Midway Airport

Chicago Midway Airport {{airport codes|MDW|KMDW}} is an airport in Chicago, Illinois, located on the city's southwest side. It is bordered by 55th Street, 63rd Street, Central Avenue, and Cicero Avenue. It uses MDW as its IATA Airport Code. Midway is heavily used by low-cost carriers, and to a lesser extent by legacy carriers. It Chicago's second largest airport behind O'Hare International Airport.

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Airport - Chicago, Illinois - IATA Airport Code - O'Hare International Airport

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Before the rise of O'Hare in the late 1950s, Midway was the world's busiest airport and one of the key hubs in the U.S. airline system. United Airlines was headquartered at Midway in the pre-O'Hare days, and American Airlines was originally based at Midway until it moved its headquarters to New York City in the mid-1930s. There was also a very large presence from TWA and Eastern Airlines, as well as several others. The airport was extensively renovated between 1958 and 1967, and it was a hub for the startup Midway Airlines in the 1980s. Its current terminal complex opened in 2001.

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1950s - World's busiest airport - United Airlines - American Airlines - New York City - 1930s - TWA - Eastern Airlines - 1958 - 1967 - Midway Airlines - 1980s - 2001

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Midway is currently the main operations base of ATA Airlines (ATA), which started international flights from Midway to cities in Mexico and the Caribbean.

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ATA Airlines - Mexico - Caribbean

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