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Midway International
Airport (IATA: MDW, ICAO: KMDW, FAA LID: MDW) is a major
commercial airport on the southwest side of Chicago, Illinois,
located eight miles (13 km) from the Loop. Established in 1927,
Midway served as Chicago's primary airport until the opening of
O'Hare International Airport in 1955. Today, Midway is the
second-largest airport in the Chicago metropolitan area and the state of
Illinois. Traffic is currently dominated by low-cost carrier
Southwest Airlines; Chicago is Southwest's largest focus city.
Midway is a base for Southwest Airlines, which carries over 95% of
the passengers at the airport. The airport's current name is in
honor of the Battle of Midway. The Battle of Midway was a major
naval battle in the Pacific Theater of World War II that took place
on 4–7 June 1942, six months after Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor
and one month after the Battle of the Coral Sea. The U.S. Navy under
Admirals Chester W. Nimitz, Frank J. Fletcher, and Raymond A.
Spruance defeated an attacking fleet of the Imperial Japanese Navy
under Admirals Isoroku Yamamoto, Chūichi Nagumo, and Nobutake Kondō
near Midway Atoll, inflicting devastating damage on the Japanese
fleet. Military historian John Keegan called it "the most stunning
and decisive blow in the history of naval warfare", while naval
historian Craig Symonds called it "one of the most consequential
naval engagements in world history, ranking alongside Salamis,
Trafalgar, and Tsushima Strait, as both tactically decisive and
strategically influential".
The now-defunct Midway Airlines that once serviced the airport took
its name from the airport, not vice versa. The airfield is located
in a square mile bounded by 55th and 63rd Streets, and Central and
Cicero Avenues. The current terminal complex was completed in 2001.
The terminal bridges Cicero Avenue and contains 43 gates with
facilities for international passengers. The Stevenson Expressway
(I-55) runs adjacent to the airport, heading northeast to Downtown
Chicago and southwest to various suburbs. The CTA rapid transit
Orange Line provides transit to Downtown Chicago where it connects
with other subway/elevated rapid transit lines.
Chicago Midway International Airport covers just over one square
mile (650 acres or 260 hectares) and has five runways. Midway is
surrounded by buildings and other development, so the landing
thresholds of the runways are displaced to provide obstacle
clearance. The FAA and the airlines ensure safety by adhering to
calculated load limits and various weather minimums. Because of the
displaced landing thresholds, the runways have shorter distances
available for landings than for takeoffs. 13C/31C, the longest
runway, only has an available landing distance of 6,059 feet (1,847
m) in the southeast direction, and 5,826 feet (1,776 m) to the
northwest. The largest aircraft normally seen at Midway is the
Boeing 757. Normally, commercial planes only take off from and land
on runways 4R/22L and 13C/31C. The other runways are used by smaller
aircraft and, per the US FAA Chart Supplement are restricted from
use by large commercial aircraft except in emergency.
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INSTALLATION
The product will be automatically added to Microsoft Flight Simulator.
Our installer may provide you with additional optional features
during install. To select different options, simply run the installer
again.
COMPATIBILITY
This
product is compatible with
all Drzewiecki Design products, all ORBX products and all Asobo
products.
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SCENERY
FEATURES
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A high quality model
of KMDW Chicago Midway, featuring the up-to-date version with
extensive details throughout the whole airport
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FPS-friendly design,
with epic night textures, dynamic lighting and PBR materials
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High definition mesh
including exact runway profile
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Performance-friendly
interior modeling at all terminal buildings, most hangars and
the control tower, static aircraft, custom animations, custom
animated jetways
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Fully compatible
with
Chicago Landmarks MSFS by Drzewiecki Design
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