MDW

Chicago Midway International Airport

ICAO KMDW41.7860°N 87.7524°W620 ft / 189 mLarge airport
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Chicago Midway International Airport (IATA: MDW, ICAO: KMDW) is a large airport in Chicago, Illinois, United States. It opened in 1923. It has 4 runways; the longest is 6,522 ft (1,988 m). In 2025 it handled 18.9 million passengers.

Timeline

5 events · 1923–2005
1923
OpenedChicago Midway International Airport opens.
25 JUN 1930
Disaster1930 Chicago Municipal Airport fire.No deaths
01 SEP 1961
DisasterTWA Flight 529.78 killed
08 DEC 1972
DisasterUnited Air Lines Flight 553.45 killed
08 DEC 2005
DisasterSouthwest Airlines Flight 1248.1 killed
From WikidataEvery airfield, 1903–2026

Runways & airfield

Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap · FAA diagram PDF
Concourse ASignature Flight Support TerminalConcourse BConcourse CMidway Airport TerminalCentral MarketAtlantic Aviation
13L/31R134° / 314° · LIT
LENGTH6,522 ft1,988 mWIDTH150 ft46 mSURFACEAsphalt
04R/22L043° / 223° · LIT
LENGTH6,445 ft1,964 mWIDTH150 ft46 mSURFACEAsphalt
04L/22R043° / 223° · LIT
LENGTH5,507 ft1,679 mWIDTH150 ft46 mSURFACEAsphalt
13R/31L134° / 314° · LIT
LENGTH3,859 ft1,176 mWIDTH60 ft18 mSURFACEAsphalt

Passengers per year

2014–2025
21.2M
22.4M
22.6M
22.4M
21.8M
20.6M
9.0M
15.8M
19.9M
21.9M
21.1M
18.9M
141516171819202122232425

Routes

25 destinations · 3 countries
1,000 km2,000 km3,000 km500 mi1,000 mi1,500 miDTW · Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport · 228 mi / 367 kmMSP · Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport / Wold–Chamberlain Field · 348 mi / 560 kmYTZ · Billy Bishop Toronto City Airport · 443 mi / 713 kmTYS · McGhee Tyson Airport · 460 mi / 740 kmATL · Hartsfield Jackson Atlanta International Airport · 592 mi / 952 kmBWI · Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport · 610 mi / 981 kmEWR · Newark Liberty International Airport · 709 mi / 1,141 kmVPS · Destin-Fort Walton Beach Airport · 784 mi / 1,262 kmDFW · Dallas Fort Worth International Airport · 797 mi / 1,283 kmDEN · Denver International Airport · 893 mi / 1,437 kmIAH · George Bush Intercontinental Airport · 918 mi / 1,478 kmMCO · Orlando International Airport · 991 mi / 1,595 kmPGD · Punta Gorda Airport · 1,077 mi / 1,734 kmMIA · Miami International Airport · 1,184 mi / 1,905 kmCUN · Cancún International Airport · 1,434 mi / 2,308 kmPHX · Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport · 1,441 mi / 2,319 kmSLP · Ponciano Arriaga International Airport · 1,550 mi / 2,495 kmDGO · General Guadalupe Victoria International Airport · 1,554 mi / 2,501 kmZCL · General Leobardo C. Ruiz International Airport · 1,565 mi / 2,518 kmAGU · Aguascalientes International Airport · 1,626 mi / 2,616 kmBJX · Guanajuato International Airport · 1,644 mi / 2,646 kmMLM · General Francisco J. Mujica International Airport · 1,703 mi / 2,741 kmGDL · Guadalajara International Airport · 1,727 mi / 2,779 kmAVL · Asheville Regional Airport · 521 mi / 838 kmPVU · Provo Municipal Airport · 1,250 mi / 2,012 kmGDLZCLDGOPHXCUNPVUMIAMCOIAHDENDFWVPSEWRBWIATLAVLYTZMSPDTWMLMBJXAGUSLPPGDTYSMDW
Year-round23
DTWDetroit Metropolitan Wayne County AirportUnited States · Delta Connection367 km228 miMSPMinneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport / Wold–Chamberlain FieldUnited States · Delta Connection560 km348 miYTZBilly Bishop Toronto City AirportCanada · Porter Airlines713 km443 miTYSMcGhee Tyson AirportUnited States · Allegiant Air740 km460 miATLHartsfield Jackson Atlanta International AirportUnited States · Frontier Airlines, Delta Air Lines952 km592 miBWIBaltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall AirportUnited States · Frontier Airlines981 km610 miEWRNewark Liberty International AirportUnited States · Frontier Airlines1,141 km709 miVPSDestin-Fort Walton Beach AirportUnited States · Allegiant Air1,262 km784 miDFWDallas Fort Worth International AirportUnited States · Frontier Airlines1,283 km797 miDENDenver International AirportUnited States · Frontier Airlines1,437 km893 miIAHGeorge Bush Intercontinental AirportUnited States · Frontier Airlines1,478 km918 miMCOOrlando International AirportUnited States · Frontier Airlines1,595 km991 miPGDPunta Gorda AirportUnited States · Allegiant Air1,734 km1,077 miMIAMiami International AirportUnited States · Frontier Airlines1,905 km1,184 miCUNCancún International AirportMexico · Frontier Airlines2,308 km1,434 miPHXPhoenix Sky Harbor International AirportUnited States · Frontier Airlines2,319 km1,441 miSLPPonciano Arriaga International AirportMexico · Volaris2,495 km1,550 miDGOGeneral Guadalupe Victoria International AirportMexico · Volaris2,501 km1,554 miZCLGeneral Leobardo C. Ruiz International AirportMexico · Volaris2,518 km1,565 miAGUAguascalientes International AirportMexico · Volaris2,616 km1,626 miBJXGuanajuato International AirportMexico · Volaris2,646 km1,644 miMLMGeneral Francisco J. Mujica International AirportMexico · Volaris2,741 km1,703 miGDLGuadalajara International AirportMexico · Volaris2,779 km1,727 mi
Most destinationsFrontier Airlines 10Volaris 7Allegiant Air 5Delta Connection 2Porter Airlines 1Delta Air Lines 1

Straight lines are great circles; rings mark true distance from MDW. Dashed: seasonal or charter. From the Wikipedia article “Midway International Airport” (revision of 21 Sep 2026), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Records & rankings

Ranked among 48,011 open airports · world · region · country
Passengers18.9M (2025)1 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 64KMEDIAN · 64KMORE · 103MMORE · 103M#123of 3,974 · #35 North America · #31 USLongest runway6,522 ft1,988 m46 m · SHORT150 ft · SHORTMEDIAN · 975 mMEDIAN · 3,200 ftLONG · 5,300 mLONG · 17,388 ft=4,038of 29,823 · #983 North America · #743 USElevation620 ft189 m-386 m · LOW-1,266 ft · LOWMEDIAN · 240 mMEDIAN · 787 ftHIGH · 4,938 mHIGH · 16,200 ft=24,984of 43,341 · =12,030 North America · =10,018 USAgeOpened 19232026 · NEWEST2026 · NEWESTMEDIAN · 1976MEDIAN · 1976OLDEST · 1902OLDEST · 1902=216of 15,079 · =32 North America · =31 USRunways41 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 1MEDIAN · 1MORE · 8MORE · 8=41of 29,943 · =20 North America · =19 US
Scale: share of airports ranked below, best on the right · ties shown as = and a band · passengers are each airport’s latest year on record

Radio frequencies

7 channels
A/DAPP/DEP118.400
ASOSASOS132.750
ATISATIS132.750
CLDCLNC DEL121.850
GNDGND121.650
TWRTWR118.700
UNICUNICOM122.950