Chicago Midway International Airport

Chicago Midway International Airport (MDW/KMDW) is in Chicago, US, 189 m above sea level. It has 4 runways and the longest is 1,988 m. See the diagram, each runway's data and what you fly over from here.

The diagram

04L22R04R22L13L31R13R31L
Drawn to scale from the real coordinates of each runway end. Runways without coordinates are not drawn.

Data

Codes
MDW · KMDW
City
Chicago
Country
US
Coordinates
41.7860, -87.7524
Elevation
189 m · 620 ft
Time zone
America/Chicago
Local time now
08:08
Airspace
Chicago
Departures observed
501 · 429 arrivals
Most seen destinations
ATL, MSP, STL, DEN, BNA

Departures and arrivals we saw ourselves on adsb.lol traces over 2 day(s). A floor, not the total number of movements: where no receiver is nearby, nothing is seen.

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That day’s flights

What we saw take off and land on 2026-09-03, in local time here. This is not an arrivals board: it does not say what leaves today, it says what flew that day and only what the receivers managed to see.

Took off (40)

TimeCallsignAircraftTo
19:00N4174LR44 · N4174LMDW
19:00SKW5594E75L · N167SYJAX
19:00N393GMSR22 · N393GM—
19:00SKW5611E75L · N211SYORF
19:00SWA2523B737 · N7888AMDW
19:03N537JBR66 · N537JBMDW
19:05EJA117GL5T · N117QSATL
19:14N1932HPC12 · N1932HDSM
19:22SWA374B38M · N8701QCLE
19:27N681FDB412 · N681FD—
19:28EDV4713CRJ7 · N669CAMSP
19:39PTR9816DH8D · C-GLQRYTZ
19:56SWA1005B38M · N8750QDAL
19:58SWA4795B737 · N201LVALB
20:02SWA300B737 · N267WNPWM
20:03SWA3485B38M · N8947QPHL
20:15SWA4678B738 · N8645AATL
20:16SWA4984B38M · N8811LSFO
20:21SWA4359B737 · N446WNBDL
20:26SWA4750B738 · N8667DOMA
20:28SWA4645B38M · N8972SLAS
20:39SWA2819B38M · N8862QSAT
20:40SWA2796B737 · N902WNPHX
20:41SWA2523B737 · N7888ADSM
20:43SWA446B738 · N8503ASAN
20:44SWA4960B38M · N8902QICT
20:47SWA4215B737 · N7746CBOS
20:49SWA574B738 · N8583ZMSP
20:51VOI1841A20N · XA-VUPSAT
20:52SWA3810B38M · N8921QSJC
20:53SWA207B738 · N8303RHOU
20:55SWA1110B737 · N253WNAUS
20:57SWA4743B738 · N8713MLAX
20:58SWA2833B737 · N917WNSLC
20:59SWA360B38M · N8991SMEM
21:00SWA4254B38M · N8721JSTL
21:01SWA889B38M · N8981QGRR
21:01N537JBR66 · N537JBMDW
21:20SWA859B38M · N8899HSMF
21:21N654PDC56X · N654PDATW

Landed (40)

TimeCallsignAircraftFrom
19:04SWA1195B738 · N8645A—
19:07SWA3355B738 · N8600F—
19:10SWA2523B737 · N7888AMDW
19:12SWA175B737 · N917WN—
19:13SWA3853B38M · N8921Q—
19:15SWA981B38M · N8811L—
19:19SWA1327B38M · N8862Q—
19:22SWA4503B38M · N8721J—
19:22SWA4067B738 · N8713M—
19:22SWA446B738 · N8503A—
19:25EJA459E55P · N459QS—
19:28SWA3412B737 · N7847A—
19:30SWA1110B737 · N253WN—
19:38SWA889B38M · N8981Q—
19:42SWA4809B38M · N8902Q—
19:44SWA360B38M · N8991S—
19:53SWA576B38M · N8796L—
20:00CYO198LJ60 · N198HB—
20:11EJA598C68A · N598QS—
20:15SWA2766B38M · N8957Q—
20:26N537JBR66 · N537JBMDW
20:33SWA370B737 · N953WN—
20:37VNT736CL60 · N736EELBL
21:17LXJ443E545 · N443FXSTL
21:22SWA1413— · N9019RDCA
21:39EJA162GLEX · N162QS—
21:40N4174LR44 · N4174LMDW
21:45SWA4978B737 · N293WNPHX
21:45N537JBR66 · N537JBMDW
21:47SWA1183B737 · N938WNCMH
21:48———
21:50SWA3051B38M · N8766TSTL
21:54LXJ584CL30 · N584FXSBN
21:57N911VHB429 · N911VH—
22:03SWA1429B38M · N8925QMCO
22:16SWA8605B737 · N900WNCMH
22:19DAL2047A320 · N366NWATL
22:25SWA2811B38M · N872CBPHL
22:40N4174LR44 · N4174LMDW
22:45SWA3045B738 · N8514FDCA

The callsign is what the aircraft transmits by radio. It usually matches the commercial flight number, but not always: sometimes it is the registration.

Showing the first 40 in each direction.

Runways (4)

RunwayLength SurfaceHeadings
13L/31R1,988 m · 6,522 ftconcrete134° · 314°
04R/22L1,964 m · 6,445 ftasphalt or concrete43° · 223°
04L/22R1,679 m · 5,507 ftasphalt43° · 223°
13R/31L1,176 m · 3,859 ftconcrete134° · 314°

An asterisk marks a heading derived from the runway number rather than measured. The number is a magnetic heading and the measured one is true: the derived value carries the local magnetic declination, up to 20 degrees.

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