McDonald's
Finding it
McDonald's is in Concourse H, Near Gate H9 in Terminal 3 near Gate H9 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 H9
Terminal 3 has 9 places to eat in this directory; the earliest opens at 12am.
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
Located near Gate H9, this McDonald's shares Concourse H with Chili's Too, a Dunkin' Donuts and a Garrett Popcorn Shops, putting it in the terminal's busiest food row rather than an isolated gate pocket. Terminal 3 has four McDonald's total, and a second one sits farther down the same concourse near Gate H5; this location serves the H9 end near the concourse's connection toward Concourse K. It's one of eight McDonald's at O'Hare, but the only one flanked by both a full-service Chili's Too and a Garrett stand in the same row.
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 3
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
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