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.
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
airport
ⓘ
defunct airport ⓘ general aviation airport ⓘ |
| closed | 2003 ⓘ |
| closedBy | Mayor Richard M. Daley NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| closureAction | runway destroyed overnight by city order ⓘ |
| closureType | controversial closure ⓘ |
| conversionCompleted | mid-2000s ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| elevation_ft | 593 ⓘ |
| featuredIn | Microsoft Flight Simulator NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hadControlTower | yes ⓘ |
| hadTerminalBuilding | yes ⓘ |
| hasApproach | visual approach ⓘ |
| hasCoordinates | 41.8589°N 87.6078°W ⓘ |
| hasFAAcode | CGX NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasIATAcode | CGX NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasICAOcode | KCGX NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasRunway | Runway 18/36 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasRunwayCount | 1 ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Chicago, Illinois, United States
ⓘ
surface form:
Chicago
Illinois ⓘ |
| locatedInProtectedArea | Burnham Park NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedNear |
Chicago Loop
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Museum Campus NERFINISHED ⓘ Soldier Field NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedOn |
Lake Michigan shoreline
ⓘ
Northerly Island NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| Merrill C. Meigs_role | Chicago Herald and Examiner publisher ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Merrill C. Meigs NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
controversial 2003 destruction of runway
ⓘ
proximity to downtown Chicago ⓘ |
| opened | 1948 ⓘ |
| operatedBy | Chicago Department of Aviation NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ownedBy | City of Chicago NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| postClosureUse |
Northerly Island Park
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
parkland ⓘ |
| primaryUse |
corporate aviation
ⓘ
general aviation ⓘ |
| region | Midwestern United States ⓘ |
| runwayLength_ft | 3899 ⓘ |
| runwaySurface | asphalt ⓘ |
| servedAs | reliever airport ⓘ |
| servedCity | Chicago NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| servedTrafficType | VFR traffic ⓘ |
| wasSubjectOf |
FAA enforcement action against City of Chicago
ⓘ
legal disputes over closure ⓘ |
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