Midway International Airport

Chicago Midway International Airport
Chicago Midway International Airport
	IATA: MDW; ICAO: KMDW; FAA LID: MDW; WMO: 72534;
Summary
Airport type	Public
Owner/Operator	Chicago Department of Aviation
Serves	Chicago metropolitan area
Location	Clearing and Garfield Ridge, Chicago, Illinois, United States
Opened	December 12, 1927
Operating base for	Frontier Airlines (begins May 2024); Southwest Airlines;
Elevation AMSL	620 ft / 189 m
Coordinates	41°47′10″N 87°45′09″W / 41.78611°N 87.75250°W
Website	flychicago.com/midway
Maps
	; FAA airport diagram
Runways
Statistics (2023)
Aircraft operations
Aircraft operations	232,395
Passenger volume	22,050,489
Cargo tonnage (metric tons)	18,292.0
	Source: FAA Midway International Airport

Chicago Midway International Airport (IATA: MDW, ICAO: KMDW, FAA LID: MDW), typically referred to as Midway Airport, Chicago Midway, or simply Midway, is a major commercial airport on the Southwest side of Chicago, Illinois, located approximately 12 miles (19 km) from the city's Loop business district. Established in 1927, Midway served as Chicago's primary airport until the opening of O'Hare International Airport in 1944. Today, Midway is one of the busiest airports in the nation and the second-busiest airport both in the Chicago metropolitan area and the state of Illinois, serving 20,844,860 passengers in 2019.^[6]

Midway is a base for Southwest Airlines,^[7] which carries over 95% of the passengers at the airport. The airport's current name is in honor of the Battle of Midway. The now-defunct Midway Airlines, once headquartered at Midway, took its name from the airport. The airfield is located in a square mile bounded by 55th and 63rd streets, and Central and Cicero avenues. The current terminal complex was completed in 2001. The terminal bridges Cicero Avenue and contains 43 gates with facilities for international passengers. The CTA rapid transit Orange Line provides transit to Downtown Chicago, where it connects with other subway/elevated rapid transit lines.

^ Cite error: The named reference encyclopediaofchicago was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^ "Frontier Airlines Launches New Nonstop Routes from Chicago Midway; MDW Becomes Frontier's Primary Airport in Chicago".
^ "Southwest Airlines Announces New Crew Base for Pilots and Flight Attendants at Nashville International Airport (BNA)" (Press release). August 14, 2023. Retrieved October 26, 2023.
^ FAA Airport Form 5010 for MDW PDF. effective February 22, 2024.
^ "Year to Date Operations-Passengers, Cargo Summary December 2023" (PDF). flychicago.com. Retrieved March 6, 2024.
^ "Air Traffic Data". Chicago Department of Aviation. December 2018. Archived from the original on September 14, 2019. Retrieved April 12, 2019.
^ Schulte, Sarah. "SWA flights take off at Midway, airline's largest hub Archived November 12, 2013, at the Wayback Machine." WLS-TV. April 4, 2011. Retrieved on April 4, 2011.

[encyclopediaofchicago-1] Cite error: The named reference encyclopediaofchicago was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

[2] "Frontier Airlines Launches New Nonstop Routes from Chicago Midway; MDW Becomes Frontier's Primary Airport in Chicago".

[3] "Southwest Airlines Announces New Crew Base for Pilots and Flight Attendants at Nashville International Airport (BNA)" (Press release). August 14, 2023. Retrieved October 26, 2023.

[FAA-4] FAA Airport Form 5010 for MDW PDF. effective February 22, 2024.

[5] "Year to Date Operations-Passengers, Cargo Summary December 2023" (PDF). flychicago.com. Retrieved March 6, 2024.

[CAS-6] "Air Traffic Data". Chicago Department of Aviation. December 2018. Archived from the original on September 14, 2019. Retrieved April 12, 2019.

[7] Schulte, Sarah. "SWA flights take off at Midway, airline's largest hub Archived November 12, 2013, at the Wayback Machine." WLS-TV. April 4, 2011. Retrieved on April 4, 2011.

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