O'Hare
A complete guide to Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport
What you should know about the nation’s busiest airport.
O’Hare breaks ground on final runway extension ahead of $8.5B terminal revamp
The changes will mean better service and fewer delays for air travelers.
SOM to design new O’Hare satellite concourses
The two buildings will break ground in 2022, ahead of the Studio Gang designed Global Terminal.
Blue Line work to disrupt O’Hare service for next five months
The $207 million signal project will shut down portions of track between the Jefferson Park and Harlem stations.
How sheep, goats, and donkeys make O’Hare airport greener
The grazing herd helps reduce the use of gas-powered equipment and remove habitats for wildlife that shouldn’t live near an airport.
Helmut Jahn, in handwritten note, ‘embarrassed’ by O’Hare choice
"Hopefully the next mayor will turn this around"
Studio Gang-led team will design $8.5B O’Hare expansion
The Y-shaped proposal beat out four other designs from top architects.
O’Hare breaks ground on $1.2B Terminal 5 expansion
The plan includes new airline lounges, retail concessions, and ten additional gates.
A closer look at Santiago Calatrava’s massive O’Hare proposal
The supersized project extends far beyond building a new terminal.
Musk’s O’Hare Express faces a complicated, uncertain future
Will the $1 billion tunnel project survive a post-Emanuel City Hall?
Public voting for O’Hare’s $8.5B redesign comes to a close
View models of the five finalist proposals at the Chicago Architecture Center through January 31.
Here are the five designs competing for O’Hare Airport’s $8.5B expansion
Top architects are vying for what is arguably the city’s most significant infrastructure project in a generation.
City reveals architect shortlist for $8.5B O’Hare expansion
Five teams of finalists will compete to design the massive O’Hare Global Terminal.
Blue Line rolls out new cars, extra trains
The expanded service aims to address overcrowding on the line’s busy O’Hare branch.
Some of the world’s top architects will compete for $8.7B O’Hare expansion
Names include Bjarke Ingels, Curtis Fentress, Santiago Calatrava, Helmut Jahn, Jeanne Gang, and Norman Foster
Boring Company shows off first O’Hare Express hardware
Elon Musk’s tunneling firm is "getting ready for Chicago."
Drilling to begin in ‘3 to 4 months’ on Elon Musk’s O’Hare Express
Chicago will be the first real, ‘useful’ example of The Boring Company’s technology
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Elon Musk’s O’Hare Express: Everything you need to know
The Boring Company is building a 12-minute train from Block 37 to O’Hare airport
Elon Musk’s company wins contract to build high-tech O’Hare express
Autonomous pods will zoom between the Loop and the airport in just 12 minutes.
Elon Musk’s Boring Company selected to compete for O’Hare express project
The SpaceX and Tesla owner has futuristic ideas for Chicago
Elon Musk’s Boring Company one of four firms vying to build O’Hare Express
The proposed high-speed rail link between O’Hare and downtown Chicago just took another step forward.
City of Chicago seeks partner firms for high-speed O’Hare express train
The Emanuel administration is taking a big step towards realizing the long-discussed megaproject
A complete guide from O’Hare to Millennium Park via public transit
The best way to get downtown from the airport is taking the ‘L’ train
Could Elon Musk crack Chicago’s elusive O’Hare express train?
Mr. Musk’s company suggests linking Chicago’s Loop and O’Hare International Airport via 125 mph underground "sleds."
Open thread: How would the O'Hare express train work?
What do you think the proposed Downtown-O’Hare connector look like?
Emanuel lays out big plans for Chicago transit, including express line to O’Hare
The mayor says that express rail service between O’Hare and Chicago’s downtown is essential for the city’s future.
Work to start on O’Hare’s $70M concourse expansion project
Unlike the larger Terminal 5 project which would be financed through the issuance of new bonds and additional ticket taxes, the Terminal 3 addition will see American Airlines footing the bill.
Nearly 300 luxury rental units proposed for lot by O’Hare
Citing a surging demand for high-end rental units on Chicago’s Far Northwest Side, a developer is pursuing a plan to construct 299 units atop a parking lot at 8535 W. Higgins.
See how much Chicago has developed over the last 30 years
A new time lapse feature from Google Earth shows how cities around the globe have changed over the decades. And it should be no surprise that Chicago’s downtown has changed in the last 30 years.
O'Hare to add new gates with expanded terminals
A new multi-billion-dollar capital investment program announced by Mayor Rahm Emanuel will add nine new gates at O’Hare’s Terminal 5 and potentially create dozens of new boarding points though redeveloping the airport’s central Terminal 2.
Chicago Takes Step Towards O’Hare High-Speed Train
The city has selected an engineering firm to conduct its initial feasibility study
