Chicago Midway International Airport
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
| Chicago Midway International Airport | |||
|---|---|---|---|
 |
|||
| Aerial view of Chicago Midway International Airport, a.k.a. the "world's busiest square mile". | |||
| IATA: MDW – ICAO: KMDW – FAA LID: MDW | |||
| Summary | |||
| Airport type | Public | ||
| Owner | City of Chicago | ||
| Operator | Chicago Airport System | ||
| Serves | Chicago, Illinois, US | ||
| Elevation AMSL | 620 ft / 189 m | ||
| Coordinates | 41°47′10″N 87°45′09″W / 41.78611°N 87.7525°WCoordinates: 41°47′10″N 87°45′09″W / 41.78611°N 87.7525°W | ||
| Website | |||
| Maps | |||
 |
|||
 MDW
|
|||
| Runways | |||
| Direction | Length | Surface | |
| ft | m | ||
| 4L/22R | 5,507 | 1,679 | Asphalt |
| 4R/22L | 6,446 | 1,965 | Asphalt/Concrete |
| 13C/31C | 6,522 | 1,988 | Concrete |
| 13L/31R | 5,141 | 1,567 | Asphalt |
| 13R/31L | 3,859 | 1,176 | Concrete |
| Statistics (2008, 2010) | |||
| Aircraft operations (2008) | 253,901 | ||
| Passenger volume (2010) | 17,566,281 | ||
| Cargo tonnage (2008) | 14,254 | ||
| Enplanemants (2010) | 8,856,025 | ||
| Source: FAA[1] and airport website[2] | |||
Chicago Midway International Airport (airport code KMDW) is a secondary airport serving the city of Chicago, Illinois. It was the largest airport in Chicago before O'Hare International Airport was built. It is on the South Side of Chicago.
The following airlines use Chicago Midway International Airport[3]:
- AirTran Airways
- Branson Air Express
- Delta Airlines
- Frontier Airlines
- Porter Airlines
- Southwest Airlines (Focus City)
- Sun Country Airlines (begins in the future)
- Volaris
References [change]
- ↑ FAA Airport Master Record for MDW (Form 5010 PDF). Retrieved March 15, 2007.
- ↑ City of Chicago, Airport Activity Statistics, December 2008, published January 21, 2009.
- ↑ http://flychicago.com/Default.aspx
