Chicago Municipal Airport

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airport commercial airport

Chicago Municipal Airport was the original name of what is now Chicago Midway International Airport, one of Chicago’s major commercial airports.

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All labels observed (6)

Label	Occurrences
Chicago Midway International Airport	22
Chicago Municipal Airport canonical	2
Chicago Air Park	1
Chicago Midway Airport	1
Chicago Municipal Airport (as primary Chicago airport before Midway/O'Hare era)	1
Chicago airport system	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3731378 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Chicago Municipal Airport
Context triple: [Chicago Midway International Airport, formerName, Chicago Municipal Airport]

A. DuPage Airport
DuPage Airport is a public general aviation airport serving the western suburbs of Chicago, known for its extensive corporate and private aviation facilities.
B. Schaumburg Regional Airport
Schaumburg Regional Airport is a public general aviation airport serving the village of Schaumburg and the surrounding suburban Chicago area.
C. Dryden Regional Airport
Dryden Regional Airport is a small public airport serving the city of Dryden and the surrounding region in northwestern Ontario, Canada.
D. O'Hare International Airport
O'Hare International Airport is one of the busiest and largest airports in the United States, serving as a major global hub for both domestic and international flights.
E. Gary/Chicago International Airport
Gary/Chicago International Airport is a public airport in Gary, Indiana that serves as a secondary air travel facility for the Chicago metropolitan area.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Chicago Municipal Airport
Target entity description: Chicago Municipal Airport was the original name of what is now Chicago Midway International Airport, one of Chicago’s major commercial airports.

A. DuPage Airport
DuPage Airport is a public general aviation airport serving the western suburbs of Chicago, known for its extensive corporate and private aviation facilities.
B. Schaumburg Regional Airport
Schaumburg Regional Airport is a public general aviation airport serving the village of Schaumburg and the surrounding suburban Chicago area.
C. Dryden Regional Airport
Dryden Regional Airport is a small public airport serving the city of Dryden and the surrounding region in northwestern Ontario, Canada.
D. O'Hare International Airport
O'Hare International Airport is one of the busiest and largest airports in the United States, serving as a major global hub for both domestic and international flights.
E. Gary/Chicago International Airport
Gary/Chicago International Airport is a public airport in Gary, Indiana that serves as a secondary air travel facility for the Chicago metropolitan area.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	airport ⓘ commercial airport ⓘ
cityServed	Chicago ⓘ
country	United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
formerNameOf	Chicago Midway International Airport ⓘ linked to: Chicago Municipal Airport
hasCategory	Airports in Chicago ⓘ Former names of airports ⓘ
hasElevation	approximately 189 meters ⓘ approximately 620 feet ⓘ
hasFAAcode	MDW ⓘ
hasFeature	air traffic control tower ⓘ cargo facilities ⓘ passenger terminal complex ⓘ
hasFormerName	Chicago Air Park ⓘ linked to: Chicago Municipal Airport
hasIATACode	MDW ⓘ
hasICAOCode	KMDW ⓘ
hasPassengerService	domestic flights ⓘ limited international flights ⓘ
hasPrimaryAirlineUsers	Southwest Airlines ⓘ other U.S. carriers ⓘ
hasRole	major commercial airport for Chicago before O'Hare International Airport expansion ⓘ
hasRunways	multiple intersecting runways ⓘ
hasRunwaySurface	asphalt ⓘ concrete ⓘ
hasTransportConnection	Chicago Transit Authority Orange Line ⓘ linked to: CTA Orange Line Chicago Transit Authority buses ⓘ regional road network ⓘ
hasType	public-use airport ⓘ
isHubFor	Southwest Airlines ⓘ
locatedIn	Chicago ⓘ linked to: Chicago, Illinois, United States Illinois ⓘ United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
locatedOn	Southwest Side of Chicago ⓘ linked to: Southwest Side, Chicago
namedAfter	municipal ownership of the airport ⓘ
near	Clearing neighborhood ⓘ Garfield Ridge neighborhood ⓘ
openedAs	Chicago Municipal Airport ⓘ
operatedBy	City of Chicago ⓘ
ownedBy	City of Chicago ⓘ
partOf	Chicago airport system ⓘ linked to: Chicago Municipal Airport
renamedAs	Chicago Midway Airport ⓘ linked to: Chicago Municipal Airport
serves	Chicago metropolitan area ⓘ
timezone	Central Time Zone ⓘ
usedFor	cargo flights ⓘ civil aviation ⓘ commercial passenger flights ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (28)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Chicago Midway International Airport → formerName → Chicago Municipal Airport ⓘ

subject linked to: KMDW

Runway 4L/22R → locatedIn → Chicago Midway International Airport ⓘ