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Chicago serves more than 105 million travelers, O’Hare surpasses Atlanta as busiest airport (flight operations) in United States in 2018
Mayor Rahm Emanuel and the Chicago Department of Aviation (CDA) have announced 2018 was another record-breaking year for O’Hare and Midway International Airports combined, with the most passengers served and highest volume of cargo tonnage handled to date. According to preliminary data from airlines, more than 105 million passengers traveled through O’Hare and Midway International Airports last year, surpassing the previous record set in 2017. Also setting records, the total flight operations… (worldairlinenews.com) Altro...Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
the longest taxi if any US airport... just got longer. Some short regional flights taxi longer than they're in the air from ORD
Same for some short cargo flights. Just operated CVG-ORD and even with nonethibg going on ... middle of the night ... it is a 20 min tact for a 40 min flight. Add in De-ice and it doubles/triples.
longest taxi OF any US airport - geez
Not really surprising... they handle a lot of traffic!
bragging rights for the airport, perhaps, but not the PAX
Atlanta needs another airport.