KMDW · Chicago Midway International Airport
ICAO · US · 43 NTSB events
Live conditions
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Wind / Visibility
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Density altitude (now)
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Runways
8 runway ends on file. Longest: 6,522 ft. Max gradient: 0.24%
| Designator | Heading | Length | Width | Surface | Lighting | Gradient |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13L | 134° | 6,522 ft | 150 ft | Concrete | Yes | — |
| 31R | 314° | 6,522 ft | 150 ft | Concrete | Yes | — |
| 04R | 043° | 6,445 ft | 150 ft | PEM | Yes | — |
| 22L | 223° | 6,445 ft | 150 ft | PEM | Yes | — |
| 04L | 043° | 5,507 ft | 150 ft | ASP | Yes | — |
| 22R | 223° | 5,507 ft | 150 ft | ASP | Yes | — |
| 13R | 134° | 3,859 ft | 60 ft | Concrete | Yes | — |
| 31L | 314° | 3,859 ft | 60 ft | Concrete | Yes | — |
Lengths + headings: in-app airport database. Surface, width, lighting: OurAirports. Gradient: derived from FAA NASR runway-end elevations (NASR's RWY_GRAD field is empty in 99.99% of rows).
Communications · 7 frequencies
- ATIS ATIS 132.750
- ASOS ASOS 132.750
- CLD CLNC DEL 121.850
- GND GND 121.650
- TWR TWR 118.700
- A/D APP/DEP 118.400
- UNIC UNICOM 122.950
Live ATC audio (streaming + archived): Open KMDW on LiveATC ↗
Navaids
- NDB HK
Ermin
0.33 MHz · TERMINAL · LOW
- NDB MX
Kedzi
0.25 MHz · TERMINAL · LOW
Chart Supplement remarks, plain English · cycle 22JAN2026 · 1 matched · 35 not yet translated
Translations anchored to the FAA text; the raw FAA text is authoritative.
TL;DR
- ·Wildlife on or near runways. Vigilant scan during taxi, takeoff, and landing roll. Birds also reported in the area.
Watch for
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Wildlife on or near runways. Vigilant scan during taxi, takeoff, and landing roll. Birds also reported in the area.
wildlife hazard
All translated remarks (1)
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Wildlife on or near runways. Vigilant scan during taxi, takeoff, and landing roll. Birds also reported in the area.
Raw FAA text · airport remarks · operational
Birds on and invof arpt.
Not yet translated · raw FAA text (35 sentences)
- ·42 ILLINOIS CHICAGO CHICAGO MIDWAY INTL (MDW)(KMDW) P (ARNG) 9 SW UTC–6(–5DT) N41º47.14´ W87º45.16´ 620 B AOE ARFF Index—See Remarks NOTAM FILE MDW RWY 13L–31R: H6522X150 (ASPH–CONC–GRVD) S–95, D–165, 2D–250 PCR 685 F/D/X/U HIRL CL RWY 13L: RLLS.
- ·PAPI(P4R)—GA 3.0º TCH 47´.
- ·PAPI(P4L)—GA 3.0º TCH 63´.
- ·RWY 04R–22L: H6445X150 (ASPH–CONC–GRVD) S–95, D–165, 2D–250 PCR 685 F/D/X/U HIRL CL RWY 04R: REIL.
- ·PAPI(P4L)—GA 3.0º TCH 66´.
- ·PAPI(P4R)—GA 3.0º TCH 43´.
- ·RWY 04L–22R: H5507X150 (ASPH–GRVD) S–60, D–120 PCR 330 F/D/X/U MIRL No Part 121/Part 380 Ops RWY 04L: PAPI(P4L)—GA 3.0º TCH 39´.
- ·RWY 22R: PAPI(P4L)—GA 3.0º TCH 35´.
- ·RWY 13R–31L: H3859X60 (ASPH) S–12.5 PCR 125 R/B/X/U MIRL No Part 121/Part 380 Ops RWY 13R: Tree.
- ·RWY 04L:TORA–5507 TODA–5507 ASDA–5507 LDA–4749 RWY 04R:TORA–6446 TODA–6446 ASDA–6446 LDA–5928 RWY 13L:TORA–6522 TODA–6522 ASDA–6522 LDA–6059 RWY 22L:TORA–6446 TODA–6446 ASDA–6446 LDA–5812 RWY 22R:TORA–5507 TODA–5507 ASDA–5507 LDA–4629 RWY 31R:TORA–6522 TODA–6522 ASDA–6522 LDA–5826 ARRESTING GEAR/SYSTEM RWY 04R: EMAS RWY 13L: EMAS RWY 22L: EMAS RWY 31R: EMAS
- ·S4 FUEL 100LL, JET A1+ OX 2, 4 MILITARY— A–GEAR Rwy 04R EMAS 249´ x 170´.
- ·Rwy 22L EMAS 346´ x 170´.
- ·Rwy 13L EMAS 190´ x 170´.
- ·Rwy 31R EMAS 210´ x 170´.
- ·FUEL A+ (C803–462–1613.) (NC–100LL, A1+)
- ·All departures are requested to expedite climb through 1500 ft MSL 0400–1200Z‡ dly.
- ·Arpt CLOSED to solo student trng.
- ·ARFF Index D eqpt avbl with 8 hrs notification to arpt ops 773–838–0677.
- ·Operate transponders with altitude reporting mode and ADS–B (if equipped) enabled on all airport surfaces.
- ·Twy A clsd to acft over 94´ wingspan.
- ·Twy F clsd to acft over 94´ wingspan.
- ·Twy N clsd btn Twy Y and Rwy 22L pad.
- ·Rwy 13R–31L clsd to flt ops when acft over 79´ wingspan are on Twy F.
- ·Rwy 22L preferred dep rwy 0400–1300Z‡.
- ·Flight Notification Service (ADCUS) avbl.
- ·AIRPORT MANAGER: 773-686-8060
- ·ASOS (773) 884–4424 LAWRS.
- ·D–ATIS 132.75 (773) 581–9967 UNICOM 122.95 ®APP/DEP CON 128.2 126.05 MIDWAY TOWER 135.2 GND CON 118.075 CLNC DEL 124.625 CPDLC (LOGON KUSA) PDC
- ·CHICAGO HEIGHTS (L) (L) VORTACW 114.2 CGT Chan 89 N41º30.60´ W87º34.29´ 332º 18.4 NM to fld. 634/2E.
- ·TACAN AZIMUTH & DME unusable: 050º–070º byd 20 NM blo 4,000´ 145º–150º byd 20 NM blo 4,000´ 225º–280º byd 20 NM blo 4,000´ TACAN DME unusable: 110º–145º byd 20 NM blo 4,000´ 150º–225º byd 20 NM blo 4,000´ ILS/DME 111.5 I–HKH Chan 52 Rwy 04R.
+ 5 more sentences · see Chart Supplement page below for the full text
FAA Chart Supplement
NTSB events
43 NTSB-recorded events on file at this airport .
Total events
49
since 1982
Fatal
9
18.4% of total
Last 5 years
1
≈ 0.2/yr
Last 10 years
4
≈ 0.4/yr
Ranking across all airports · Open in accident map ↗
Operations volume
FAA TAF · history through 2024
Peak: 341,417 ops in 2004
2024 total
228,770
10-yr total
2,249,360
2024 mix
AC/AT 88% · GA 12% · Mil 0%
Events / million ops
1.8
last 10 years
Fatal / million ops
0.33
approximate · 10-yr scaled
Last 10 years · n=4
- Ground collision 2
- Gear-up landing 1
- Other 1
All time · n=43
- Other 13
- Ground collision 10
- Stall / spin 8
- Gear-up landing 4
- Undershoot / overshoot 2
- Engine failure / power loss 2
- Hard landing 1
- Fuel exhaustion / starvation 1
Categories rule-matched from NTSB findings and probable-cause text. "Other" = not enough agency text to classify.
NASA ASRS reports · 3 de-identified reports in the public ASRS Database Report Sets
Voluntary first-person accounts; they represent the reporter's perspective and cannot infer prevalence.
- ACN 2055073 Near Midair Collision Incidents
Air carrier flight crew reported a near midair collision with a UAS while they were on initial approach. The UAS was reported to ATC and the flight landed without further incident.
Medium Transport, Low Wing, 2 Turbojet Eng
- ACN 1996154 Pilot / Controller Communications
B737-700 flight crew reported a track deviation occurred on departure from MDW as a result of a wake turbulence encounter from the preceding aircraft.
B737-700
- ACN 1933983 Pilot / Controller Communications
Air carrier flight crew reported when cleared across runway, an aircraft overflew them landing on the wrong runway assigned, resulted in a runway incursion.
Large Transport, Low Wing, 2 Turbojet Eng
Designees in IL
DPEs nearby
Distance is city-centroid to airport, a first cut, not the exam location.
| Designee | City | ST | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Devin John Macdonald | Chicago | IL | 4 nm |
| Gerry F Ventrella | Chicago | IL | 4 nm |
| Gregory Holden Morris | Chicago | IL | 4 nm |
| Alexander Quinn Waterloo | Forest Park | IL | 6 nm |
| Alan Wayne Zielinski | Niles | IL | 15 nm |
| Adam Milnes | Des Plaines | IL | 16 nm |
| Kevin Carlyle Lindsay | Naperville | IL | 18 nm |
| Ronald Neal Ridenour | Naperville | IL | 18 nm |
| Michael Biewenga | Arlington Heights | IL | 21 nm |
| John Peter Boos | Griffith | IN | 21 nm |
Showing 10 closest of ~1,400 DPEs nationwide. Source: FAA Designee Locator.
CFIs nearby
City-centroid distance; ratings as on the FAA certificate.
| Instructor | City | ST | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Peter Davis Buzane | Burbank | IL | 3 nm |
| Kenneth Leroy Swierczek | Lyons | IL | 3 nm |
| Jaime Arturo Salazar | Lyons | IL | 3 nm |
| Hesham Omar Daoud | Bridgeview | IL | 4 nm |
| David Michael Minch | Berwyn | IL | 4 nm |
| Robert James Mc Rath Ii | Berwyn | IL | 4 nm |
| Karl Jon Vacek | Riverside | IL | 4 nm |
| Thomas Joseph Kossman | Riverside | IL | 4 nm |
| Kevin Christopher Ford | Riverside | IL | 4 nm |
| Michael Allen Bendas | Chicago | IL | 4 nm |
Showing 10 closest of ~70,900 active CFIs nationwide. Source: FAA Airmen Certification Database.
A&P mechanics nearby
City-centroid distance. A = airframe, P = powerplant, IA = inspection authorization.
| Mechanic | City | ST | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alexander Tyler Shaffer | Forest View | IL | 2 nm |
| Gregory Dean Gehant | Burbank | IL | 3 nm |
| Richard Alan Sterndorf | Burbank | IL | 3 nm |
| Wayne Edward Piergies | Burbank | IL | 3 nm |
| Mario Alberto Ramirez | Burbank | IL | 3 nm |
| Hatim Mohamed Abdelrazig | Burbank | IL | 3 nm |
| Jakob Mcgregor Westover | Burbank | IL | 3 nm |
| Paul Michael Chapello | Summit | IL | 3 nm |
| Terry Adam Gardner | Summit | IL | 3 nm |
| Joachim Robert Von Der Heydt | Summit | IL | 3 nm |
Showing 10 closest of ~248,300 certificated mechanics nationwide. Source: FAA Airmen Certification Database.
Repair stations nearby
By airport location.
| Shop | Distance |
|---|---|
| West Star Aviation, Inc Wheeling, IL | 21 nm |
| Northwest Aviation Maintenance, Inc. Griffith, IN | 22 nm |
| The Polished Hare West Chicago, IL | 24 nm |
| Aircraft Propeller Service, LLC Lake Zurich, IL | 29 nm |
| Mobile Avionics Technologies, Inc. Lake In The Hills, IL | 36 nm |
| PAW Aviation LaPorte, IN | 47 nm |
| Sunshine Aircraft Repair, Inc. Kenosha, WI | 49 nm |
| Avionics Place, Inc Rockford, IL | 65 nm |
| Cessna Citation Service Center Milwaukee, WI | 70 nm |
| Skycom Avionics, Inc. Waukesha, WI | 78 nm |
Showing 10 closest of ~400 geocoded shops in the repair-station directory. Source: AOPA business listings.
References
- FAA Chart Supplement (CSUP) A/FD entry — official FAA ↗
- SkyVector — sectional + IFR charts Charts, runways, fuel, NOTAMs ↗
- AirNav — frequencies, FBOs, fuel Pilot-facing summary ↗
- NTSB CAROL — accident search Filter by airport name ↗
- FAA Notice to Air Missions NOTAMs (live) ↗
- aviationweather.gov — METAR / TAF Live observation ↗