Midway Airport
Chicago Midway: IATA: MDW ICAO: KMDW
Chicago Midway Airport was started in December 12, 1927. Midway Airport, Chicago, has undergone a program of expansion in order to cope with the inordinate rise in air traffic in the region. There is expansion plan that was ordered in 1997. Midway used to be one of the busiest airports in the US before O'Hare opened.
Chicago Midway International Airport current IATA code "MDW" .
No. Midway is the old airport and O'Hara is the "newer" airport. 99% of the flights are at O'Hara. Midway is 14 miles SE of O'Hara. Both are international airports by the way. Midway is close to the lake and more downtown Chicago.
Chicago Municipal Airport was renamed Midway Airport in 1949, to commemorate the 1942 Battle of Midway, a turning point for the United States in World War II.
Midway Airport is in Chicago; it's about 11 miles from the heart of downtown.
The airport code for Henderson Field - Midway Atoll - is MDY.
Rockford is 92.5 miles from Midway Airport, about a 2 hour drive.
Midway International Airport is located in Chicago, Illinois. It is the second largest airport in the entire state of Illinois, after Chicago O'Hare International Airport, and is the largest airport in metropolitan Chicago.
International flights to Europe commenced in 1945 and most significantly in 1949, the name of the airport was changed to the Chicago Midway Airport (MDW), remembering the naval Battle of Midway in June 1942.
The driving time from Chicago Midway International Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport is about 41 minutes.