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, fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A-1 with additive) and about 33 general-aviation aircraft based on the field by the FAA's count. The FAA counts about 228,770 takeoffs and landings a year. About 10,255,253 passengers boarded flights here in the FAA's fiscal year 2024.
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What is the airport code for Chicago Midway International?
Its FAA code is MDW, and its ICAO code is KMDW.
Where is Chicago Midway International?
It is 9 miles southwest of Chicago, Illinois, 620 feet above sea level.
How long is the longest runway at Chicago Midway International?
The longest of its 4 runways, 13L/31R, is 6,522 feet long.
Does Chicago Midway International have a control tower?
Yes, it has a control tower.
What fuel can you buy at Chicago Midway International?
The FAA's airport file lists 100LL avgas, Jet A-1 with additive.
Where can you fly nonstop from Chicago Midway International?
Airline flights go to 8 airports, the busiest of them Hartsfield/Jackson Atlanta International, Orlando International, Phoenix Sky Harbor International, Minneapolis-St Paul Intl/Wold-Chamberlain, Harry Reid International. Every route
Are there flight schools at Chicago Midway International?
3 flight schools, flying clubs or college flight programmes are based within about 15 miles of it, including G A W Flying Club CORP and Redhawk Flyers. Compare them
Where are the nearest FAA examiners to Chicago Midway International?
23 pilot examiners and 34 aviation medical examiners work within 50 nautical miles. See them by name
Weather and planning now, the forecast, warnings, pilot reports, winds aloft, restrictions
Fetching the weather now, the forecast, the warnings in force, pilot reports and the winds aloft for Chicago Midway International…
Wind map live wind over the area, from Windy.com
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The airport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
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 and services
- 100LL avgas, Jet A-1 with additive; the services card below
- 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.
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A-1 with additive
- Repairs
- airframe and engine: major repairs
- Parking
- hangars, tie-downs
- Oxygen
- bottled oxygen (low-pressure), bulk oxygen (low-pressure)
- Also here
- air freight, air ambulance, avionics, cargo handling, charter flights, flight instruction
- Notes
- customs available
Other fields with jet fuel nearby: Chicago O'Hare International (13 nm northwest), Lansing Municipal (18 nm southeast), Gary/Chicago International (18 nm southeast).
The FAA's file records what is sold and done at the field, as the airport manager reports it, not who sells it or the price; fuel sellers (FBOs) are not named in any public file. Airports selling jet fuel in Illinois · avgas.
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file, spelled out
- 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.
Sustainable aviation fuel from the SAFxCHANGE record
Regular supply · 2 announcements, latest 2024-10 · supplied by Diamond Green Diesel · taken by Southwest Airlines.
Southwest will purchase minimum 3.6 million gallons of neat SAF under two-year deal.
Sustainable aviation fuel at Chicago Midway International: every announcement · Every airport with sustainable aviation fuel
Flights and activity in the air now, the airlines, based aircraft, takeoffs and landings
Activity now checking the volunteer receiver network…
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Arrivals and departures, last hour
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From the volunteer receiver network, a few minutes behind at most; aircraft whose owners asked the FAA not to be displayed are left out; no person is named. Open the live map here.
Scheduled and charter flights from here the DOT's airline reports · August 2025 to July 2026
Airlines reported 76,865 departures from MDW in those twelve months, carrying 9,539,284 passengers in 12,310,657 seats (77% filled), to 198 destinations (32 abroad) on 35 airlines.
All 198 destinations, the airlines and the aircraft, month by month
From the Bureau of Transportation Statistics' T-100 table: every segment an airline reported flying, three months in arrears. Private, business and training flights are not in it; the live picture is in the activity card.
Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024
Based aircraft, as a table
| aircraft | |
|---|---|
| single-engine | 7 |
| jets | 26 |
The FAA's count is the general-aviation aircraft kept on the field (singles, twins, business jets, helicopters) from its Terminal Area Forecast, the latest year with an actual count; airline fleets are never counted as based anywhere, so a big airline airport shows a small number. The register section below shows how many aircraft are registered to owners in town, a different measure again.
Takeoffs and landings a year about 228,770, the FAA's fiscal year 2024 (October 2023 to September 2024)
Takeoffs and landings, as a table
| a year | |
|---|---|
| airline | 171,540 |
| air taxi and commuter | 30,391 |
| general aviation, travelling | 26,511 |
| military | 328 |
Local flights stay in the traffic pattern or nearby, often practice; travelling flights arrive from or leave for somewhere else. Counts at airports without a tower are the FAA's estimates. How this compares nationally: Airports by the numbers.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in Chicago from the FAA register
1,561 aircraft are registered to owners in Chicago, Illinois: 1,223 airliners and large jets, 182 piston singles, 74 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, not named (the site's policy at this time). All aircraft registered in Illinois.
Who works here from the FAA's certificate lists and the register
Fuel and service companies in Chicago, by their names on the register (a start, not a directory):
Flight schools, flying clubs and college flight programmes based within about 15 miles:
- G A W Flying Club CORP 1 aircraft · Palos Heights, 9 miles away LGE Flying Club is a not-for-profit flying club based in Palos Heights, Illinois, where members share ownership of aircraft.
- Redhawk Flyers 1 aircraft · Palos Park, 9 miles away
- Neo Flites Flying Club INC 1 aircraft · Elmhurst, 12 miles away Neo-Flites Flying Club is a recreational flying club based at DuPage Airport in West Chicago, serving members from the western suburbs of Chicago.
Charter operators and airlines based in Chicago:
- Wair You Fly, LLC 1 aircraft on the certificate WAir You Fly operates private charter flights from Chicago Executive Airport.
- Flying M Air LLC 1 aircraft on the certificate
Repair stations in Chicago:
- Air Spares Unlimited, LLC Air Spares Unlimited is a service provider for the commercial aerospace aftermarket specializing in landing gear, wheels, and brakes.
- Jen-Air LLC
Companies in the same town as this airport, and schools within about 15 miles of it (each placed at the main public airport of its town, or at the town's centre); not every one of them works from this field. All operators · all repair stations · all flight schools · all FBOs.
Examiners and inspectors nearby designated by the FAA · within 50 nautical miles
23 pilot examiners (the FAA's designated pilot examiners, who give the practical tests for pilot certificates) are based within 50 nautical miles: 23 for private pilot, 18 for commercial and instrument, 7 for airline transport pilot, 14 for flight instructor, 3 for sport pilot, 2 for type ratings; 22 for airplanes, 8 for multi-engine airplanes, 2 for helicopters, 1 for gliders, 1 for balloons. Also nearby: 3 sport aviation examiners, 34 aviation medical examiners, 6 mechanic examiners, 1 airworthiness representative (maintenance), 4 airworthiness representatives (manufacturing), 5 engineering representatives, 2 aircraft dispatcher examiners, 3 training center examiners, 2 administrative pilot examiners.
- Alexander Quinn Waterloo private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, type ratings, private pilot (proficiency), instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Forest Park, IL (6 nm) · (708) 224-5021 · [email protected]
- Adam Milnes private pilot; airplanes · Greater Chicago FSDO · Des Plaines, IL (13 nm) · (708) 819-5040 · [email protected]
- Devin John Macdonald private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, type ratings, private pilot (proficiency), instructor renewals, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Chicago, IL (13 nm) · (847) 778-0130 · [email protected]
- Gerry F Ventrella private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, commercial pilot, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, helicopters · Chicago, IL (13 nm) · (773) 294-2726 · [email protected]
- Alan Wayne Zielinski private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, sport pilot, commercial pilot, instructor renewals, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes, balloons · Niles, IL (15 nm) · (630) 370-7071 · [email protected]
- Ronald Neal Ridenour private pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, commercial pilot, instructor renewals, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; gliders · Naperville, IL (18 nm) · (630) 854-9456 · [email protected]
- Mohammad Shawahin private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes · Gary, IN (19 nm) · (773) 359-2773 · [email protected]
- Kevin Carlyle Lindsay private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instrument instructor, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor; airplanes · Naperville, IL (20 nm) · (708) 655-4901 · [email protected]
All 83 nearby, by kind, with contact details
What each kind does
- DPE: Designated Pilot Examiner: gives the practical tests (checkrides) for pilot certificates and ratings.
- SAE: Sport Aviation Examiner: gives the tests for sport pilot certificates and light-sport aircraft.
- AME: Aviation Medical Examiner: a doctor who issues the medical certificates pilots must hold.
- DME: Designated Mechanic Examiner: tests candidates for the mechanic certificate (airframe and powerplant).
- DAR-T: Designated Airworthiness Representative, maintenance: issues airworthiness certificates and approvals for aircraft in service.
- DAR-F: Designated Airworthiness Representative, manufacturing: issues airworthiness certificates for newly built aircraft and parts.
- DER-T: Designated Engineering Representative: approves engineering data for repairs and alterations on the FAA's behalf.
- DADE: Designated Aircraft Dispatcher Examiner: tests candidates for the dispatcher certificate.
- DCTO-E: Designee at a certificated training organisation.
- Admin-PE: Administrative Pilot Examiner: handles certificate paperwork rather than flight tests.
Designees are listed with the name and contact details the FAA publishes for them on its designee locator (read October 10, 2026): the FAA lists them so that pilots, mechanics and companies can find them. Private individuals are not named, the site's policy at this time. A designee who would rather not appear here can ask us through the contact address on the About page. Each designee is placed at the main public airport of the town the FAA lists (or the nearest one to its zip code), so "nearby" means the town, not an exact address. All examiners by state.
Safety record the NTSB's cases at or near this airport
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. The country as a whole: Where accidents happen.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
Connections how this airport links to the rest of the register
- Aircraft registered in Chicago 1,561 aircraft · 1223 airliners and large jets, 182 piston singles, 74 business jets
- United Airlines INC 1,217 aircraft in town
- Alf Ix LLC 28 aircraft in town
- Everbank Na 9 aircraft in town
- Jssi Parts LLC 8 aircraft in town
- Aviation Services LLC 3 aircraft · FBO or fuel seller
- Wair You Fly, LLC 1 aircraft on the certificate · charter operator
- Flying M Air LLC 1 aircraft on the certificate · charter operator
- G A W Flying Club CORP 1 aircraft · flying club
- Redhawk Flyers 1 aircraft · flight school
- Neo Flites Flying Club INC 1 aircraft · flying club
- Air Spares Unlimited, LLC · repair station
- Jen-Air LLC · repair station
- Hartsfield/Jackson Atlanta International (ATL) 3,473 flights in twelve months · Southwest Airlines Co., Delta Air Lines Inc.
- Orlando International (MCO) 2,706 flights in twelve months · Southwest Airlines Co., Frontier Airlines Inc.
- Phoenix Sky Harbor International (PHX) 2,694 flights in twelve months · Southwest Airlines Co., Frontier Airlines Inc.
- Minneapolis-St Paul Intl/Wold-Chamberlain (MSP) 2,598 flights in twelve months · Southwest Airlines Co., SkyWest Airlines Inc.
- Harry Reid International (LAS) 2,277 flights in twelve months · Southwest Airlines Co., Jet Aviation Flight Services, Inc.
- Laguardia (LGA) 2,270 flights in twelve months · Southwest Airlines Co., Delta Air Lines Inc.
- Denver International (DEN) 2,250 flights in twelve months · Southwest Airlines Co., Frontier Airlines Inc.
- Dallas Love Field (DAL) 2,155 flights in twelve months · Southwest Airlines Co., Delta Air Lines Inc.
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this airport 43 since 1982 · 6 fatal
- Accidents and incidents in Illinois 2,117 since 1982 · 251 in the last ten years
- Nearby landing places within 30 nautical miles 8 airports, heliports and seaplane bases
- Public-use airports in Illinois 103 landing places
- Illinois 8,052 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/MDW.json.
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 27, 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.