Midway airport names... and fast?

Question

i found on wikipedia that it was chicago air park, then chicago municipal, and then midway....i know why they named midway but why the first 2!!!!

Answer 1

"From it's modest beginnings in the 1920s, this pioneer airfield grew to be the busiest airport in the world, a distinction held for three decades. The original municipal field, or "Munie," as the early pilots knew it, was created on 320 acres on the City’s south side. Located 10 miles from downtown Chicago."

"Originally built in 1923 as the Chicago Air Park, the airport was mainly used by airmail contractors. In 1926, the city council leased the parcel from the Board of Education for $1,560 a year. In 1927 it was dedicated as the Chicago Municipal Airport."

"1928 marked the airport's first full year of operation with 12 hangars and four lighted runways to allow night flights. Air Traffic control was handled by a flag man positioned at the end of the runway. 41,660 passengers passed through the airport on 14,498 operations that first year. The first passenger terminal and administration building was dedicated in November, 1931 by Mayor Anton Cermak.
In 1932 after more than 100,000 passengers passed through it's gates on 60,947 flights, Chicago Municipal Airport earned the title "World’s Busiest". Midway retained the title each year until O’Hare International Airport claimed it in 1962. By 1941, Chicago was becoming the nation's air traffic hub. Chicago handled 25% of the Nations 417,000 passengers that year."

"In honor of the World War II Battle of Midway, the city council unanimously voted to rename the airport Chicago Midway Airport in 1949. During that same year, over 3.2 million passengers flew through Midway on over 223,000 flights. By the next year that number had grown to over 80 times the numer of passengers it saw it's first year to 3.5 million. In 1959, Midway was serving over 10 million passengers."

http://www.thetracon.com/MidwayHistory.htm

Hope this helps, here is another great site with a TON of info on Midway....http://www.midwayhistory.com/

Answer 2

Both my husband and I are Chicago natives and we have never heard it called anything but Midway.

** I just did a google search for chi municipal and chi airpark and got nothing on both. I think wikipedia might be wrong. That site can be sometimes.

**EDIT** I just looked at the wiki article and it looks like it was first called airfield because that's what it was....an airfield. Then it was bought by the city so they renamed it Municipal (meaning it's serving a city rather than the federal gov't.) It was renamed Midway after the battle of Midway in WWII. The first two names were very old (from back in the 1920's.

Answer 3

i dont know

i just know its Chicago Midway Airport =)