/16/22) as KF9287 . Currently due in ORD at 15:49. OE-LFC landed at ORD at 15:24 on 10C and is parked over at the North East Cargo Ramp. Due to depart at 19:25 as KF9288 (ORD-BRU) I missed it! Damn, I was on my way home from VOK (Volk Fie...
Jump to postDid they squawked 7700? A playback of the ADS-B Exchange log for EI-DBM shows they had the same squawk code (2660) set for the entire flight from ROW - ORD . I was looking for ATC recordings beginning at 19:41Zulu when they started descend. I looked at ZAU sector (both freq) and all approaches. Fou...
Jump to postThis twitter link mentions smoke in the cockpit https://twitter.com/WindyCityWxMan/status/1558620212550926338 and shows a short video of the landing at ORD: https://twitter.com/i/status/1558630923255652352 Here are the ADB-B Exchange logs for EI-DBM showing the approach to ORD and the circuit over ...
Jump to postQuick info that EI-DBM was enroute to Amman as a new addition to Euro Atlantic fleet with new reg, CS-TSW. Will try to catch her tomorrow.
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