Chicago Midway International Airport KMDW / MDW
Chicago's downtown-side airport, 25 minutes from the Loop, with two FBOs, CBP and fewer delays than O'Hare. Runway length limits fully loaded heavy jets; the Fly Quiet programme discourages late-night operations. Most convenient for the city core and South Loop.
6,522 ft
Longest runway
25 min
Drive to Chicago
2
FBOs / handlers
620 ft
Elevation
Facts
- Hours
- H24 (Fly Quiet programme; night restrictions on noisier types)
- 24-hour operations
- Yes
- Customs & immigration
- Yes
- Prior permission (PPR)
- No
- Slot coordination
- No
- Noise curfew
- Yes
- Runway surface
- concrete
- Fuel
- Jet A, SAF (limited)
- Helipad
- Yes
- Distance to centre
- 16 km
- Typical largest aircraft
- Up to Global/Gulfstream class; 6,500 ft runways limit heavies on hot days.
- Website
- www.flychicago.com/midway
Private terminals (FBOs)
- Signature Flight Support Midway
- Atlantic Aviation Midway
An FBO is the private terminal: lounge, crew, fuel, customs desk. You drive up, walk 30 metres, and board.
Which jets can use this runway?
Based on published takeoff distances at maximum weight versus a 6,522 ft runway. Hot days, high elevation and wet runways reduce the margin.
✓ Comfortably
- Boeing Business Jets BBJ 737-7 (MAX 7) 5,900 ft
- Embraer Executive Jets Lineage 1000E 6,076 ft
- Bombardier Global 8000 5,760 ft
- Dassault Aviation Falcon 10X 5,900 ft
- Bombardier Global 7500 5,800 ft
- Gulfstream Aerospace G800 6,000 ft
✕ Marginal or no
- Airbus Corporate Jets ACJ TwoTwenty needs 6,200 ft
- Gulfstream Aerospace G700 needs 6,250 ft
- Gulfstream Aerospace G650ER needs 6,299 ft
Other airports for Chicago
- Chicago Executive Airport KPWK 5,001 ft · 45 min
- Chicago O'Hare International Airport KORD 13,000 ft · 40 min