McDonald's
Finding it
McDonald's is in Concourse C, Near Gate C10 in Terminal 1 near Gate C10 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 C10
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
Near Gate C10 in Terminal 1, this location sits in the same concourse as America's Dog and an Auntie Anne's Pretzels near Gate C18, part of the small cluster of food options at the C-gates. Terminal 1 has two McDonald's total, this one and a second at Gate B11 in Concourse B on the other side of the terminal's tunnel connector. For someone at a C-gate, walking to the B-concourse location instead of this one adds a tunnel crossing most travelers won't make for a burger.
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 - O'Hare International Airport — Chicago Department of Aviation, checked 2026-09-09
Official Travel Resources
1 verified external links from airport operators and U.S. agencies.