NextGen
Airport Performance — Chicago O'Hare International
Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) is the second busiest airport in North America and fifth busiest airport in the world in terms of passenger traffic, which decreased by 0.1% in 2012 to 66.6 million. The number of operations (landings and take-offs) increased by 0.3% during this time, to 878,108. In 2012, ORD was the sixth busiest airport in North America in terms of cargo volume (17th in the world); 1,512,186 metric tonnes (1,663,405 U.S. tons) of freight and mail passed through its facilities.
In addition to a new runway and airspace redesign, several NextGen capabilities and enabling improvements have been implemented at ORD. These improvements include, Airport Surface Detection Equipment — Model X, Performance Based Navigation procedures, Automated Terminal Proximity Alert, basic rerouting, and Traffic Management Advisor.
All airport information shown above is reported by Calendar Year (CY); results in the table below are reported by Fiscal Year (FY), October 1 — September 30.
| Performance Indicator (FY) |
Average Gate Arrival Delay
Minutes per Flight
During reportable hours, the yearly average of the difference between the Actual Gate-In Time and the Scheduled Gate-In Time for flights to the selected airport from any of the Aviation System Performance Metrics (ASPM) airports. The delay for each fiscal year is calculated based on the 0.5 - 99.5 percentile of the distributions for the year. Flights may depart outside reportable hours, but must arrive during them. The reportable hours vary by airport. |
3.2 |
3.9 |
5.7 |
-0.2 |
Average Gate to Gate Time
Minutes per Flight
During reportable hours, the yearly average of the difference between the Actual Gate-In Time at the selected airport and the Actual Gate-Out time at the origin (any Aviation System Performance Metrics (ASPM) airport). Flights may depart outside reportable hours, but must arrive during them. Reportable hours vary by airport. |
123.0 |
123.5 |
125.3 |
123.1 |
Average Number of Level-offs Per Flight
Count per Flight
The count of instances of level-offs as flights descend from cruise altitudes to the arrival airport, averaged for the fiscal year. |
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3.3 |
3.1 |
Distance in Level Flight from Top of Descent to Runway Threshold
Nautical Miles per Flight
The distance flown in level flight as flights descend from cruise altitudes to the arrival airport, averaged for the fiscal year. |
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55.7 |
53.0 |
Taxi-In Time
Minutes per Flight
During reportable hours, the yearly average of the difference between Wheels-On Time and Gate-In Time for flights arriving at the selected airport from any of the Aviation System Performance Metrics (ASPM) airports. Flights may depart outside reportable hours, but must arrive during them. The reportable hours vary by airport. |
9.8 |
9.6 |
9.4 |
9.1 |
Taxi-Out Time
Minutes per Flight
During reportable hours, the yearly average of the difference between Gate-Out Time and Wheels-Off time for flights from the selected airport to any of the Aviation System Performance Metrics (ASPM) airports. Flights must depart during reportable hours, but may arrive outside them. The reportable hours vary by airport. |
18.4 |
17.8 |
17.7 |
17.0 |
High Low
Efficiency addresses the operational and economic cost-effectiveness of gate-to-gate flight operations from a single-flight perspective. In all phases of flight, airspace users want to depart and arrive at the times they select and fly the trajectory they determine to be optimum.
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