GPS Tech May Help Ontime Performance At Midway
New GPS technology may improve ontime performance for flights at Midway International Airport.
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New GPS technology may improve ontime performance for flights at Midway International Airport.
City officials estimated on Friday that last month's blizzard cost the city more than $37 million in preparation and cleanup efforts.
Chicagoans soon will be able to juice up their electric cars at charging stations at Willis Tower, five local tollway oases, O'Hare and Midway airports and at select I-GO, Zipcar, grocery store and shopping mall parking lots.
More than 220 flights have been canceled at Chicago's airports Sunday due to rain conditions in the Chicago area that have triggered a flood advisory.
Motorists traveling around Midway Airport are being advised to seek alternate routes after a freight train derailment closed Central Avenue near 55th Street.
Airlines have resumed operations at O'Hare and Midway international airports Thursday, but there are still more than 1,000 cancellations due to the effects of this week's blizzard.
Conditions at both Chicago airports are improving Wednesday night after a blizzard forced airlines to cancel thousands of flights in and out of the city.
The airports were virtually shut down Wednesday morning, as the Blizzard of 2011 hammered Chicago with its snowy wrath.
Operations at both Midway and O'Hare airports are shut down due to dangerous blizzard conditions, but aviation officials say some flights could be up and running at Midway as soon as Wednesday afternoon.
The worst of the blizzard is yet to come, but already, airlines have canceled more than 650 flights at O'Hare and Midway international airports.
Another monstrous snowstorm on the East Coast has delayed hundreds of flights at O'Hare International Airport.
An elderly man has barricaded himself inside a home in the Southwest Side's Clearing neighborhood.
O'Hare International Airport saw the largest growth in traffic last year among the 10 busiest airports in the United States.
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Hundreds of flights were canceled Thursday at Chicago airports because of poor visibility, on the heels of last weekend's East Coast snowstorms.
Foggy conditions Thursday morning made for big problems at O'Hare and Midway international airports.
Getting home from the holidays is on hold for hundreds of thousands of travelers. The massive blizzard that buried the East Coast has left people stranded at airports all over the country, including here in Chicago.
More than 200 flights have been canceled at O'Hare and Midway airports following a lake effect storm that dumped nearly four inches of snow in parts of Chicago, and more than nine inches in one northern suburb.
If you're flying out of town today, don't be expecting a quiet terminal with a few sleepy customers at O'Hare or Midway international airports.
Travelers at Midway International Airport now need to go through an extra layer of security.
Privatization plans are on hold once again for Midway International Airport.
With Chicago getting hit by its first snowfall of the season, more than 325 flights have been canceled at O'Hare International Airport.
Travel experts say the big holiday rush at Chicago's airports will continue through about 9 a.m. Monday.
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