O’Hare International Airport (Guide)

O’Hare International airport is among the most well-known and busy airports in the world. Soon after the opening of Chicago Midway Airport, it became clear that the city would need an additional airport due to high demand and travelers. The history of the O’Hare airport began in 1945 when a Site Selection Committee, appointed by the mayor Edward Kelly, picked a location for the airport – Orchard Field. The field used to be a Douglas aircraft assembly plant with four concrete runways in the northwest side of Chicago. Douglas’s company’s contract ended in 1945, and the company decided on concentrating commercial production at its headquarters in Santa Monica, California. After the Douglas Company left, the complex was named as Orchard Field Airport and got an IATA Code ORD.

City Info

Chicago, officially the city of Chicago with the population of 2,716,450 people living in 77 community areas consisting of more than 100 neighborhoods, is the third most heavily settled city in the United States and the largest city in the state of Illinois, USA. The city was incorporated in 1837. Chicago is situated on the southeastern shore of Lake Michigan, which is among the five Great Lakes, in the northeastern part of Illinois

Visa Regulations

Having a visa does not guarantee the entry to the United States, but it does indicate the fact a consular officer at a U.S. Embassy or Consulate abroad has determined that a traveler is eligible to seek entry for a specific purpose. If a traveler meets requirements for visa-free travel, they may be available to travel to the US without Visa. Those travelers, who do not qualify for visa-free travel, must obtain a Visa to enter the United States.

TIME AND WEATHER

Time zone that Chicago City is in is CST (Central Standard Time) UTC/GMT -6 hours.
Chicago lies within the hot-summer humid continental climate, and there are all four seasons experienced here: Spring; Summer; Fall; Winter.

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Lincoln Park is a 1,208-acre (489 hectares) park on the north side of the city along Lake Michigan. The park got its name from the president Abraham Lincoln and is the largest park in the city. Lincoln Park is a recreational park which is home to Lincoln Park Zoo, Lincoln Park Conservatory and the Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum. The park's facilities include baseball/softball fields, basketball courts, soccer/football fields, tennis courts, volleyball

METRO

The Chicago “L,” the rapid transit system in Chicago City is operated by Chicago Transit Authority (CTA) and is the fourth biggest rapid transit system in the United States regarding total route length. It is the main transportation system in Chicago. The route of the Chicago "L" is 102,8 miles (165.4km) long. Chicago "L" is not only a transit system but also an iconic symbol of the city. The name "L" derived from a word "Elevated." Chicago, exclusively in the US, still have elevated trains in its downtown area.

TRANSPORTATION

There are numerous ways passengers can travel between different areas of Chicago and the airport.

About O’Hare International Airport

O’Hare International Airport (IATA: ORD, ICAO: KORD, FAA LID: ORD) is an international airport situated in Chicago, Illinois, and one of the busiest airports in the world with 218 non-stop flights to 218 destinations around the world. Business Insider ranks the airport as the sixth busiest in the world. The average number of passengers per month is 7,076 million (2018), and the number of passengers in 2017 reached 79,8 million. By the number of take-offs and landings, the airport was the busiest in the world in 2014.
O’Hare has four passenger terminals with nine concourses and 191 gates. For 13 years in a row, the O’Hare International Airport has been named as the Best Airport in North America by a leading travel magazine.
The $8,7 billion capital improvement plans that City of Chicago and airline partners agreed on is going to add 25 percent more gate capacity to the airport, modernize the terminals, and improve O’Hare’s capacity and efficiency.
O’Hare is a hub for two major airlines in the United States – American airlines, 3rd largest hub, United Airlines, the largest hub and a focus city for Frontier Airlines and Spirit Airlines.
There are two sets of parallel runways at the airport, on either side of terminals.
There are two parallel east-west runways at the north airfield – 9L/27R and 9R/27L. An additional runway is going to be completed by 2020 – 9C/27C. There are three east-west parallel runways at the south airfield – 10L/28R, 10C/28C, and 10R/28R. Additionally, there are two parallel crosswind runways on each side of the airport – 4R/22L and 4L/22R.
The average aircraft operation number per day at O’Hare is 2400, and the O’Hare airport is connected to more than 60 foreign destinations.
O’Hare is the first major airport to build an apiary on its property. The airport hosts 75 hives and a million bees every summer. 30-40 ex-offenders that have no or minimal experience maintain the bees and then they are transferred to jobs in manufacturing, food processing, and other fields, after completing the program.