Chicago O'Hare Airport News and Weather

Lufthansa (Star Alliance Livery) Airbus A340 (File video/TheYottaTube). One of the louder takeoffs tonight, Wednesday, September 30, 2026 over Arlington Heights was a four-engine DLH Cargo AirBus A340 destined for Frankfurt, Germany at about 11:45 PM All content, videos and links mentioned are for information only, and are not necessarily endorsed or specifically recommended by AirportsChicago.com for your specific condition or situation.

LIVE video from O'Hare International Airport beginning in the 8 o'clock hour Friday, September 18, 2026 (TheCuriousSpotter@YouTube.com). Weather Observations via via NOAA's National Weather Service ... Friday, Sep 18 2026, 8:51 am CDT:  Partly Cloudy and 69 F at Chicago, Chicago-O'Hare International  Winds East at 13.8 MPH (12 KT). The pressure 30.27 and the humidity 63%. Friday, Sep 18 2026, 7:51 am CDT: A Few Clouds and 67 F at Chicago, Chicago-O'Hare International Airport. Winds East at 11.5 MPH (10 KT). The pressure 30.26 and the humidity 73%.  Arlingtoncardinal.com/weather Arlingtoncardinal.com/radar AirportChicago.com Flight Tracking Flightradar24 at O'Hare All content, videos and links mentioned are for information only, and are not necessarily endorsed or specifically recommended by AirportsChicago.com for your specific condition or situation.

Alleged Chinese undergraduate student who said he had an aircraft photo hobby accused of espionage at O’Hare; security images captured a Chinese national snapping pictures of aircraft at the airport (Chuck Goudie/NBC Chicago). Weiheng Zeng, a 24-year-old Chinese national and undergraduate student at Canada's University of Waterloo, was taken into federal custody, facing accusations of participating in a Chinese intelligence-led reconnaissance operation targeting major North American logistics hubs. Weiheng Zeng initially claimed he was a passionate "plane spotter" chasing a rare aircraft, but later admitted he was recruited and paid by a handler he believed worked for Chinese state security for an unknown project. All content, videos and links mentioned are for information only, and are not necessarily endorsed or specifically recommended by AirportsChicago.com for your specific condition or situation.

Rideshare drivers that are following the rules say they are losing work and money to others that illegally idle and wait on the expressway shoulder (Marissa Sulek/CBS Chicago). Uber drivers are illegally idling on the shoulder of the Kennedy Expressway in an "Emergency Parking Only" area, and Uber drivers who follow the rules and wait in a designated Ride Sharing lot are losing out in the queue, and are losing money. All drivers who wait in the emergency parking areas on the shoulders can be fined $100, but enforcement is weak. Jahanzaib Mawani, who appears to drive in the Uber Black SUV tier, follows the rules and uses the designated ridesharing lot. He explained the predicament to CBS Chicago reporter Marissa Sulek. All content, videos and links mentioned are for information only, and are not necessarily endorsed or specifically recommended by AirportsChicago.com for your specific condition or situation.

The government plans to begin taking the temperatures of travelers from West Africa arriving at five U.S. airports as part of a stepped-up response to the Ebola epidemic. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the Department of Homeland Security's Customs & Border Protection (CBP) this week will begin new layers of entry screening at five U.S. airports that receive over 94 percent of travelers from the Ebola-affected nations of Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra Leone. New York's JFK International Airport will begin the new screening on Saturday. In the 12 months ending July 2014, JFK received nearly half of travelers from the three West African nations. The enhanced entry screening at Washington-Dulles, Newark, Chicago-O'Hare, and Atlanta international airports will be implemented next week. "We work to continuously increase the safety of Americans," said CDC Director Tom Frieden, M.D., M.P.H. "We believe these new measures will furthe...