Connecting flights
Connecting flights at Chicago O'Hare International Airport: transfers between flights.
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Getting around
- Airport Transit System
- Stations at Terminal 1, Terminal 2, Terminal 3, Terminal 5 and the Multi-Modal Facility, every 3 to 5 minutes at peak hours, 24 hours a day.
- Terminal 1 to Terminal 2
- The Airport Transit System runs between Terminal 1 and Terminal 2.
- Terminal 2 to Terminal 3
- The Airport Transit System runs between Terminal 2 and Terminal 3.
- Terminal 3 to Terminal 5
- The Airport Transit System runs between Terminal 3 and Terminal 5.
- Terminal Transfer Bus, Terminal 1 to Terminal 5
- Boards at Terminal 1, Gate C18B, and Terminal 5, Gate M13. The Terminal Transfer Bus runs on the secure side, both ways, every 15 minutes from 11:30 a.m. to 9:30 p.m., for connecting passengers with a same-day boarding pass for the terminal they are heading to. Outside those hours, connecting means leaving security, riding the Airport Transit System and being screened again.
- Terminal Transfer Bus, Terminal 3 to Terminal 5
- Boards at Terminal 3, Gates G17 and K20, and Terminal 5, Gate M13. The Terminal Transfer Bus runs on the secure side, both ways, every 15 minutes from 11:30 a.m. to 9:30 p.m., for connecting passengers with a same-day boarding pass for the terminal they are heading to. Outside those hours, connecting means leaving security, riding the Airport Transit System and being screened again.