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O'Hare International Airport is an airport in Chicago, Illinois. It is a hub to American Airlines and United Airlines. Its IATA airport code is ORD, and its ICAO airport code is KORD.
O'Hare rivals Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport as the world's busiest airport: currently, O'Hare leads Hartsfield in annual aircraft movements, and Hartsfield leads O'Hare in annual passenger throughput. Both airports serve primarily as hubs for cross-country connections, although O'Hare also has a strong international airline presence.
The airport is especially notorious for its overcrowding, which often leads to cancellations and long delays that affect air travel across the United States. O'Hare's airport authority has committed to a $6 billion capital investment plan to revamp the airport's runway layout and add a new western terminal complex, increasing the airport's capacity and decreasing delays by an estimated 79 percent.
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