Major airport
Chicago Midway International Airport.
- Longest paved runway
- 6,522 ft
- Field elevation
- 620 ft
- Runway-capable types
- 23 of 24
- Coordinates
- 41.79, -87.75
What our brokers know about KMDW
Closest commercial-served field to the Loop
Chicago Midway International Airport's 6,522 ft of runway puts it in the longest quarter of Illinois's 69 jet-capable fields, close to sea level, so the published runway figure is close to what an aircraft actually needs here. 23 of the 24 types we broker clear it; the runway rules out 1. 25 published route pages reach Chicago through this field.
Access
Getting here
Straight-line distances from the cities we publish, with a typical aircraft's block time including taxi, climb and descent.
- 24 mi31 minfrom $2,838one way, all‑in indicative
From-prices are one way and all-in — operator price, our fee and federal excise tax — for the smallest cabin suited to the distance, indicative rather than quoted.
Corridors
Charter routes through Chicago
Corridors we quote regularly, shortest first. Each carries the cabins that fly it, block times and the fields at both ends.
- 419 mi1 h 40 mfrom $2,980one way, all‑in indicative
- 590 mi2 h 10 mfrom $4,200one way, all‑in indicative
- 720 mi2 h 32 mfrom $5,125one way, all‑in indicative
- 768 mi2 h 40 mfrom $5,460one way, all‑in indicative
- 806 mi2 h 47 mfrom $5,731one way, all‑in indicative
- 848 mi2 h 54 mfrom $6,033one way, all‑in indicative
- 901 mi3 h 04 mfrom $6,410one way, all‑in indicative
- 921 mi3 h 07 mfrom $6,549one way, all‑in indicative
- 954 mi3 h 13 mfrom $6,787one way, all‑in indicative
- 986 mi3 h 18 mfrom $7,016one way, all‑in indicative
- 1,012 mi3 h 23 mfrom $7,196one way, all‑in indicative
- 1,154 mi2 h 44 mfrom $8,876one way, all‑in indicative
- 1,157 mi2 h 44 mfrom $8,893one way, all‑in indicative
- 1,158 mi2 h 44 mfrom $8,902one way, all‑in indicative
- 1,180 mi2 h 47 mfrom $9,070one way, all‑in indicative
- 1,200 mi2 h 49 mfrom $9,230one way, all‑in indicative
- 1,321 mi3 h 04 mfrom $10,159one way, all‑in indicative
- 1,336 mi3 h 05 mfrom $10,274one way, all‑in indicative
- 1,428 mi3 h 16 mfrom $10,982one way, all‑in indicative
- 1,512 mi3 h 26 mfrom $11,628one way, all‑in indicative
- 1,739 mi3 h 53 mfrom $18,845one way, all‑in indicative
- 1,814 mi4 h 02 mfrom $19,655one way, all‑in indicative
- 1,823 mi4 h 03 mfrom $19,755one way, all‑in indicative
- 1,838 mi4 h 05 mfrom $19,917one way, all‑in indicative
- 2,081 mi4 h 18 mfrom $30,705one way, all‑in indicative
Runway
What can operate here
Compared against the published balanced field length of every type we broker, with roughly 3% added per 1,000 ft of elevation for density altitude.
This is runway length only. Individual airports also restrict by wingspan, noise curfew, slot availability and special approach certification, and performance moves with temperature, weight and the day. Clearing the runway here means an aircraft is worth asking about — the operator confirms it, and signs for it.
Turboprop
Seats, range and runway needed, by type
- Pilatus PC-126–8 seats · 2,123 mi range · needs ~2,699 ft here
- Beechcraft King Air 3508–9 seats · 2,078 mi range · needs ~3,361 ft here
Light jet
Seats, range and runway needed, by type
- Cessna Citation CJ47–8 seats · 2,491 mi range · needs ~3,473 ft here
- Cessna Citation CJ3+6–7 seats · 2,348 mi range · needs ~3,239 ft here
- Embraer Phenom 3006–8 seats · 2,313 mi range · needs ~3,768 ft here
- Cessna Citation M25–6 seats · 1,784 mi range · needs ~3,270 ft here
Midsize jet
Seats, range and runway needed, by type
- Cessna Citation Latitude8–9 seats · 3,107 mi range · needs ~3,647 ft here
- Hawker 800XP8 seats · 2,923 mi range · needs ~5,126 ft here
- Learjet 60XR7–8 seats · 2,768 mi range · needs ~5,551 ft here
- Cessna Citation XLS+8–9 seats · 2,417 mi range · needs ~3,626 ft here
Super-midsize
- Embraer Praetor 600
- Gulfstream G280
- Cessna Citation Longitude
- Bombardier Challenger 350
- Bombardier Challenger 300
Seats, range and runway needed, by type
- Embraer Praetor 6008–12 seats · 4,624 mi range · needs ~4,805 ft here
- Gulfstream G2808–10 seats · 4,143 mi range · needs ~4,838 ft here
- Cessna Citation Longitude9–12 seats · 4,028 mi range · needs ~4,899 ft here
- Bombardier Challenger 3508–9 seats · 3,682 mi range · needs ~4,925 ft here
- Bombardier Challenger 3008–9 seats · 3,527 mi range · needs ~4,899 ft here
Heavy jet
Seats, range and runway needed, by type
- Dassault Falcon 7X12–14 seats · 6,847 mi range · needs ~5,816 ft here
- Dassault Falcon 900LX12–14 seats · 5,466 mi range · needs ~5,312 ft here
- Gulfstream G45012–14 seats · 5,006 mi range · needs ~5,704 ft here
- Dassault Falcon 2000LXS8–10 seats · 4,603 mi range · needs ~4,762 ft here
- Cessna Citation X+8–9 seats · 3,982 mi range · needs ~5,236 ft here
Ultra long range
Seats, range and runway needed, by type
- Bombardier Global 750014–19 seats · 8,861 mi range · needs ~5,908 ft here
- Gulfstream G650ER13–19 seats · 8,631 mi range · needs ~6,416 ft here
- Gulfstream G55014–16 seats · 7,768 mi range · needs ~6,020 ft here
Ruled out by runway length: Bombardier Global 6000 — the shortest of these needs about 6,596 ft here.
Alternates
Nearby alternates
The closest other jet-capable fields, in case weather, slots or runway length send the trip somewhere else.