Meigs Field

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Meigs Field was a former single-runway airport on Chicago’s lakefront that served general aviation and corporate aircraft before being controversially closed and converted into parkland.

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Meigs Field canonical 1

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Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf airport ⓘ
defunct airport ⓘ
general aviation airport ⓘ
closed 2003 ⓘ
closedBy Mayor Richard M. Daley ⓘ
closureAction runway destroyed overnight by city order ⓘ
closureType controversial closure ⓘ
conversionCompleted mid-2000s ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
elevation_ft 593 ⓘ
featuredIn Microsoft Flight Simulator ⓘ
hadControlTower yes ⓘ
hadTerminalBuilding yes ⓘ
hasApproach visual approach ⓘ
hasCoordinates 41.8589°N 87.6078°W ⓘ
hasFAAcode CGX ⓘ
hasIATAcode CGX ⓘ
hasICAOcode KCGX ⓘ
hasRunway Runway 18/36 ⓘ
hasRunwayCount 1 ⓘ
locatedIn Chicago ⓘ
Illinois ⓘ
locatedInProtectedArea Burnham Park ⓘ
locatedNear Chicago Loop ⓘ
Museum Campus ⓘ
Soldier Field ⓘ
locatedOn Lake Michigan shoreline ⓘ
Northerly Island ⓘ
Merrill C. Meigs_role Chicago Herald and Examiner publisher ⓘ
namedAfter Merrill C. Meigs ⓘ
notableFor controversial 2003 destruction of runway ⓘ
proximity to downtown Chicago ⓘ
opened 1948 ⓘ
operatedBy Chicago Department of Aviation ⓘ
ownedBy City of Chicago ⓘ
postClosureUse Northerly Island Park ⓘ
parkland ⓘ
primaryUse corporate aviation ⓘ
general aviation ⓘ
region Midwestern United States ⓘ
runwayLength_ft 3899 ⓘ
runwaySurface asphalt ⓘ
servedAs reliever airport ⓘ
servedCity Chicago ⓘ
servedTrafficType VFR traffic ⓘ
wasSubjectOf FAA enforcement action against City of Chicago ⓘ
legal disputes over closure ⓘ

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Northerly Island → formerlyKnownAs → Meigs Field ⓘ