KMDW CHICAGO MIDWAY INTL
Chicago, IL · FAA identifier MDW · Accident history (NTSB)
087°45′09.8″W
Conditions
- MDW ATIS INFO D 0253Z. 33008KT 10SM BKN070 OVC090 09/06 A2984 (TWO NINER EIGHT FOUR) RMK AO2 SLP105 T00940056 50003. ILS RWY 4R APCH IN USE. LNDG AND DEPG RWYS 4. NOTICE TO AIRMEN. TWY K CLSD BTN TWY, Y AND TWY F, TWY Y4 CLSD. Y PAD CLSD. AIRCRAFT SHOULD OPERATE MODE CEE ON ALL TWYS AND RWYS. RWY 31R CONDITION CODES, , 5 , , 5 , , 5 , AT 2025Z, RWY 4R CONDITION CODES, , 5 , , 5 , , 5 , AT 2025Z. HAZD WEA INFO FOR MDW AREA AVBL ON FSS FREQ. CLEARANCE DELIVERY CLOSED. CTC GROUND 118.075 FOR CLEARANCE. MIDWAY A/C ON FREQUENCY 135.2. READBACK ALL RWY HOLD SHORT INSTRUCTIONS AND ALT ASSIGNMENTS. ...ADVS YOU HAVE INFO D.
Category: VFR Wind: 330° at 8 kt Visibility: 10 sm Temp/Dewpoint: 9°C / 6°C Altimeter: 29.84" Hg Sky: 7,000 ft - BKN 9,000 ft - OVC
Category: VFR Wind: 340° at 8 kt Visibility: more than 6 sm Weather: KMDW 120300Z Sky: 8,000 ft - OVC
Category: VFR Weather: -SHRA Sky: 3,000 ft - SCT 6,000 ft - OVC
Category: VFR Wind: 340° at 13 kt gust 24 kt Visibility: more than 6 sm Sky: 2,500 ft - SCT 6,000 ft - SCT
Category: MVFR Wind: 350° at 16 kt gust 27 kt Visibility: more than 6 sm Weather: -SHRA Sky: 2,500 ft - BKN
Category: IFR Wind: 360° at 21 kt gust 33 kt Visibility: 2 sm Weather: SHRA BR Sky: 1,500 ft - BKN
Category: VFR Wind: 340° at 13 kt gust 21 kt Visibility: more than 6 sm Sky: 2,000 ft - SCT
Runways
Frequencies
All frequencies (13)
| Use | Frequency | Sector | Hours |
|---|---|---|---|
| TOWER | 135.2 | 24 | |
| TOWER | 269.125 | 24 | |
| GND | 118.075 | ||
| UNICOM | 122.950 | ||
| D-ATIS | 132.75 | ||
| CLEARANCE | 124.625 | ||
| CLASS C | 119.45 | ||
| CLASS C | 269.125 | ||
| CLASS C (Secondary) | 135.2 | ||
| ELGIN APCH (Secondary) DEP (Secondary) | 126.05 | ||
| ELGIN APCH DEP | 128.2 | ||
| ELGIN APCH DEP | 353.875 | ||
| EMERG | 121.5 |
Procedures and charts
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NOTAMs
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RUNWAYS (13)
TAXIWAYS (20)
APRON (2)
TOWER LIGHTS (24)
AIRPORT & SERVICES (1)
NAV & PROCEDURES (1)
Release queue
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Release times (the slot at the departure fix) and delay causes from traffic management, derived by CircumFlight, as of 0350Z; not FAA data and not for operational use. Get your release from ATC. Aircraft whose owners have asked the FAA to limit the display of their flights are not shown.
Arrivals and departures
| Flight | Type | From | Now |
|---|---|---|---|
| SWA274 | B38M | KRSW | Parked · last seen 0346Z |
| SWA776 | B737 | KDEN | 5 nm · 2,181 ft · 121 kt · ~2 min |
| SWA25 | B737 | KPHX | 185 nm · FL337 · 469 kt · ~24 min |
| SWA805 | B737 | KDAL | 260 nm · FL390 · 482 kt · ~32 min |
| SWA4459 | B38M | KBNA | 294 nm · FL260 · 438 kt · ~40 min |
| TCN794 | C750 | KVNY | 613 nm · FL460 · 528 kt · ~70 min |
| LXJ656 | GLF6 | KSJC | 701 nm · FL450 · 522 kt · ~81 min |
| SWA2383 | B737 | KHOU | 810 nm · 5,600 ft · 264 kt · ~184 min |
| SWA1932 | B737 | KLAS | 1001 nm · FL390 · 465 kt · ~129 min |
| Flight | Type | To | Now |
|---|---|---|---|
| SWA1536 | KSFO | At gate B5 |
Flights seen in the last five minutes, as of 0350Z. A departure at a gate has its departure clearance and has not yet moved; a place marked (est.) is the nearest stand to the aircraft's last surface position. Derived by CircumFlight from air traffic management feeds; not FAA data and not for operational use. Times are estimates from distance and ground speed. Aircraft whose owners have asked the FAA to limit the display of their flights are not shown.
Statistics
Grants
| FY | Grants | Awarded | AIP | Other programs | Tower ops | $ / op | US $ / op | Share of US |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 1 | $7,164,676 | $7,164,676 | — | 245,533 | $29.18 | $51.72 | 0.21% |
| 2011 | 1 | $1,870,316 | $1,870,316 | — | 255,227 | $7.33 | $55.49 | 0.05% |
| 2012 | 1 | $2,250,000 | $2,250,000 | — | 249,913 | $9.00 | $53.60 | 0.07% |
| 2013 | 1 | $5,086,497 | $5,086,497 | — | 252,126 | $20.17 | $50.51 | 0.17% |
| 2014 | 2 | $13,116,597 | $13,116,597 | — | 249,252 | $52.62 | $57.58 | 0.40% |
| 2015 | 5 | $23,474,677 | $23,474,677 | — | 253,519 | $92.60 | $52.92 | 0.73% |
| 2016 | 4 | $31,347,499 | $31,347,499 | — | 253,046 | $123.88 | $52.74 | 0.95% |
| 2017 | 2 | $5,831,250 | $5,831,250 | — | 251,341 | $23.20 | $55.49 | 0.17% |
| 2018 | 1 | $12,567,197 | $12,567,197 | — | 243,322 | $51.65 | $60.64 | 0.36% |
| 2019 | 1 | $276,900 | $276,900 | — | 232,084 | $1.19 | $58.29 | 0.01% |
| 2021 | 3 | $81,512,035 | $0 | $81,512,035 | 185,956 | $438.34 | $193.37 | 0.79% |
| 2022 | 2 | $13,637,020 | $5,000,000 | $8,637,020 | 214,427 | $63.60 | $136.54 | 0.17% |
| 2023 | 2 | $14,732,374 | $14,732,374 | — | 232,395 | $63.39 | $129.46 | 0.21% |
| 2024 | 3 | $3,982,023 | $3,982,023 | — | 223,637 | $17.81 | $114.61 | 0.06% |
| 2025 | 2 | $34,989,773 | $6,833,466 | $28,156,307 | — | — | — | 0.39% |
Other programs: pandemic relief (CARES, CRRSA, ARPA), the infrastructure law (AIG, ATRM, FCT) and ARRA. US $ / op is that fiscal year's awards to towered fields divided by those fields' operations, so it compares like with like; Share of US is this field's awards against every award in the FAA's report for the year. A year without counts has no tower figures.
Weighted comparison (CircumFlight's own estimate)
An airline operation and a light-aircraft operation are not the same use of an airport, so this view weights itinerant operations before dividing: air carrier 32, air taxi and military 4, general aviation 1, roughly in proportion to fuel burned, and so to the fuel and ticket taxes that fund the Airport and Airway Trust Fund. The weights are CircumFlight's, not the FAA's; local (pattern) operations are left out. The US column uses the same weights over every towered field with an award that year.
| FY | Air carrier | Air taxi + mil. | General aviation | Units | $ / unit | US $ / unit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 176,897 | 26,820 | 41,768 | 5,809,752 | $1.23 | $4.92 |
| 2011 | 183,327 | 28,699 | 43,121 | 6,024,381 | $0.31 | $5.15 |
| 2012 | 184,253 | 28,201 | 37,421 | 6,046,321 | $0.37 | $5.09 |
| 2013 | 186,641 | 29,368 | 36,117 | 6,126,101 | $0.83 | $4.56 |
| 2014 | 185,638 | 27,547 | 36,067 | 6,086,671 | $2.15 | $5.04 |
| 2015 | 187,265 | 27,158 | 39,096 | 6,140,208 | $3.82 | $4.33 |
| 2016 | 186,692 | 28,790 | 37,564 | 6,126,868 | $5.12 | $4.31 |
| 2017 | 186,402 | 29,215 | 35,724 | 6,117,448 | $0.95 | $4.47 |
| 2018 | 181,247 | 27,644 | 34,431 | 5,944,911 | $2.11 | $4.76 |
| 2019 | 171,926 | 27,236 | 32,922 | 5,643,498 | $0.05 | $4.50 |
| 2021 | 131,849 | 26,703 | 27,404 | 4,353,384 | $18.72 | $18.37 |
| 2022 | 156,978 | 29,102 | 28,347 | 5,168,051 | $2.64 | $11.81 |
| 2023 | 176,524 | 29,756 | 26,115 | 5,793,907 | $2.54 | $10.65 |
| 2024 | 166,363 | 31,076 | 26,198 | 5,474,118 | $0.73 | $9.06 |
| All | 2,462,002 | 397,315 | 482,295 | 80,855,619 | $2.68 | — |
| Category | Grants | Awarded | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pandemic relief | 4 | $90,149,055 | 36% | |
| Runways | 10 | $70,335,614 | 28% | |
| Noise mitigation | 7 | $57,631,518 | 23% | |
| Taxiways | 6 | $18,223,760 | 7.2% | |
| Aprons | 1 | $9,048,600 | 3.6% | |
| Lighting, signs and navaids | 3 | $6,168,287 | 2.4% | |
| Snow removal and equipment | 2 | $282,000 | 0.11% |
Categories are read from the FAA's project wording by CircumFlight's rules (noise mitigation first, then the pandemic programs, terminals, runways, taxiways, aprons, lighting and navaids, safety and security, snow removal and equipment, land, planning, buildings and roads). A grant that lists several projects is counted under its largest line item here and shown under it below; a line item with several projects takes the first one named.
| FY | Grant | Category | Amount | Work |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3-17-0025-109-2025 2025-09-22 |
Runways | $28,156,307 | Rehabilitate Runway, Rehabilitate Runway Lighting, Rehabilitate Taxiway Lighting |
| 2025 | 3-17-0025-110-2025 2025-09-22 |
Runways | $6,833,466 | Rehabilitate Runway |
| 2024 | 3-17-0025-106-2024 2024-09-10 |
Lighting, signs and navaids | $640,341 | Rehabilitate Runway Lighting |
| 2024 | 3-17-0025-107-2024 2024-09-10 |
Runways | $2,786,663 | Rehabilitate Runway |
| 2024 | 3-17-0025-108-2024 2024-09-10 |
Noise mitigation | $555,019 | Noise Mitigation Measures for Residences within 65-69 DNL |
| 2023 | 3-17-0025-104-2023 2023-09-15 |
Noise mitigation | $11,454,428 | Noise Mitigation Measures for Residences within 65-69 DNL |
| 2023 | 3-17-0025-105-2023 2023-08-14 |
Lighting, signs and navaids | $3,277,946 | Rehabilitate Runway Lighting, Rehabilitate Taxiway Lighting, Rehabilitate runway signage/markings, Rehabilitate taxiway signage/markings |
| 2022 | 3-17-0025-102-2022 2022-01-06 |
Pandemic relief | $8,637,020 | Large Concessions |
| 2022 | 3-17-0025-103-2022 2022-09-08 |
Noise mitigation | $5,000,000 | Noise Mitigation Measures for Residences within 65-69 DNL |
| 2021 | 3-17-0025-099-2021 2021-04-06 |
Pandemic relief | $16,551,267 | CRRSA Act Funds |
| 2021 | 3-17-0025-100-2021 2021-06-09 |
Pandemic relief | $2,159,255 | CRRSA Act Concessions |
| 2021 | 3-17-0025-101-2021 2021-08-16 |
Pandemic relief | $62,801,513 | General ARPA |
| 2019 | 3-17-0025-096-2019 | Noise mitigation | $276,900 | Conduct Noise Compatibility Plan Study |
| 2018 | seq. 095 | Aprons | $12,567,197 | Reconstruct Apron - This scope includes removal and replacement of the ramp pavement particularly in the vicinity of Concourse C; Install Runway Incursion Marking (14 CFR Part 139) - 139 recommendation; Rehabilitate Taxiway Lighting - Airfield Lighting Infrastructure Improvements - Taxiway Y; Rehabilitate Taxiway Lighting - Airfield Lighting Infrastructure Improvements - Taxiway M, N, and R; Rehabilitate Taxiway Lighting - Airfield Lighting Infrastructure Improvements - Taxiway G; Rehabilitate Runway Lighting - Rehab Runway 4R/22L lighting system |
| 2017 | seq. 93 | Taxiways | $3,581,250 | Reconstruct Runway Lighting - 04R/22L, Reconstruct Runway Lighting - 13C/31C, Reconstruct Taxiway Lighting [Taxiway G], Reconstruct Taxiway Lighting [Taxiway P], Reconstruct Taxiway Lighting [Taxiway Y] |
| 2017 | seq. 94 | Taxiways | $2,250,000 | Extend Taxiway |
| 2016 | seq. 89 | Runways | $11,790,715 | Rehabilitate Runway - 04R/22L |
| 2016 | seq. 90 | Noise mitigation | $17,500,000 | Noise Mitigation Measures for Residences within 65 - 69 DNL |
| 2016 | seq. 91 | Snow removal and equipment | $72,000 | Acquire Equipment |
| 2016 | seq. 92 | Runways | $1,984,784 | Rehabilitate Runway - 04R/22L |
| 2015 | seq. 84 | Taxiways | $2,557,802 | Construct Taxiway |
| 2015 | seq. 85 | Snow removal and equipment | $210,000 | Acquire Equipment |
| 2015 | seq. 86 | Noise mitigation | $12,845,171 | Noise Mitigation Measures for Residences within 65 - 69 DNL |
| 2015 | seq. 87 | Taxiways | $3,236,412 | Rehabilitate Runway Lighting - 04L/22R, Rehabilitate Taxiway |
| 2015 | seq. 88 | Runways | $4,625,292 | Install Runway Incursion Marking, Rehabilitate Runway - 04L/22R |
| 2014 | seq. 82 | Runways | $3,116,597 | Rehabilitate Runway [Rehabilitate Runway 13C/31C] - 13C/31C |
| 2014 | seq. 83 | Noise mitigation | $10,000,000 | Noise Mitigation Measures for Residences within 65 - 69 DNL, Noise Mitigation Measures for Residences within 70 - 74 DNL, Noise Mitigation Measures for Residences within 75 DNL |
| 2013 | seq. 81 | Taxiways | $5,086,497 | Rehabilitate Taxiway, Rehabilitate Taxiway |
| 2012 | seq. 80 | Lighting, signs and navaids | $2,250,000 | Install Runway Lighting [Phase 1] - 04R/22L |
| 2011 | seq. 79 | Runways | $1,870,316 | Rehabilitate Runway - 13L/31R |
| 2010 | seq. 78 | Runways | $7,164,676 | Construct Taxiway [Construction of Hi-Speed Taxiway Exit from Runway 4R], Rehabilitate Runway [Phase 1 of Runway 13L/31R Rehabilitation] - 13L/31R |
From the FAA's Airport Improvement Program grant history reports, FY2010–FY2025 (federal fiscal years, October to September), as the FAA published them. Every program in those reports is counted: from FY2020 they include CARES, CRRSA and ARPA relief, and from FY2021 the infrastructure law's AIG, terminal (ATRM) and contract tower (FCT) grants, so a total here is not AIP alone; the AIP share is shown separately. Tower operations are the FAA's ATADS counts for towered fields, calendar years 2010 to 2024; a field without a tower has no counts, and a year's dollars per operation divide a fiscal year's awards by the same-numbered calendar year's count. Grants to state block programs, system plans and proposed airports carry no airport identifier and are not shown on airport pages. Ranks count airports with at least one award in these years. Figures are as published and may be revised by the FAA; this is not FAA analysis. Sources: FAA AIP grant histories, FAA ATADS airport operations. What a sponsor agrees to in accepting a grant: FAA grant assurances.
Nearby airports
| Airport | Name | Distance | Bearing | Conditions | Wind |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| KORD | CHICAGO O'HARE INTL | 13.4 nm | 329° NW | VFR | 340° 6 kt |
| 1C5 | BOLINGBROOK'S CLOW INTL | 17.7 nm | 252° W | — | |
| KIGQ | LANSING MUNI | 18.1 nm | 146° SE | VFR | 330° 6 kt |
| KGYY | GARY/CHICAGO INTL | 18.2 nm | 124° SE | MVFR | 330° 12 kt |
| KLOT | LEWIS UNIVERSITY | 18.7 nm | 235° SW | VFR | 310° 5 kt |
| 06C | SCHAUMBURG RGNL | 19.8 nm | 308° NW | — | |
| KPWK | CHICAGO EXEC | 20.9 nm | 341° N | VFR | 330° 3 kt |
| 05C | GRIFFITH-MERRILLVILLE | 22.5 nm | 135° SE | — | |
| KDPA | DUPAGE | 23.3 nm | 288° W | VFR | 330° 4 kt |
| C56 | BULT FLD | 24.7 nm | 172° S | — | |
| KJOT | JOLIET RGNL | 24.9 nm | 230° SW | VFR | 330° 3 kt |
| 3HO | HOBART SKY RANCH | 25.9 nm | 122° SE | — |
Private-use fields nearby (25)
| LL22 | BROOKERIDGE AIR PARK | 11.5 nm | 254° W | — | |
| LL10 | NAPER AERO CLUB | 20.4 nm | 262° W | — | |
| 2IL9 | MEADOW CREEK | 21.2 nm | 183° S | — | |
| 03IL | WIX | 23.2 nm | 187° S | — | |
| LL51 | RUFFATTO FLD | 25.8 nm | 245° SW | — | |
| IN16 | CROWN POINT AIRFIELD | 27.1 nm | 144° SE | — | |
| IS23 | TURNER | 27.3 nm | 299° NW | — | |
| 87IL | BUSHBY | 28.2 nm | 235° SW | — | |
| 0II8 | SUTTON'S FLD | 30.3 nm | 156° SE | — | |
| IL59 | CHICAGO GLIDER CLUB | 30.7 nm | 226° SW | — | |
| 3IN0 | FLYING M | 31.2 nm | 116° SE | — | |
| 7IL0 | MUSSMAN | 31.9 nm | 166° S | — | |
| 19LL | NEINER | 32.6 nm | 193° S | — | |
| IN70 | BODIN | 33.8 nm | 105° E | — | |
| 7IS5 | KOPPIE | 34.4 nm | 306° NW | — | |
| IL38 | J MADDOCK | 34.9 nm | 268° W | — | |
| 82IS | LANDINGS CONDOMINIUM | 36.1 nm | 307° NW | — | |
| IL85 | OAKFIELD | 36.8 nm | 276° W | — | |
| IS79 | JACKSON | 38.1 nm | 315° NW | — | |
| IL95 | CORN FLD | 38.1 nm | 208° SW | — | |
| 51IL | ROCA GRANDE RLA | 38.2 nm | 270° W | — | |
| 0LL6 | GORD | 38.7 nm | 262° W | — | |
| IN04 | SOJOURNER FLD | 39.0 nm | 129° SE | — | |
| IL78 | BENOIT | 39.3 nm | 183° S | — | |
| 05IL | CLASSIC LANDINGS | 39.4 nm | 198° S | — |
Distances are great-circle from the airport reference point; bearings and winds are true. Conditions are each field's own METAR from the last two hours; a dash means it has none.