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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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As a result, the city of Chicago was divided into two area codes, 312 and 773. Rather than divide the city by a north–south area code, the central business district retained the 312 area code, while the remainder of the city took the new 773 code. In 2002, the 847 area code was supplemented with the overlay area code 224.
On November 6, 2006, Mesa Airlines announced that, in February 2007, subsidiary Air Midwest would begin flying to Decatur Airport and on to Chicago Midway International Airport. Mesa announced service from Marion would end on November 9, 2007. On October 23, 2007, Allegiant Air announced service to McCarran International Airport in Las Vegas ...
The Census Bureau created the metropolitan district for the 1910 census as a standardized classification for large urban centers and their surrounding areas. The original threshold for a metropolitan district was 200,000, but was lowered to 100,000 in 1930 and 50,000 in 1940. [12]
Originally named Chicago Air Park, [8] 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. [1] By 1928, the airport had twelve hangars and four runways, which were lit for night operations ...
Soon after the opening of Chicago Municipal Airport in 1926, the City of Chicago realized more airport capacity would be needed. The city government investigated various sites in the 1930s but made little progress before America's entry into World War II. [10] O'Hare began as a manufacturing plant for Douglas C-54 Skymasters during World War II.
Chicago International Airport may refer to: O'Hare International Airport, Chicago's largest airport and largest international gateway; Chicago Midway International Airport, the first airport with that name; Gary Chicago International Airport, an airport in Gary, Indiana; Chicago Rockford International Airport