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About 30 minutes · East on Touhy Avenue

O'Hare to Evanston car service

Our O'Hare to Evanston car service brings Northwestern students, parents and visiting faculty from the terminal to campus, a downtown hotel or a home in Evanston: about 30 minutes and 15 miles east, mostly on Touhy Avenue, without traffic. We track the flight, carry the luggage, and set the price before you book.

Flight-tracked airport pickups, 1 hour of free waiting
The price before you book, no surge pricing
Licensed, insured professional chauffeurs
Booking and dispatch 24/7

Rather talk it through? We answer 24/7.

(331) 356-3856

O'Hare to Evanston, by address

From the O'Hare terminals, without traffic. Downtown Evanston and Ryan Field are the quicker drops; the lakefront buildings on the east edge of campus take a few minutes more.

O'Hare to Evanston, by address, in minutes without traffic
From	O'Hare	Good to know
Evanston		Downtown, by Davis Street station
Hilton Orrington/Evanston		1710 Orrington Ave., near campus
Rotary International		One Rotary Center, Sherman Avenue
Ryan Field		Football Saturdays, north of campus
Technological Institute		Engineering, on Sheridan Road
Kellogg Global Hub		Kellogg on the lakefront

O'Hare to Evanston, step by step

Name the building
A dorm, a department, the Hilton Orrington or a house address: the more exact, the better the drop-off.
We follow the flight
An early or late landing moves the pickup, with no calls from the curb.
Meet inside or at the curb
Families with a semester of luggage usually prefer meet & greet at baggage claim.
East across the north side
Touhy Avenue toward the lake, then into Evanston, about 15 miles.
Unloaded at the door
Boxes and suitcases set down at the residence hall entrance or the hotel lobby.

Evanston arrivals through the year

Move-in week
Every bag a first-year owns goes into the back at the terminal curb, and the next stop is the residence hall.
Visiting faculty and speakers
A guest lecturer is met by name in the arrivals hall and driven straight to the department or the hotel.
Graduation weekend
Grandparents fly in, check into a historic downtown hotel, and dinner and the ceremonies follow without anyone hunting for parking.

O'Hare to Evanston

O'Hare to Evanston car service for Northwestern weekends

Northwestern's calendar sets the busy weekends. In 2026, new students moved in on September 15 at the start of Wildcat Welcome; the 2026 Commencement was held at the United Center in Chicago on June 14, with school convocations on the Evanston campus from June 12 to 15; and the new Ryan Field hosted its first game on October 2, 2026, against Penn State. Weekends like these come with more luggage than a rideshare comfortably holds.

The Hilton Orrington, at 1710 Orrington Avenue, is a short walk from campus, and Kellogg's Global Hub sits on the lakefront at 2211 Campus Drive. An SUV takes 6 with 6 bags, enough for a parent, a student and the dorm essentials, and the return to O'Hare at the end of the weekend is booked the same way.

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O'Hare to Evanston: questions

Still deciding? Call (331) 356-3856 any hour, or start a booking to see your options.

How long is the ride from O'Hare to Evanston?

About 30 minutes to downtown Evanston without traffic, and about 35 to the lakefront buildings such as the Kellogg Global Hub. Midway is farther, about 40.

Can you bring a student and their luggage from O'Hare to a Northwestern residence hall?

Yes. Give us the hall name; an SUV holds 6 bags, and the chauffeur unloads at the entrance. Move-in week is busy, so book once the date is set.

Can a department book rides for visiting faculty or job candidates?

Yes. Each ride is booked with the visitor's flight and shows its price before you confirm, and a corporate account lets a department book them all under one name.

We are flying in for a game at Ryan Field. Can you take us to the stadium?

Yes. Ryan Field is about 30 minutes from O'Hare without traffic; we drop you as near as game-day traffic allows and can take you to the hotel afterwards.

Northwestern commencement was at the United Center. Can you drive families there from Evanston?

Yes. For a ceremony in Chicago, book the run from your Evanston hotel to the venue and back, or by the hour with a 2-hour minimum to include a celebration dinner.

Which one fits?

Full Size SUV · 6 seats
Move-in luggage
The full-size SUV seats 6 with room for 6 bags, the practical choice for a student, two parents and a year of clothes heading for a residence hall.
Book the Full Size SUV
Sedan · 2 seats
The visiting professor
A faculty candidate or a seminar speaker with one suitcase rides in the sedan, which seats 2 with 3 bags, from the gate to Sheridan Road.
Book the Sedan
Executive Sprinter · 14 seats
A visiting team or delegation
An Executive Sprinter for 14 suits a research group, an admissions tour or a Rotary delegation arriving on the same flight.
Book the Executive Sprinter