Chicago Midway International
MDW · KMDW · Chicago, Illinois · Cook County · map
Chicago Midway International is a public-use airport owned by the City of Chicago, 9 miles southwest of Chicago, Illinois, 620 feet above sea level. It has 4 runways; the longest, 13L/31R, is 6,522 feet of asphalt and concrete. It has a control tower and fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A-1 with additive).
The airport
- Codes
- FAA MDW · ICAO KMDW
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- City of Chicago
- Elevation
- 620 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- A control tower · around the clock
- Attended
- around the clock
- Lights
- beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A-1 with additive
- Repairs
- airframe: major repairs; engine: major repairs
- Parking
- hangar, tiedown
- Notes
- customs available · certified for airline service (Part 139)
- On the chart
- Chicago sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 4W
- In the FAA's files since
- April 1940
Runways 4
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 13L/31R | 6,522 × 150 ft | Asphalt and concrete, excellent | High-intensity lights |
| 04R/22L | 6,445 × 150 ft | Asphalt and concrete, excellent | High-intensity lights |
| 04L/22R | 5,507 × 150 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
| 13R/31L | 3,859 × 60 ft | Asphalt, excellent | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 13L: ILS with DME, PAPI, four lights on the right, runway lead-in lights, threshold displaced 463 ft, 6,059 ft available for landing, road 15 ft high 200 ft from the end
- Runway 31R: ILS with DME, PAPI, four lights on the left, runway lead-in lights, threshold displaced 696 ft, 5,826 ft available for landing, road 47 ft high 200 ft from the end
- Runway 04R: ILS with DME, PAPI, four lights on the left, threshold displaced 518 ft, 5,928 ft available for landing, road 15 ft high 200 ft from the end
- Runway 22L: PAPI, four lights on the right, threshold displaced 635 ft, 5,812 ft available for landing, road 15 ft high 200 ft from the end
- Runway 04L: PAPI, four lights on the left, threshold displaced 758 ft, 4,749 ft available for landing, road 15 ft high 200 ft from the end
- Runway 22R: PAPI, four lights on the left, threshold displaced 878 ft, 4,629 ft available for landing, road 15 ft high 200 ft from the end
- Runway 13R: tree 55 ft high 1,504 ft from the end
- Runway 31L: tree 59 ft high 1,737 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| UNICOM | 122.95 | |
| Digital ATIS | 132.75 | Midway |
| Clearance delivery | 124.625 | Midway |
| Ground | 118.075 | Midway |
| Class C (secondary) · Tower | 135.2 | Midway |
| Approach (secondary) Departure (secondary) | 126.05 | Midway |
| Approach and departure | 128.2 | Midway |
| Class C airspace | 119.45 | Midway |
| Emergency | 121.5 | Midway |
Automated weather (ASOS), by phone 773-884-4424.
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Aircraft registered in Chicago from the FAA register
1,553 aircraft are registered to owners in Chicago, Illinois: 1,219 airliners and large jets, 179 piston singles, 73 business jets, 29 piston twins, 17 turboprops. Not every one of them is based at this airport; the based-aircraft count above is the FAA's figure for this airport alone.
Companies and organisations in town with two or more aircraft:
Individuals are counted, never named. All aircraft registered in Illinois.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 43 since 1982, 6 fatal
Cases the NTSB recorded with this as the nearest airport, newest first. Each opens the full report in plain English.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file
- Engineered materials arresting system (emas) 249 feet in length by 170 feet in width located at the der 04R.
- Engineered materials arresting system (emas) 190 feet in length by 170 feet in width located at the der 13L.
- Engineered materials arresting system (emas) 346 feet in length by 170 feet in width located at the der 22L.
- Engineered materials arresting system (emas) 210 feet in length by 170 feet in width located at the der 31R.
- Runway 04L/22R not available for part 121/PART 380 operations with schedule passenger carrying operations more than 9 passenger seats and unscheduled passenger carrying operations more than 30 passenger seats.
- Runway 13R/31L not available for part 121/PART 380 operations with schedule passenger carrying operations more than 9 passenger seats and unscheduled passenger carrying operations more than 30 passenger seats.
- Runway 04L approach ratio 19:1 at displaced thld. Trees 178 feet L 1313 feet from displaced thld.
- Runway 04R approach ratio 16:1 at displaced thld. Tree 547 feet R 1122 feet from displaced thld.
- Runway 13L approach ratio 16:1 at displaced thld. Tree 453 feet R 915 feet from displaced thld.
- Runway 22L approach ratio 19:1 at displaced thld. Light pole 474 feet R 674 feet from displaced thld.
- Runway 22R approach ratio 37:1 at displaced threshold. Tree 2490 feet from displaced threshold 319 feet L.
- Runway 31R approach ratio 24:1 at displaced threshold. Tree 1211 feet from displaced threshold 459 feet R.
Facts from the FAA's airport file effective October 1, 2026, written out in plain English; weather from the National Weather Service's aviation weather service; registered aircraft from the FAA register as of October 5, 2026; accidents from the NTSB's public database. Owners are shown only when they are an organisation; no person is named. Check the official sources before a flight: this page is for understanding an airport, not for planning one.