YOUR Guide to Chicago Midway International Airport | KMDW

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Location and History

KMDW (Chicago Midway) Was built in 1923, originally called “Chicago Air Park.” Later it was renamed to Chicago Midway, in honor of the battle of Midway. Chicago Midway was Chicago’s First Commercial airport, and for a while it held the title “World Busiest Airport,” until O’Hare opened commercial operations in 1961.
KMDW is situated on West 55th street and Cicero Avenue, closer to the south.

Airlines

Many Airlines operate from Midway. This includes:

  • Allegiant Air
  • Avelo Airlines
  • Delta Airlines
  • Delta Connection
  • Frontier Airlines
  • Porter Airlines
  • Southwest Airlines
  • Volaris

Terminal Info

KMDW Consists of 1 main terminal with 3 concourses,

Concourse A serves:

Concourse B serves:

Concourse C serves:

Concourse A has 17 gates, B has 23, and C has 3.
Most GA aircraft park at the South Ramp, near the ATC Tower. (Below)

Runways

KMDW has 5 runways, with 4 being used and 2 primary ones.

Primary

RWY 31C-13C at 6,522ft (Concrete)
RWY 4R-22L at 6,445 (Asphalt/Concrete)

Others

RWY 31L-13R at 3,859 ft (Concrete)
RWY 4L-22R at 5,507 ft (Asphalt)
RWY 31R-13L at 5,141 ft (Concrete)*
*31R-13L was closed and is now used as taxiway H (Implemented in 2023)

Extra Info

The Largest * Possible * airplane that could land at KMDW is a Boeing 757-200 (752)
Field elevation: 620 with a slight Northeastern slope
PCT of Market share at KMDW (Top 4)

  • (AIRLINE) (avg. PAX) (PCT)
  • Southwest Airlines; 18,601,000; 90.50%
  • Frontier Airlines; 1,279,000; 6.22%
  • Delta Airlines; 300,000; 1.46%
  • Skywest (Delta Connection); 233,000; 1.08
  • Other Airlines; 157,000; 0.77%

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Just one small typo I noticed:

Think this is meant to say “31R-13L”


Other than that - nice article!

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Wow, nice guide!

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Nice Guide!

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Love this, great guide!

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Happy cake day @Mattchew! Glad to have you in IFC

Also, thank you @BennyBoy_Alpha for the typo- I will fix it asap

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