Runway 4L-22R (Chicago, Illinois)

USA / Illinois / Rosemont / Chicago, Illinois
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A crosswind runway of O'Hare International Airport. 7500'x 150'.
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Coordinates:   41°59'21"N   87°54'19"W

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  • This is one of the original four runways of the 1943-built Orchard Place airfield, which was a manufacturing facility for WWII transports. The other three original strips are now known as 14L-32R and 9R-27L and Taxiway GG, the former Runway 18-36 that was decommissioned in 2003. Built as Runway 4-22, it originally was about 5,500' in length, and by the mid-1960s it was extended to its present length of 7,500'. When Runway 4R-22L opened in 1971, this runway became 4L-22R. The runway is the most mono-directional of all at O'Hare. Takeoffs are very common in the northeast (4L) direction, and landings are equally routine in the southwest (22R) direction. You will only see 22R departures during very strong southwest winds, and 4L landings are the most rare operation.
  • With the opening of three new parallel east-west runways in 2008, 2013 and 2015, Runway 4L-22R is now only rarely used, but it is very useful during strong northerly or southerly winds.
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