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Airport
Code	KMDW
Name	Chicago/Midway
Region	North America
Territory	United States
Location	Chicago, Illinois
Elevation	188.975998 m620 ft
Coordinates	41° 47' 9" N, 87° 45' 8" W
All Airports in K	26N, KABE, KABQ, KABY, KACK, KACV, KAEX, KAFW, KAGS, KAHN, KALN, KALO, KALS, KAPN, KASE, KATL, KAUG, KAVL, KAXN, KAZO, KBDL, KBED, KBFL, KBGR, KBHB, KBHM, KBLV, KBMI, KBOI, KBOS, KBQK, KBRL, KBTR, KBUF, KBUR, KBWI, KBZN, KCAE, KCEC, KCEZ, KCHA, KCIC, KCID, KCIU, KCLE, KCLT, KCMH, KCMI, KCMX, KCOS
AIP	KMDW

Runways
Designator Length Width Surface 04L/22R 1679 m5,508.53 ft 46 m150.919 ft ASP 04R/22L 1965 m6,446.85 ft 46 m150.919 ft PEM 13C/31C 1988 m6,522.31 ft 46 m150.919 ft CON 13L/31R 1567 m5,141.076 ft 46 m150.919 ft ASP 13R/31L 1176 m3,858.268 ft 18 m59.055 ft CON

METAR
Observation	KMDW 241051Z 01006KT 10SM CLR 06/01 A3035 RMK AO2 SLP282 T00560006
Station	Chicago, Chicago Midway Airport
Elevation	188 metres
Date/Time	24 May 2013 10:51:00
Wind direction	10°
Wind speed	06 kts
Clouds	n/a
Clouds code
Temperature	5.6°C
Dew point	0.6°C
Humidity	70%
QNH	hPa
Weather condition	n/a

RE
Tag(s)	Engineered Materials Arresting System

EMAS equipped
Rwy(s)	31C, 4R, 22L, 13C

Chicago Midway International Airport

ICAO: KMDW IATA: MDW

Description

Chicago Midway International Airport, also known simply as Midway Airport or Midway, is an airport in Chicago, Illinois, United States, located on the city's southwest side, 13 km7.019 nm
13,000 m
42,650.919 ft from Chicago's Loop. The airport is managed by the Chicago Airport System, which also oversees operations at O'Hare International Airport and Gary/Chicago International Airport.

Climatology

Humid continental climate (Köppen climate classification Dfa) - characterized by four seasons: cold, windy, snowy winters, mild springs, hot, humid summers, and crisp and relatively short autumns. Precipitation reaches its lowest in January and February and peaks in summer and latter half of spring.

Maps

Terrain

Airport Layout

Flight Safety Considerations

• Engineered Materials Arresting System, uses a specially installed surface which quickly stops any aircraft that moves on it and is installed at the end of runways to reduce the extent, and associated risks, of any overrun off the end of a runway

Accidents & Serious Incidents at or in vicinity of KMDW

• B737, Chicago Midway IL, USA 2011 (RE HF) (On 26 April 2011 a Southwest Boeing 737-700 was assessed as likely not to stop before the end of landing runway 13C at alternate Chicago Midway in daylight and was intentionally steered to the grass to the lef of the runway near the end, despite the presence of a EMAS. The subsequent investigation determined that the poor deceleration was a direct consequence of a delay in the deployment of both speed brakes and thrust reverser. It was noted that the crew had failed to execute the ‘Before Landing’ Checklist which includes verification of speed brake arming.)
• B737, Chicago Midway USA, 2005 (RE HF WX) (Aircraft made a tailwind landing on a slippery Runway 31C and ran off the end of the runway.)
• B737/LJ45, Chicago Midway, USA 2011 (RI HF) (On 1 December 2011 a Southwest Boeing 737-700 was cleared to taxi in after landing on a route which included crossing another active runway before contacting GND and the controller who had issued that clearance then inadvertently issued a take off clearance to a Gama Charters Learjet 45 for the runway to be crossed. One of the 737 pilots saw the approaching Learjet and warned the PF to stop as the runway crossing was about to begin. The departing aircraft then overflew the stationary 737 by 62 feet after rotating shortly before the crossing point without seeing it.)
• MD81, vicinity Chicago Midway, IL USA, 2008 (LOC AW) (On 7 July 2008, a Mc Donnell Douglas MD81 being operated by Midwest Airlines, Inc. had just taken off in day visual flight conditions when increasing pitch could initially not be controlled. Later, control was regained but with “higher than normal” pitch control pressure required to control the aircraft - after en-route diversion the aircraft landed uneventfully.)