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MDW

Chicago Midway International Airport
Chicago, United States · KMDW
CHANCE YOU STEP OFF ANY BOARDING SAFELY
99.999993%
This is the worldwide boarding figure, not MDW's — two different numbers, answering two different questions. MDW's own NTSB/FAA safety record is below.
FLIGHTS / YEAR
38.7M
DEATH RISK
1 / 13.7M boardings
SOURCE: MIT / ARNOLD BARNETT, 2024 (opens in a new window) HOW THIS NUMBER IS DERIVED
AIRPORT FACTS
IATA / ICAOMDW / KMDW
CityChicago
CountryUnited States
Airport classLarge airport
Runways4
Longest runway1,988 m (6,522 ft)
Coordinates41.786, -87.752
Its longest runway beats 26% of the 3,254 commercial airports listed on this site. Runway figures from OurAirports (opens in a new window), public domain.
NTSB / FAA SAFETY RECORD — MDW §
3.083
ACCIDENTS / MILLION DEPARTURES §
0.474
WITH FATALITIES §
13 accidents (2 fatal accidents, 4 deaths, last 2014) over 4,216,601 FAA-tracked departures, 2008–2025. §
Checked 2026-07-10.
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Statistically Fine — MDW — Chicago Midway International Airport safety record
https://statisticallyfine.com/airport/MDW/
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EXAMPLE FLIGHTS — NOT MDW DEPARTURES

ALL FLIGHTS →
BA 249 LHR → GIG · 787-9 SAFE ✓ UA 92 EWR → LIS · 767-300 SAFE ✓ AA 100 JFK → LHR · 777-300ER SAFE ✓ JL 44 HND → SYD · A350-900 SAFE ✓
These are example flights from elsewhere on the site, not real MDW arrivals. Live per-airport schedules wire in with a flight-data API.
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