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Driving directions

Driving directions at Chicago O'Hare International Airport. The airport sits off I-190, which runs west from the Kennedy Expressway.

More in our guide: Driving to O'Hare: directions and which approach for which terminal.

A sound wall of pale concrete panels beside the grey concrete lanes of an O'Hare approach road.
Beside the I-190 approach to O'Hare
Route
The airport sits off I-190, which runs west from the Kennedy Expressway. Terminals 1, 2 and 3 share one set of roadways; Terminal 5 is signed separately off I-190 towards Mannheim Road. The Multi-Modal Facility, the Economy Lots and the Kiss 'n' Fly are reached from Mannheim Road and Zemke Boulevard, or along Bessie Coleman Drive by way of Coffey Road. The airport address is 10000 West O'Hare Ave, Chicago, IL 60666.
Details
  • To drop off, follow the Departures signs to the upper level roadway and stop at the terminal your airline uses; signs on the way in show which terminal each airline is in.
  • Pickup is on the lower level, at the outermost curb. Waiting at the curb is not allowed and unattended vehicles are ticketed and towed, so wait in the free Cell Phone Lot at 560 North Bessie Coleman Drive until your passenger calls.
  • To the Cell Phone Lot from Terminals 1, 2 and 3, take I-190 East, exit toward Mannheim Road and Terminal 5, keep to the left two lanes, turn left onto Bessie Coleman Drive and turn right after 0.2 miles. From Chicago, take the Bessie Coleman Drive exit.
  • To the Kiss 'n' Fly, take I-190 Exit 2A, the Mannheim Road north ramp, to Zemke Boulevard, turn right at the light and right again at the first stop sign. From Higgins Road, follow Mannheim Road south to Zemke Road.
  • Signs on the airport roads lead to each parking lot.

Sources: Chicago Department of Aviation, O'Hare International Airport terminal map