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In 1949, the City renamed the facility O'Hare Airport to honor Edward "Butch" O'Hare, the U.S. Navy's first flying ace and Medal of Honor recipient in World War II. [31] Its IATA code (ORD) remained unchanged, however, resulting in O'Hare being one of the few IATA codes bearing no connection to the airport's name or metropolitan area. [24]
This is a list of airports in Illinois (a U.S. state), grouped by type and sorted by location.It contains all public-use and military airports in the state. Some private-use and former airports may be included where notable, such as previously public-use airports, those with commercial enplanements recorded by the FAA or airports assigned an IATA airport code.
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 22,050,489 passengers in 2023. [6] Midway is a base for Southwest Airlines, [7] which carries over 90% of the passengers at the airport. The airport's name is in honor of the Battle of Midway.
Scheduled passenger helicopter airline service was also available between Meigs Field and Chicago O'Hare Airport and Chicago Midway Airport at different times over the years. From the late 1950s to late 1960s, Chicago Helicopter Airways operated 12-seat Sikorsky S-58C helicopters with frequent flights to both O'Hare and Midway. [8]
University of Illinois - Willard Airport: P-N 70,184 Chicago: MDW MDW KMDW Chicago Midway International Airport: P-L 10,659,520 Chicago: ORD ORD KORD Chicago O'Hare International Airport: P-L 35,843,104 Decatur: DEC DEC KDEC Decatur Airport: P-N 11,216 Marion: MWA MWA KMWA Veterans Airport of Southern Illinois (Williamson County Regional ...
O'Hare, located on the far north side of Chicago, is one of the city's 77 community areas. O'Hare International Airport is located within the boundaries of this community area. This community area is the only one that extends outside Cook County; the western edge (an area comprising the southwest part of the airport) is in DuPage County.
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On October 17, 2006, Palwaukee Municipal Airport was renamed Chicago Executive Airport. In October 2015, Cincinnati-based Ultimate Air Shuttle announced plans to begin service from the airport to Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport in January or February 2016. [7] In late 2021, the airport received $1.1 million to make facility ...