Midway International Airport

Chicago Midway International Airport (IATA: MDW, ICAO: KMDW, FAA LID: MDW) is in Chicago, Illinois, on the city's southwest side, eight miles (13 km) from the Loop.

Dominated by low-cost carrier Southwest Airlines, Midway is the Dallas-based carrier's largest focus city, as of 2013. Both the Stevenson Expressway and the Chicago Transit Authority's Orange Line provide passengers access to Downtown Chicago. Midway Airport is the second-largest passenger airport in the Chicago metropolitan area, as well as the state of Illinois, after O'Hare International Airport on the Northwest Side.

History

Early history (1923–1962)

Originally named Chicago Air Park, Midway Airport was built on a 320-acre (130 ha) plot in 1923 with one cinder runway mainly for airmail flights. In 1926 the city leased the airport and named it Chicago Municipal Airport on December 12, 1927. By 1928, the airport had twelve hangars and four runways, lit for night operations.

A major fire early on June 25, 1930, destroyed two hangars and 27 aircraft, "12 of the them tri-motor passenger planes." The loss was estimated at more than two million dollars. The hangars destroyed were of the Universal Air Lines, Inc., and the Grey Goose Airlines, the latter under lease to Stout Air Lines. The fire followed an explosion of undetermined cause in the Universal hangar.

Midway Airport (disambiguation)

Midway Airport (IATA: MDW) is the Chicago Midway International Airport Chicago, Illinois, United States.

Midway Airport may also refer to:

See also

Midway Aerodrome

Midway Aerodrome, (TC LID: CBM6), is located adjacent to Midway, British Columbia, Canada.

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