Nonstop flight route between Baker City, Oregon, United States and Chicago, Illinois, United States:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Baker City Municipal Airport (BKE), Baker City, Oregon, United States and Chicago Midway International Airport (MDW), Chicago, Illinois, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 1,517 miles (or 2,441 kilometers).
A Great Circle is the shortest distance between 2 points on a sphere. Because most world maps are flat (but the Earth is round), the route of the shortest distance between 2 points on the Earth will often appear curved when viewed on a flat map, especially for long distances. If you were to simply draw a straight line on a flat map and measure a very long distance, it would likely be much further than if you were to lay a string between those two points on a globe. Because of the relatively short distance between Baker City Municipal Airport and Chicago Midway International Airport, the route shown on this map most likely still appears to be a straight line.
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | BKE / KBKE |
Airport Name: | Baker City Municipal Airport |
Location: | Baker City, Oregon, United States |
GPS Coordinates: | 44°50'13"N by 117°48'33"W |
Area Served: | Baker City, Oregon |
Operator/Owner: | Baker City |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 3373 feet (1,028 meters) |
# of Runways: | 3 |
View all routes: | Routes from BKE |
More Information: | BKE Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | MDW / KMDW |
Airport Name: | Chicago Midway International Airport |
Location: | Chicago, Illinois, United States |
GPS Coordinates: | 41°47'9"N by 87°45'8"W |
Area Served: | Chicago, Illinois, US |
Operator/Owner: | City of Chicago |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 620 feet (189 meters) |
# of Runways: | 5 |
View all routes: | Routes from MDW |
More Information: | MDW Maps & Info |
Facts about Baker City Municipal Airport (BKE):
- The furthest airport from Baker City Municipal Airport (BKE) is Tôlanaro Airport (FTU), which is located 10,826 miles (17,422 kilometers) away in Tôlanaro, Madagascar.
- Baker City Municipal Airport is three miles north of Baker City, in Baker County, Oregon.
- Baker City Municipal Airport (BKE) has 3 runways.
- The closest airport to Baker City Municipal Airport (BKE) is La Grande/Union County Airport (LGD), which is located 33 miles (53 kilometers) NNW of BKE.
- The airport covers 398 acres at an elevation of 3,373 feet.
Facts about Chicago Midway International Airport (MDW):
- Chicago Midway International Airport (MDW) has 5 runways.
- Because of Chicago Midway International Airport's relatively low elevation of 620 feet, planes can take off or land at Chicago Midway International Airport at a lower air speed than at airports located at a higher elevation. This is because the air density is higher closer to sea level than it would otherwise be at higher elevations.
- In June 2004, Mayor Daley and airline officials celebrated the completion of the Terminal Development Program.
- The closest airport to Chicago Midway International Airport (MDW) is Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD), which is located only 15 miles (25 kilometers) NNW of MDW.
- Today, Southwest Airlines is the largest airline serving Midway with 253 daily flights.
- In November 2008, Porter Airlines, which flies between Midway and Toronto, Canada, was the only international route served from Chicago–Midway after ATA Airlines, which had flights to Mexico, ceased operations in April that year.
- In July 1949 the airport was renamed after the Battle of Midway.
- More construction was funded in part by $1 million from the Works Progress Administration.
- The furthest airport from Chicago Midway International Airport (MDW) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 11,083 miles (17,836 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
- The Chicago Transit Authority displaced the Carlton Midway Inn to open a new CTA terminal at the airport on October 31, 1993, for the new Chicago 'L' Orange Line that connected Midway to Chicago's Loop.
- Southwest, along with its subsidiary AirTran Airways, is the dominant carrier at Midway, controlling 34 of the airport's 43 gates.