<h2 class="blog-hed2 pb-lg-4 pb-3 text-lg-center">History Midway International Airport</h2>
<p class="blog-para"><strong>Early history (1923&ndash;1962)</strong></p>
<p class="blog-para">Originally named Chicago air park, midway airport was built on a 320-acre (130 ha) plot in 1923 with one cinder runway mainly for airmail flights. In 1926, the city leased the airport and named it Chicago municipal airport on December 12, 1927. By 1928, the airport had twelve hangars and four runways, which were lit for night operations.</p>
<p class="blog-para">A major fire early on June 25, 1930 destroyed two hangars and 27 aircraft, "12 of them tri-motor passenger planes." the loss was estimated at more than two million dollars.</p>
<p class="blog-para">The hangars destroyed belonged to the universal air lines, Inc. And the grey goose airlines, the latter under lease to stout air lines. The fire followed an explosion of undetermined cause in the universal hangar.</p>
<h2 class="blog-hed2 pb-lg-4 pb-3 text-lg-left">Facilities Midway International Airport</h2>
<p class="blog-para">All terminals and hangars were on the square periphery. By the late 1970s, the shorter north&ndash;south and east&ndash;west runway pairs had been closed, though some were converted to taxiways. The other four runways remain in use, all strengthened and enhanced, but about the same lengths as always. A short runway (13r/31l) for light aircraft was added in 1989. Chicago midway international airport covers just over one square mile (650 acres or 260 hectares) and has five runways:</p>
<h2 class="blog-hed2 pb-lg-4 pb-3 text-lg-left">Ground Transportation Midway International Airport</h2>
<p class="blog-para">The Chicago transit authority operates the orange line "l" and multiple bus routes to the airport. Pace also operates numerous bus routes.</p>
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