How do I get from O'Hare airport to Midway Airport?

Blue and Orange Line trains to Midway Airport: US$5 for one traveler, 67–68 min. It leaves you at Midway station, joined to the Midway Airport terminal by an enclosed walkway. Take the Blue Line to Clark/Lake and change, free, to an Orange Line train to Midway: about 70 minutes of riding on the $5 fare. The airport asks you to allow up to two hours. A shared-ride taxi is $37 a person.

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1 way to Midway Airport

For Chicago generally we recommend the Blue Line train to the Loop; for Midway Airport the answer changes.

Recommended

The cheapest way in. Nothing listed is quicker.

Blue and Orange Line trains to Midway Airport

BlueOrange · CTA (Chicago Transit Authority)

67–68 min rideEvery 10 min03:10–00:45

CTA O'Hare stationMidway station

1 change

US$5total for 1 adultUS$5 eachBuy ticketOn CTA

Pickup, hours & luggage

Boards at. CTA O'Hare station, below the main parking garage, by walkway from Terminals 1, 2 and 3

One $5 fare from O'Hare covers both trains: the change at Clark/Lake is free. Pay by contactless bank card, phone or Ventra card at the gate, or a Ventra ticket from the machines.

Hours. From 03:30 on Saturdays and 04:00 on Sundays. The Orange Line stops for the night from about 01:40 to 04:00, 05:00 on Sundays.

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Take the Blue Line to Clark/Lake and change, free, to an Orange Line train to Midway: about 70 minutes of riding on the $5 fare. The airport asks you to allow up to two hours. A shared-ride taxi is $37 a person.

Ride times exclude walking and waiting. Every way from O'Hare International Airport into Chicago

Your destination

Straight there.

Chicago's second airport, on the South Side, reached by the CTA Orange Line; its station is joined to the terminal by an enclosed walkway.

O'Hare International Airport

Follow the signs

CTA O'Hare station

Blue and Orange Line trains to Midway Airport · 67–68 min

Midway Airport

Blue and Orange Line trains to Midway Airport serves Midway Airport. Blue Line train to the Loop does not.

Arriving late?

Not everything runs around the clock: the Blue and Orange Line trains to Midway Airport runs 03:10–00:45. Outside those hours nothing on this board runs to the center, and taxis are not priced on it. and the board keeps only what is running.

From arrivals to Midway Airport

Find the stop

CTA O'Hare station. Follow the signs from arrivals.

Choose Blue and Orange Line trains to Midway Airport

Check the destination and departure board before boarding.

Arrive at Midway Airport

67–68 min. Continue to your accommodation or follow signs for onward transport.

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Before you travel

Does the Blue Line train to the Loop stop at Midway Airport?

No. It runs to Clark/Lake station in the Loop.

What if my flight arrives late?

Is Midway Airport in Chicago?