McDonald's
Finding it
McDonald's is in Concourse H, Near Gate H5 in Terminal 3 near Gate H5 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 H5
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
Positioned near Gate H5, at the opposite end of Concourse H from Terminal 3's other H-gate McDonald's near Gate H9, this location still sits within reach of the same row of options: Chili's Too, Dunkin' Donuts and Garrett Popcorn Shops. It serves the gates closer to Concourse G, so a traveler arriving from that side doesn't need to walk the full length of H to reach a McDonald's. Terminal 3 carries four of O'Hare's eight McDonald's locations, more than any other terminal, and this is simply the one closest to the G/H junction.
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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