O'Hare International Airport
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Summary
The IATA airport code is a three-letter alphabetic code designating many airports around the world. These codes are defined by the International Air Transport Association (IATA). The IATA airport codes are published tri-annually in the IATA Airline Coding Directory. The assignment of these codes is governed by IATA... IATA	ORD	The ICAO airport code is a four-letter alphanumeric code designating each airport around the world. These codes are defined by the International Civil Aviation Organization. The ICAO codes are used by air traffic control and airline operations such as flight planning. They are not the same as the IATA... ICAO	KORD
Airport Type		commercial
Operator		Chicago City Department of Aviation
Opened		1943
Serves		Chicagos skyline at day Chicago is the third largest city in the United States, after New York City and Los Angeles, with an official population of 2,896,016, as of the 2000 US Census. It is the fourth largest city in North America and the seventh largest in... Chicago, Illinois
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Runways
Direction	Length		Surface
	Feet	Metres
14R/32L	13,001	3,963	Paved
14L/32R	10,301	3,140	Paved
09R/27L	10,144	3,092	Paved
09L/27R	7,969	2,429	Paved

O'Hare International Airport is an AirPort is a wireless networking protocol from Apple Computer designed for both Macintosh and PC computers. It is based on the IEEE 802.11b (also known as Wi-Fi) standard and has been certified to be compatible with other 802.11b devices. According to Apple, AirPort is capable of speeds... airport located in Chicagos skyline at day Chicago is the third largest city in the United States, after New York City and Los Angeles, with an official population of 2,896,016, as of the 2000 US Census. It is the fourth largest city in North America and the seventh largest in... Chicago, Illinois, 17 miles (27 km) northwest of the The Loop is what locals call the downtown neighborhood of Chicago. It is the second largest downtown business district in the United States, after Midtown, Manhattan. Bounded on the west and north by the Chicago River, on the east by Lake Michigan, and on the south by Roosevelt Road, the... Chicago Loop. It is the headquarters of United Airlines Boeing 777 taking off at Schiphol, Amsterdam. United Airlines Airbus A320-200. In early 2004, the color scheme shown here was superseded. United Airlines (UAL) is the worlds second largest airline, after American Airlines. Based in Elk Grove Village, Illinois, near Chicago, it employs around 61,000... United Airlines and the second-largest hub of American Airlines Boeing 757 American Airlines and American Eagle aircraft at San Juan American Airlines (AA) is the largest airline in the world. It is headquartered in Fort Worth, Texas, and operates scheduled flights throughout the United States, as well as flights to Latin America, Western Europe and Japan. Since... American Airlines. Its The IATA airport code is a three-letter alphabetic code designating many airports around the world. These codes are defined by the International Air Transport Association (IATA). The IATA airport codes are published tri-annually in the IATA Airline Coding Directory. The assignment of these codes is governed by IATA... IATA airport code is ORD, and its The ICAO airport code is a four-letter alphanumeric code designating each airport around the world. These codes are defined by the International Civil Aviation Organization. The ICAO codes are used by air traffic control and airline operations such as flight planning. They are not the same as the IATA... ICAO airport code is KORD. It is operated by the Chicago City Department of Aviation, associated with an umbrella regional authority.

O'Hare rivals Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport is located in Atlanta, Georgia, USA, and is one of two airports considered the busiest airport in the world. Its IATA airport code is ATL, its ICAO airport code is KATL. History Hartsfield-Jackson had its beginnings with a five-year, rent free lease on... Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport as the world's busiest airport: Currently, O'Hare leads Hartsfield in annual aircraft movements, and Hartsfield leads O'Hare in annual passenger throughput. Both airports serve primarily as hubs for cross-country connections, although O'Hare also has a strong international airline presence with flights to more than 60 foreign destinations. O’Hare International Airport was voted the Best Airport in North America for the year 2003 by readers of the U.S. Edition of Business Traveler Magazine, marking six years in a row O'Hare has earned that honor.

O'Hare's high volume and crowded schedule can lead to cancellations and long delays that affect air travel across the United States. City management has committed to a The United States dollar is the official currency of the United States. It is also widely used as a reserve currency outside of the United States. Currently, the issuance of currency is controlled by the Federal Reserve Banking system. The most commonly used symbol for the U.S. dollar is... $6 billion capital investment plan to revamp the airport's runway layout and add a new western terminal complex, increasing the airport's capacity and decreasing delays by an estimated 79 percent[1] (http://modernization.ohare.com/program.htm). In the meantime, the hub airlines have also recently agreed to modify their schedules to help reduce congestion caused by clustered arrivals and departures.

History

The airport was constructed in 1942-3 as a manufacturing plant for The Douglas Aircraft Company was founded by Donald Wills Douglas in July 1921. It is most famous for the DC series of commercial aircraft, including what is often regarded as the most significant transport aircraft ever made, the DC-3. Douglas also created many aircraft for the United States armed... Douglas Categories: Military stubs | World War II American transport aircraft | U.S. military transport aircraft 1940-1949 ... C-54's during Mushroom cloud from the nuclear explosion over Nagasaki rising 18 km (60,000 ft) into the air. August 9, 1945 World War II was a global conflict that started in 7 July 1937 in Asia and 1 September 1939 in Europe and lasted until 1945, involving the majority of the... World War II. The site was chosen for its proximity to the city and transportation. The two million square-foot (180,000 m²) factory needed easy access to the workforce of the nation's then-second-largest city, as well as its extensive railroad infrastructure. Orchard Place was a small pre-existing community in the area, and the airport was known during the war as Orchard Place Airport/Douglas Field. The facility was also the site of the Army Air Force's 803 Special Depot, which stored many rare or experimental planes, including captured enemy aircraft. These historic aircraft would later be transferred to the National Air Museum, going on to form the core of the Smithsonian Air and Space Museum's collection.

Douglas Aircraft Company's contract ended in 1945, and though plans were proposed to build commercial aircraft, the company ultimately chose to concentrate production on the west coast. With the departure of Douglas, the airport took the name Orchard Place Airport. In 1945, the facility was chosen by the City of Chicago as the site for a facility to meet future aviation demands. Though its familiar three-letter IATA code ORD still reflects the early identity of the airport, it was renamed in 1949 after Lt. Cmdr. Edward "Butch" O'Hare, a Mushroom cloud from the nuclear explosion over Nagasaki rising 18 km (60,000 ft) into the air. August 9, 1945 World War II was a global conflict that started in 7 July 1937 in Asia and 1 September 1939 in Europe and lasted until 1945, involving the majority of the... World War II flying ace who was awarded the For the computer game, see Medal of Honor (computer game). Three different United States Medals of Honor currently exist, one each for the Army, Navy, and Air Force. The Medal of Honor is the highest military decoration awarded by the United States. It is awarded for conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity... Congressional Medal of Honor.

By the early 1950's, Chicago Midway Airport is an airport in Chicago, Illinois, located on the citys 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... Midway Airport, which had been the primary Chicago airport since 1931, had become too small and crowded despite multiple expansions and was unable to handle the planned first generation of jets. The City of Chicagos skyline at day Chicago is the third largest city in the United States, after New York City and Los Angeles, with an official population of 2,896,016, as of the 2000 US Census. It is the fourth largest city in North America and the seventh largest in... Chicago and The Federal Aviation Administration is the entity of the United States government which regulates and oversees all aspects of aviation in the U.S. History The Air Commerce Act of May 20, 1926, is the cornerstone of the Federal Governments regulation of civil aviation. This landmark legislation was passed... FAA began to develop O'Hare as the main airport for Chicago's future. The first commercial passenger flights were started there in 1955, and an international terminal was built in 1958, but the majority of domestic traffic did not move from Midway until completion of a 1962 expansion of O'Hare. The arrival of Midway's former traffic instantly made O'Hare the new World's Busiest Airport, serving 10 million passengers annually. Within two years that number would double, with more people passing through O'Hare in 12 months than Ellis Island had processed in its entire existence. In 1997, annual passenger volume was 70 million.

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Facilities

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O'Hare International has four passenger terminals. Two or more additional terminal buildings are envisioned. There is the possibility of a large terminal complex for the west side of the field, with access from I-90 and/or the Elgin-O'Hare Expressway, if the runway reconfiguration is completed.

Terminal 1 (Concourses B and C)

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Terminal 1 was built in 1987, replacing the 1955 Terminal 1 that had been the airport's original passenger terminal, used for international flights.

Terminal 2 (Concourses E and F)

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Terminal 2 was built in a large airport expansion in 1962, along with the original portion of Terminal 3.

Terminal 3 (Concourses G, H, K, and L)

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Terminal 3 was also built in the 1962 capital program. It was significantly expanded in 1983, with the construction of Concourse L.

Terminal 4

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Terminal 5 (Concourse M)

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• Aviacsa is a Mexican airline based in Mexico City. It has major hubs at Mexico Citys Benito Juárez International Airport, and Monterrey, Mexicos General Mariano Escobedo International Airport. The airline operates a fleet of Boeing 727-200 and Boeing 737-200 aircraft to twenty domestic destinations... Aviacsa (Monterrey)
• For the 1930s airline of similar name see British Airways Ltd. British Airways Boeing 757 British Airways is the largest airline of the United Kingdom. It is also one of the largest airlines in the world, with the greatest number of flights from Europe to North America. History British Airways... British Airways (London/Heathrow)
• bmi Airbus A320 bmi Airbus A321 in an old, but still frequently seen, colour scheme bmi, (Airline Code: BD) formerly known as British Midland, is the second largest airline in the United Kingdom. Based at East Midlands Airport, the airline flies to destinations across Europe and North America. bmi holds... British Midland (Manchester)
• Cayman Airways is the national carrier of the Cayman Islands. Its operations are based out of Cayman Islands Cayman Brac Grand Cayman Cuba Havana Jamaica Kingston Montego Bay United States Boston, Massachusetts Chicago, Illinois Fort Lauderdale, Florida Houston, Texas Miami, Florida Tampa, Florida External link Cayman Airways Website Categories: Stub... Cayman Airways (Grand Cayman)
• Categories: Airline stubs | Companies of Israel | Transportation in Israel | Airlines of Israel ... El Al (Tel Aviv)
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• JAL Boeing 747-400 Japan Airlines (Japanese: 日本航空 Nihon Kōkū, or JAL) is the largest airline in Japan. The Japan Airlines Corporation (Japanese: 株式会社日本航空) operates two airline companies under the JAL brand. Japan Airlines International (Japanese: 株... Japan Airlines (Tokyo/Narita)
• KLM (in full: Koninklijke Luchtvaart Maatschappij, literally Royal Aviation Company; usual English: Royal Dutch Airlines) is an airline from the Netherlands. KLM is the Netherlands main air carrier and operates from Schiphol Airport, near Amsterdam. KLM was founded on October 7, 1919, making it the oldest carrier still operating under... KLM Royal Dutch Airlines (Amsterdam)
• Korean Airlines Boeing 747 Korean Air is the largest airline based in Korea. It uses the IATA designator code KE, but is more often known by its ICAO designator code, KAL. It is one of the largest airlines in Asia and operates an expansive network that links Europe, Africa, Asia... Korean Air (Seoul/Incheon)
• Kuwait Airways logo Kuwait Airways is Kuwaits national and international airline. Its IATA code is KU and its ICAO code is KAC. The airline has its hub at Kuwait International Airport in Kuwait City. History Kuwait Airways was founded in 1953 as Kuwait National Airways. The current name was... Kuwait Airways (Amsterdam)
• Polskie Linie Lotnicze LOT (IATA airline code: LO / ICAO airline code: LOT) is a Polish airline. Today the company employs 4,200 people and reaches 49 destinations in 31 countries. Warsaw Frederic Chopin Airport is their home base and main hub. The name Polskie Linie Lotnicze means Polish Airlines, while... LOT Polish Airlines (Krakow and Warsaw)
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• Pakistan International Airlines (also known as PIA), is Pakistans national and international airline. Its IATA call code is PK. In Pakistan its initials are sometimes jocularly said to stand for prayers in air. History PIA can trace its beginnings to the days when Pakistan still wasnt a nation... Pakistan International Airlines (Karachi (via Manchester and Islamabad))
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• Ryan International Airlines (International Arrivals)
• Scandinavian Airlines System, now SAS AB, was founded in 1946 when the flag carriers of Denmark, Sweden and Norway formed a partnership to handle intercontinental traffic to Scandinavia. The companies then started coordination of European operations in 1948 and finally merged to form the current SAS Consortium in 1951. SAS... SAS Scandinavian Airlines (Copenhagen and Stockholm)
• Swiss International Air Lines Airbus A321 Swiss International Air Lines was formed before the 2001 bankruptcy of Swissair, Switzerlands former flag carrier. The failed airlines biggest creditors, Credit Suisse and UBS, arranged to sell Swissairs assets to Crossair, the regional counterpart to the transatlantic Swissair (both Swissair... Swiss International Airlines (Zurich)
• Turkish Airlines (Turkish Türk Hava Yolları) is an airline operated as a state economic enterprise owned by the government of Turkey. It was founded on May 20, 1933 as the State Airlines Administration. On 3 March 1974, Turkish Airlines Flight 981 crashed in France, killing all 346 passengers... THY Turkish Airlines (Istanbul)
• United Airlines Boeing 777 taking off at Schiphol, Amsterdam. United Airlines Airbus A320-200. In early 2004, the color scheme shown here was superseded. United Airlines (UAL) is the worlds second largest airline, after American Airlines. Based in Elk Grove Village, Illinois, near Chicago, it employs around 61,000... United Airlines (International Arrivals)
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Airfield

There are 6 primary air carrier runways, arranged tangentially in 3 pairs of parallel sets. The largest is Runway 14R-32L, 13,000' x 200'. Runways 14L and 14R have Category III ILS ( Instrument Landing System, ILS is an air navigation system for landing. Components: 1. Localiser  Informs the pilot with the airplane’s lateral position relative to runway centreline. Localiser signals are transmitted from beyond the departure end of the runway with a horizontal antenna array. Course width is adjusted... Instrument Landing System). All other runways except 4L have full ILS.

Three runways of the original 1943 airfield's four have been upgraded to modern standards. Additional runways were constructed in 1955, 1968, and 1971. In 2003, old Runway 18-36 was permanently closed -- its short length and problematic placement no longer justified its continued certification.

The proposed redevelopment would entail removal of the 2 northwest-southeast runways, construction of 4 additional east-west runways, and extension of the 2 existing east-west runways. The two existing northeast-southwest runways would be retained.

Transit

Road vehicles enter and exit via I-190, which branches off Interstate 90 is the longest interstate highway in the United States. It begins in Seattle, Washington at S. Edgar Martinez Dr. and 4th Avenue S. next to Safeco Field and ends in Boston, Massachusetts at Logan International Airport. I-90 at the Belvidere, Illinois Oasis Length Major Cities Along the... I-90 The Kennedy Expressway is a 26 mile (42 km) long highway that travels northwest from the Chicago loop to OHare Airport. The Interstate 90 portion of the Kennedy is a part of the much longer I-90 (which runs 3111.52 miles from Boston, MA to Seattle, WA). The... (the Kennedy Expressway) leading to downtown Chicago. Trains from the The Blue Line of the Chicago Transit Authority is one of two in the city that runs 24 hours a day. The other is the Red Line. It starts out underneath OHare International Airport, in the far northwest of the city. As it moves eastward, it emerges from the... Blue Line of the For the band or album named Chicago Transit Authority, see Chicago (band). Quincy L Station serving the Brown Line, Purple Line and Orange Line The Chicago Transit Authority (CTA), founded on October 1st, 1947, provides bus and rail mass transit services to the citizens of Chicago and several of the... CTA's "L" depart the terminal from an underground station that opened on September 2, 1984. An on-airport train system which began in 1993 connects the four passenger terminals with each other and with long-term auto parking and on-site car rental complexes.

Other facilities

A large air cargo complex on the southwest side of the field was opened in 1984, replacing most of the old cargo area, which stood where Terminal 5 now exists.

The original Douglas plant on the northeast side evolved into an Air National Guard and Air Force Reserve facility, but this was closed in 1998 and is now being redeveloped for cargo and general aviation. Signature Flight Support services private aircraft in this area.

The hangar area has multiple buildings capable of fully enclosing aircraft up to the size of the The Boeing 747, which is also known as the jumbo jet, is the second largest passenger airliner after the Airbus A380. Until the first commercial flight of the A380 in 2006, however, it remains the largest passenger aircraft in commercial service. The four-engine 747, produced by Boeing Commercial Airplanes... Boeing 747.

Cargo Carriers

• Aeromexpress
• Atlas Air Boeing 747-200 at Dallas/Fort Worth Airport, Texas, USA, in March 2004. Atlas Air is a cargo airline based in Purchase, New York and flying out of JFK International Airport. It was named after the famous Greek God Atlas, who supposedly carried the world on his shoulders... Atlas Air
• CAL Cargo
• DHL was founded in 1969 by Adrian Dalsey, Larry Hillblom, and Robert Lynn, as a courier service between San Francisco and Honolulu. The founders last initials form the company name. The company quickly expanded by adding services in The Philippines, Asia, Australia, Europe, and the Middle East during the 1970s... DHL
• Emery can refer to the following topics: Emery (mineral) Emery Air Freight Emery (band) Emery, Wisconsin Emery County, Utah This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. If an article link referred you here, you might want to... Emery
• The Federal Express was a passenger train operated on the Poughkeepsie Bridge Route. FedEx (NYSE: FDX), properly FedEx Corporation and formerly Federal Express, is a company that offers overnight courier and logistics services. History The company was founded as Federal Express in 1971 by former U.S. Marine Frederick W... Federal Express
• For information on the US space program named Gemini see Project Gemini. Gemini (♊, and Latin for twins) is one of the constellations of the zodiac. It is part of the winter sky, lying between Taurus to the west and the dim Cancer to the east, with Auriga and the... Gemini
• Kalitta
• Martinair aircraft at Amsterdam (Schiphol) Airport, the Netherlands (two McDonnell Douglas MD-11 and a Boeing 747) Martinair is both a charter and scheduled airline based in the Netherlands, with daily passenger or cargo charter and regular flights to many destinations around the world from Schiphol International Airport in Amsterdam... Martinair
• Official language Japanese Capital Tokyo Largest City Tokyo Emperor Akihito Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi Area  - Total  - % water Ranked 60th 377,835 km² 0.8% Population  - Total (2004 est.)  - Density Ranked 10th 127,333,002 335/km² GDP  - Total (PPP, 2003)  - Total (nominal)  - GDP... Nippon
• Categories: Stub | Companies for commercial item transport and distribution | Airline companies of the United States ... Polar Air Cargo
• UPS stands for: Ubiquitin proteasome system Underground Press Syndicate Uninterruptible power supply United Parcel Service package delivery company serving most of the world, founded in Seattle, Washington University of Puget Sound in Tacoma, WA Universal Press Syndicate USS Puget Sound Universal Pantheist Society This is a disambiguation page — a... UPS

External link

• Official O'Hare International Airport website (http://www.ohare.com/ohare/home.asp)
• Aerial view on Google Maps (http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=41.982708,-87.905903&spn=0.034590,0.052700&t=k&hl=en)