As the first major airport planned after World War II, O'Hare's innovative design pioneered concepts such as concourses, direct highway access to the terminal, jet bridges, and underground refueling systems. Navy's first Medal of Honor recipient during that war. It was named after Edward 'Butch' O'Hare, the U.S. ĭesigned to be the successor to Chicago's Midway International Airport, nicknamed the 'busiest square mile in the world,' O'Hare began as an airfield serving a Douglas manufacturing plant for C-54 military transports during World War II. Operated by the Chicago Department of Aviation and covering 7,627 acres (3,087 ha), O'Hare has non-stop flights to 228 destinations in North America, South America, Europe, Africa, Asia and Oceania as of 2018.
O'Hare International Airport ( IATA: ORD, ICAO: KORD, FAA LID: ORD), typically referred to as O'Hare Airport, Chicago O'Hare, or simply O'Hare, is an international airport located on the Northwest Side of Chicago, Illinois, 14 miles (23 km) northwest of the Loop business district.
