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Established in 1927, Midway served as Chicago's primary airport until the opening of O'Hare International Airport in 1944. 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]
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The airline was notable for breathing new life into Midway International Airport, then called Chicago Midway Airport, which was almost deserted when Midway started operations. The carrier was also notable for pursuing at least three distinct business models during its life, starting as a discount carrier, moving to an all business-class airline ...
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.
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A feeder operation was set up with Direct Air dba Midway Connection to serve many smaller regional cities from Chicago Midway Airport. Due to competition and limited gate space, Midway Airlines moved to Durham, North Carolina , and set up a hub at Raleigh-Durham International Airport (RDU) in early 1995.
The accident occurred exactly 33 years after United Airlines Flight 553, also a Boeing 737, crashed while approaching Midway Airport, killing 45. [17] This was the first Southwest Airlines accident in the 35-year history of the company to result in a fatality.
United Air Lines Flight 553 was a scheduled service from Washington National Airport to Omaha, Nebraska, via Chicago Midway International Airport. The aircraft used for the flight was a four-year-old Boeing 737-222, City of Lincoln, registration N9031U, [10] [1]: 2 (built in 1968).