Chicago Midway International Airport

Continent: North America Country: United States Region: Illinois
Chicago Midway International Airport
Location Chicago, Illinois
IATA code MDW
ICAO code KMDW
Airport type Commercial
Website http://www.flychicago.com/midway/home.asp
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Communications
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Official Spotting Locations

Location

No known official spotting locations. All locations arround airport are chcked by Chicago Police and airport security.

Other Spotting Locations

===Location=== Airport's main parking lot. There are a lot of locations arround airport. First of all is the parking lot located at 55th in the half-way along north side of airport. At 6th floor there is a b great view of 75% of airfield. Remain part is covered by maintenance buildings and hangers. Full preview of 22 rwys treshold so all aircrafts landing from north-east are clearly visible. Also good point to take a shots of taxiing aircrafts to terminal and departing from rwy 22. Aircrafts that ending their flights are visible with thrust reverses turned on at the half of rwy 04.

Streets

You can stay at streets that surrounding airport. Watch only for police partols , but they are friendly and they'll propably like to talk with planespotters. Good place is a Central/65th street corner depends on lighting you can move little east or west off Central along 63th street. Good place to spot approaching aircrafts at 04 and departure from 22. Small parking lot in the half of 63th street is also good spot. Next good spot is a place near Central/ 55th next to Bus parking lot . Good place to spot departures from 31 and arrivals at 13.

Sometimes there is opportunity to take a shot thru the fence along Central near Signature Flight Support. But watch police.

Locations to Avoid

Location

Regular Traffic

Facilities and Transportation