runwayinuse

KMDW Chicago Midway Intl

22L
CONFIRMED 99%

Runways 22L and 22R — assigned by ATIS (information L)

certainty: 99% evidence: STRONG towered now Class C

N 22L 4R 22R 4L 13L 31R 13R 31L

Wind 190° true at 3 kt · VFR · 58 min old · from KDPA (23.3 nm away)

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22L 84% 6445 ft · 2 kt head, 2 kt x-left
22R 16% 5507 ft · 2 kt head, 2 kt x-left
13L <1% 6522 ft · 2 kt head, 2 kt x-right
13R <1% 3859 ft · 2 kt head, 2 kt x-right
31R <1% 6522 ft · 2 kt TAIL, 2 kt x-left
4R <1% 6445 ft · 2 kt TAIL, 2 kt x-right
31L <1% 3859 ft · 2 kt TAIL, 2 kt x-left
4L <1% 5507 ft · 2 kt TAIL, 2 kt x-right

Active NOTAMs affecting runways

LIGHTING RWY 4R until 10-30 23:59Z 
RWY 04R RWY END ID LGT U/S
Why — evidence behind this answer

Runway 22L

Runway 22R

Runway 13L

Runway 13R

Runway 31R

Runway 4R

Runway 31L

Runway 4L

Sources consulted

sourcestatus agenote
D_ATISOK 56 min
METAROK 58 min Nearest station KDPA (23.3 nm away)
ADSBOK 2 min MODERATE
NOTAMOK
CIFPNOT_CONFIGURED Instrument procedures: phase 4

Recent operations

timeaircrafttypeoprwyconf
11:36Z N8650F B738 landing 22L 37%
11:34Z N488WN B737 landing 22L 43%
11:27Z N963WN B737 landing 22L 37%
11:18Z N275WN B737 landing 22L 37%
11:16Z N8605E B738 landing 22L 37%

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KMDW field & runways

Chicago Midway Intl, Chicago, Illinois. Field elevation 620 ft. Class C airspace. Towered. Magnetic variation 4.0°W on record, 4.1°W today.

The FAA's variation of record is the number this field was surveyed against; the second is where north points now, from WMM2025. It is moving 0.031°/year west — about 1° every 32 years — which is why runway numbers eventually stop matching their pavement.

Runway data from the FAA NASR 01 Oct 2026 cycle. Where NASR locates both thresholds, the true heading is the bearing between them rather than NASR's whole-degree alignment. Magnetic is that heading against today's declination from WMM2025, not the field's variation of record — so it can differ from the chart by the gap between the two shown above. The number painted on the runway is the one ATC uses.
RunwayTrueMagnetic Number LengthSurfacePattern Notes
13L 133.7° 137.7° runway 14 by the rule today · 7.7° past 6,522 ft ASPH-CONC left ILS
13R 133.7° 137.8° runway 14 by the rule today · 7.8° past 3,859 ft ASPH
22L 223.4° 227.5° runway 23 by the rule today · 7.5° past 6,445 ft ASPH-CONC left
22R 223.4° 227.4° runway 23 by the rule today · 7.4° past 5,507 ft ASPH left
31L 313.7° 317.8° runway 32 by the rule today · 7.8° past 3,859 ft ASPH
31R 313.7° 317.7° runway 32 by the rule today · 7.7° past 6,522 ft ASPH-CONC left ILS
4L 43.4° 47.4° runway 5 by the rule today · 7.4° past 5,507 ft ASPH left
4R 43.4° 47.5° runway 5 by the rule today · 7.5° past 6,445 ft ASPH-CONC left ILS

What KMDW usually does

Of 3,633 operations this service has observed at KMDW since 2026-08-25:

Observed by this service only — not an FAA statistic, and biased toward the hours and days it has been watching. It is shown because it is the same history the engine learns its local-convention prior from.

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