United States · FAA Medium hub
Chicago Midway International Airport
MDW · KMDW · Chicago, IL · United States
Reference
- IATA / ICAO
- MDW · KMDW · FAA LID MDW
- Country
- United States
- Hub tier
- FAA Medium hub
- Coordinates
- 41.7868, -87.7522
- Elevation
- 620 ft (189 m)
- Time zone
- America/Chicago
- Owner / operator
- City of Chicago
- Opened
- 1923
- Customs / international
- Yes
Location
Map © Google. Click the marker for the airport's Google Maps page.
Traffic
Runways
5 runways — per-runway dimensions to be added in a subsequent refresh.
Carriers
| Carrier | Type | Alliance | Role | Flights/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Southwest Airlines
WN · SWA
|
LCC | Unaligned | Focus | ~250 /day |
|
Delta Air Lines
DL · DAL
|
Mainline | SkyTeam | Operator | ~30 /day |
|
JetBlue Airways
B6 · JBU
|
LCC | Unaligned | Operator | — |
|
Spirit Airlines
NK · NKS
|
ULCC | Unaligned | Operator | — |
|
Frontier Airlines
F9 · FFT
|
ULCC | Unaligned | Operator | — |
|
Volaris
Y4 · VOI
|
ULCC | Unaligned | Operator | — |
Daily-flight figures are approximate, sourced from public airport / airline disclosures. Comprehensive per-carrier volume data lives in the US DOT BTS T-100 segment dataset and is a planned upgrade.
Live conditions
METAR / TAF from NOAA Aviation Weather Center · NOTAMs from FAA NOTAM Search. Live data refreshed on each page load.
History
Originally opened 1923 as Chicago Air Park; Chicago's primary airport until O'Hare's late-1950s expansion superseded it because Midway's 6,500-ft runways were too short for the new four-engine jets. Renamed Midway in 1949 for the WWII naval battle. Southwest Airlines' largest non-Texas operation.
More about this airport
- Wikipedia: Chicago Midway International Airport
About this profile
Reference data (codes, coordinates, elevation, runways, owner, opening date) is curated from each airport's official authority page, the FAA's airport reference system for US airports, NAV CANADA and Transport Canada for Canadian airports, and AFAC and the operating concessionaire for Mexican airports. Latest passenger figures are CY 2023 totals where confidently sourced.
Live METAR and TAF are fetched from NOAA's Aviation Weather Center on each page load. NOTAMs (US airports) are fetched from the FAA NOTAM Search. If a source is unreachable when this page loads, the corresponding section displays an "unavailable" message rather than a blank or stale value.
This data is re-verified on a recurring monthly cadence aligned to the FAA's NASR 28-day cycle.