McDonald's
Finding it
McDonald's is in Concourse B, Near Gate B11 in Terminal 1 near Gate B11 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 B11
Terminal 1 has 6 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
This Terminal 1 location sits near Gate B11 in Concourse B, next to a Chili's Too and a Garrett Popcorn Shops rather than standing on its own. Terminal 1's other McDonald's is across the tunnel connector at Gate C10 in Concourse C, so United passengers boarding from the B-gates aren't sharing a line with the C-gate crowd here. It's one of eight McDonald's at O'Hare overall, and the only one paired directly with both a Chili's Too and a Garrett stand on the same short stretch of concourse.
One of 8 McDonald's locations at O'Hare International Airport (Terminal 1, Terminal 2, Terminal 3, Terminal 5).
What to expect
- burger
Other options in Terminal 1
All past the same checkpoint, so you can reach them without clearing security again.
Sources
- Eat | Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) — Chicago Department of Aviation, checked 2026-09-09
Official Travel Resources
1 verified external links from airport operators and U.S. agencies.