McDonald's
Finding it
McDonald's is in Concourse E/F, Near Gate F7 in Terminal 2 near Gate F7 at O'Hare International Airport. It is airside, past the security checkpoint, so allow for the queue before you count on it.
- Nearest gates
- Gate F7
Terminal 2 has 4 places to eat in this directory; the earliest opens at 4am.
Hours against the security queue
McDonald's opens at 4am and closes at 10pm. FlyIndex's wait-time data puts the typical ORD checkpoint queue at 27 minutes around 4am.
Across the week, ORD security runs longest around 4am at a median of 27 minutes, and lightest around 2am at 1 minute. The queue is typically building before this location opens.
Queue figures are medians from FlyIndex's ORD wait-time record, not a live reading.
About this location
Near Gate F7 in Terminal 2's Concourse E/F, this is the only McDonald's serving that terminal, which handles United Express, Air Canada and JetBlue traffic rather than American or Delta's mainline gates. It opens at 4:00 AM and stays open until 10:00 PM, covering Terminal 2's earliest regional departures well before most of the terminal's other counters are staffed. It also has step-free access and Wi-Fi listed, a combination not recorded at the other seven O'Hare locations, which makes it a workable stop for someone who needs to sit and get online before an early connection.
One of 8 McDonald's locations at O'Hare International Airport (Terminal 1, Terminal 2, Terminal 3, Terminal 5).
What to expect
- burger
- Step-free access
- Wi-Fi
Other options in Terminal 2
All past the same checkpoint, so you can reach them without clearing security again.
Sources
- OpenStreetMap — airport venue data — OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL 1.0), checked 2026-09-04
Official Travel Resources
1 verified external links from airport operators and U.S. agencies.